Peters (surname)

Peters is a German and English surname.

Origin and Meaning

Peters is a patronymic surname formed with the meaning son of Peter. For variants, see ibid.

Bearers of the name

A

Achim Peters ( b. 1957 ), German neurobiologist and diabetologist
Albert Peters ( † 1989), German civil servant
Albrecht Peters (1924-1987), German theologian and university lecturer
Andrew Peters ( b. 1980 ), Canadian ice hockey player
Andrew James Peters (1872-1938), American politician
Angelika Peters ( b. 1946 ), German politician (SPD )
Anna Peters (1843-1926), German painter
Anne Peters ( b. 1964 ), German legal scholar and university teacher
Antje Peters - Shepherd ( born 1953 ), German German literature
Aribert Peters ( b. 1948 ), German scientists and consumer advocates
Arno Peters (1916-2002), German historian and geographer
Audrey Peters ( * 1927), American actress
August Peters (1817-1864), German novelist
August Peters ( bishop) ( 1931-1986 ), German clergyman, Auxiliary Bishop of Aachen
August Peters ( Prelate ) (* 1936), German clergyman, canon in Aachen

B

Barbara Peters ( b. 1942 ), German actress and singer
Beate Peters ( b. 1959 ), German track and field athlete
Bernadette Peters ( b. 1948 ), American actress and singer
Bernhard Peters ( political scientist ) ( 1949-2005 ), German political scientist
Bernhard Peters ( sports official ) (* 1960), German sports official and coach
Brock Peters (1927-2005), American actor
Burkhard Peter (* 1953), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
Butz Peters ( b. 1958 ), German lawyer and television presenter

C

Carl Peters (1856-1918), German politician, journalist and African explorer
Carl Ferdinand Peters (1825-1881), physician, geologist, mineralogist and paleontologist
Carl Friedrich Peters (publisher) ( 1779-1827 ), German Booksellers and Publishers, see Edition Peters
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Peters (1844-1894), German astronomer
Carol Peters ( b. 1932 ), American figure skater
Caroline Peters ( b. 1971 ), German actress
Chris Peters ( b. 1949 ), Dutch mathematician
Christa Peters (1933? -1981 ), German photographer
Christel Peters (1916-2009), German actress
Christian Peters (alderman ) ( 1711-1755 ), German jurist and politician, alderman of Lübeck
Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806-1880), German astronomer
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813-1890), German - American astronomer
Christian Johann Friedrich Peters (1822-1889), German teacher of navigation
Christoph Peters ( b. 1966 ), German writer
Clarke Peters ( born 1952 ), American actor, singer, dancer and author
Chris Peters ( b. 1949 ), Dutch mathematician
Crispian St. Peters (1939-2010), English singer
Curt Peters (1905-1943), German Orientalist

D

Dan Peters ( b. 1968 ), American drummer
Daniel Peters ( b. 1977 ), American ice hockey player
Dieter Peters, German homeland researcher
Dietmar Peters ( b. 1949 ), German ice hockey player and coach
Dimitri Peters ( born 1984 ), German judoka
Duane Peters ( b. 1961 ), skateboarder and punk singer
Dwight Peters ( born 1986 ), Guyanese football player

E

Edith Peters (1917-1993), American singer and actress
Edward Peters (1869-1948), German prehistorians
Egbert Peters (1928-2011), German jurist
Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013), American writer
Ellis Peters, pseudonym of Edith Pargeter (1913-1995), English writer
Emil Peters ( journalist ) ( 1877-1925 ), German publicist
Emil Peters ( mayor) ( 1882-1934 ), German politician
Eric Peters ( b. 1952 ), German painter
Ernst Peters, German architect
Eva Peters ( b. 1939 ), German politician (CDU )
Evan Peters ( * 1987), American actor

F

Femi Peters (c. 1946), Gambian politician
Fernando Peters ( b. 1980 ), Antiguan tennis players
Franz Peters ( politician ) ( 1888-1933 ), German politician ( SPD)
Franz Peters ( artist) ( born 1956 ), German artist and poet
Friedrich Peters ( theologian ) ( 1549-1617 ), German theologian and proverbs collectors
Friedrich Peters ( politician ) ( 1906-1977 ), German politician ( DP)
Ernst Friedrich Peters (1890-1962), German writer
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Peters (1812-1874), German government official
Fritz Peters (1819-1897), German farmer and author

