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First name Peter
September 2, 2026

#1

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel

German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)

Top 500 #375 Initials PT #1

#2

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

Initials PD #1 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

#3

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

British-Irish actor (1932–2013)

Initials PO #1 Troy

#4

Peter Crouch

Peter Crouch

English association football player (born 1981)

#5

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

American actor (born 1971)

Initials PS #8 The Batman

#6

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

#7

Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge

#8

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

American actor (1927–2011)

Initials PF #3 The Princess Bride

#9

Peter Andre

Peter Andre

#10

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Serafinowicz

Initials PS #11 Guardians of the Galaxy

#11

Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

Initials PS #12 Dr. Strangelove

#12

Peter Mullan

Peter Mullan

British actor | filmmaker and socialist

Initials PM #9 Braveheart

#13

Peter Scully

Peter Scully

Australian criminal | rapist and torturer

Initials PS #16

#14

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019)

#15

Peter the Great

Peter the Great

Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725

#16

Peter Sutcliffe

Peter Sutcliffe

English serial killer (1946-2020)

Initials PS #18

#17

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

British singer and musician (born 1950)

#18

Peter Stormare

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor | director and musician

Initials PS #20 The Big Lebowski

#19

Peter Krause

Peter Krause

American actor (born 1965)

Initials PK #4 The Truman Show

#20

Péter Magyar

Péter Magyar

Hungarian lawyer and politician | Prime Minister of Hungary since 2026

Initials PM #12

#21

Peter Boyle

Peter Boyle

American actor (1935–2006)

Initials PB #13 Taxi Driver

#22

Peter Blythe

Peter Blythe

Initials PB #16

#23

Peter Steele

Peter Steele

American musician (1962–2010)

Initials PS #25

#24

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

Initials PH #13

#25

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Initials PC #16 The Suicide Squad

#26

Peter Cetera

Peter Cetera

American musician (born 1944)

Initials PC #19

#27

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)

Initials PL #11 Casablanca

#28

Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens

English journalist and author (born 1951)

Initials PH #14

#29

Peter III of Russia

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)

Initials PR #11

#30

Peter Green

Peter Green

British blues rock guitarist (1946–2020)

Initials PG #13

#31

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Danish association football player

Initials PS #29

#32

Peter Weller

Peter Weller

American actor (born 1947)

Initials PW #10 The Adventures of Cliff Booth

#33

Peter Facinelli

Peter Facinelli

Initials PF #6 Twilight

#34

Peter Stagg

Peter Stagg

Scottish rugby union player

Initials PS #33

#35

Peter Claffey

Peter Claffey

Irish actor and rugby union player

Initials PC #21

#36

Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander

American journalist

Initials PA #11

#37

Peter Gallagher

Peter Gallagher

Initials PG #15 American Beauty

#38

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

British actor (1913–1994)

Initials PC #23 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#39

Peter Lassally

Peter Lassally

American television producer

Initials PL #14

#40

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

British actor | writer and director (1921–2004)

#41

Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

English footballer

Initials PB #24

#42

Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

Initials PS #37

#43

Peter Bogdanovich

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Initials PB #26

#44

Peter Morgan

Peter Morgan

British film writer and playwright

Initials PM #23

#45

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton

British musician (born 1950)

#46

Peter Berg

Peter Berg

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

Initials PB #30 Collateral

#47

Peter Graves

Peter Graves

American actor (1926-2010)

Initials PG #20 Airplane!

#48

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

British actor (1923–1984)

Initials PL #16

#49

Peter Davison

Peter Davison

Initials PD #17

#50

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Canadian voice actor (born 1941)

Initials PC #26 Transformers

#51

Peter Marc Jacobson

Peter Marc Jacobson

American actor and director

Initials PJ #11

#52

Peter Weir

Peter Weir

Australian film director (born 1944)

Initials PW #21

#53

Peter Farrelly

Peter Farrelly

American film director | producer and screenwriter

#54

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

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

Initials PC #28 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

#55

Peter Greene

Peter Greene

American actor (1965–2025)

Initials PG #26 Pulp Fiction

#56

Peter Cook

Peter Cook

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

Initials PC #29 The Princess Bride

#57

Peter Hammill

Peter Hammill

British musician

Initials PH #21

#58

Peter Townsend

Peter Townsend

British flying ace (1914-1995)

Initials PT #10

#59

Peter Tork

Peter Tork

American musician and actor (1942–2019)

Initials PT #11

#60

Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

British politician and life peer (born 1953)

Initials PM #31

#61

Peter Criss

Peter Criss

American drummer

Initials PC #31

#62

Peter Phillips

Peter Phillips

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

Initials PP #38

#63

Peter North

Peter North

Canadian pornographic actor

#64

Peter Ostrum

Peter Ostrum

American actor | singer and songwriter

Initials PO #4 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

#65

Peter Gotti

Peter Gotti

American mobster (1939–2021)

