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First name Peter
May 23, 2026

#1

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Top 500 #161 Initials PT #1

#2

Péter Magyar

Péter Magyar

Hungarian lawyer | diplomat | politician and elected member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1981–)

Top 500 #329 Initials PM #3

#3

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Initials PS #1 Guardians of the Galaxy

#4

Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

British politician and life peer (born 1953)

#5

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

Initials PF #2 The Princess Bride

#6

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

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

#7

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

American actor (born 1971)

Initials PS #8 The Batman

#8

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Initials PC #6 The Suicide Squad

#9

Peter Scully

Peter Scully

Australian criminal | rapist and torturer

Initials PS #11

#10

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)

#11

Peter Craig

Peter Craig

American novelist and screenwriter

#12

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

British singer and musician

#13

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Initials PO #2 Troy

#14

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

#15

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

#16

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

Initials PS #15 Dr. Strangelove

#17

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

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

Initials PJ #4 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

#18

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Initials PK #6 The Truman Show

#19

Peter III of Russia

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)

#20

Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch

English association football player (born 1981)

Initials PC #10

#21

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Initials PS #17 Fargo

#22

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994)

Initials PC #11 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#23

Peter Coonan

Peter Coonan

Initials PC #14 Hokum

#24

Peter Ebdon

Peter Ebdon

English snooker player

#25

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Irish actor and rugby union player

Initials PC #15 Small Things Like These (film)

#26

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Initials PB #21 Taxi Driver

#27

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

British musician (born 1950)

Initials PF #7 Almost Famous

#28

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

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

Initials PB #22

#29

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Initials PS #23

#30

Peter Steele

Peter Steele

American musician (1962–2010)

Initials PS #24

#31

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe

English serial killer (1946-2020)

Initials PS #27

#32

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

Initials PC #21 Transformers

#33

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Australian film director (born 1944)

Initials PW #12

#34

Peter Green

Peter Green

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Initials PG #11

#35

Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera

American musician

Initials PC #22

#36

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

#37

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

American actor | voice artist | director | activist and narrator

Initials PC #23 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

#38

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

American actor (born 1947)

Initials PW #13 The Adventures of Cliff Booth

#39

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor | writer and director (1921–2004)

Initials PU #2 Spartacus

#40

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Initials PB #30

#41

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

British flying ace (1914-1995)

#42

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Initials PG #16 American Beauty

#43

Peter Kay

Peter Kay

English actor | comedian | producer and writer

Initials PK #17

#44

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Initials PL #12 Casablanca

#45

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

American actor and director

Initials PH #16

#46

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

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

Initials PP #33

#47

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Initials PD #18

#48

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

American actor (1926-2010)

Initials PG #20 Airplane!

#49

Peter Doocy

Peter Doocy

American journalist

Initials PD #21

#50

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

British actor | filmmaker and socialist

Initials PM #29 I Swear

#51

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

British actor (1923–1984)

Initials PL #16

#52

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly

American film director | producer and screenwriter

Initials PF #12

#53

Peter Hook

Peter Hook

British bassist

Initials PH #20

#54

Peter Criss

Peter Criss

American drummer

Initials PC #39

#55

Peter Marc Jacobson

Peter Marc Jacobson

American actor and director

Initials PJ #13

#56

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Initials PM #35 Sophie's Choice

#57

Peter Andre

Peter Andre

Initials PA #18

#58

Peter Greene

Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025)

Initials PG #27 Pulp Fiction

#59

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

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

Initials PC #42 The Princess Bride

#60

Peter Maivia

Peter Maivia

Samoan-American professional wrestler (1937-1982)

Initials PM #38

#61

Peter Tork

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019)

Initials PT #15

#62

Peter Gotti

Peter Gotti

American mobster (1939–2021)

Initials PG #29

#63

Peter Molyneux

Peter Molyneux

English video game designer and game programmer

Initials PM #40

#64

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter

Initials PR #31

#65

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)

Initials PF #18

#66

Peter Mayhew

Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Initials PM #42 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#67

Peter Michael Escovedo

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director

Initials PE #13

#68

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

professional golfer

Initials PT #18

#69

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

Initials PM #47

#70

Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens

English journalist and author (born 1951)