G

Gary Peters (baseball player) ( born 1937 ), American baseball player
Gary Peters ( footballer ) (born 1954 ), English footballer and coach
Gary Peters ( politician) (born 1958 ), American politician
Gary Peters (snooker player), Welsh snooker player
Georg Peters (1908-1992), German politician ( SPD)
George Peters ( actor), American actor
George Henry Peters (1863-1947), American astronomer
George W. Peters (1907-1988), American Mission scientists
Gerard Peters ( Gerrit Peters, 1920-2005 ), Dutch cyclist
Gerd Peters ( b. 1934 ), German naval officer, journalist and author
Gerd Peters ( physician) ( 1906-1987 ), German physician
Gerhard Peters (1900-1974), German chemist
Gerhard Peters ( art historian ) ( 1899-1995 ), German art historian
Gerrit Peters, known as Tasek (* 1973), German graffiti artist and illustrator
Gudrun Peters ( b. 1951 ), German politician (SPD )
Günter Peters ( painter) ( 1907-1987 ), German painter, director of the museum and zoo founder
Günter Peters ( politician ) ( born 1944 ), German politician ( SPD)
Günther Peters ( historian ), German historian and construction officer, Mr
Günther Peters ( zoologist ) (* 1932), German zoologist
Günther Peters ( footballer ), German football player

B

Hans Peters ( painter) ( 1885-1978 ), German painter and graphic artist
Hans Peters ( legal historian ) ( 1886-1915 ), German legal historian
Hans Peters ( jurist ) ( 1896-1966 ), German jurist and politician ( CDU)
Hans Peters ( SPD) ( 1927-1999 ), German politician
Hans Peters ( Hamburg) ( born 1933), German politician ( SPD)
Hans Heinrich Peters ( b. 1945 ), German economist and official exchange
Hans -Helmut Peters (1908-1987), German Protestant theologian
Hans Jochen Peters (1944-2008), German diplomat
Hans Martin Peters ( Hans -Martin Peters; 1908-1996 ), German zoologist
Hans O. Peters (1894-1980), American architect and Designer German origin
Hans -Otto Peters ( b. 1941 ), German football player
Hans -Rudolf Peters ( b. 1932 ), German economist
Harold Seymour Peters (1902-1998), American entomologist and ornithologist
Henry Peters (1890-1957), German SS Obersturmführer
Heinrich August Peters, German sculptor
Heinz Peters (1926-2001), German singer ( bass) and director
Heinz Peters ( diplomat ) ( born 1951 ), German diplomat
Heinz -Joachim Peters ( b. 1950 ), German legal scholar
Helge Peters ( b. 1937 ), German sociologist
Helmut Peters ( b. 1930 ), German sinologist
Henri Peters - Arnolds (1897-1988), Dutch - German actor
Herbert Peters (1925-2006), German sculptor and graphic artist

Hermann Peters ( Mecklenburg -Schwerin ) (1873 - after 1920 ), German politician ( SPD)
Hermann Peters ( Prussia) ( 1872-1940 ), German politician ( SPD)

Hildegard Peters ( b. 1923 ), German painter and teacher
Hinrich Peters (1898-1971), German politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament
Horst Peters (1910-2000), German jurist
Horst Peters ( reciter ) (* 1947), German speaker, reciter and actor
House Peters Jr. (1916-2008), American actor
Hugo Peters (1911-2005), German painter and high school teachers

I

Ilse Peters, German editor
Ina Peters (1928-2004), Austrian actress
Ingrid Peters ( b. 1954 ), German pop singer and presenter
Insa - Peter Rehwinkel (* 1968), German politician (SPD ), MdBB
Isabella Peters ( b. 1983 ), German information scientist

