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Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson (born 1993, Staten Island) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, SNL cast member 2014–2022, star of The King of Staten Island and Bupkis, son of a firefighter killed on 9/11.
Pete Desjardins
Pete Desjardins (Ulise Joseph Desjardins, 1907-1985), Canadian-born American Stanford diver; 1928 Olympic gold in springboard and platform after 1924 springboard silver, amid the Simaika scoring controversy; 13 AAU titles.
Pete Docter
Pete Docter (Peter Hans Docter, born 1968) is Pixar's Chief Creative Officer since 2018 and Oscar-winning director of Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, and Soul; he joined Pixar in 1990 as its third animator.
Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty (Peter Doherty, born 1979), English musician; Libertines and Babyshambles frontman; Up the Bracket (2002), The Libertines (2004) and All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade (2024) chart-topper; long addiction battle, clean since 2020, lives in Etretat, France.
Pete Duel
Pete Duel (Peter Ellstrom Deuel, 1940-1971), American actor, star of Hannibal Heyes on ABC's western Alias Smith and Jones; earlier Gidget and Love on a Rooftop; died by suicide December 31, 1971.
Pete Dunne
Pete Dunne, the Bruiserweight, is an English WWE wrestler from Birmingham; second WWE United Kingdom Champion with a 685-day reign, British Strong Style member, later Butch and Rayo Americano.
Pete Dye
Pete Dye (1925-2020), American self-taught golf course architect; with wife Alice created Harbour Town, TPC Sawgrass, Kiawah Ocean Course, Whistling Straits; railroad ties, pot bunkers, island greens; World Golf Hall of Fame 2008.
Pete Edochie
Pete Edochie (born 1947, Enugu) is a veteran Nigerian actor and BBC-trained broadcaster, famed as Okonkwo in the NTA's Things Fall Apart, nicknamed Ebubedike, with over 200 Nollywood roles, MON honour, and son Yul Edochie.
Pete Evans
Pete Evans (Peter Daryl Evans, born 1973) is an Australian chef, restaurateur, and TV presenter, judge of My Kitchen Rules, paleo promoter, fined by the TGA in 2020 over BioCharger COVID-19 claims.
Pete Farndon
Pete Farndon (Peter Granville Farndon, 1952-1983), English bassist and founding member of the Pretenders; played on Pretenders and Pretenders II, fired June 1982 for drug use, died of a heroin overdose in London on April 14, 1983.
Pete Flores
Pete Flores is an American Republican politician in the Texas Senate, first elected in a 2018 special election as the first Hispanic Republican senator, representing District 24 since 2023.
Pete George
Pete George (Peter T. George, 1929-2021), American middleweight weightlifter; Olympic gold 1952, silvers 1948 and 1956, five world titles, squat-snatch pioneer, later Hawai'i orthodontist.
Pete Ham
Pete Ham (Peter William Ham, 1947–1975), Welsh singer-songwriter and leader of Badfinger, wrote "No Matter What," "Day After Day," "Baby Blue," and co-wrote "Without You"; he died by suicide in 1975.
Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill (William Peter Hamill Jr., 1935–2020) was an American journalist and novelist who chronicled New York City as a columnist and editor for the Post and Daily News.
Pete Harckham
Pete Harckham is an American politician and Democratic member of the New York State Senate from the 40th district, chairing the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, 29th U.S. secretary of defense (sworn in January 25, 2025), former Army National Guard officer, Fox News contributor, and Concerned Veterans for America CEO; known for Pentagon culture overhauls, drone and acquisition reforms, and the Signalgate inspector general controversy.
Pete Holmes
Pete Holmes (Peter Benedict Holmes) is an American stand-up comedian from Lexington, Massachusetts, creator and star of HBO's Crashing, host of the You Made It Weird podcast since 2011, former TBS late-night host, and voice of the E-Trade baby.
Pete Koller
Pete Koller (Pierre Michel Koller, unconfirmed) is the co-founding guitarist of New York hardcore band Sick of It All since 1986, brother of vocalist Lou; known for mosh riffs, ESP Vipers, Peavey 6505 amps, and the Koller brothers memoir.
Pete Lau
Pete Lau, also known as Liu Zuohu, is a Chinese technology executive who co-founded OnePlus in December 2013 and has been its chief executive since, later becoming an OPPO product chief.
Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich, "Pistol Pete" (1947-1988), American NBA guard and LSU legend; NCAA record 3,667 points at 44.2 ppg, five-time All-Star, 1977 scoring champion, Hall of Fame 1987.
Pete Parada
Pete Parada (Peter Andrew Parada) is an American rock drummer, drummer for The Offspring 2007-2021 and earlier Face To Face and Saves The Day; he left The Offspring in 2021 over a COVID-19 vaccine refusal and co-founded The Defiant in 2023.
Pete Philly & Perquisite
Pete Philly & Perquisite are an Amsterdam hip-hop duo, active from 2003 to 2009, known for jazz- and soul-inflected hip hop; they reunited in 2023 and released the album Eon in 2024.
Pete Postlethwaite
Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011) was a British character actor, Oscar-nominated for In the Name of the Father (1993), known for Distant Voices, Still Lives, The Usual Suspects, Brassed Off, Inception, and Steven Spielberg's 'best actor in the world' praise.
Pete Rademacher
Pete Rademacher (Thomas Peter Rademacher, 1928-2020), American heavyweight boxer, 1956 Olympic gold medalist, and the only man to fight for the world heavyweight title in his professional debut, losing to Floyd Patterson by sixth-round KO in 1957.
Pete Reed
Pete Reed, British Royal Navy officer and rower, triple Olympic gold medallist (men's four 2008 and 2012, men's eight 2016), five-time world champion, record 11.68-litre lung capacity, paralyzed by a 2019 spinal stroke.
Pete Ricketts
Pete Ricketts, Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska appointed in 2023 by Governor Jim Pillen after Ben Sasse's resignation; former two-term Nebraska governor (2015-2023), TD Ameritrade executive, and 2026 reelection candidate.
Pete Rock
Pete Rock (Peter Phillips), Mount Vernon, New York hip-hop producer and DJ, half of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth; made Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992) and T.R.O.Y., produced Nas' The World Is Yours, known for SP-1200 sampling.
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Pete Rock & CL Smooth are an American hip hop duo from Mount Vernon, New York, known for the 1992 single "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)".
Pete Rose
Pete Rose (Charlie Hustle, 1941-2024), MLB all-time hits leader with 4,256 and games played record holder, banned for life in 1989 for betting on Reds games, posthumously reinstated by Manfred in May 2025.
Pete Ross
Pete Ross (Peter Joseph Ross), DC Comics Superman supporting character created by Robert Bernstein and George Papp, debuting in Superboy #86 (1961); Clark Kent's Smallville friend who secretly knew his identity, married Lana Lang, and served as Vice President and President under the Luthor administration.