Initials PH #31

#71

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Initials PS #60

#72

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

American-Canadian actor | director | producer | and screenwriter

Initials PD #37

#73

Peter Snow

Peter Snow

British television presenter

Initials PS #62

#74

Peter Rodger

Peter Rodger

British filmmaker

Initials PR #36

#75

Peter Steinberger

Peter Steinberger

Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur

Initials PS #63

#76

Peter Attia

Peter Attia

surgeon; self-experimenter

Initials PA #23

#77

Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

American musician

Initials PW #31

#78

Peter Francisco

Peter Francisco

American patriot (1760-1831)

Initials PF #22

#79

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

Initials PT #21

#80

Peter Nygård

Peter Nygård

Canadian fashion executive

Initials PN #14

#81

Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

Initials PS #70

#82

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

British actor (1923–2016)

Initials PV #15

#83

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher

Initials PS #72

#84

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Initials PF #23 Pearl Harbor

#85

Peter Tobin

Peter Tobin

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

Initials PT #22

#86

Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari

American actor (1955–2021)

Initials PS #76

#87

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

Initials PJ #18

#88

Peter Forsberg

Peter Forsberg

Swedish ice hockey player

Initials PF #24

#89

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Australian singer and songwriter (1944–1992)

Initials PA #28

#90

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

British actor (1921–2017)

Initials PS #77

#91

Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

Initials PK #36

#92

Peter North

Peter North

Canadian pornographic actor

Initials PN #17

#93

Peter II of Russia

Peter II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

Initials PR #45

#94

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

Initials PY #11

#95

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

American actor and director

Initials PR #49

#96

Peter Mark Kendall

Peter Mark Kendall

American actor with a career in stage | film and television

Initials PK #39 Top Gun: Maverick

#97

Peter Noone

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor

Initials PN #19

#98

Peter Mensah

Peter Mensah

English-Ghanaian actor

Initials PM #64 Gladiator 2

#99

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Initials PS #84

#100

Peter Hall

Peter Hall

English theatre and film director (1930-2017)

Initials PH #43

#101

Peter Gadiot

Initials PG #52

#102

Peter Ostrum

American actor | singer and songwriter

Initials PO #10 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

#103

Peter Palandjian

American tennis player

Initials PP #69

#104

Peter Dante

Initials PD #47

#105

Peter Wyngarde

Initials PW #40

#106

Peter Lines

English snooker player

Initials PL #38

#107

Peter Jacobson

American film and television actor | born 1965

Initials PJ #26

#108

Peter Meijer

American politician

Initials PM #72

#109

Peter Macon

Initials PM #73 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

#110

Peter Buck

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

Initials PB #70

#111

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician

Initials PO #13

#112

Peter Bergman

Initials PB #22

#113

Peter Kyle

British politician (born 1970)

Initials PK #47

#114

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

Initials PB #79

#115

Peter Kürten

German serial killer (1883-1931)

Initials PK #49

#116

Peter Ford

American actor (born 1945)

Initials PF #38

#117

Peter J. Carroll

British occultist

Initials PC #70

#118

Peter DeBoer

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PD #58

#119

Peter Laviolette

American ice hockey player and coach

Initials PL #45

#120

Peter Asher

record producer

Initials PA #37

#121

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist

Initials PM #79

#122

Peter Diamandis

American businessman

Initials PD #62

#123

Peter Drucker

American business consultant

Initials PD #63

#124

Peter A. McCullough

American cardiologist and medical professor

Initials PM #81

#125

Peter Chernin

American businessman

Initials PC #80

#126

Peter Friedman

Initials PF #43 Love and Other Drugs

#127

Peter I of Serbia

Initials PS #121

#128

Peter Buffett

American musician and writer

Initials PB #97

#129

Peter Erskine

American musician

Initials PE #20

#130

Peter Bowles

English actor (1936–2022)

Initials PB #98

#131

Peter Sotos

American writer and musician

Initials PS #125

#132

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Initials PL #54

#133

Peter Safran

British and American producer and manager

Initials PS #126

#134

Peter Onorati

Initials PO #18 Goodfellas

#135

Peter Douglas

American film producer

Initials PD #73

#136

Peter Lambert

American baseball player (born 1997)

