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First name Peter
October 23, 2026

#1

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Top 500 #208 Initials PT #1

#2

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Initials PK #1 The Truman Show

#3

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

Initials PH #3 United 93

#4

Peter Max

Peter Max

German-born American artist (1937–2026)

#5

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

Initials PC #4 Transformers

#6

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

American actor (born 1971)

Initials PS #4 The Batman

#7

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

Initials PD #4 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

#8

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Initials PO #1 Lawrence of Arabia

#9

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Initials PL #2 Casablanca

#10

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

Initials PS #9 Dr. Strangelove

#11

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

British singer and musician (born 1950)

#12

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Initials PS #11 Guardians of the Galaxy

#13

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

Initials PF #3 The Princess Bride

#14

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

New Zealand film director | screenwriter | producer and actor (born 1961)

Initials PJ #3 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

#15

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)

Initials PF #4 Ocean's Twelve

#16

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

#17

Peter Scully

Peter Scully

Australian criminal | rapist and torturer

Initials PS #20

#18

Peter Stagg

Peter Stagg

Scottish rugby union player

Initials PS #21

#19

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

Initials PM #12

#20

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor | director and musician

Initials PS #22 Fargo

#21

Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch

English association football player (born 1981)

Initials PC #15

#22

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Initials PB #13 Taxi Driver

#23

Peter Birrel

Peter Birrel

actor (1935-2004)

Initials PB #14

#24

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

American actor (born 1947)

Initials PW #12 The Adventures of Cliff Booth

#25

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

Initials PF #7 Twilight

#26

Peter III of Russia

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia | 1762 (lived 1728-1762)

#27

Peter Craig

Peter Craig

American novelist and screenwriter

Initials PC #17

#28

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

#29

Peter Shand Kydd

Peter Shand Kydd

stepfather of Diana | Princess of Wales (1925–2006)

#30

Peter Steele

Peter Steele

American musician (1962–2010)

Initials PS #25

#31

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe

English serial killer (1946-2020)

Initials PS #28

#32

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Initials PC #19 World War Z

#33

Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera

American musician (born 1944)

Initials PC #20

#34

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

American actor | film director | producer and writer (born 1964)

Initials PB #23 Collateral

#35

Péter Magyar

Péter Magyar

Hungarian lawyer and politician | Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026

Initials PM #21

#36

Peter Buffett

Peter Buffett

American musician and writer

Initials PB #24

#37

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

British flying ace (1914-1995)

#38

Peter Green

Peter Green

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Initials PG #13

#39

Peter Tork

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019)

Initials PT #10

#40

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Initials PG #16 American Beauty

#41

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor | writer and director (1921–2004)

#42

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Initials PD #18

#43

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

#44

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

British musician (born 1950)

Initials PF #10

#45

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Irish actor and rugby union player

Initials PC #22

#46

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

British actor | filmmaker and socialist

Initials PM #27 Trainspotting

#47

Peter J. Ganci, Jr.

Peter J. Ganci, Jr.

American firefighter (1946–2001)

#48

Peter Hook

Peter Hook

British bassist

Initials PH #17

#49

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Initials PB #30

#50

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

son of Anne | Princess Royal (born 1977); nephew of Charles III; first grandchild of Elizabeth II

Initials PP #32

#51

Peter Andre

Peter Andre

Initials PA #13

#52

Peter Ostrum

Peter Ostrum

American actor | singer and songwriter

Initials PO #4 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

#53

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

British actor (1923–1984)

Initials PL #15

#54

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994)

Initials PC #27 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#55

Peter Hall

Peter Hall

English theatre | opera and film director (1930–2017)

Initials PH #20

#56

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Australian film director (born 1944)

Initials PW #21

#57

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Initials PS #44

#58

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

American actor and director

Initials PR #26

#59

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

American actor (1926-2010)

Initials PG #27

#60

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

British businessman

Initials PJ #10

#61

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly

American film director | producer and screenwriter

Initials PF #16

#62

Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor

English football goalkeeper and manager

Initials PT #13

#63

Peter Criss

Peter Criss

American drummer

Initials PC #30

#64

Peter Greene

Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025)

Initials PG #31 Pulp Fiction

#65

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

American actor | voice artist | director | activist and narrator (born 1941)

