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Pete Rozelle
Pete Rozelle, born Alvin Ray Rozelle, was an American sports executive who served as NFL commissioner from 1960 to 1989, overseeing the Super Bowl's rise.
Pete Sampras
Pete Sampras (Petros Sampras, "Pistol Pete"), American tennis player born 1971; won 14 Grand Slam singles titles (7 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 2 Australian), 286 weeks at No. 1, six straight year-end No. 1 finishes, Hall of Fame 2007.
Pete Scobell
Pete Scobell, also credited as Peter Scobell, is an American country-Americana singer-songwriter and retired Navy SEAL lieutenant. Known for "Hearts I Leave Behind" with Wynonna Judd, the EP Unfinished Business (2014), and the album Walkin a Wire (2015).
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger (1919-2014), American folk singer, banjo player, and activist of the Almanac Singers and the Weavers; wrote "If I Had a Hammer" and "Turn! Turn! Turn!", spread "We Shall Overcome", was blacklisted after his 1955 HUAC testimony, and founded Clearwater to clean the Hudson River.
Pete Sessions
Pete Sessions is an American Republican congressman for Texas's 17th District since 2021, who chaired the House Rules Committee and lost his TX-32 seat to Colin Allred in 2018.
Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley (Peter Campbell McNeish, 1955-2018) was the English co-founder, lead singer, and songwriter of punk band Buzzcocks and, as a solo synth-pop artist, the BBC-banned hitmaker of "Homosapien".
Pete Smith (soil scientist)
Pete Smith is a global ecosystem modeller, Professor of Soils and Global Change at the University of Aberdeen, and Science Director of ClimateXChange, known for work on greenhouse gas removal.
Pete Sonsini
Pete Sonsini is an American venture capitalist, cofounder of the $150 million seed firm Laude Ventures, best known as an early backer of Databricks and Perplexity.
Pete Souza
Pete Souza, American photojournalist, chief official White House photographer for presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama and Director of the White House Photography Office; took nearly 2 million Obama images, later authored best-selling photo books.
Pete Stauber
Pete Stauber is an American Republican politician serving as U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 8th district since 2019, after a career as a Duluth police officer.
Pete the Cat
Pete the Cat is a children's book character, a groovy blue cat created by artist James Dean, first published in 2008 with musician Eric Litwin in I Love My White Shoes, later written by Kimberly Dean, over 70 books plus an Amazon Prime animated series.
Pete the Pup
Pete the Pup (Petey) was the ring-eyed dog character of Hal Roach's Our Gang/Little Rascals comedies, played by several American Pit Bull Terriers, starting with Pal the Wonder Dog (1925-1930), then his son Lucenay's Peter, with the eye circle switching sides.
Pete Tong
Pete Tong, British DJ and BBC Radio 1 broadcaster since 1991, host of Essential Selection and Essential Mix (first broadcast 30 October 1993), founder of FFRR, and creator of the orchestral Ibiza Classics project with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra.
Pete Townshend
Pete Townshend, born 1945 in Chiswick, London, is The Who's guitarist and principal songwriter, creator of Tommy, Quadrophenia, and Lifehouse (which became Who's Next), known for windmill strumming and guitar smashing, and a solo artist and author.
Pete Waterman
Pete Waterman (Peter Alan Waterman, born 1947, Coventry) is an English producer, DJ, and TV presenter, one third of Stock Aitken Waterman, founder of PWL, with 22 UK number ones, over 500 million records sold, and an OBE.
Pete Waterman Entertainment
Pete Waterman Entertainment, best known by its original name PWL (Pete Waterman Limited), is a British record label and production company founded by Pete Waterman in 1984.
Pete Weber (bowler)
Pete Weber (born 1962), American professional bowler, son of Dick Weber; 37 PBA Tour titles, record five U.S. Opens, only two-time Triple Crown winner, famous 2012 'Who do you think you are? I am!' outburst.
Pete Wentz
Pete Wentz (Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz) is the American bassist and primary lyricist of Chicago pop-punk band Fall Out Boy, founder of Decaydance/DCD2 Records and Clandestine Industries, and author of the novel Gray.
Pete Willis
Pete Willis (Peter Andrew Willis, born 1960, Sheffield) is an English guitarist, founding member and rhythm guitarist of Def Leppard 1977–1982, co-writer of "Photograph", fired during Pyromania sessions, later of Gogmagog and Roadhouse.
Pete Wilson
Pete Wilson, California's 36th governor (1991–1999), Republican U.S. senator and San Diego mayor, known for Proposition 187, Three Strikes law, tax increases, and 1996 presidential run.
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn, legal name Peter Joseph Yorn, is an American singer-songwriter from New Jersey whose gold-selling debut, musicforthemorningafter (2001), launched a career of ten studio albums, including a duets record with Scarlett Johansson.
Pete's Dragon (1977 film)
Pete's Dragon (1977) is Disney's live-action/animated musical about orphan Pete and his invisible green dragon Elliott in Passamaquoddy, Maine. Directed by Don Chaffey, written by Malcolm Marmorstein, it cost $11 million, earned two Oscar nominations, and was remade by David Lowery in 2016.
Pete's Dragon (2016 film)
Pete's Dragon (2016) is David Lowery's Disney fantasy film, a reimagining of the 1977 musical, starring Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Robert Redford; released August 12, 2016, rated PG.
Pete's Paradise Cave
Pete's Paradise Cave (كهف فردوس بيت) is a decorated limestone cave on Gibraltar's Rock, discovered in 1966 by the Gibraltar Cave Research Group, with four chambers named by George Palao, cave pearls, and three of Gibraltar's four palette formations.
Petechia
Petechia (plural petechiae): pinpoint non-blanching skin or mucous-membrane hemorrhages under 2 mm from capillary bleeding. Causes include thrombocytopenia, platelet dysfunction, coagulation disorders, vasculitis, infections, straining, and drugs; fever with petechiae raises concern for meningococcal disease.
Petechiae
Petechiae are pinpoint, round spots of bleeding under the skin or mucous membranes, caused by blood escaping broken capillaries, that do not blanch when pressed.
Peteese and Pihor
Peteese and Pihor, also known as Pedesi and Pihor, were two Nubian brothers deified after death and worshiped at Dendur in Lower Nubia under Roman rule.
Petelia Fossae
Petelia Fossae is a 225 km group of ancient troughs on Dione, a moon of Saturn, named after Petelia in Lucania, Italy, whose founder was Philoctetes.
Peter (given name)
Peter (given name), from Greek Petros 'rock', translating Aramaic Kephas, the name Jesus gave Simon the apostle; spread via Christianity, entered English as Piers, now common worldwide.
Peter (Patriarch of Constantinople, died 666)
Peter was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 654 or 655 until his death in 666, known for restoring communion with Rome and for his posthumous condemnation in 681.