<P> 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. . People with the name include: </P> <Ul> <Li> Alan Peters (1933 - 2009), British furniture maker </Li> <Li> Andrew James Peters (1872--1938), Mayor of Boston </Li> <Li> Andrew Peters (born 1980) Canadian ice hockey player </Li> <Li> Andi Peters (born 1970), British television presenter </Li> <Li> Anna Peters (1843--1926), German flower and landscape painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters </Li> <Li> Anton Peters (1923--1989), Belgian actor and film director </Li> <Li> Arno Peters (1916--2002), German filmmaker & historian . Peters map projection . </Li> <Li> Arnold Peters (1922--1996), Canadian politician </Li> <Li> Arnold Peters (1925--2013), British actor </Li> <Li> Arthur Peters (1854--1908), Canadian politician </Li> <Li> Artuur Peters (born 1996), Belgian canoeist </Li> <Li> Aulana L. Peters, American lawyer </Li> <Li> Bas Peters (born 1976), Dutch mountain biker </Li> <Li> Benedict Peters (born 1966), Nigerian billionaire </Li> <Li> Bernadette Peters (born 1948), American actress </Li> <Li> Brock Peters (1927--2005), American actor </Li> <Li> Butz Peters (born 1958), German television presenter </Li> <Li> Caleigh Peters (born 1988), American musician, daughter of Jon Peters </Li> <Li> Carl Peters (1856--1918), German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author </Li> <Li> Caroline Peters (born 1971), German actress </Li> <Li> Cas Peters (born 1993), Dutch football winger </Li> <Li> Cash Peters, British travel writer </Li> <Li> Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806--1880), German astronomer </Li> <Li> Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813--1890), Danish - born American astronomer </Li> <Li> Ciska Peters (born 1945), Dutch pop singer </Li> <Li> Clarence Peters (born 1980s), Nigerian music video director, filmmaker and cinematographer </Li> <Li> Clarence James Peters (born 1940), known as C.J. Peters, American physician and virologist </Li> <Li> Clayre Peters, American model </Li> <Li> Dan Peters (born 1967), American rock drummer </Li> <Li> Dave Peters (radio personality) (born 1976), Flemish radio presenter </Li> <Li> David Peters (poker player) (born 1987), American poker player </Li> <Li> Dean Peters (1958--1998), American wrestler </Li> <Li> Demi - Leigh Peters (born 1995), South African model and Miss Universe 2017 </Li> <Li> Dipuo Peters (born 1960), South African Premier of the Northern Cape, Minister of Energy and Minister of Transport </Li> <Li> Douglas Peters (1930--2016), Canadian banker and politician </Li> <Li> Duane Peters (born 1961), skateboarder and punk singer / songwriter </Li> <Li> Dwight Peters (born 1986), Guyanese football midfielder </Li> <Li> Edgar E. Peters (born 1952), asset manager and writer </Li> <Li> Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, graphic artist and sculptor </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Peters, pseudonym used by American author Barbara Mertz </Li> <Li> Ellen Ash Peters (born 1930), German - born American lawyer and judge </Li> <Li> Ellen Dolly Peters (1894--1995), Montserratian teacher and trade unionist </Li> <Li> Ellis Peters, pseudonym used by author Edith Pargeter </Li> <Li> Emmitt Peters (born 1940), American dog sled racer </Li> <Li> Erik Peters, Canadian civil servant </Li> <Li> Eugène Peters (born 1946), Dutch painter, printmaker and sculptor </Li> <Li> Francis Edward Peters, American scholar on Middle Eastern religions </Li> <Li> Fred Peters (1867--1935), Dutch - born American (Utah) politician </Li> <Li> Frederick Peters (1851--1919), Canadian lawyer and politician </Li> <Li> Frederick Emerson Peters (1885--1959), American fraudster </Li> <Li> Frederick Thornton Peters (1889--1942), Canadian Captain in the Royal Navy </Li> <Li> Frosty Peters (1904--1980), American football player </Li> <Li> Gary Peters (baseball player) (born 1937), former American baseball player </Li> <Li> Gary Peters (footballer) (born 1954), British football manager </Li> <Li> Gary Peters (Michigan politician) (born 1958), former Michigan state senator </Li> <Li> George Henry Peters (1863--1947), American