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First name Peter
July 13, 2026

#1

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Top 500 #147 Initials PT #1

#2

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

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

Top 500 #163 Initials PP #2

#3

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

#4

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

Initials PD #3 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

#5

Peter Murrell

Peter Murrell

former Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish National Party

#6

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

American actor (born 1971)

Initials PS #7 The Batman

#7

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Initials PS #9 Guardians of the Galaxy

#8

Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch

English association football player (born 1981)

#9

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Initials PO #3 Troy

#10

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

British musician (born 1950)

Initials PF #2 Almost Famous

#11

Péter Magyar

Péter Magyar

Hungarian lawyer and politician | Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026

Initials PM #11

#12

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

Initials PF #3 The Princess Bride

#13

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Initials PC #8 The Suicide Squad

#14

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

British singer and musician

#15

Peter Snow

Peter Snow

British television presenter

Initials PS #15

#16

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Initials PS #16

#17

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

#18

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe

English serial killer (1946-2020)

Initials PS #17

#19

Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

Initials PS #18

#20

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

#21

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

Initials PS #19 Dr. Strangelove

#22

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Initials PL #6 Casablanca

#23

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Initials PK #7 The Truman Show

#24

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)

#25

Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera

American musician (born 1944)

Initials PC #13

#26

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor | director and musician

Initials PS #21 Fargo

#27

Peter Scully

Peter Scully

Australian criminal | rapist and torturer

Initials PS #22

#28

Peter Laviolette

Peter Laviolette

American ice hockey player and coach

#29

Peter III of Russia

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)

Initials PR #10

#30

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Initials PB #19 Taxi Driver

#31

Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

British politician and life peer (born 1953)

Initials PM #16

#32

Peter Green

Peter Green

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Initials PG #12

#33

Peter Schlesinger

Peter Schlesinger

American artist

Initials PS #29

#34

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Initials PD #15

#35

Peter Stagg

Peter Stagg

Scottish rugby union player

Initials PS #37

#36

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994)

Initials PC #21 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#37

Peter Steele

Peter Steele

American musician (1962–2010)

Initials PS #38

#38

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

British actor (1923–1984)

Initials PL #13

#39

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

American actor (born 1947)

Initials PW #18 The Adventures of Cliff Booth

#40

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Initials PG #17 American Beauty

#41

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Australian film director (born 1944)

Initials PW #19

#42

Peter Marc Jacobson

Peter Marc Jacobson

American actor and director

#43

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Irish actor and rugby union player

Initials PC #24 Small Things Like These (film)

#44

Peter Ellis

Peter Ellis

Child-care worker wrongfully convicted of child abuse

Initials PE #11

#45

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

#46

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

British flying ace (1914-1995)

Initials PT #10

#47

Peter Craig

Peter Craig

American novelist and screenwriter

Initials PC #26

#48

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Initials PB #35

#49

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

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

Initials PC #27 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

#50

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

American actor (1926-2010)

Initials PG #28 Airplane!

#51

Peter Andre

Peter Andre

Initials PA #15

#52

Peter Holt

Peter Holt

Recipient of the Purple Heart medal

Initials PH #19

#53

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

British actor | filmmaker and socialist

Initials PM #28 I Swear

#54

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor | writer and director (1921–2004)

Initials PU #2 Spartacus

#55

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

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

Initials PB #40 Fire in the Sky

#56

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

#57

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

Initials PC #32 Transformers

#58

Peter Tork

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019)

Initials PT #14

#59

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

American actor and director

Initials PH #22

#60

Peter Bonnington

Peter Bonnington

British engineer

Initials PB #43

#61

Peter Hook

Peter Hook

British bassist

Initials PH #24

#62

Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

Initials PB #44

#63

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

Initials PM #33

#64

Peter Criss

Peter Criss

American drummer

Initials PC #37

#65

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter

Initials PR #33

#66

Peter Noone

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor

Initials PN #13

#67

Peter Coonan

Peter Coonan

Initials PC #39 Hokum

#68

Peter Greene

Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025)

Initials PG #34 Pulp Fiction

#69

Peter Cklamovski

Peter Cklamovski

Australian association football player and manager

Initials PC #40

#70

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Initials PF #14 Pearl Harbor

#71

Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor

English football goalkeeper and manager

Initials PT #19

#72

Peter Mayhew

Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Initials PM #45 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#73