Initials PG #31

#66

Peter Vaughan

Peter Vaughan

British actor (1923–2016)

#67

Peter DeLuise

Peter DeLuise

American-Canadian actor | director | producer | and screenwriter

Initials PD #27

#68

Peter Hook

Peter Hook

British bassist

Initials PH #26

#69

Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle

British politician (born 1970)

Initials PK #21

#70

Peter Tobin

Peter Tobin

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

Initials PT #16

#71

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Initials PM #38

#72

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter

Initials PR #39

#73

Peter Horton

Peter Horton

American actor and director

Initials PH #29

#74

Peter Kay

Peter Kay

English actor | comedian | producer and writer

Initials PK #23

#75

Peter Rodger

Peter Rodger

British filmmaker

Initials PR #42

#76

Peter Baker

Peter Baker

American journalist

Initials PB #45

#77

Peter Craig

Peter Craig

American novelist and screenwriter

Initials PC #39

#78

Peter Schrager

Peter Schrager

American sportscaster

Initials PS #64

#79

Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

Canadian-American broadcast journalist (1938–2005)

Initials PJ #17

#80

Peter Noone

Peter Noone

English singer-songwriter and actor

Initials PN #10

#81

Peter Firth

Peter Firth

Initials PF #21 The Hunt for Red October

#82

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

British-born Australian actor (1916-1977)

Initials PF #23

#83

Peter Reid

Peter Reid

English footballer and manager

Initials PR #45

#84

Peter O'Brien

Peter O'Brien

Australian actor (1960-)

Initials PO #6 X-Men Origins: Wolverine

#85

Peter Palandjian

Peter Palandjian

American tennis player

Initials PP #51

#86

Peter Asher

Peter Asher

record producer

Initials PA #23

#87

Peter Scanavino

Peter Scanavino

Initials PS #67

#88

Peter Navarro

Peter Navarro

American economist and author | Trump advisor (born 1949)

Initials PN #12

#89

Peter Sagan

Peter Sagan

Slovak cycling champion

Initials PS #71

#90

Peter Wolf

Peter Wolf

American musician

Initials PW #31

#91

Peter Sarnak

Peter Sarnak

South African mathematician

Initials PS #72

#92

Peter Scolari

Peter Scolari

American actor (1955–2021)

Initials PS #73

#93

Peter Mensah

Peter Mensah

English-Ghanaian actor

Initials PM #51 Avatar

#94

Peter Maivia

Peter Maivia

Samoan-American professional wrestler (1937-1982)

Initials PM #53

#95

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Initials PS #74

#96

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

American actor and director

Initials PR #51

#97

Peter Yarrow

Peter Yarrow

American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)

Initials PY #11

#98

Peter Scholze

Peter Scholze

German mathematician

Initials PS #77

#99

Peter Hamby

Peter Hamby

American political journalist

Initials PH #44

#100

Peter Benchley

Peter Benchley

American author (1940–2006)

Initials PB #55 Jaws Jaws

#101

Peter Heller

American writer

Initials PH #46 The Dog Stars

#102

Peter Allen

Australian singer and songwriter (1944–1992)

Initials PA #26

#103

Peter Jacobson

American film and television actor | born 1965

Initials PJ #25

#104

Peter II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

Initials PR #53

#105

Peter Wyngarde

Initials PW #38

#106

Peter Tosh

Jamaican reggae singer and musician

Initials PT #25

#107

Peter Singer

Australian moral philosopher

Initials PS #85

#108

Peter Attia

surgeon; self-experimenter

Initials PA #29

#109

Peter Sallis

British actor (1921–2017)

Initials PS #86

#110

Peter Shalulile

Namibian footballer

Initials PS #89

#111

Peter Michael Escovedo

Emmy-award nominated percussionist and musical director

Initials PE #13

#112

Peter Arshinov

Russian anarchist revolutionary

Initials PA #32

#113

Péter Gulácsi

Hungarian association football player

Initials PG #51

#114

Peter Nygård

Canadian fashion executive

Initials PN #19

#115

Peter Bol

Australian middle-distance runner (1994-)

Initials PB #68

#116

Peter Safran

British and American producer and manager

Initials PS #95

#117

Peter Hall

English theatre and film director (1930-2017)

Initials PH #56

#118

Peter Meijer

American politician

Initials PM #64

#119

Peter Kropotkin

Russian revolutionary socialist and philosopher (1842–1921)

Initials PK #42

#120

Peter Dante

Initials PD #50

#121

Peter A. McCullough

American cardiologist and medical professor

Initials PM #67

#122

Peter Okoye

Nigerian singer-songwriter

Initials PO #13

#123

Peter Welch

United States Senator from Vermont since 2023

Initials PW #45

#124

Peter Billingsley

American actor and filmmaker (born 1971)

