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First name Peter
March 12, 2026

#1

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Irish actor and rugby union player

Top 500 #97 Initials PC #1

#2

Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

British politician and life peer (born 1953)

Top 500 #145 Initials PM #1

#3

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Top 500 #154 Initials PT #1

#4

Peter Greene

Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025)

Top 500 #370 Initials PG #2 Pulp Fiction

#5

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

American actor (born 1971)

Initials PS #1 The Bride!

#6

Peter Attia

Peter Attia

Canadian-American physician

#7

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

Initials PD #3 Roofman

#8

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994)

Initials PC #4 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#9

Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch

English association football player (born 1981)

#10

Peter Nygård

Peter Nygård

Canadian fashion executive

#11

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

British musician

#12

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Initials PO #1 Prometheus

#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 Hermann

Peter Hermann

#16

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

Initials PS #16 Dr. Strangelove

#17

Péter Magyar

Péter Magyar

Hungarian lawyer | diplomat | political activist (1981–)

#18

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

British actor | filmmaker and socialist

Initials PM #9 I Swear

#19

Peter Scully

Peter Scully

Australian criminal | rapist and torturer

Initials PS #20

#20

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe

English serial killer (1946-2020)

Initials PS #21

#21

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)

#22

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor | director and musician

Initials PS #23 Fargo

#23

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Initials PK #11 The Truman Show

#24

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Initials PB #11 Taxi Driver

#25

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

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

Initials PP #21

#26

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

American actor (born 1947)

Initials PW #13 The Adventures of Cliff Booth

#27

Peter Steele

Peter Steele

American musician (1962–2010)

Initials PS #29

#28

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Initials PS #30 How To Train Your Dragon

#29

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

#30

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

musician (born 1950)

Initials PF #7 Almost Famous

#31

Peter Green

Peter Green

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Initials PG #12

#32

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Initials PG #13 American Beauty

#33

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Initials PC #19 World War Z

#34

Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera

American musician

Initials PC #22

#35

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Initials PS #37

#36

Peter Campion

Peter Campion

Initials PC #25

#37

Peter Gadiot

Peter Gadiot

Initials PG #15

#38

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Initials PB #26

#39

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

British flying ace (1914-1995)

#40

Peter Steinberger

Peter Steinberger

American political philosopher

Initials PS #41

#41

Peter Tork

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019)

#42

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

British actor (1923–1984)

Initials PL #16

#43

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Initials PL #18 Casablanca

#44

Peter Andre

Peter Andre

Initials PA #13

#45

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor | writer and director (1921–2004)

#46

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

British actor (1923–2016)

#47

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Australian film director (born 1944)

Initials PW #16

#48

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

American actor (1926-2010)

Initials PG #19

#49

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Initials PD #19

#50

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

Initials PM #26 The Audience

#51

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)

Initials PF #12 Network

#52

Peter Marc Jacobson

Peter Marc Jacobson

American actor and director

#53

Peter Criss

Peter Criss

American drummer

Initials PC #30

#54

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

Initials PC #31 Transformers

#55

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

American actor | voice artist | director | activist and narrator

Initials PC #33 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

#56

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

American actor | film director | producer and writer

Initials PB #32

#57

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Australian songwriter (1944-1992)

Initials PA #17

#58

Peter Forsberg

Peter Forsberg

Swedish ice hockey player

Initials PF #14

#59

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

British businessman

Initials PJ #11

#60

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter

Initials PR #32

#61

Peter Prevc

Peter Prevc

Slovenian ski jumper

Initials PP #55

#62

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

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

Initials PC #41 The Princess Bride

#63

Peter Hook

Peter Hook

British bassist

Initials PH #32

#64

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Initials PM #34

#65

Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

Initials PS #67

#66

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

#67

Peter Noone

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor

Initials PN #15

#68

Peter Madsen

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer | entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Initials PM #37

#69

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

American actor and director

Initials PH #34

#70

Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens

English journalist and author (born 1951)

Initials PH #35

#71

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

American-Canadian actor | director | producer | and screenwriter

Initials PD #33

#72

Peter Dalglish

Peter Dalglish

Convicted sex offender

Initials PD #35

#73

Peter Gotti

Peter Gotti

American mobster (1939–2021)

