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Peter Szolovits
Peter Szolovits is an American computer scientist and MIT professor who heads the Clinical Decision-Making Group in CSAIL, applying artificial intelligence to medical decision making since 1974.
Peter T. Cummings
Peter T. Cummings is an Australian-trained chemical engineer in statistical mechanics and molecular simulation, a Vanderbilt professor elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2023.
Peter T. Flawn
Peter T. Flawn (1926–2017) was an American geologist known for work on Texas basement rocks, who directed the Bureau of Economic Geology and led UT Austin as president.
Peter T. Lansbury
Peter T. Lansbury, also known as Peter Lansbury, is an American chemist turned neurodegeneration researcher, professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, and founder of Link Medicine.
Peter T. Macklem
Peter T. Macklem (1931–2011) was a Canadian respiratory physician-scientist at McGill University in Montreal, known for work on small airways disease and respiratory muscle fatigue.
Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren (born 1970) is a Swedish metal musician and producer, founder of Hypocrisy (1991) and the industrial project Pain, owner of Abyss Studio, and former co-creator of Lindemann with Till Lindemann until 2020.
Peter Tatchell
Peter Tatchell (born 1952, Melbourne) is a British human rights campaigner active since 1967, known for the Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!, the 1983 Bermondsey by-election, Mugabe citizen's arrests, and the Peter Tatchell Foundation.
Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1928)
Peter Thomas Taylor (1928-1990), English goalkeeper and manager, Brian Clough's assistant at Derby County and Nottingham Forest; won 1972 and 1978 league titles and the 1979-80 European Cups; died unreconciled with Clough.
Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)
Peter John Taylor (born 1953) is an English former winger and manager, four England caps with Crystal Palace, caretaker England boss who first made David Beckham captain, five promotions, last manager of Canvey Island.
Peter Taylor Forsyth
Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848–1921) was a Scottish-born Congregationalist minister and theologian who spent twenty-five years in pastorates and twenty as Principal of Hackney College, Hampstead, writing some thirty books.
Peter Temple
Peter Temple (1946–2018) was a South African-born Australian crime writer, author of nine novels including the Jack Irish series and The Broken Shore; he was the first Australian to win the Gold Dagger.
Peter ten Dijke
Peter ten Dijke is a Dutch molecular cell biologist known for work on TGF-β signaling and SMAD proteins, and professor of molecular cell biology at Leiden University Medical Center.
Peter the First
Peter the First is an unfinished historical novel by Alexei N. Tolstoy about the life and reforms of Peter the Great, written from the late 1920s until 1945.
Peter the Great
Peter the Great (Pyotr Alekseevich, 1672–1725), Tsar and first Emperor of All the Russias, built a 126-regiment army and 48-ship fleet, won Poltava, founded St Petersburg, created the Table of Ranks and Holy Synod, and proclaimed the Russian Empire in 1721.
Peter the Great Gulf (Залив Петра Великого)
Peter the Great Gulf (Залив Петра Великого), also called Peter the Great Bay, is a large gulf on Russia's southern Primorsky Krai coast in the Sea of Japan, extending 185 km from the Tumen River to Cape Povorotny, containing Vladivostok, freezing December to mid-April, and claimed by Russia as a historical bay.
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World is Robert K. Massie's 1980 biography of Peter I of Russia, winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur who cofounded PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, and made the first outside investment in Facebook in 2004.
Peter Thomas (announcer)
Peter Thomas (Peter Addenbrooke Thomas, 1924–2016), American announcer and voice-over narrator, voice of Forensic Files (1996–2011), PBS Nova and NATURE, and American Express commercials; WWII Purple Heart recipient, died April 30, 2016, age 91.
Peter Thompson, M.D
Peter Thompson, M.D. is a physician-turned-venture capitalist who joined OrbiMed in 2010 as a General Partner, co-founded Trubion Pharmaceuticals and several biotechs, and led investments including Synthorx.
Peter Thomsen
Peter Thomsen, German eventing rider born 1961 in Flensburg; two Olympic team golds (Beijing 2008 on The Ghost of Hamish, London 2012 on Barny); German eventing head coach since 2022.
Peter Thorneycroft
Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–1994), was a British Conservative politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1957 to 1958, resigning with Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch over public spending.
Peter Tobin
Peter Tobin (27 August 1946 – 8 October 2022), Scottish serial killer and sex offender, convicted of murdering Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNicol; died in HMP Edinburgh serving a full life order.
Peter Tomarken
Peter David Tomarken (1942–2006), American game show host and actor, original host of CBS's Press Your Luck (1983–1986), earlier Hit Man, later Wipeout and Paranoia; died in a 2006 plane crash flying an Angel Flight West medical mission.
Peter Tontonoz
Peter Tontonoz is an American physician-scientist and Distinguished Professor at UCLA who studies cholesterol and lipid metabolism, known for the LXR, PPAR, IDOL, and Aster protein discoveries.
Peter Tork
Peter Tork (Peter Halsten Thorkelson, 1942-2019), American folk musician and actor who was the Monkees' bassist and keyboardist, recommended by Stephen Stills, oldest member at 24, first to quit in 1968, later teacher, counselor, and reunion touring musician.
Peter Toschek
Peter Toschek (1933–2020) was a German experimental physicist and laser spectroscopy pioneer who, working with Hans Dehmelt, first photographed single trapped ions and demonstrated their laser cooling.
Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh, 1944–1987), Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and founding Wailer with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer; solo albums Legalize It and Equal Rights; Grammy winner for No Nuclear War; murdered in Kingston in 1987.
Peter Toth
Péter Tóth (Petár), Hungarian fencer (1882-1967), MAC Budapest; Olympic team sabre gold 1908 and 1912, 1906 Intercalated Games sabre bronze, founding FIE member 1913, ten-time Hungarian champion.
Peter Townsend (RAF officer)
Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a Royal Air Force officer and Battle of Britain pilot who commanded No. 85 Squadron and later became known for his romance with Princess Margaret.
Peter Trump
Peter Trump (born 1950, Frankenthal) is a German field hockey player, 213-time West German international, Olympic gold medalist Munich 1972 (1-0 final vs Pakistan), fifth at Montreal 1976, TG Frankenthal club player, later coach and sports goods shop owner.