Peters (surname)

Peters is a surname of English and German^[1] origin, and may refer to

Alan Peters (1933-2009), British furniture maker
Andrew James Peters (1872–1938), Mayor of Boston
Andrew Peters (born 1980) Canadian ice hockey player
Andi Peters (born 1970), British television presenter
Arno Peters (1916–2002), German filmmaker
Arnold Peters (1922–1996), Canadian politician
Arnold Peters (1925–2013), British actor
Arthur Peters (1854–1908), Canadian politician
Aulana L. Peters, American lawyer
Benedict Peters, Nigerian billionaire
Bernadette Peters (born 1948), American actress
Brock Peters (1927–2005), American actor
Butz Peters (born 1958), German television presenter
Caleigh Peters (born 1988), American musician, daughter of Jon Peters
Caroline Peters (born 1971), German actress
Cash Peters, British travel writer
Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880), German astronomer
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890), Danish-born American astronomer
Clarence James Peters (born 1940), known as C.J. Peters, American physician and virologist
Clayre Peters, American model
Dan Peters (born 1967), American rock drummer
Dean Peters (1958–1998), American wrestler
Douglas Peters (born 1930), Canadian banker and politician
Duane Peters (born 1961), skateboarder and punk singer/songwriter
Edgar E. Peters (born 1952), asset manager and writer
Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Elizabeth Peters, pseudonym used by American author Barbara Mertz
Ellis Peters, pseudonym used by author Edith Pargeter
Emmitt Peters (born 1940), American dog sled racer
Erik Peters, Canadian civil servant
Francis Edwards Peters, American scholar on Middle Eastern religions
Frederick Peters (1851–1919), Canadian lawyer and politician
Frederick Emerson Peters (1885–1959), American fraudster
Frederick Thornton Peters (1889–1942), Canadian Captain in the Royal Navy
Frosty Peters (1904–1980), American football player
Gary Peters (baseball player) (born 1937), former American baseball player
Gary Peters (footballer) (born 1954), British football manager
Gary Peters (Michigan politician) (born 1958), former Michigan state senator
George Henry Peters (1863–1947), American astronomer
Gretchen Peters (born 1957), American country singer
Herman Peters (1899–1989), Australian rugby league footballer
Hugh Peters (1598–1660), English preacher and regicide
Ivo Peters (1915–1989), English photographer of steam railways
J. Peters, head of secret apparatus of the CPUSA in the 1930s
Jaime Peters (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
James Peters (rugby player) (1879–1954), English rugby player
James A. Peters (1922–1972), American herpetologist
James Lee Peters (1889–1952), American ornithologist
Jan Peters (football) (born 1953), retired Dutch football (soccer) player
Jason Peters (born 1982), American football player
Jean Peters (1926–2000), American actress
Jim Peters (athlete) (1918–1999), English long-distance runner
Jim Peters (politician) (born 1937), New Zealand politician
Joan Peters (born 1938), American journalist
John Peters (chess player) (born 1951), American chess player
John A. Peters (1822-1904), a US representative from Maine
John A. Peters (1864-1953), a US representative from Maine
John Samuel Peters (1772–1858), American politician and governor of the state of Connecticut
Jon Peters (born 1945), American film producer
Josef Peters (driver) (1914–2001), German Formula One driver
Julie Anne Peters (born 1942), American children's writer
Karl Peters (1856–1918), German traveller in East Africa
Kasey Peters, American football player
Kenroy Peters (born 1982), cricketer from St Vincent
Lauri Peters (born 1943), American actress
Lennie Peters, British singer from Peters and Lee
Mariko Peters (born 1969), Dutch politician
Mark Peters (disambiguation), various people
Martin Peters (born 1943), English footballer
Mary Peters (athlete) (born 1939), British athlete
Mary Peters (politician) (born 1948), U.S. transportation official
Michael Peters (1948–1994), American choreographer
Michael Peters (designer), British designer
Mike Peters (cartoonist) (born 1943), American cartoonist
Mike Peters (musician) (born 1959), Welsh singer, musician and songwriter with The Alarm
Mike Peters, drummer with Cancer Bats
Mitchell Peters, American percussionist and composer
Molly Peters (1942–2017), British actress
Nancy Peters, Anenrican author and publisher
Nick Peters, former American baseball writer
Ralph Peters (born 1952), American soldier and writer
Ralph Peters (LIRR) (1853-??), American railroad president
Randolph Peters (born 1959), Canadian composer
Ray Peters (born 1946), American baseball player
Raymond Peters (1918–1995), British polymer chemist
Rebecca Peters, Australian gun activist
Red Peters, American musician and songwriter
Richard Peters (cleric) (1704–1776), Pennsylvania colonial minister, uncle of the Continental Congressman
Richard Peters (football coach) (1920–1973), American football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas
Richard Peters, Jr. (1744–1828), Pennsylvania jurist, Continental Congressman, Continental Army official
Richard Peters (Supreme Court) (1780–1848), Reporter of Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, son of the Continental Congressman
Richard Peters (Atlanta) (1810–1889), a founder of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, grandson of the Continental Congressman
Richard Stanley Peters (born 1919), British philosopher
Rick Peters (born 1966), American actor
Rick Peters (baseball) (born 1955), former American baseball player
Robert Peters (born 1924), American poet
Roberta Peters (1930-2017), American singer
Sir Rudolph Albert Peters (1889–1982), British biochemist
Russell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian
Ryan Peters (born 1987), English footballer
Sir Shina Peters (born 1958), Nigerian musician
Stephen Peters (born 1978), English cricketer
Steve Peters (Ontario politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician, from Ontario
Steve Peters (Manitoba politician) (1912–1976), Canadian politician, from Manitoba
Steve Peters (game designer) (born 1961), American game designer
Susan Peters (1921–1952), American actress
Susan Peters (TV anchor), American broadcaster
Sylvia Peters (1925–2016), English television continuity announcer and presenter
Thomas Peters (black leader) (1738–1792), one of the leaders of the African Americans brought to Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War
Tom Peters (born 1942), author of In Search of Excellence
Tim A. Peters, American humanitarian aid worker
Timothy Peters (born 1980), American racing driver
Tina Peters (born 1968), German field hockey player
Tom Peters (born 1942), American business consultant and writer
Vicki Peters (born 1950), American model and actress
Volney Peters (born 1928), American football player
Warren Peters (born 1982), Canadian hockey player
Wendi Peters (born 1968), British actress
Werner Peters (1918–1971), German actor
Wilfred Peters, Belizean accordionist
Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German explorer and naturalist
Wilhelm Peters (1851–1935), Norwegian painter
William Peters (lawyer) (1702–1786), American colonial period judge
William Theodore Peters an American poet and actor during the 1890s
William Wesley Peters (1912–1991), American architect
Winston Peters (born 1945), New Zealand politician and leader of the New Zealand First Party
Winston Peters, Trinidad and Tobago politician usually known as Gypsy (calypsonian)
Yakov Peters (1886–1936), Latvian deputy director of the Cheka

References

↑ "German origin of the surname". Retrieved 2013-07-27.

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