Initials PG #37

#74

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Initials PS #76

#75

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Initials PF #24

#76

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

Initials PJ #18

#77

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

Initials PT #16

#78

Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

American musician

Initials PW #32

#79

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher

Initials PS #84

#80

Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor

English football goalkeeper and manager

Initials PT #18

#81

Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari

American actor (1955–2021)

Initials PS #85

#82

Peter Malinauskas

Peter Malinauskas

Australian politician and trade unionist

Initials PM #46

#83

Peter Morton

Peter Morton

American businessman

Initials PM #47

#84

Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro

American economist and author | Trump advisor (born 1949)

Initials PN #17

#85

Peter Mensah

Peter Mensah

English-Ghanaian actor

Initials PM #53 Avatar

#86

Peter Tobin

Peter Tobin

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

Initials PT #21

#87

Peter North

Peter North

Canadian pornographic actor

Initials PN #20

#88

Peter Jacobson

Peter Jacobson

American film and television actor | born 1965

Initials PJ #20 As Good as It Gets

#89

Peter Palandjian

Peter Palandjian

American tennis player

Initials PP #71

#90

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

British actor (1921–2017)

Initials PS #95

#91

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Initials PS #98

#92

Peter Murrell

Peter Murrell

Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish National Party

Initials PM #59

#93

Peter Wyngarde

Peter Wyngarde

Initials PW #38

#94

Peter Reckell

Peter Reckell

Initials PR #42

#95

Peter Mayhew

Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Initials PM #60 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#96

Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

Initials PB #62

#97

Peter Michael Escovedo

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director

Initials PE #12

#98

Peter Molyneux

Peter Molyneux

English video game designer and game programmer

Initials PM #65

#99

Peter Craig

Peter Craig

American novelist and screenwriter

Initials PC #60

#100

Peter Hall

Peter Hall

English theatre and film director (1930-2017)

Initials PH #52

#101

Peter Kay

English actor | comedian | producer and writer

Initials PK #42

#102

Peter Norman

Australian sprinter (1942-2006)

Initials PN #21

#103

Peter Riegert

American actor and director

Initials PR #50 The Mask

#104

Peter Rodger

British filmmaker

Initials PR #52

#105

Peter Kürten

German serial killer (1883-1931)

Initials PK #44

#106

Peter Dante

Initials PD #46 That's My Boy

#107

Peter Buck

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

Initials PB #70

#108

Peter Outerbridge

Initials PO #9 Cool Runnings

#109

Peter Dutton

Australian former politician (born 1970)

Initials PD #47

#110

Peter Maivia

Samoan-American professional wrestler (1937-1982)