Initials PC #31 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

#66

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher

Initials PS #56

#67

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter

Initials PR #36

#68

Peter Ferdinando

Peter Ferdinando

Initials PF #20

#69

Peter Gotti

Peter Gotti

American mobster (1939–2021)

Initials PG #34

#70

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Initials PM #40 Sophie's Choice

#71

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

British actor | satirist | writer and comedian (1937-1995)

Initials PC #34 The Princess Bride

#72

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)

Initials PF #21

#73

Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro

American economist and author | Trump advisor (born 1949)

Initials PN #13

#74

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

American actor and director

Initials PH #30

#75

Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari

American actor (1955–2021)

Initials PS #70

#76

Peter Marc Jacobson

Peter Marc Jacobson

American actor and director

Initials PJ #14

#77

Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens

English journalist and author (born 1951)

Initials PH #39

#78

Peter Stringfellow

Peter Stringfellow

British nightclub owner

Initials PS #75

#79

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

#80

Peter North

Peter North

Canadian pornographic actor

Initials PN #17

#81

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

British actor (1923–2016)

Initials PV #11

#82

Peter Noone

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor

Initials PN #18

#83

Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

Initials PS #77

#84

Peter Welch

Peter Welch

United States Senator from Vermont since 2023

Initials PW #30

#85

Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

British politician and life peer (born 1953)

Initials PM #49

#86

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

Initials PT #20

#87

Peter Palandjian

Peter Palandjian

American tennis player

Initials PP #55

#88

Peter Milobar

Peter Milobar

Canadian politician

Initials PM #51

#89

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

American-Canadian actor | director | producer | and screenwriter

Initials PD #40 21 Jump Street

#90

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

British actor (1921–2017)

Initials PS #82

#91

Peter Bonnington

Peter Bonnington

British engineer

Initials PB #59

#92

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Initials PF #29 Pearl Harbor

#93

Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander

American journalist

Initials PA #24

#94

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Initials PS #86

#95

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Initials PS #88

#96

Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

American film and television actor | born 1965

Initials PJ #21

#97

Peter II of Russia

Peter II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

Initials PR #48

#98

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Australian singer and songwriter (1944–1992)

Initials PA #27

#99

Peter Asher

Peter Asher

record producer

Initials PA #28

#100

Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

American musician

Initials PW #38

#101

Peter Dante

Initials PD #45

#102

Peter Nygård

Canadian fashion executive

Initials PN #23

#103

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

Initials PK #37

#104

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director

Initials PE #11

#105

Peter Safran

British and American producer and manager

Initials PS #95

#106

Peter Attia

surgeon; self-experimenter

Initials PA #33

#107

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer | entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Initials PM #64

#108

Peter Erskine

American musician

Initials PE #14

#109

Peter Bergen

American journalist

Initials PB #23

#110

Peter McRobbie

Initials PM #66 Brokeback Mountain

#111

Peter Reid

English footballer and manager

Initials PR #52

#112

Peter Kürten

German serial killer (1883-1931)

Initials PK #43

#113

Peter Rodger

British filmmaker

Initials PR #53

#114

Peter Brock

Australian racing driver

Initials PB #75

#115

Peter Kay

English actor | comedian | producer and writer

Initials PK #47

#116

Peter Hein

Initials PH #54

#117

Peter Hinwood

English film actor

Initials PH #56 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

#118

Peter Douglas

American film producer

Initials PD #52

#119

Peter Tobin

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

Initials PT #25

#120

Peter Buck

American musician; guitarist for R.E.M. | songwriter | record producer

Initials PB #80

#121

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician

Initials PO #14

#122

Peter Hermann

German football player and manager

Initials PH #59

#123

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

Initials PB #82

#124

Peter Bowles

English actor (1936–2022)

Initials PB #84

#125

Peter Egan

Initials PE #17 Chariots of Fire

#126

Peter A. McCullough

American cardiologist and medical professor

Initials PM #75

#127

Peter Wyngarde

Initials PW #51

#128

Peter Drucker

American business consultant

Initials PD #61

#129

Peter Lim

Singapore businessman

Initials PL #46

#130

Peter Mensah

English-Ghanaian actor

Initials PM #77 Avatar

#131

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor (1960-)