J

Jaime Peters ( * 1987), Canadian football player
Yakov Christoforowitsch Peters ( Jēkabs Peterss; 1886-1938 ), Soviet revolutionary Latvian origin
James Arthur Peters (1922-1972), American zoologist ( reptiles, amphibians)
James Lee Peters (1890-1952), American zoologist (birds )
Jan Peters (actor ) ( 1927-2013 ), actor
Jan Peters ( historian ) ( 1932-2011 ), German historian
Jan Peters ( footballer ) (born 1954 ), Dutch footballer
Jan Peters ( filmmaker ) (born 1966 ), German filmmaker and high school teacher
Jan -Eric Peters ( b. 1965 ), German journalist
Jan- Michael Peters ( b. 1962 ), German biologist
Janice G. Peters U.S. Etymologin
Jean Peters (1926-2000), American actress
Jean Peters ( astronomer ) (Johann Theodor Peters; 1869-1941 ), German astronomer
Jens Peters ( b. 1943 ), German physicist
Jim Peters (1918-1999), a British marathon runner
JJ Peters ( b. 1982 ), Australian rock musician
Joachim Peters (1712-1788), German politician, Mayor of Lübeck
Joan Peters ( b. 1938 ), American journalist and author
Johann Peter ( theologian ) ( 1831-1897 ), Catholic theologian Luxembourg
Johann Peters ( DBD), German politician ( DBD)
Johann Peters (entrepreneur ) (before 1946-2002 ), German entrepreneur
Johann Anton de Peters (1725-1795), German painter and draftsman
Johann Heinrich Peters (1697-1754), German sculptor
Johann Theodor Peters (1869-1941), German mathematician and astronomer
John Peters ( NLP) ( Johannes Wilhelm Matthias Peters; 1841-1909 ), German jurist and politician ( NLP), MdR
John Peters ( CDU) ( 1899-1990 ), German jurist and politician ( CDU), Member of Parliament of North Rhine -Westphalia
Johannes Wilhelm Peters (John Wilhelm Hans Peters, * 1927), German politician ( SPD)
Johannes Wilhelmus Peters ( b. 1954 ), Dutch footballer, see Jan Peters ( football player)
John Peters ( cinematographer ), American cinematographer and director
John A. Peters (1822-1904), American politician
John A. Peters (1864-1953), American politician
John Samuel Peters (1772-1858), American politician
Jon Peters ( b. 1945 ), American film producer
Jörg Michael Peters ( b. 1960 ), German clergyman, Auxiliary Bishop of Trier
Josef Peters (1914-2001), German racing driver
Joshy Peters ( b. 1957 ), German actor
Julie Anne Peters ( 1952), American author
Julius Peters ( 1900 -? ), German politician ( NSDAP)
Jürgen Peters ( German scholar ) ( 1940-2013 ), German German literature
Jürgen Peters ( b. 1944 ), German union official
Justin Peters ( born 1986 ), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender

K

Kari Peters ( born 1985 ), Luxembourgian skiers
Karl Peters ( criminal lawyer ) ( 1904-1998 ), German criminologist and criminal lawyer
Karl Peters ( judge) ( born 1939 ), German judges
Karl Christian Peters (1911-1944), German painter, draftsman and illustrator
Karl -Heinz Peters (1903-1990), German actor
Kay Peters, German business economist and university professor
Klaus Peters ( lawyer) (* 1936), German jurist
Klaus Peters ( politician ) ( born 1950 ), German politician ( CDU)
Kristina Peters ( b. 1968 ), German hockey player
Kurt Peters (chemist) ( 1897-1978 ), Austrian chemist
Kurt Peters (dancer ) ( 1915-1996 ), German dancer and dance teacher

L

Lana Peters (1926-2011), Russian teacher, see Svetlana Alliluyeva Iossifowna
Leo Peters ( b. 1944 ), German archivist, historian and university teacher
Lenrie Peters (1932-2009), Gambian surgeon, writer and publisher
Lenrie Peters Senior († 1968), Gambian journalist, publisher, and political activist
Lilo Peters (1913-2001), German painter and sculptor
Lisa Peters (1933-2010), German politician (FDP)
Lorenz Conrad Peters (1885-1949), German author
Louise Otto-Peters (1819-1895), German writer and women's rights activist
Luan Peters ( born 1946 ), British actress

M

Manfred Peters ( b. 1937 ), German handball player
Mareike Peters ( born 1986 ), German track and field athlete
Maria Liberia - Peters ( b. 1941 ), politician of the Netherlands Antilles
Mark Peters ( b. 1965 ), German journalist and writer
Martin Peters ( b. 1943 ), English footballer
Martin Peters, maiden name of Martin Espen Horst (born 1965 ), German historian
Martina Peters ( born 1985 ), German cartoonist
Mary Peters ( athlete ) ( born 1939 ), British track and field athlete
Mary Peters ( politician ) ( born 1948 ), American politician
Mason S. Peters (1844-1914), American politician
Max Peters ( composer ) ( 1849-1927 ), German composer, organist and pianist
Max Peters (1856-1933), German ministry officials
Mike Peters ( cartoonist ) ( b. 1943 ), American cartoonist
Mike Peters (musician ) ( born 1959 ), Welsh musician
Molly Peters ( b. 1942 ), British actress

N

Norbert Peters ( priest) ( 1863-1938 ), German Catholic priest and high school teacher
Norbert Peters ( engineer) (* 1942), Austrian engineer and university teacher
Norbert Walter Peters ( b. 1954 ), German musician, teacher and artist

