Pēteris is a
Latvian language
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to the Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Baltic region, and is the language of the Latvians. It is the official language of Latvia ...
masculine given name. It is a cognate of the name
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
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* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
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and may refer to:
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Pēteris Dzelzītis
Pēteris Dzelzītis (September 21, 1921 – February 16, 1948) was a Latvian soldier. He fought for the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian), 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS during World War II and the Latvian partisans ...
(1921–1948), Latvian soldier and partisan
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Pēteris Juraševskis
Pēteris Juraševskis (; 23 March 1872, in Sesava parish – 10 January 1945) held the office of Prime Minister of Latvia from 24 January 1928 – 30 November 1928. He was the Minister of Finance from January 1928 to March 1928.
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(1872–1945), Latvian politician and former Prime Minister of Latvia
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Pēteris Kalniņš
Pēteris Kalniņš (born 15 December 1988, in Riga) is a Latvian luger who has competed since 2004. He finished 26th in men's doubles at the FIL World Luge Championships 2007 in Igls.
Kalniņš also finished seventh in the doubles event at the ...
(born 1988), Latvian luger and Olympic competitor
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Pēteris Lauks
Pēteris Lauks (10 February 1902, in Riga – 15 March 1984, in Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener, Canada) was a Latvian football (soccer), football defender, one of the most capped footballers for Latvia national football team before World War II.
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(1902–1984), Latvian football defender
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Pēteris Pētersons
Pēteris Pētersons (1923–1998) was a Latvian playwright, theatre director and drama critic, theorist, translator, journalist and social activist. His debut play, ''Cilvēks oktobra vējā'' (''A Man in the October Wind'') came in 1947, and he be ...
(1923–1998), Latvian playwright, theatre director and drama critic, theorist, translator, journalist and social activist
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Pēteris Plakidis
Pēteris Plakidis (4 March 1947 – 8 August 2017) was a Latvian composer and pianist.
Early life
Plakidis was born on 4 March 1947 in Riga, Latvia. He was educated at the Emīls Dārziņš College of Music before studying as an undergraduate in ...
(1947–2017), Latvian composer and pianist
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Pēteris Skudra
Pēteris "Peter" Skudra (born April 24, 1973) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey goaltender and head coach. During a playing career that lasted from 1994 to 2007 he played for several teams in Latvia, Russia and North America. After sta ...
(born 1973), Latvian professional ice hockey goaltender
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Pēteris Stučka
Pēteris Stučka, sometimes spelt Pyotr Stuchka; ( – 25 January 1932), was a Latvian jurist and communist politician, leader of the pro-Bolshevik puppet government in Latvia during the 1918–1920 Latvian War of Independence, and later a stat ...
(1865–1932), Latvian politician, writer, translator, editor, jurist and president of the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union
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Pēteris Vasks
Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer.
Biography
Vasks was born in Aizpute, Latvia, into the family of a Baptist pastor. He trained as a violinist at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, as a double-bass player wit ...
(born 1946), Latvian composer
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Pēteris Zeltiņš (1914–1994), Latvian racewalker and Olympic competitor
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Latvian masculine given names
Masculine given names