Peter Molyneux

Peter Molyneux

English video game designer and game programmer

Initials PM #47

#74

Peter Dante

Peter Dante

Initials PD #35

#75

Peter Allen

Peter Allen

Australian singer and songwriter (1944–1992)

Initials PA #25

#76

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)

Initials PF #21

#77

Peter Gotti

Peter Gotti

American mobster (1939–2021)

Initials PG #39

#78

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

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

Initials PC #49 The Princess Bride

#79

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Initials PM #49 Sophie's Choice

#80

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Initials PS #70

#81

Peter Odemwingie

Peter Odemwingie

Nigerian footballer

#82

Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari

American actor (1955–2021)

Initials PS #72

#83

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

American actor and director

Initials PR #37

#84

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

American-Canadian actor | director | producer | and screenwriter

Initials PD #39

#85

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

British actor (1923–2016)

Initials PV #10

#86

Peter Palandjian

Peter Palandjian

American tennis player

Initials PP #57

#87

Peter Sallis

Peter Sallis

British actor (1921–2017)

Initials PS #76

#88

Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens

English journalist and author (born 1951)

Initials PH #36

#89

Peter Baker

Peter Baker

American journalist

Initials PB #60

#90

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Initials PS #78

#91

Peter Attia

Peter Attia

surgeon; self-experimenter

Initials PA #30

#92

Peter Madsen

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer | entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Initials PM #58

#93

Peter II of Russia

Peter II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

Initials PR #43

#94

Peter Hickman

Peter Hickman

British motorcycle racer

Initials PH #43

#95

Peter Manuel

Peter Manuel

American-born Scottish serial killer

Initials PM #61

#96

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

Initials PJ #18

#97

Peter Tosh

Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

Initials PT #26

#98

Peter Singer

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher

Initials PS #84

#99

Peter Heller

Peter Heller

American writer

Initials PH #46 The Dog Stars

#100

Peter Nygård

Peter Nygård

Canadian fashion executive

Initials PN #20

#101

Peter Popoff

German-American televangelist

Initials PP #65

#102

Peter Asher

record producer

Initials PA #34

#103

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

Initials PK #40

#104

Peter Ostrum

American actor | singer and songwriter

Initials PO #10 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

#105

Peter Doocy

American journalist

Initials PD #52

#106

Peter Rodger

British filmmaker

Initials PR #48

#107

Peter Maivia

Samoan-American professional wrestler (1937-1982)

Initials PM #66

#108

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director

Initials PE #16

#109

Peter North

Canadian pornographic actor

Initials PN #21

#110

Peter Farrelly

American film director | producer and screenwriter

Initials PF #29

#111

Peter Aykroyd

Canadian actor | comedian

Initials PA #38

#112

Peter Kay

English actor | comedian | producer and writer

Initials PK #44

#113

Peter Steinberger

Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur

Initials PS #98

#114

Peter Friedman

Initials PF #31 Love and Other Drugs

#115

Peter Jacobson

American film and television actor | born 1965

Initials PJ #24

#116

Peter Mensah

English-Ghanaian actor

Initials PM #70 Gladiator 2

#117

Peter Kyle

British politician (born 1970)

Initials PK #45

#118

Peter McDonald

Initials PM #72 Power Ballad

#119

Peter Wolf

American musician

Initials PW #43

#120

Peter Hall

English theatre and film director (1930-2017)

Initials PH #53

#121

Peter Tobin

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

Initials PT #31

#122

Peter Garrett

Australian musician | activist | and former politician

Initials PG #55

#123

Peter Chernin

American businessman

Initials PC #71

#124

Peter Bonetti

English footballer

Initials PB #77

#125

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist

Initials PM #82

#126

Peter Bergman

Initials PB #40

#127

Peter Diamandis

American businessman

Initials PD #63

#128

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician

Initials PO #15

#129

Peter Outerbridge

Initials PO #16

#130

Peter Egan

Initials PE #17

#131

Peter A. McCullough

American cardiologist and medical professor

Initials PM #85

#132

Peter Drucker

American business consultant

Initials PD #67

#133

Peter Sohn

American animator and voice actor

Initials PS #115

#134

Peter Buck

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

Initials PB #89

#135

Peter Tuchman

American stock trader

Initials PT #33

#136

Peter Hessler

American writer and journalist

Initials PH #67

#137

Peter Abelard

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

Initials PA #47

#138

Peter Kürten

German serial killer (1883-1931)

