Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman
cognomen
A ''cognomen'' (; : ''cognomina''; from ''co-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditar ...
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Petro Balabuyev (1931–2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes
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Petro Doroshenko (1627–1698), Cossack political and military leader, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine (1665–1672) and a Russian ''voyevoda'' (governor)
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Petro Drevchenko (1863–1934), Ukrainian bandurist
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Petro Dyachenko (1895–1965), Ukrainian military commander
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Petro Dyminskyi (born 1954), Ukrainian politician, businessman and former footballer
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Petro Franko (1890–1941), Ukrainian educator and author
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Petro Georgiou (1947–2025), Australian politician
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Petro Goga, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of Albania in 1924
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Petro Hermanchuk (1952–2012), Ukrainian economist and politician
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Petro Kalnyshevsky (1691?–1803), last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host (in what is now Ukraine)
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Petro Kharchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian former pair ice skater
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Petro Kasui Kibe (1587–1639), Japanese Christian missionary, Jesuit priest and martyr
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Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (1570-1622), political and civic leader
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Petro Kondratyuk (born 1979), Ukrainian former footballer
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Petro Korol (1941–2015), Ukrainian weightlifter and 1976 Olympic champion
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Petro Nini Luarasi (1864-1911), Albanian nationalist, Christian orthodox priest, teacher and journalist
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Petro Herkulan Malchuk
Petro Herkulan Malchuk, O.F.M. (; ''pol. Piotr Malczuk'' 7 July 1965 – 27 May 2016) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr.
Life
Malchuk was born in Slobozia-Rașcov in the Moldovan SSR into a Polish family.
He began studies ...
(1965-2016), Ukrainian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr
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Petro Marko (1913–1991), Albanian writer
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Petro Mirchuk (1913–1999), Ukrainian writer
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Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896), Ukrainian linguist and composer
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Petro Pakhnyuk
Petro Pakhnyuk (, also spelled Pakhniuk, born 26 November 1991 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian (until 2014 and after 2017) and Azerbaijani (2014-2017) male artistic gymnast and member of the national team.
Career
He participated at the 2014 World Arti ...
(born 1991), Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2014) artistic gymnast
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Petro Pereverza
Petro Pereverza (; born 10 July 1994 in Bahate, Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine) is a professional Ukrainian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), b ...
(born 1994), Ukrainian footballer
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Petro Poga
Petro Poga (1860–1944) was an Albanian politician who served as a delegate at the Albanian Declaration of Independence event in Vlorë, 1912, and an important Rilindas.
Biography Early life
He could've been born in Erind, Gjirokastër, ...
(1850-1944), Albanian nationalist, one of the delegates at the Albanian Declaration of Independence
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Petro Poroshenko
Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko (born 26 September 1965) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician and Oligarchy, oligarch who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine), Minister ...
(born 1965), Ukrainian businessman and politician
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Petro Prokopovych
Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850, ) was a Ukrainian beekeeper who made revolutionary contributions to the practice. They include the founding of commercial beekeeping and the invention of the first movable frame hive. He introduced novelties in tra ...
(1775–1850), the founder of commercial beekeeping
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Petro Punna
Petro Punna (born 13 February 1974) is a Finnish sports executive and a former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder
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, Finnish former footballer and executive
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Petro Shelest
Petro Yukhymovych Shelest ( – 22 January 1996) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician who served as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party from 1965 until his removal in 1972. Ideologically a social moderate and a national communist, he ...
(1908–1996), First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Petro Slobodyan
Petro Petrovych Slobodyan (, ; 2 July 1953 in the village of Sheparivtsi, Stanislav Oblast – 15 December 2020) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach.
Honours
* Soviet Top League winner: 1975, 1977.
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(1953–2020), Soviet retired footballer and current Ukrainian coach
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Petro Symonenko
Petro Mykolayovych Symonenko (; born 1 August 1952) is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the party's candidate in the 1999 and 2004, 2010, and until his with ...
(born 1952), Ukrainian politician and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
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Petro Tkachenko
Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko (December 21, 1878 in Syniavtsi – January 3, 1919) was a prominent blind kobzar.
Biography
Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko-Halashko was one of the more outstanding kobzars of the Chernihiv region. He was born on Decem ...
(1878-1919), Ukrainian blind ''kobzar'' (musician)
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Petro Trad (1876–1947), Lebanese lawyer, politician and briefly President of the French Mandate of Lebanon in 1943
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Petro Trochanowski (born 1947), Polish poet
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Petro Vlahos (1916–2013), Hollywood special effects pioneer
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Petro Voinovsky (1913—1996), Ukrainian nationalist
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Petro Zakhvalynsky (died 1943), Ukrainian nationalist
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Charles Petro (born 2001), Malawian footballer
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Gustavo Petro (born 1960), current President of Colombia, politician and economist
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Jim Petro (born 1948), American politician and former Ohio Attorney General
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Johan Petro (born 1986), French professional basketball player
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Joe Petro III (born 1956), American artist
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Joseph Petro (born 1944), former United States Secret Service agent, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Citigroup Security and Investigative Services
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Pamela Petro, American artist
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Nicolai N. Petro, American political science scholar
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Steve Petro (1914–1994), American National Football League player
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Titus Flavius Petro (fl. 1st century BC), paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor Vespasian
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Petro (cryptocurrency), Venezuelan cryptocurrency
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Petro lwa or Petwo, a family of lwa (loa) in Voudon (Voodoo)
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Petros (disambiguation)
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Petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil or simply oil, is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid chemical mixture found in geological formations, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons. The term ''petroleum'' refers both to naturally occurring un ...
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