is a common .
could refer to the following real people:
- Saint Peter , Jesus' disciple
- Peter The Deacon , a confidant of Pope Gregory I and rector of Sicily
- Antipope Peter II
- Peter The Hermit , a peasent religious icon during the First Crusade
- Peter I Of Russia (Peter the Great), the first Emperor of the Russian Empire
- Saint Peter, Metropolitan Of Moscow
- Peter (actor) (ピーター), a Japanese transvestite and actor who appeared in Akira Kurosawa's ''Ran''
- Peter Cook (1937 – 1995), English satirist, writer and comedian
- Peter Gabriel , English musician and former frontman in the progressive rockband Genesis
- Peter Jennings (1938 – 2005) the lead news anchor for the ABC network from the 1980s to the 2000s
- Peter Luczak , an Australian tennis player
- Peter North (porn Star) , famous Bi-Sexual porn star
- Peter O'Toole , Irish-born film actor
- Peter Of Portugal - Peter is the name of five Portuguese Kings and several Princes
- Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980), British comedian, comic actor, and performer on The Goon Show
- Peter Townshend , rock guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893), Russian composer of the Romantic era
or fictional people:
- The blond caveman from '' B.C. (comic) ''
- A principal character in Sheri S. Tepper's '' The True Game '' novels
- Peter Griffin , title character of the animated TV series ''Family Guy''
- Peter Pan , fictional character created by J. M. Barrie of a little boy who refuses to grow up
- Peter Parker , fictional character, the alter ego of Spider-Man and a Marvel Comics superhero created by Stan Lee
- Peter Pevensie , one of the main characters in C.S. Lewis's ''Chronicles of Narnia''
- Peter Rabbit , Beatrix Potter character
or music/shows/programmes:
- Blue Peter , a long-running children's TV programme in the United Kingdom, named after a flag
- Peter And The Wolf , a musical story by Sergei Prokofiev written in 1933
Peter is also a euphemism for Penis (''see'' There's A Skeeter On My Peter ).
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