Petri

Petri is a surname and a given name derived from Latin Petrus, and may refer to:

Surname

• Adam Petri, Renaissance printer who founded a Basel publishing house
• Carl Adam Petri, who introduced Petri nets
• Egon Petri, Dutch pianist and composer
• Elio Petri, Italian director
• Ellen Petri, Belgian beauty pageant titleholder
• György Petri, Hungarian poet
• Heather Petri, American water polo player
• Heinrich Petri, better known by his Latin name Henricus Petrus
• Julius Richard Petri, German bacteriologist, inventor of the Petri dish
• Laurentius Petri, Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden
• Luca Petri, Italian professional football player
• Mario Petri, Italian operatic bass
• Michala Petri, Danish recorder player.
• Olaus Petri, Swedish clergyman
• Petrus Petri, Spanish medieval architect
• Tom Petri, U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district

Given name

• See article Petri (given name)

See also

• Petri dish, a glass or dish used in cell cultures
• Petri disease or young vine decline, a plant disease
• Petri net, a mathematical representation of discrete distributed systems
• Petri Camera Co. Ltd., a (now out of business) manufacturer of cameras and lenses
• Petrie
• Petrie (disambiguation)
• Petry