Initials PL #55

#137

Peter Turchin

Russian historian

Initials PT #36

#138

Peter Marshall

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

Initials PM #95

#139

Peter Sohn

American animator and voice actor

Initials PS #129

#140

Péter Medgyessy

Hungarian politician

Initials PM #97

#141

Peter Hujar

American photographer

Initials PH #69

#142

Peter Abelard

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

Initials PA #43

#143

Peter Garrett

Australian musician | activist | and former politician

Initials PG #71

#144

Peter Egan

Initials PE #23

#145

Peter Jones

British businessman

Initials PJ #36

#146

Peter Aykroyd

Canadian actor | comedian

Initials PA #44

#147

Peter Navarro

American economist and author | Trump advisor (born 1949)

Initials PN #35

#148

Peter Chanel

Catholic priest | missionary | and martyr (1803-1841)

Initials PC #95

#149

Peter Shand Kydd

stepfather of Diana | Princess of Wales

Initials PK #66

#150

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director (born 1942)

Initials PG #75

#151

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch politician

Initials PS #137

#152

Peter Godwin

Zimbabwean | writer and journalist

Initials PG #77

#153

Peter Welch

United States Senator from Vermont since 2023

Initials PW #60

#154

Peter Benchley

American author (1940–2006)

Initials PB #109 Jaws

#155

Peter Pellegrini

president-elect of Slovakia

Initials PP #97

#156

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer | entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Initials PM #104

#157

Peter Heller

American writer

Initials PH #77 The Dog Stars

#158

Peter Brown

television actor from the United States

Initials PB #113

#159

Peter Holt

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Initials PH #79

#160

Peter Withe

English footballer

Initials PW #61

#161

Peter Osgood

English footballer

Initials PO #25

#162

Peter McDonald

Initials PM #109

#163

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor (1960-)

Initials PO #26

#164

Peter Billingsley

American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)

Initials PB #116 Iron Man

#165

Peter Theroux

American writer and translator

Initials PT #41

#166

Peter Outerbridge

Initials PO #27

#167

Peter Hyams

American film director | screenwriter and cinematographer

Initials PH #82

#168

Peter Ho

Chinese-American actor

Initials PH #83

#169

Peter Butterworth

English actor (1919–1979)

Initials PB #121

#170

Péter Szijjártó

Hungarian politician | member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 2002

Initials PS #148

#171

Peter H. Raven

Initials PR #94

#172

Peter Straub

American writer

Initials PS #157 The Talisman

#173

Peter Donat

Initials PD #85 The Godfather

#174

Peter Guber

American film producer and executive

Initials PG #84

#175

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

Austrian businessman

Initials PB #127

#176

Peter Schickele

American composer | musical educator | and parodist (born 1935)

Initials PS #161

#177

Peter Zeihan

American geopolitical analyst

Initials PZ #10

#178

Peter Fatse

American baseball coach

Initials PF #60

#179

Peter Higgs

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

Initials PH #88

#180

Peter Morris

Australian politician

Initials PM #131

#181

Peter Shaffer

English playwright and screenwriter

Initials PS #167 Amadeus

#182

Peter Grant

British music manager

Initials PG #87

#183

Peter Lax

American mathematician

Initials PL #75

#184

Peter Lim

Singapore businessman

Initials PL #76

#185

Peter Segal

Colombian film director

Initials PS #168

#186

Peter Breck

Initials PB #137

#187

Peter Schiff

American entrepreneur | economist and author

Initials PS #171

#188

Peter Dutton

Australian former politician (born 1970)

Initials PD #90

#189

Peter Phelps

Australian actor

Initials PP #127 Point Break

#190

Peter Thomas

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Initials PT #48

#191

Peter Alexander

American journalist

Initials PA #60

#192

Peter Jason

American actor (1944–2025)

Initials PJ #48 Mortal Kombat

#193

Peter Bonnington

British engineer

Initials PB #142

#194

Peter Sagan

Slovak cycling champion

Initials PS #172

#195

Peter Manuel

American-born Scottish serial killer

Initials PM #140

#196

Peter Mutharika

President of Malawi

Initials PM #142

#197

Peter the Hermit

French Christian and Crusader

Initials PH #95

#198

Peter J. Ortiz

United States Marine Corps officer

Initials PO #30

#199

Peter Whitney

Initials PW #70

#200

Peter Arnett

American journalist (1934–2025)

Initials PA #62