Peters (surname)
Peters is a patronymic surname (Peter's son) of Dutch, English and Low German origin. It can also be an English translation of Gaelic Mac Pheadair (same meaning) or an Americanized form of cognate surnames like Peeters or Pieters.[1]. People with the name include:
- 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
- Anna Peters (1843–1926), German flower and landscape painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters
- Anton Peters (1923–1989), Belgian actor and film director
- Arno Peters (1916–2002), German filmmaker & historian. Peters map projection.
- Arnold Peters (1922–1996), Canadian politician
- Arnold Peters (1925–2013), British actor
- Arthur Peters (1854–1908), Canadian politician
- Artuur Peters (born 1996), Belgian canoeist
- Aulana L. Peters, American lawyer
- Bas Peters (born 1976), Dutch mountain biker
- Benedict Peters (born 1966), 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
- Carl Peters (1856–1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author
- Caroline Peters (born 1971), German actress
- Cas Peters (born 1993), Dutch football winger
- Cash Peters, British travel writer
- Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880), German astronomer
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890), Danish-born American astronomer
- Ciska Peters (born 1945), Dutch pop singer
- Clarence Peters (born 1980s), Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer
- 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
- Dave Peters (radio personality) (born 1976), Flemish radio presenter
- David Peters (poker player) (born 1987), American poker player
- Dean Peters (1958–1998), American wrestler
- Demi-Leigh Peters (born 1995), South African model and Miss Universe 2017
- Dipuo Peters (born 1960), South African Premier of the Northern Cape, Minister of Energy and Minister of Transport
- Douglas Peters (1930–2016), Canadian banker and politician
- Duane Peters (born 1961), skateboarder and punk singer/songwriter
- Dwight Peters (born 1986), Guyanese football midfielder
- 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
- Ellen Ash Peters (born 1930), German-born American lawyer and judge
- Ellen Dolly Peters (1894–1995), Montserratian teacher and trade unionist
- Ellis Peters, pseudonym used by author Edith Pargeter
- Emmitt Peters (born 1940), American dog sled racer
- Erik Peters, Canadian civil servant
- Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, printmaker and sculptor
- Francis Edward Peters, American scholar on Middle Eastern religions
- Fred Peters (1867–1935), Dutch-born American (Utah) politician
- 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
- George J. Peters (1924–1945), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Gerard Peters (1920–2005), Dutch track and road cyclist
- Gretchen Peters (born 1957), American country singer
- Hans Peters (fl. 2001), Dutch game show contestant
- 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
- Jordens Peters (born 1987), Dutch football defender
- 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
- Laine Peters (born 1970), Canadian curler
- Lana Peters (1926–2011), since 1970 the name of the youngest child of Joseph Stalin who defected to the United States
- Lauri Peters (born 1943), American actress
- Lennie Peters (1931–1992), British singer from Peters and Lee
- Leonard Peters (born 1981), Samoan American football safety and rugby player
- Lilo Peters (1913–2001), North German painter and sculptor
- Linda Peters (born 1947), English folk rock singer a.k.a. Linda Thompson
- Lyle Peters (born 1991), South African footballer
- Maria Liberia Peters (born 1941), Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles 1984–86
- 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
- Nonja Peters (born c.1945), Dutch-born Australian author
- Piet Peters (born 1921), Dutch road cyclist
- Pieter Francis Peters (1818–1903), Dutch-born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer
- Pietronella Peters (1848–1924), German portrait and genre painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters
- 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
- Reinhard Peters (1926–2008), German operatic conductor, violinist and academic teacher
- René Peters (born 1981), Luxembourgish footballer
- Richard Peters (priest) (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 (1924–2014), American poet
- Robert Henry Peters (1946–1996), Canadian ecologist and limnologist
- Roberta Peters (1930-2017), American singer
- Rodrigo Peters Marques (born 1985), Brazilian football goalkeeper
- Rudolph Albert Peters (1889–1982), British biochemist
- Rudolph F. Peters (born 1943), Dutch scholar of Islam
- Russell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian
- Ryan Peters (disambiguation), various people
- Shina Peters (born 1958), Nigerian musician
- Steffen Peters (born 1964), German-born American equestrian
- 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 (Nigerian actress) (born 1980), Nigerian 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
- 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, author of In Search of Excellence
- Vicki Peters (born 1950), American model and actress
- Vivian Peters (born 1975), Nigerian shot putter
- 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
- Willem Peters (1903–1995), Dutch triple jump athlete
- 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
- ↑ Peters Name Meaning at ancestry.com, sourced from Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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