Initials PK #58

#139

Peter Gadiot

Initials PG #61

#140

Peter Wyngarde

Initials PW #51

#141

Peter I of Serbia

Initials PS #119

#142

Peter Navarro

American economist and author | Trump advisor (born 1949)

Initials PN #32

#143

Peter Hujar

American photographer

Initials PH #73

#144

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Initials PL #57

#145

Peter Blake

Initials PB #103

#146

Peter Benchley

American author (1940–2006)

Initials PB #104 Jaws

#147

Peter McNeeley

Initials PM #96

#148

Peter Williams

English motorcycle road racer

Initials PW #60

#149

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor (1960-)

Initials PO #24

#150

Peter Porte

American actor of Polish origin

Initials PP #105

#151

Peter DeBoer

Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Initials PD #73

#152

Peter Welch

United States Senator from Vermont since 2023

Initials PW #61

#153

Peter Macon

Initials PM #104 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

#154

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch politician

Initials PS #139

#155

Peter Straub

American writer

Initials PS #141 The Talisman

#156

Peter Safran

British and American producer and manager

Initials PS #142

#157

Peter Reid

English footballer and manager

Initials PR #74

#158

Peter Jones

British businessman

Initials PJ #37

#159

Peter Beinart

American journalist

Initials PB #118

#160

Peter Lim

Singapore businessman

Initials PL #65

#161

Peter Douglas

American film producer

Initials PD #79

#162

Peter Higgs

British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024)

Initials PH #79

#163

Peter Bowles

English actor (1936–2022)

Initials PB #121

#164

Peter Alexander

American journalist

Initials PA #56

#165

Peter Norman

Australian sprinter (1942-2006)

Initials PN #39

#166

Peter Butterworth

English actor (1919–1979)

Initials PB #123

#167

Peter Brown

television actor from the United States

Initials PB #124

#168

Peter Pellegrini

president-elect of Slovakia

Initials PP #119

#169

Peter Onorati

Initials PO #28 Goodfellas

#170

Peter Forsberg

Swedish ice hockey player

Initials PF #58

#171

Peter Marshall

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

Initials PM #113

#172

Peter Erskine

American musician

Initials PE #22

#173

Peter Burroughs

Initials PB #134

#174

Peter Billingsley

American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)

Initials PB #135 Iron Man

#175

Peter Ford

American actor (born 1945)

Initials PF #61

#176

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director (born 1942)

Initials PG #81

#177

Peter Rodd

British soldier

Initials PR #90

#178

Peter Bryan

British cannibal

Initials PB #140

#179

Peter Donat

Initials PD #90 The Godfather

#180

Peter Fleming

British writer and soldier

Initials PF #62

#181

Peter Buffett

American musician and writer

Initials PB #143

#182

Peter Turchin

Russian historian

Initials PT #48

#183

Peter Dutton

Australian former politician (born 1970)

Initials PD #91

#184

Peter Sotos

American writer and musician

Initials PS #161

#185

Peter Watts

Canadian biologist and writer

Initials PW #69 Blindsight

#186

Peter Orlovsky

Initials PO #30

#187

Peter Hyams

American film director | screenwriter and cinematographer

Initials PH #91

#188

Peter Karmanos, Jr.

American businessman

Initials PJ #46

#189

Peter Breck

Initials PB #146

#190

Peter F. Hamilton

English novelist

Initials PH #94

#191

Peter Lupus

actor/bodybuilder

Initials PL #79

#192

Peter Schiff

American entrepreneur | economist and author

Initials PS #168

#193

Peter Guinness

Initials PG #86 Sleepy Hollow

#194

Peter Sagal

NPR personality | host of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Initials PS #169

#195

Peter Llewelyn Davies

British publisher

Initials PD #94

#196

Peter Hain

British politician

Initials PH #97

#197

Peter Jefferson

Father of American President Thomas Jefferson

Initials PJ #49

#198

Peter Helm

Initials PH #98

#199

Peter Shaffer

English playwright and screenwriter

Initials PS #170 Amadeus

#200

Peter Czernin

Initials PC #121