Pete (given Name)

Pete is a given name. It is a diminutive form of the given name Peter. It is the given name of:

People

*Pete Accetturo, American YouTuber and voice actor
* Pete Alonso (born 1994), American baseball player
* Pete Appleton (1904–1974), American baseball player
*Pete Buttigieg (born 1982), American politician
*Pete Berezney (1923–2008), American football player
*Pete D'Alonzo (1929–2001), American football player
*Pete Davidson (born 1993), American comedian
* Pete Docter (born 1968), American animator, film director and producer
*Pete Fairbanks (born 1993), American baseball player
* Pete Fountain (1930–2016), American clarinet player
* Pete Gudauskas (1916–2003), American football player
* Pete Ham (1947–1975), Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, member of the rock band Badfinger
* Pete Hamill (1935–2020), American journalist and author
* Pete Hamilton (1942–2017), American NASCAR driver
* Pete Maki, American baseball coach
* Pete Maravich (1948-1988), American basketball player
* Pete Mikolajewski (born 1943), American football player
* Pete Murray (Australian singer-songwriter) (born 1969), Australian singer-songwriter
* Pete Murray (DJ) (born 1925), British radio and television presenter and actor
* Pete Nice (born 1967), American rapper
* Pete Perini (1928–2008), American football player
* Pete Postlethwaite (1946–2011), English actor
* Pete Price (born 1946), British radio presenter
* Pete Ricketts (born 1964), American businessman
* Pete Sampras (born 1971), American tennis player
*Pete Seeger (1919–2014), American folk singer
* Pete Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
*Pete Townshend (born 1945), English guitarist, singer, songwriter (The Who)
* Pete Trgovich, American basketball player
*Pete Walker (baseball), American baseball player and coach
* Pete Wentz (born 1979), bassist of the band Fall Out Boy
* Pete Werner (born 1999), American football player
*Pete Woodworth (born 1988), American baseball coach

Fictional characters

* Pete Beale, on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''
* Pete Campbell, on the American television series ''Mad Men''
* Pete Miller, on the American television series ''The Office''
* Play-Doh Pete, the mascot of Play-Doh compound who was around from 1960 to 2002
* Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, in ''Top Gun''
* Pete (Disney), an anthropomorphic cartoon character in Disney media
* Pete the Cat, a fictional cat from the "Pete the Cat" series of books
* Pete the Pup, from the ''Our Gang'' series of comedies
* Pete, in the movie '' Shaun of the Dead''
* Pete & Pete, the title characters of '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete'', an American children's television series
* Old Puffer Pete, in the TV series Chuggington'' Chuggington''
* Pete Crane, a construction vehicle in ''Putt-Putt Enters the Race''
* Pete, the freight engine in '' The Little Engine That Could''
* Pete Malloy, one of the two main characters in the TV series '' Adam-12''
* Pete McGee, a character from '' The Ghost and Molly McGee''
* Pete, the title character of ''Pete the Tramp'', an American comic strip published from 1932 to 1963
* Pete Wisdom, from Marvel Comics
* Stinky Pete, a character of Woody's Roundup and the main antagonist of '' Toy Story 2''
* Cactus Pete, the cameo husband of Cactus Polly on ''Oswald''
* Cordwood Pete, younger brother of American folk legend Paul Bunyan
* Pete, a character in the ''Animal Crossing'' video game series
* Pete, the title character of '' Power Pete'', a video game
* Pete, a character from '' Total Drama: The Ridonculous Race''
* Pete Wheeler, the main character in the ''Backyard Sports'' game series

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