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Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro, Harvard-trained economist and UC Irvine professor emeritus, is Donald Trump's trade adviser in both administrations, architect of the 2025 tariff program, author of Death by China, and a convicted-and-imprisoned contemnor of Congress.
Peter Neronha
Peter Neronha is an American attorney and Democrat serving his second term as Attorney General of Rhode Island, after nearly eight years as the state's US Attorney.
Peter Neusel
Peter Neusel (1941–2021), West German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed four at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany; son of boxer Walter Neusel; club BRC Berlin.
Peter Nieh
Peter Nieh is a cofounder and partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, founded in 1995, best known for his early investment in Nest Labs, which Google acquired for $3.2 billion in 2014.
Peter Nijkamp
Peter Nijkamp, born 1946, is a Dutch economist and emeritus professor of regional economics and economic geography at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, winner of the 1996 Spinoza Prize and ranked 22nd among economists in RePEc.
Peter Nocke
Peter Nocke (born 1955, Langenberg) is a retired West German freestyle swimmer, Wasserfreunde Wuppertal; two Olympic bronzes at Montreal 1976, 1975 world champion 4x200 m freestyle relay, nine European titles.
Peter Nolasco
Peter Nolasco (Catalan Pere Nolasc, Spanish Pedro Nolasco) is the saint venerated as founder of the Mercedarian order, credited with ransoming Christian captives from Muslim rule in thirteenth-century Barcelona.
Peter Noone
Peter Noone (Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone), born 1947 in Manchester, is the English singer and actor known as Herman, frontman of 1960s British Invasion pop band Herman's Hermits, later a solo artist, Broadway performer, and touring bandleader.
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway
The Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is a roughly 70-mile figure-eight loop through the Black Hills of South Dakota, passing Mount Rushmore, six rock tunnels, and spiraling pigtail bridges.
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander is a Swedish-born theoretical physicist at Rice University, Wiess Chair, known for the 2003 plasmon hybridization model and plasmon-induced hot carrier theory, and co-founder of Syzygy Plasmonics.
Peter Norman
Peter Norman (1942–2006), Australian sprinter, won 200m silver at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in 20.06, an Australian record until 2024, and wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge during the Black Power salute podium.
Peter North (actor)
Peter North, born Alden Joseph Brown in 1957 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian retired pornographic actor, director, and producer with over 2,000 credits, AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductions, and the 2026 documentary Peter about his life.
Peter Norvig
Peter Norvig is an American computer scientist, Director of Research at Google since 2005 and co-author with Stuart Russell of the leading AI textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.
Peter Novick
Peter J. Novick is an American cell biologist, endowed professor at UC San Diego, known for dissecting the yeast secretory pathway and identifying Sec4, the first Rab protein controlling secretion.
Peter Nygård
Peter Nygård, born Pekka Nygård in 1941, is a Finnish-born Canadian fashion executive who founded Nygård International, once Canada's largest women's clothing producer, and is serving an 11-year sentence for sexual assault.
Peter O. Kohler
Peter O. Kohler is an American physician and endocrinologist, president of Oregon Health Sciences University from 1988 to 2006 and founder of OurPharma, Arkansas's first generic drug company.
Peter O'Brien (actor)
Peter O'Brien (born 1960, Murray Bridge, South Australia) is an Australian actor, original 1985 Neighbours cast member as Shane Ramsay (1985-1987, returns 2022 and 2024), later known for The Flying Doctors, Halifax f.p., White Collar Blue, Doctor Who's The Waters of Mars, GLOW, and stage work.
Peter O'Hearn
Peter O'Hearn is a computer scientist whose separation logic enabled tractable reasoning about program memory, and whose Infer analyzer found hundreds of thousands of bugs at Facebook.
Peter O'Mahony
Peter O'Mahony (born 1989, Cork) is a retired Irish rugby back-rower; Munster career 2010–2025 (193 appearances), 112 Ireland caps, 2024 Ireland captain, 2017 Lions first-Test captain.
Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole (Peter James O'Toole, 1932-2013) was an Irish-British actor famous for Lawrence of Arabia; eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a win, 2003 honorary award, Emmy, and Olivier Award.
Peter Oberacker
Peter Oberacker is an American Republican politician serving as a New York state senator since 2021 and the 2026 GOP nominee for New York's 19th congressional district, facing incumbent Josh Riley.
Peter Obi
Peter Obi, full name Peter Gregory Obi, born 1961, is a Nigerian businessman and politician who was Governor of Anambra State and the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate.
Peter Odemwingie
Peter Osaze Odemwingie, born 1981 in Tashkent, Nigerian forward with 65 caps, Olympic silver 2008, and 36 Premier League goals for West Brom, Stoke, and Cardiff; famous 2013 QPR deadline day drive; now a PGA professional golfer.
Peter of Alcántara
Peter of Alcántara (Pedro de Alcántara), born Pedro Garavita, was a Spanish Franciscan reformer who led the strict Alcantarine reform and guided Teresa of Ávila; he was canonized in 1669.
Peter of Alexandria
Peter of Alexandria (Πέτρος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας) was the seventeenth patriarch of Alexandria from 300 to 311, beheaded in 311 as the last martyr of the Diocletianic persecution.
Peter of Blois
Peter of Blois was a twelfth-century theologian and ecclesiastic who served in Angevin England. His surviving collection of Latin letters is a key source for medieval correspondence.
Peter of Castile
Peter of Castile (Pedro I, 1334–1369), also called the Cruel and the Just, king of Castile and León 1350–1369, killed at Montiel by his half-brother Henry of Trastámara, whose Ayala chronicle shaped his contested reputation.
Peter Olson
Peter Olson is an American geophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who studies the dynamics of Earth's mantle and core, including the geodynamo that generates the magnetic field.
Peter Openshaw (immunologist)
Peter Openshaw is a British respiratory physician and mucosal immunologist, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College London, known for his work on RSV and influenza immunity.
Peter Orloff
Peter Orloff (real name Pjotr Nikolajewitsch von Orlow) is a German Schlager singer and composer, born 1944, who wrote million-selling hits for Peter Maffay and Bernd Clüver.