Initials PM #74

#111

Peter DeBoer

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PD #49

#112

Peter Ostrum

American actor | singer and songwriter

Initials PO #12

#113

Peter Farrelly

American film director | producer and screenwriter

Initials PF #36

#114

Peter Dreimanis

Canadian rock musician and actor

Initials PD #51 Untitled Ryan Coogler film

#115

Peter Bergman

Initials PB #32

#116

Peter Hitchener

Australian journalist

Initials PH #61

#117

Peter Friedman

Initials PF #42

#118

Peter Drucker

American business consultant

Initials PD #57

#119

Peter Sohn

American animator and voice actor

Initials PS #121

#120

Peter Welch

United States Senator from Vermont since 2023

Initials PW #49

#121

Peter Weber

American reality television personality

Initials PW #51

#122

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist

Initials PM #93

#123

Peter A. McCullough

American cardiologist and medical professor

Initials PM #97

#124

Peter Popoff

German-American televangelist

Initials PP #98

#125

Peter Powell

English former disc jockey

Initials PP #99

#126

Peter Staley

American HIV/AIDS and LGBT rights activist

Initials PS #131

#127

Peter Abelard

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

Initials PA #47

#128

Peter Mark Kendall

American actor with a career in stage | film and television

Initials PK #55 Top Gun: Maverick

#129

Peter Schiff

American entrepreneur | economist and author

Initials PS #133

#130

Peter Hujar

American photographer

Initials PH #67

#131

Peter Asher

record producer

Initials PA #48

#132

Peter Doocy

American journalist

Initials PD #60

#133

Peter Zeihan

American geopolitical analyst

#134

Peter McNeeley

Initials PM #98

#135

Peter Draisaitl

Czech-born German ice hockey player and coach

Initials PD #61

#136

Peter Diamandis

American businessman

Initials PD #62

#137

Peter Pellegrini

president-elect of Slovakia

Initials PP #103

#138

Peter I of Serbia

Initials PS #135

#139

Peter Douglas

American film producer

Initials PD #66

#140

Peter Polycarpou

Initials PP #108 Greenland: Migration

#141

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Initials PL #59

#142

Peter Aykroyd

Canadian actor | comedian

Initials PA #51

#143

Peter Egan

Initials PE #17

#144

Peter Kwong

Initials PK #59

#145

Peter Safar

Austrian physician

Initials PS #140

#146

Peter Vack

Initials PV #23 The Intern

#147

Peter Kyle

British politician (born 1970)

Initials PK #62

#148

Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam

British Army officer

Initials PF #47

#149

Peter Bowles

English actor (1936–2022)

Initials PB #103

#150

Peter Šťastný

Czechoslovak ice hockey player and olympionic

#151

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor (1960-)

Initials PO #22

#152

Peter Garrett

Australian musician | activist | and former politician

Initials PG #79

#153

Peter Buffett

American musician and writer

Initials PB #109

#154

Peter Greenaway

British film director

Initials PG #82

#155

Peter Thum

American businessman

Initials PT #32

#156

Peter Baker

American journalist

Initials PB #110

#157

Peter Billingsley

American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)

Initials PB #112 Iron Man

#158

Peter Butterworth

English actor (1919–1979)

Initials PB #114

#159

Peter Donat

Initials PD #83 The Godfather

#160

Peter Ford

American actor (born 1945)

Initials PF #54

#161

Peter Jason

American actor (1944–2025)

Initials PJ #42

#162

Peter Scholze

German mathematician

Initials PS #159

#163

Peter Marshall

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

Initials PM #119

#164

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch politician

Initials PS #161

#165

Peter Laird

US comic book artist and writer

Initials PL #67

#166

Peter Malkin

Israeli civil servant

Initials PM #120

#167

Peter Straub

American writer

Initials PS #162 The Talisman

#168

Peter Higgs

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

Initials PH #81

#169

Peter Lim

Singapore businessman

Initials PL #68

#170

Peter Schweizer

American writer

Initials PS #167

#171

Peter Sotos

American writer and musician

Initials PS #168

#172

Peter Hyams

American film director | screenwriter and cinematographer

Initials PH #83

#173

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician

Initials PO #26

#174

Peter Sunde

Norwegian and Finnish activist and computer expert

Initials PS #172

#175

Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest

British diplomat

Initials PH #84

#176

Peter Erskine

American musician

Initials PE #22

#177

Peter Stumpp

German serial killer

Initials PS #174

#178

Peter Manuel

American-born Scottish serial killer

Initials PM #134

#179

Peter Boghossian

American philosophy professor and author

Initials PB #139

#180

Peter Ball

Bishop of Gloucester; Bishop of Lewes

Initials PB #141

#181

Peter Haskell

Initials PH #91

#182

Peter Shaffer

English playwright and screenwriter

Initials PS #179 Equus

#183

Peter Wessel Zapffe

Norwegian philosopher | mountaineer | and author

#184

Peter Laviolette

American ice hockey player and coach

Initials PL #73

#185

Peter Brown

television actor from the United States

Initials PB #146

#186

Peter Sarstedt

Initials PS #188

#187

Peter Moore

Welsh serial killer

Initials PM #138

#188

Peter Rachman

British landlord

Initials PR #96

#189

Peter Thomas

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Initials PT #42

#190

Peter Mooney

Initials PM #139

#191

Peter Shand Kydd

stepfather of Diana | Princess of Wales

Initials PK #83

#192

Peter Watts

Canadian biologist and writer

Initials PW #67 Blindsight

#193

Peter Godwin

Zimbabwean | writer and journalist

Initials PG #89

#194

Peter Macon

Initials PM #145 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

#195

Peter Linz

American puppeteer

Initials PL #76

#196

Peter Breck

Initials PB #157

#197

Peter Segal

Colombian film director

Initials PS #194

#198

Peter Odemwingie

Nigerian footballer

Initials PO #29

#199

Peter Mansbridge

British-Canadian broadcaster

Initials PM #146

#200

Peter O'Mahony

Irish rugby union player

Initials PO #31