Peters (surname)

Peters is a surname of English and German origin, and may refer to

• Alan Peters, British furniture maker
• Andrew James Peters (1872-1938), Mayor of Boston
• Andrew Peters (b. 1980) Canadian ice hockey player
• Andi Peters (b. 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
• Bernadette Peters (b. 1948), American actress
• Brock Peters (1927-2005), American actor
• Butz Peters (b. 1958), German television presenter
• Caleigh Peters (b. 1988), American musician, daughter of Jon Peters
• Caroline Peters (b. 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 (b. 1940), known as C.J. Peters, American physician and virologist
• Clayre Peters, American model
• Dan Peters (b. 1967), American rock drummer
• Dean Peters (1958-1998), American wrestler
• Douglas Peters (b. 1930), Canadian banker and politician
• Duane Peters (b. 1961), skateboarder and punk singer/songwriter
• Edgar E. Peters (b. 1952), asset manager and writer
• Eugène Peters (b. 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 (b. 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
• Gary Peters (baseball player) (b. 1937), former American baseball player
• Gary Peters (footballer) (b. 1954), British football manager
• Gary Peters (Michigan politician) (b. 1958), former Michigan state senator
• George Henry Peters (1863-1947), American astronomer
• Gretchen Peters (b. 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 (b. 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) (b. 1953), retired Dutch football (soccer) player
• Jason Peters (b. 1982), American football player
• Jean Peters (1926-2000), American actress
• Jim Peters (athlete) (1918-1999), English long-distance runner
• Jim Peters (politician) (b. 1937), New Zealand politician
• Joan Peters (b. 1938), American journalist
• John Peters (chess player) (b. 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 (b. 1945), American film producer
• Josef Peters (driver) (1914-2001), German Formula One driver
• Julie Anne Peters (b. 1942), American children's writer
• Karl Peters (1856-1918), German traveller in East Africa
• Kenroy Peters (b. 1982), cricketer from St Vincent
• Lauri Peters (b. 1943), American actress
• Lennie Peters, British singer from Peters and Lee
• Mariko Peters (b. 1969), Dutch politician
• Mark Peters, various people
• Martin Peters (b. 1943), English footballer
• Mary Peters (athlete) (b. 1939), British athlete
• Mary Peters (politician) (b. 1948), U.S. transportation official
• Michael Peters (1948-1994), American choreographer
• Michael Peters (designer), British designer
• Mike Peters (cartoonist) (b. 1943), American cartoonist
• Mike Peters (musician) (b. 1959), Welsh singer, musician and song writer with The Alarm
• Mike Peters, drummer with Cancer Bats
• Mitchell Peters, American percussionist and composer
• Molly Peters (b. 1942), British actress
• Nancy Peters, Anenrican author and publisher
• Nick Peters, former American baseball writer
• Phillip Peters, (b. 1988) Kern High School District Trustee
• Ralph Peters (b. 1952), American soldier and writer
• Ralph Peters (LIRR) (1853-??), American railroad president
• Randolph Peters (b. 1959), Canadian composer
• Ray Peters (b. 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 (b. 1919), British philosopher
• Rick Peters (b. 1966), American actor
• Rick Peters (baseball) (b. 1955), former American baseball player
• Robert Peters (b. 1924), American poet
• Roberta Peters (b. 1930), American singer
• Sir Rudolph Albert Peters (1889-1982), British biochemist
• Russell Peters (b. 1970), Canadian comedian
• Ryan Peters (b. 1987), English footballer
• Sir Shina Peters (b. 1958), Nigerian politician
• Stephen Peters (b. 1978), English cricketer
• Steve Peters (politician) (b. 1963), Canadian politician, from Ontario
• Steve Peters (Manitoba politician) (1912-1976), Canadian politician, from Manitoba
• Steve Peters (game designer) (b. 1961), American game designer
• Susan Peters (1921-1952), American actress
• Susan Peters (TV anchor), American broadcaster
• 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 (b. 1942), author of In Search of Excellence
• Tim A. Peters, American humanitarian aid worker
• Timothy Peters (b. 1980), American racing driver
• Tina Peters (b. 1968), German field hockey player
• Tom Peters (b. 1942), American business consultant and writer
• Vicki Peters (b. 1950), American model and actress
• Volney Peters (b. 1928), American football player
• Warren Peters (b. 1982), Canadian hockey player
• Wendi Peters (b. 1968), British actress
• Werner Peters (1918-1971), German actor
• Wilfred Peters, Belizean accordionist
• Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German explore 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 (b. 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