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Peter D. Karp
Peter D. Karp is an American bioinformaticist and artificial-intelligence researcher at SRI International in Menlo Park, California, known for the BioCyc, EcoCyc, and MetaCyc pathway databases and Pathway Tools software.
Peter D. Keightley
Peter D. Keightley is an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Edinburgh who estimates spontaneous mutation rates and their effects on fitness, elected a Royal Society Fellow in 2014.
Peter D. Kwong
Peter D. Kwong is an American structural biologist who determined the first atomic structures of HIV gp120, designed the DS-Cav1 RSV immunogen, and leads Columbia's Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center.
Peter D. Reaven
Peter D. Reaven is an American physician-scientist in endocrinology who directs the Diabetes Program at the Phoenix VA Health Care System and led major VA diabetes trials.
Peter D. Sly
Peter D. Sly is an Australian pediatric respiratory physician and children's environmental health researcher at the University of Queensland, awarded the Order of Australia in 2016 for his research.
Peter D. Sun
Peter D. Sun, also known as Peter Sun, is a structural immunologist at NIAID, NIH, in Rockville, Maryland, known for structural studies of natural killer cell receptors and HIV-1 release.
Peter D. Ward
Peter D. Ward, born 1949, is an American paleontologist and astrobiologist at the University of Washington known for mass extinction research and popular science books including Rare Earth.
Peter D. Welch
Peter D. Welch was an IBM Research statistician who spent over three decades at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center and is best known for Welch's method of spectral estimation.
Peter D. Welte
Peter D. Welte, also known as Peter David Welte, is an American jurist serving as chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota since 2019.
Peter D. Wood
Peter D. Wood (1929–2011) was a British-born American researcher of lipid metabolism at Stanford whose controlled trials established how exercise, dieting, and moderate alcohol intake change blood cholesterol.
Peter Dallos
Peter Dallos (Dallos Péter, born 1934) is a Hungarian-born American auditory physiologist, John Evans Professor of Neuroscience Emeritus at Northwestern, whose work identified prestin, the motor protein powering cochlear amplification.
Peter Damian
Peter Damian (Petrus Damiani, c. 1007–1072) was an Italian Camaldolese hermit, reforming writer, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia who served six popes and was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church.
Peter Dante
Peter Dante (Peter Francis Dante, born 1968) is an American actor and musician known for supporting roles in Adam Sandler comedies such as The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, and Grandma's Boy, and for his band Rad Omen.
Peter Daszak
Peter Daszak, British disease ecologist, PhD University of East London 1993; former president of EcoHealth Alliance, now leads Nature Health Global; known for chytridiomycosis research, bat coronavirus NIH grants, WHO COVID origins probe, and 2025 HHS debarment.
Peter David
Peter David (1956-2025), also called PAD, American comic book writer and novelist known for his 12-year Incredible Hulk run, Spider-Man 2099, X-Factor, Aquaman, Supergirl, Young Justice, and Star Trek novels; died May 24, 2025.
Peter David Gluckman
Peter David Gluckman, born in 1949, is a New Zealand medical researcher who developed the first effective treatment for brain damage at birth and served as the country's first Chief Science Advisor.
Peter Davies (hedge fund manager)
Peter Davies is a London-based fund manager who is Senior Partner and head of the Developed Markets Strategy at Lansdowne Partners, which he joined in 2001.
Peter Davison
Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett, 1951) is the English actor who played Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth Doctor in Doctor Who, 1982 to 1984; not the Orwell scholar or the composer of the same name.
Peter de Putron
Peter de Putron, born 1963, is a British financier who founded De Putron Fund Management in 1997 with Soros backing and owns G-Research, a London quantitative trading firm.
Peter De Roover
Peter De Roover is a Belgian politician of the N-VA party, President of the Chamber of Representatives since 2024 after leading its federal parliamentary group for eight years.
Peter DeBoer
Peter DeBoer (George Peter DeBoer, born 1968, Dunnville, Ontario) is an NHL head coach, now with the New York Islanders, formerly Panthers, Devils, Sharks, Golden Knights, Stars; 662 wins, 9-0 in Game 7s, two Cup Finals.
Peter Debye
Peter Debye (Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debije) was a Dutch-born physical chemist who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and later taught at Cornell University.
Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio (born 1947) is a retired American Democratic politician who represented Oregon's 4th congressional district for 36 years (1987-2023), the longest-serving member of Congress in Oregon history, and chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, steering over $550 billion in federal infrastructure investment.
Peter DeLuise
Peter DeLuise (Peter John DeLuise, born 1966), American actor-director, son of Dom DeLuise. Played Officer Doug Penhall on 21 Jump Street and Dagwood on seaQuest DSV; directed 69 Stargate franchise episodes and many Hallmark movies.
Peter Deng
Peter Deng is a venture capital investor and product executive who became a General Partner at Felicis in 2025, after product roles at Meta, Uber, Airtable, and OpenAI.
Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandis (born 1961) is a Greek-American physician, engineer, and entrepreneur best known as founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which created the $10 million Ansari XPRIZE.
Peter Dickinson
Peter Dickinson (1927–2015), Zambian-born English novelist, author of the Changes trilogy, Eva, and the James Pibble mysteries; twice Carnegie Medal and Gold Dagger winner, OBE 2009. Distinct from the composer Peter Dickinson (1934–2023).
Peter Dicks
Peter Dicks, born 1942, is a British venture capitalist who co-founded the London investment firm Abingworth in 1973 and led its turn into life sciences.
Peter Dinklage
Peter Dinklage (born 1969, Morristown, New Jersey) is an American actor with achondroplasia, 4 ft 5 in, famous as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, winner of four Emmys and a Golden Globe, breakthrough in The Station Agent (2003).
Peter Dinklage on screen and stage
Peter Dinklage, American actor born in Morristown, New Jersey, known as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, record four Emmy winner, star of The Station Agent, Cyrano on stage and film, and Twelfth Night.