Initials PB #74 Spider-Man: Far from Home

#125

Peter Amory

Initials PA #37

#126

Peter Molyneux

English video game designer and game programmer

Initials PM #68

#127

Peter Murphy

English rock vocalist

Initials PM #69

#128

Peter Bowles

English actor (1936–2022)

Initials PB #78

#129

Peter Ford

American actor (born 1945)

Initials PF #37

#130

Peter Snow

British television presenter

Initials PS #112

#131

Peter Faber

Initials PF #38

#132

Peter Egan

Initials PE #16

#133

Peter Doocy

American journalist

Initials PD #60

#134

Peter Mayhew

British-American actor

Initials PM #78 Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

#135

Peter Buck

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

Initials PB #85

#136

Peter Friedman

Initials PF #43

#137

Peter Malnati

professional golfer

Initials PM #85

#138

Peter Douglas

American film producer

Initials PD #65

#139

Peter Mansbridge

British-Canadian broadcaster

Initials PM #87

#140

Peter Sohn

American animator and voice actor

Initials PS #126

#141

Peter Bonnington

British engineer

Initials PB #99

#142

Peter Abelard

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

Initials PA #44

#143

Peter Gill

British theatre director and writer

Initials PG #65

#144

Peter McDonald

Initials PM #93

#145

Peter I of Serbia

Initials PS #132

#146

Peter Drucker

American business consultant

Initials PD #70

#147

Peter Kürten

German serial killer (1883-1931)

Initials PK #57

#148

Peter Buffett

American musician and writer

Initials PB #106

#149

Peter McRobbie

Initials PM #96 Brokeback Mountain

#150

Peter Daszak

zoologist | disease ecologist

Initials PD #71

#151

Peter Kreeft

American philosopher

Initials PK #59

#152

Peter Bergman

Initials PB #30

#153

Peter Macon

Initials PM #102

#154

Peter Cklamovski

Australian association football player and manager

Initials PC #85

#155

Peter Lim

Singapore businessman

Initials PL #53

#156

Peter Greenaway

Welsh film director (born 1942)

Initials PG #70

#157

Peter Reckell

Initials PR #85

#158

Peter Duncan

British actor and television presenter

Initials PD #76

#159

Peter Townsend

professional golfer

Initials PT #35

#160

Peter Sotos

American writer and musician

Initials PS #142

#161

Peter Lynch

American businessman

Initials PL #58

#162

Peter Gadiot

Initials PG #73

#163

Peter Willey

Cricket player of England.

Initials PW #60

#164

Peter Butterworth

English actor (1919–1979)

Initials PB #117

#165

Peter Haskell

Initials PH #76

#166

Peter Turchin

Russian historian

Initials PT #37

#167

Peter Straub

American writer

Initials PS #147 The Talisman

#168

Peter Marshall

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

Initials PM #115

#169

Peter Coonan

Initials PC #90 Hokum

#170

Peter Erskine

American musician

Initials PE #19

#171

Peter Grant

Scottish football manager

Initials PG #78

#172

Peter Bryan

British cannibal

Initials PB #121

#173

Peter Zeihan

American geopolitical analyst

#174

Peter Hujar

American photographer

Initials PH #79

#175

Peter Garrett

Australian musician | activist | and former politician

Initials PG #79

#176

Peter Stuyvesant

Dutch politician

Initials PS #154

#177

Peter Diamandis

American businessman

Initials PD #84

#178

Peter McNeeley

Initials PM #122

#179

Peter Breck

Initials PB #128

#180

Peter Hyams

American film director | screenwriter and cinematographer

Initials PH #87

#181

Peter Čeferin

#182

Peter Steinberger

Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur

Initials PS #161

#183

Peter Brown

television actor from the United States

Initials PB #136

#184

Peter Aykroyd

Canadian actor | comedian

Initials PA #59

#185

Peter Jones

British businessman

Initials PJ #47

#186

Peter Luccin

French footballer

Initials PL #66

#187

Peter Obi

Nigerian politician

Initials PO #30

#188

Peter Onorati

Initials PO #31 Goodfellas

#189

Peter Watts

Canadian biologist and writer

Initials PW #72 Blindsight

#190

Peter Donat

Initials PD #90 The Godfather

#191

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer | entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Initials PM #129

#192

Peter Fleming

British writer and soldier

Initials PF #62

#193

Peter J. Ortiz

United States Marine Corps officer

Initials PO #32

#194

Peter Hillary

New Zealand mountain climber (born 1954)

Initials PH #94

#195

Peter Pellegrini

president-elect of Slovakia

Initials PP #138

#196

Peter Whitney

Initials PW #75

#197

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweller

Initials PF #64

#198

Peter Jason

American actor (1944–2025)

Initials PJ #52 The Hunt for Red October

#199

Peter Guber

American film producer and executive

Initials PG #92

#200

Peter Stumpp

German serial killer

Initials PS #175