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Petar Stambolić
Petar Stambolić (Петар Стамболић; 1912–2007) was a Serbian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbia, federal prime minister of Yugoslavia, and President of the Presidency of the SFRJ from 1982 to 1983.
Petar V. Kokotovic
Petar V. Kokotovic is a control theorist, a National Academy of Engineering member and Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara, known for singular perturbation methods and backstepping.
Petar Živković
Petar Živković (Serbian: Петар Живковић) was a Serbian and Yugoslav general who served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1932 under King Alexander I.
Petar Zrinski
Petar Zrinski (Zrínyi Péter) was a Croatian ban, military commander, and poet who led the Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy against Habsburg absolutism and was beheaded in 1671.
Petard
A petard was a small gunpowder charge used by military engineers from the mid-16th to 19th centuries to blow open gates, doors, and barricades during sieges.
Petare
Petare, a parish of Sucre Municipality in eastern Caracas, Venezuela, founded 1621 as a mission town; now one of Latin America's largest informal settlements, with 372,470 census inhabitants (2011) and severe water, health, and education gaps.
Petasis reaction
The Petasis reaction is a multicomponent organic reaction combining a boronic acid, an amine, and a carbonyl compound to form substituted amines, reported in 1993.
Petasites
Petasites (butterbur), Asteraceae genus of rhizomatous Northern Hemisphere perennials with huge leaves; P. hybridus studied for migraine and allergic rhinitis; contains hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.
Petasites hybridus
Petasites hybridus (butterbur, pestilence wort) is an Asteraceae rhizomatous geophyte native from Europe to North Iran and Algeria, studied for migraine and hay fever, but toxic unless pyrrolizidine alkaloids are removed.
Petaurista
Petaurista, the giant flying squirrels (Link, 1795), is a genus of large gliding Sciuridae rodents from Pakistan, Nepal, and East Asia to Southeast Asia; head-body length 305–585 mm, taxonomically contentious with 5–31 recognized species across studies.
Petaurus
Petaurus, the lesser gliding possums or wrist-winged gliders, is a genus of about nine gliding marsupial species in Petauridae from Australia and New Guinea, including the sugar glider, squirrel glider, and yellow-bellied glider, with the endangered mahogany glider restricted to a 120 km Queensland coastal strip.
Petavius (crater)
Petavius is a large floor-fractured impact crater on the Moon's southeastern nearside, about 180 km wide, with a central peak group and the fracture system Rimae Petavius.
Petavonium
Petavonium, at Rosinos de Vidriales (Zamora, Spain), was a Roman legionary fortress of Legio X Gemina and later the auxiliary fort of the Ala II Flavia Hispanorum, with unaltered camps of 17.35 and 4.7 hectares.
Petawatt laser
A petawatt laser is a laser system delivering a peak power of one quadrillion watts in femtosecond pulses, first achieved at Lawrence Livermore in 1996.
Petco
Petco (Nasdaq: WOOF), Petco Health and Wellness Company, is an American pet retailer founded in 1965 as UPCO in San Diego. It runs 1,400+ pet care centers with grooming, training, and vet services, does not sell dogs or cats, and places adoptable pets through Petco Love.
Petco Park
Petco Park: downtown San Diego MLB ballpark, home of the Padres since April 8, 2004; $474 million Predock/HOK design in East Village, 40,209 fixed seats, catalyst of the Ballpark District redevelopment.
Pete (Disney)
Pete (Peg Leg Pete, Black Pete) is Disney's oldest recurring character, a cat-like villain who debuted in Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925) and became Mickey Mouse's nemesis from Steamboat Willie (1928) onward.
Pete Aguilar
Pete Aguilar is an American Democratic politician serving as the U.S. Representative from California's 33rd congressional district since 2023, and chair of the House Democratic Caucus.
Pete Alonso
Pete Alonso, the Polar Bear, is an American MLB first baseman (born 1994, Tampa) who set the Mets' franchise record with 264 home runs, won the 2019 NL Rookie of the Year with a rookie-record 53 homers, and signed a five-year, $155 million Orioles deal in December 2025.
Pete Astudillo
Pete Astudillo (Pedro Astudillo), born in Laredo, Texas, is a Tejano singer-songwriter, formerly of Selena y Los Dinos, co-writer of 'Como la Flor' and 'Amor Prohibido', solo albums 1992-1999, and 2026 Karol G collaborator.
Pete Best
Pete Best (born 1941), English drummer with The Beatles from August 1960 to August 1962, covering the Hamburg residencies and Cavern era; fired 16 August 1962 and replaced by Ringo Starr.
Pete Burns
Pete Burns (Peter Jozzeppi Burns, 1959–2016) was an English singer, lead vocalist of Dead or Alive, known for the 1985 hit "You Spin Me Round".
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg (Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg) is an American politician, former two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who won the Iowa caucuses, and US Secretary of Transportation 2021 to 2025, the first openly gay man to serve as a US cabinet secretary.
Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign: the South Bend mayor's Democratic primary bid, first major openly gay presidential campaign, $25M Q2 2019 fundraising, disputed narrow Iowa win, and March 1, 2020 exit endorsing Biden.
Pete Campbell
Pete Campbell (Peter Dyckman Campbell) is a fictional Mad Men character, an ambitious Sterling Cooper account executive played by Vincent Kartheiser; married to Trudy, fathered a son with Peggy, later SCDP partner, Weiner's most-changed character.
Pete Carroll
Pete Carroll (born 1951) is an American football coach: USC head coach 2001-09 with two national titles, Seahawks coach 2010-23 winning Super Bowl XLVIII, and Raiders head coach in 2025 (3-14, fired January 2026).
Pete Cipollone
Pete Cipollone (Peter M. Cipollone, born 1971, Marietta, Ohio) is an American rowing coxswain who coxed the US men's eight to 2004 Athens Olympic gold and won four World Championship titles, later founding Turazo and InstaViser.
Pete Conrad
Pete Conrad, born Charles Conrad Jr., was an American naval officer and NASA astronaut who commanded Apollo 12 in 1969 as the third person to walk on the Moon.
Pete Coors
Pete Coors, also known as Peter H. Coors, is an American brewing executive who was chief executive of Coors Brewing Company from 1992 to 2000 and helped create Molson Coors.
Pete Crow-Armstrong
Pete Crow-Armstrong (PCA), born 2002, Cubs center fielder; Mets' 2020 first-rounder (19th) traded for Javier Báez in 2021; 2025 Gold Glove, 30/30/30 season; 2026 MVP candidate with 45 HR, 41 SB.