Initials PO #16 X-Men Origins: Wolverine

#132

Peter Diamandis

American businessman

Initials PD #63

#133

Peter Bergman

Initials PB #23

#134

Peter Macon

Initials PM #78

#135

Peter Tyrrell

Initials PT #26

#136

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist

Initials PM #79

#137

Peter Aykroyd

Canadian actor | comedian

Initials PA #45

#138

Peter Maivia

Samoan-American professional wrestler (1937-1982)

Initials PM #81

#139

Peter Molyneux

English video game designer and game programmer

Initials PM #82

#140

Peter I of Serbia

Initials PS #123

#141

Peter Friedman

Initials PF #47

#142

Peter Straub

American writer

Initials PS #126 The Talisman

#143

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Initials PL #57

#144

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch politician

Initials PS #129

#145

Peter Snow

British television presenter

Initials PS #131

#146

Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Initials PM #92 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#147

Peter Abelard

French scholastic philosopher | theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)

Initials PA #52

#148

Péter Gulácsi

Hungarian association football player

Initials PG #64

#149

Peter Doocy

American journalist

Initials PD #73

#150

Peter Sohn

American animator and voice actor

Initials PS #141

#151

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director (born 1942)

Initials PG #69

#152

Peter Fonagy

British psychoanalyst & psychologist

Initials PF #52

#153

Peter Popoff

German-American televangelist

Initials PP #103

#154

Peter Paphides

British journalist

Initials PP #104

#155

Peter Marshall

American game show host | performer | singer (1926–2024)

Initials PM #109

#156

Peter Turchin

Russian historian

Initials PT #34

#157

Peter Billingsley

American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)

Initials PB #111 Iron Man

#158

Peter Garrett

Australian musician | activist | and former politician

Initials PG #77

#159

Peter Jason

American actor (1944–2025)

Initials PJ #40

#160

Peter Hillary

New Zealand mountain climber (born 1954)

Initials PH #77

#161

Peter Brown

television actor from the United States

Initials PB #118

#162

Peter Benchley

American author (1940–2006)

Initials PB #119 Jaws

#163

Peter Gadiot

Initials PG #78

#164

Peter Sotos

American writer and musician

Initials PS #160

#165

Peter Heller

American writer

Initials PH #80 The Dog Stars

#166

Peter Scholze

German mathematician

Initials PS #161

#167

Peter Steinberger

Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur

Initials PS #162

#168

Peter Weber

American reality television personality

Initials PW #64

#169

Peter Schrager

American sportscaster

Initials PS #165

#170

Peter J. Ortiz

United States Marine Corps officer

Initials PO #28

#171

Peter Brant ll

Initials PL #68

#172

Peter Baker

American journalist

Initials PB #125

#173

Peter Donat

Initials PD #89 The Godfather

#174

Peter Breck

Initials PB #127

#175

Peter Butterworth

English actor (1919–1979)

Initials PB #129

#176

Peter Blythe

Initials PB #131

#177

Peter Pellegrini

president-elect of Slovakia

Initials PP #125

#178

Peter Hammill

British musician

Initials PH #86

#179

Peter Tuchman

American stock trader

Initials PT #45

#180

Peter McNeeley

Initials PM #127

#181

Peter Ford

American actor (born 1945)

Initials PF #69

#182

Peter Fleming

British writer and soldier

Initials PF #70

#183

Peter Stumpp

German serial killer

Initials PS #179

#184

Peter Watts

Canadian biologist and writer

Initials PW #67 Blindsight

#185

Peter Grant

British music manager

Initials PG #87

#186

Peter Schiff

American entrepreneur | economist and author

Initials PS #181

#187

Peter Whittingham

English association football player

Initials PW #69

#188

Peter Wells

Australian guitarist

Initials PW #70

#189

Peter Zeihan

American geopolitical analyst

#190

Peter Penry-Jones

British actor (1938-2009)

Initials PP #133

#191

Peter Hyams

American film director | screenwriter and cinematographer

Initials PH #94

#192

Peter Nogly

German football player and coach

Initials PN #42

#193

Peter Segal

Colombian film director

Initials PS #185

#194

Peter Amory

Initials PA #70

#195

Peter Handke

Austrian writer | playwright and film director

Initials PH #97

#196

Peter Onorati

Initials PO #31 Goodfellas

#197

Peter Duncan

British actor and television presenter

Initials PD #99

#198

Peter Orlovsky

Initials PO #33

#199

Peter Higgs

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

Initials PH #98

#200

Peter Porte

American actor of Polish origin

Initials PP #139