O

Olivier Peters ( b. 1955 ), French jazz saxophonist

P

Paul Hans Peters (1923-2011), German architect, critic and publicist
Pete Peters, American rockabilly musician
Peter Peters ( b. 1962 ), German football official
Peter Friedrich Peters (1848-1918), German church architect
Peter J. Peters (1946-2011), American pastor
Petra Peters (actually Ursula Helene Aline Peters; 1925-2004 ), German actress
Pierre Peters ( b. 1953 ), Luxembourg activist, writer and economist
Pierre Peters - Arnolds (* 1957), German actor, voice actor and dubbing director
Pieter Francis Peters (1818-1903), Dutch painter
Pietro Ella Peters (1848-1924), German painter

R

Ralf Peters ( b. 1960 ), German photographer
René Peters ( born 1981 ), Luxembourgian football player
Richard Peters (1872-1956), German politician, Mayor of Northeim
Richard Stanley Peters (1919-2011), English philosopher
Roberta Peters ( b. 1930 ), American singer (soprano )
Roland Peters, German ice hockey player
Ronja Peters ( * 1989), German actress
Rotimi Peters ( b. 1955 ), Nigerian Athlete
Rudolf Peters (1899-1990), German naval officer
Rudolf Peters ( mountaineer ) ( 1913-2008 ), German mountaineer
Russell Peters ( b. 1970 ), Canadian comedian

S

Sabine Peters ( actress) ( 1912-1982 ), German actress
Sabine Peters ( writer ) ( born 1961 ), German writer
Samuel R. Peters (1842-1910), American politician
Sandra Peters ( b. 1969 ), German artist
Scott Peters ( b. 1958 ), American politician
Sidney Peters (1885-1976), British politician ( Liberal Party, National Liberal Party )
Silke Peters ( b. 1967 ), German writer, artist and editor
Sonja Peters ( b. 1976 ), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
Stefan Peters ( b. 1932 ), German zoologist and paleontologist
Steffen Peters ( b. 1964 ), American dressage riders
Susan Peters (1921-1952), American actress

T

Thomas Peters ( b. 1969 ), German actor
Thoralf Peters ( b. 1968 ), German rower
Tim Peters ( b. 1973 ), German lawyer and political scientist
Tim A. Peters, American clergyman and human rights
Tom Peters ( b. 1942 ), American author and consultant
Trevor Peters ( b. 1943 ), German film director and screenwriter

U

Udo Peters (1883-1964), German painter
Ulrich Peters ( educator ) ( 1878-1939 ), German historian and educator
Ulrich Peters ( canoer ) ( born 1951 ), German canoeist
Ulrich Peters ( director) ( born 1955 ), German opera director and manager
Ulrich Peters ( basketball player ) ( born 1957 ), German basketball player
Ursula Peters ( German studies ) (* 1944), German German literature
Ursula Peters ( politician ) ( born 1955 ), German politician (FDP)
Uwe Henrik Peters ( b. 1930 ), German psychiatrist and neurologist

V

Veronika Peters ( b. 1966 ), German writer
Violetta Oblinger - Peters ( b. 1977 ), Austrian canoeist

W

Wallace Peters ( * 1924), British parasitologist
Walter Peters (1912-1979), German farmer and politician ( FDP)
Warren Peters ( b. 1982 ), Canadian ice hockey player
Werner Peters ( actor) ( 1918-1971 ), German actor
Werner Peters ( politician), German politician ( CDU), Member of Parliament of Rhineland- Palatinate
Werner Peters ( owner ) (* 1941), German entrepreneur, author and politician, founder of the party of non-voters
Wilfried Peters ( b. 1957 ), German manager
Wilhelm Peters ( naturalist ) ( 1815-1883 ), German naturalist, zoologist and anatomist
Wilhelm Peters ( painter) ( 1817/1818-1903 ), German painter
Wilhelm Peters ( Norway) ( 1851-1935 ), Norwegian painter
Wilhelm Peters ( psychologist ) ( 1880-1963 ), Austrian psychologist
Wilhelm Peters ( footballer ) ( 1901-1941 ), German football player and referee
Willem Peters (1903-1995), Dutch athlete
William Lee Peters (1939-2000), American etymologist
Winston Peters ( b. 1945 ), New Zealand politician
Wolfgang Peters ( footballer ) ( 1929-2003 ), German football player
Wolfgang Peters ( journalist) ( born 1946 ), German journalist
Wolfgang Peters ( canoer ) ( born 1948 ), German canoeist

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