astronomer </Li> <Li> George J. Peters (1924--1945), American Medal of Honor recipient </Li> <Li> Gerard Peters (1920--2005), Dutch track and road cyclist </Li> <Li> Gretchen Peters (born 1957), American country singer </Li> <Li> Hans Peters (fl. 2001), Dutch game show contestant </Li> <Li> Herman Peters (1899--1989), Australian rugby league footballer </Li> <Li> Hugh Peters (1598--1660), English preacher and regicide </Li> <Li> Ivo Peters (1915--1989), English photographer of steam railways </Li> <Li> J. Peters, head of secret apparatus of the CPUSA in the 1930s </Li> <Li> Jaime Peters (born 1987), Canadian soccer player </Li> <Li> James Peters (rugby player) (1879--1954), English rugby player </Li> <Li> James A. Peters (1922--1972), American herpetologist </Li> <Li> James Lee Peters (1889--1952), American ornithologist </Li> <Li> Jan Peters (football) (born 1953), retired Dutch football (soccer) player </Li> <Li> Jason Peters (born 1982), American football player </Li> <Li> Jean Peters (1926--2000), American actress </Li> <Li> Jim Peters (athlete) (1918--1999), English long - distance runner </Li> <Li> Jim Peters (politician) (born 1937), New Zealand politician </Li> <Li> Joan Peters (born 1938), American journalist </Li> <Li> John Peters (chess player) (born 1951), American chess player </Li> <Li> John A. Peters (1822 - 1904), a US representative from Maine </Li> <Li> John A. Peters (1864 - 1953), a US representative from Maine </Li> <Li> John Samuel Peters (1772--1858), American politician and governor of the state of Connecticut </Li> <Li> Jon Peters (born 1945), American film producer </Li> <Li> Jordens Peters (born 1987), Dutch football defender </Li> <Li> Josef Peters (driver) (1914--2001), German Formula One driver </Li> <Li> Julie Anne Peters (born 1942), American children's writer </Li> <Li> Karl Peters (1856--1918), German traveller in East Africa </Li> <Li> Kasey Peters, American football player </Li> <Li> Kenroy Peters (born 1982), cricketer from St Vincent </Li> <Li> Laine Peters (born 1970), Canadian curler </Li> <Li> Lana Peters (1926--2011), since 1970 the name of the youngest child of Joseph Stalin who defected to the United States </Li> <Li> Lauri Peters (born 1943), American actress </Li> <Li> Lennie Peters (1931--1992), British singer from Peters and Lee </Li> <Li> Leonard Peters (born 1981), Samoan American football safety and rugby player </Li> <Li> Lilo Peters (1913--2001), North German painter and sculptor </Li> <Li> Linda Peters (born 1947), English folk rock singer a.k.a. Linda Thompson </Li> <Li> Lyle Peters (born 1991), South African footballer </Li> <Li> Maria Liberia Peters (born 1941), Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles 1984--86 </Li> <Li> Mariko Peters (born 1969), Dutch politician </Li> <Li> Mark Peters (disambiguation), various people </Li> <Li> Martin Peters (born 1943), English footballer </Li> <Li> Mary Peters (athlete) (born 1939), British athlete </Li> <Li> Mary Peters (politician) (born 1948), U.S. transportation official </Li> <Li> Michael Peters (1948--1994), American choreographer </Li> <Li> Michael Peters (designer), British designer </Li> <Li> Mike Peters (cartoonist) (born 1943), American cartoonist </Li> <Li> Mike Peters (musician) (born 1959), Welsh singer, musician and songwriter with The Alarm </Li> <Li> Mike Peters, drummer with Cancer Bats </Li> <Li> Mitchell Peters, American percussionist and composer </Li> <Li> Molly Peters (1942--2017), British actress </Li> <Li> Nancy Peters, Anenrican author and publisher </Li> <Li> Nick Peters, former American baseball writer </Li> <Li> Nonja Peters (born c. 1945), Dutch - born Australian author </Li> <Li> Piet Peters (born 1921), Dutch road cyclist </Li> <Li> Pieter Francis Peters (1818--1903), Dutch - born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer </Li> <Li> Pietronella Peters (1848--1924), German portrait and genre painter, daughter of Pieter Francis Peters </Li> <Li> Ralph Peters (born 1952), American soldier and writer </Li> <Li> Ralph Peters (LIRR) (1853 -??), American railroad president </Li> <Li> Randolph Peters (born 1959), Canadian composer </Li> <Li> Ray Peters (born 1946), American baseball player </Li> <Li> Raymond Peters (1918--1995), British polymer chemist </Li> <Li> Rebecca Peters, Australian gun activist </Li> <Li> Red Peters, American musician and songwriter </Li> <Li> Reinhard Peters (1926--2008), German operatic conductor, violinist and academic teacher </Li> <Li> René Peters (born 1981), Luxembourgish footballer </Li> <Li> Richard Peters (priest) (1704--1776), Pennsylvania colonial minister, uncle of the Continental Congressman </Li> <Li> Richard Peters (football coach) (1920--1973), American football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas </Li> <Li> Richard Peters, Jr. (1744--1828), Pennsylvania jurist, Continental Congressman, Continental Army official </Li> <Li> Richard Peters (Supreme Court) (1780--1848), Reporter of Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, son of the Continental Congressman </Li> <Li> Richard Peters (Atlanta) (1810--1889), a founder of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, grandson of the Continental Congressman </Li> <Li> Richard Stanley Peters (born 1919), British philosopher </Li> <Li> Rick Peters (born 1966), American actor </Li> <Li> Rick Peters (baseball) (born 1955), former American baseball player </Li> <Li> Robert Peters (1924--2014), American poet </Li> <Li> Robert Henry Peters (1946--1996), Canadian ecologist and limnologist </Li> <Li> Roberta Peters (1930 - 2017), American singer </Li> <Li> Rodrigo Peters Marques (born 1985), Brazilian football goalkeeper </Li> <Li> Rudolph Albert Peters (1889--1982), British biochemist </Li> <Li> Rudolph F. Peters (born 1943), Dutch scholar of Islam </Li> <Li> Russell Peters (born 1970), Canadian comedian </Li> <Li> Ryan Peters (disambiguation), various people </Li> <Li> Shina Peters (born 1958), Nigerian musician </Li> <Li> Steffen Peters (born 1964), German - born American equestrian </Li> <Li> Stephen Peters (born 1978), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Steve Peters (Ontario politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician, from Ontario </Li> <Li> Steve Peters (Manitoba politician) (1912--1976), Canadian politician, from Manitoba </Li> <Li> Steve Peters (game designer) (born 1961), American game designer </Li> <Li> Susan Peters (1921--1952), American actress </Li> <Li> Susan Peters (Nigerian actress) (born 1980), Nigerian actress </Li> <Li> Susan Peters (TV anchor), American broadcaster </Li> <Li> Sylvia Peters (1925--2016), English television continuity announcer and presenter </Li> <Li> Thomas Peters (black leader) (1738--1792), one of the leaders of the African Americans brought to Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War </Li> <Li> Tim A. Peters, American humanitarian aid worker </Li> <Li> Timothy Peters (born 1980), American racing driver </Li> <Li> Tina Peters (born 1968), German field hockey player </Li> <Li> Tom Peters (born 1942), American business consultant and writer, author of In Search of Excellence </Li> <Li> Vicki Peters (born 1950), American model and actress </Li> <Li> Vivian Peters (born 1975), Nigerian shot putter </Li> <Li> Volney Peters (born 1928), American football player </Li> <Li> Warren Peters (born 1982), Canadian hockey player </Li> <Li> Wendi Peters (born 1968), British actress </Li> <Li> Werner Peters (1918--1971), German actor </Li> <Li> Wilfred Peters, Belizean accordionist </Li> <Li> Wilhelm Peters (1815 - 1883), German explorer and naturalist </Li> <Li> Wilhelm Peters (1851--1935), Norwegian painter </Li> <Li> Willem Peters (1903--1995), Dutch triple jump athlete </Li> <Li> William Peters (lawyer) (1702--1786), American colonial period judge </Li> <Li> William Theodore Peters an American poet and actor during the 1890s </Li> <Li> William Wesley Peters (1912--1991), American architect </Li> <Li> Winston Peters (born 1945), New Zealand politician and leader of the New Zealand First Party </Li> <Li> Winston Peters, Trinidad and Tobago politician usually known as Gypsy (calypsonian) </Li> <Li> Yakov Peters (1886--1936), Latvian deputy director of the Cheka </Li> </Ul>

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