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Peter Haworth Peter (Pete) Haworth - lead guitarist and founder of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band 'Legend' from Jersey in the UK Channel Islands who came to prominence in the early 1980's and recently reformed in 2002. Writer and Co-writer of the majority of Legend's material with long time band member Mike Lezala.
Peter Haynes Peter Haynes is a New Zealand director of short films and a comic book illustrator. He is mostly known for his short films, most of which deal in some way with obsessive fans of popular culture, but he has also touched on more serious subjects.
Peter Heck Peter Jewell Heck is a science fiction and mystery author. His books include the "Mark Twain Mysteries"—historical whodunits featuring the famous author as a detective—and the "Phule's Company" series, in collaboration with Robert Asprin, best described as "F-Troop in space".
Peter Hehir Peter Hehir (born 1949 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Bert Duggan on the soap opera The Sullivans from 1976 to 1983, when the series was cancelled.
Peter Heller Peter Heller is a recognized expert on fiscal policy and public finance. The former Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he has advised both industrial and developing countries on broad macroeconomic policy strategies and technical policy reforms for over 30 years.
Peter Hendy Peter Hendy (born 19 March 1953) started his career in the public transport industry in 1975 as an LT graduate trainee. He moved up the career ladder, and eventually took on the role of Managing Director of CentreWest London Buses Ltd, managing it under London Transport ownership.
Peter Henry Rolfs Peter Henry Rolfs (1865-1944) was a prominent Florida agronomist in the early twentieth century. He directed the Florida Agriculture Experiment Station from 1905 to 1920, and from 1915 to 1920 served as the Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Florida.
Peter Heppner Peter Heppner (born 1967 in Hamburg) is the lead singer for the German electronica/synth pop band Wolfsheim, and has collaborated with many other electronic music acts, such as Paul van Dyk, Schiller, and Goethes Erben.
Peter Heyworth Peter Lawrence Frederick Heyworth (21 June 1921 - 2 October 1991) American-born English music critic and biographer. He wrrote the definitive biography of Otto Klemperer and was a prominent supporter of avant-garde music.
Peter Hide Peter Hide (born 1944 in Surrey is an English born abstract sculptor, a pupil of Sir Anthony Caro who known for his welded-steel sculpture. He has worked in the assembled sculpture tradition of Pablo Picasso, David Smith and Caro.
Peter Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton GCB (8 February 1915-16 May 2004) was an Admiral of the Fleet, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom and former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Peter Hilton Peter John Hilton (born April 7, 1923Peter Hilton, "On all Sorts of Automorphisms", The American Mathematical Monthly, 92(9), November 1985, p. 650) is a British-born mathematician, noted for his contributions to homotopy theory.
Peter Hinwood Peter Hinwood (born May 17, 1946) worked as both a photographer and a professional model while he was pursuing his acting career. Hinwood is most noted for his film appearance as the well-oiled and mostly mute title character in the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Peter Hirsch Sir Peter Hirsch (born January 16, 1925) is a leading figure in British materials science who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals. He attended the Sloane School, Chelsea and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Peter Hitchcock Peter Hitchcock (October 19, 1781–March 4, 1854) was an attorney, teacher, farmer, soldier, legislator, and jurist. His judicial career included 28 years service on the Ohio Supreme Court, 21 years of them as Chief Justice.
Peter Hitchens Peter Jonathan Hitchens (born 28 October 1951 in Sliema, Malta) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. A reporter for the Daily Express for most of his career, he left the paper in 2001 and currently writes for the Mail on Sunday.
Peter Hobbs Peter Hobbs is the author of The Short Day Dying, a novel, and I Could Ride All Day in my Cool Blue Train, a book of short stories. He is also published in New Writing 13, an annual anthology of new work, and 'Zembla'.
Peter Hoekstra (footballer) Peter Martin Hoekstra (born April 4, 1973 in Assen, Drenthe) is a former football winger from The Netherlands, who earned five caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he didn't score. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1996 in England under manager Guus Hiddink.
Peter Holsapple Peter Holsapple (born February 19, 1956) formed, along with Chris Stamey, the singing, songwriting, and guitar-playing core of the dB's, a 1980's jangle-pop band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He became the band's principal songwriter and singer after Stamey's departure.
Peter Hoover Peter Hoover is an author familiar to many conservative Christians of Anabaptist and similar heritage in the United States, Canada and western Europe.Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society - note 44 He is a leader in the non-sectarian Rocky Cape community of Christians in Tasmania.
Peter Hopkirk Peter Hopkirk, born December 15 1930, in Nottingham, England is a British journalist and author. He worked for ITV news as a reporter and The Times newspaper as a foreign affairs specialist and latterly as chief reporter.
Peter Horan Peter Horan (born 1926, Killavil, County Sligo) is an Irish flute and fiddle player who is known for having developed a unique style influenced by the local irish fiddling tradition. For nearly 30 years performed as a duet with the famous fiddler Fred Finn.
Peter Howell Peter Howell is a musician and composer best known for his work, as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, on Doctor Who. Howell's musical career began in the late 1960s working with John Ferdinando in various psych folk bands including Agincourt and Ithaca.
Peter Howes Peter Howes is a retired professional clarinettist and the older brother of singer/actress Sally Ann Howes. His father was famous British comedian/actor Bobby Howes, and his mother was actress Patricia Malone.
Peter Hoyle House A mid- to late-18th century two-story house in Gaston County, North Carolina, with notable German-American construction features, the main block of which reflects two, and possibly three, phases, but the exact construction dates have not been determined. A major renovation, circa 1810, added a late Georgian and Federal finish, as well as front and rear shed porches.
Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis (born March 30, 1958) is a former Christchurch child care worker who has been at the centre of one of New Zealand's most enduring judicial controversies. In June 1993 Ellis was found guilty on 16 counts of sexual offences involving children in his care at the Christchurch Civic Creche and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.
Peter Huchthausen Peter Huchthausen is a former US Navy officer and the author of several maritime books. After serving on destroyers for several years in the Atlantic Ocean, he became the chief engineer of the USS Orleck, operating off the coast of Vietnam.
Peter Hume Brown Peter Hume Brown (17 December 1849 - 1 December 1918) was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline. As well as teaching and writing, he spent 16 years as editor of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, and served as Historiographer Royal.
Peter Humrickhouse Peter Humrickhouse was am American Revolutionary War hero who enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776, crossed the Delaware with Washington, wintered at Valley Forge and led the wagon train of ammunition from Philadelphia to the war's final battle at Yorktown, contributing greatly to the American victory. He was a member of the German Reformed Church and is buried in the churchyard at Zion Reformed Church, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Peter Hurkos Peter Hurkos (21 May, 1911 – 1 June, 1988), born Pieter van der Hurk, was a Dutchman who claimed that he manifested extra-sensory perception following a head injury that resulted from fall from a ladder when he was age 30.Crime LibrarySummary of "The Psychic World of Peter Hurkos" With the help of businessman Henry Belk and parapsychologist Andrija Puharich, Hurkos became a popular entertainer known for performing psychic feats before live and television audiences (in a manner similar to Uri Geller).
Peter Hussing Peter Hussing (born May 15, 1948 in Brachbach, Sieg) was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion.
Peter Hutton Peter Hutton (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan) is an experimental filmmaker, known primarily for his silent cinematic portraits of cities and landscapes around the world. He has also worked as a professional cinematographer, most notably for his former student Ken Burns.
Peter Chingoka Peter Chingoka (born 2 March 1954) in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean cricket administrator. Helped by a family background that enabled him to attend prestigious schools despite the white supremacist Ian Smith regime, as a player in 1970s Rhodesia he was the first black cricketer to play to a high level, appearing in two List A games for the "South Africa African XI" (sic) in the Gillette Cup competition in 1975-76 and 1976-77.
Peter Christiansen Peter Christiansen (born January 30, 1975) is a Danish football player, currently playing for Danish Superliga club Randers FC in the left back position. He started his career with Vejle BK and FC Copenhagen in Denmark.
Peter Chrysologus Saint Peter Chrysologus (Latin for golden word) (406–450) was the Archbishop of Ravenna from 433 to his death. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, and was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.
Peter Chung Peter Chung (born April 19, 1961 in Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American animator. He is best known as the creator and director of Æon Flux, which ran as shorts on MTV's Liquid Television before launching as its own half-hour television series.
Peter I Monument in Taganrog The idea to open a memorial to Peter I of Russia, who founded Taganrog in 1698, came to Achilles Alferaki, Mayor of Taganrog 1880-1887. The Russian Emperor Alexander III of Russia gave his permission on June 5, 1893.
Peter I of Portugal Pedro I, King of Portugal (pron. IPA []; April 8 1320 – January 18 1367) was the eighth king of Portugal and Algarve (in English, Peter I), (not to be confused with Pedro of Castile, also known as Pedro the Cruel) known as the Just (Port.
Peter I of Trani Peter or Pierron (born before 1020) was the first Norman lord of Trani, a town on the Adriatic near Barletta. He was one of the most prominent of the twelve leaders of the Normans of mercenaries of Guaimar IV of Salerno and received Trani in the division at Melfi of the Apulian conquests.
Peter I of Yugoslavia King Peter I of Serbia, Petar Karađorđević (June 29, 1844 – August 16, 1921) became Serbia's first constitutional monarch in the aftermath of the 1903 military coup that resulted in the overthrow of the Obrenović dynasty, returning from exile to take his place as King. Nikola Pašić served as his Prime Minister.
Peter II of Alençon Peter II of Alençon, called the Noble (1340 – September 20, 1404, Argentan), was the son of Charles II of Alençon and Maria de la Cerda. He was Count of Alençon 1361–1404 and Count of Perche 1377–1404.
Peter II of Russia Peter II (Russian: Пётр II Алексеевич or Pyotr II Alekseyevich) (October 23, 1715 – January 30, 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1728 until his death. He was the only son of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, son of Peter I of Russia by his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina, and Princess Charlotte, daughter of Duke Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Lüneburg and sister-in-law of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
Peter II of Yugoslavia King Peter II (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia. He was the son of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Princess Maria of Romania and Hohenzollern, his godfather was King George VI, and his godmother was Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain.
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (1 December, 1438- 8 October, 1503) was the son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes of Burgundy. He succeeded to the title of Duke of Bourbon in 1488 (which he held until his death) after both his elder brothers, John II, Duke of Bourbon and Charles II, Duke of Bourbon, died without male issue.
Peter II, Duke of Brittany Peter II (in French Pierre II) (1418 – 1457, Nantes), was duke of Brittany, count of Montfort and titular earl of Richmond, from 1450 to his death. He was son of Duke John VI and younger brother of Francis I.
Peter III of Portugal Pedro III, King-consort of Portugal (pron. IPA []) or Peter III (July 5 1717 – May 25 1786) became King-consort of the Kingdom of Portugal and Algarves by the accession of his wife and niece Queen Maria I in 1777, and co-reigned alongside her until his death.
Peter III of Russia Peter III (February 21, 1728 - July 17, 1762) (Russian: Пётр III Федорович or Pyotr III Fyodorovitch) was Emperor of Russia for six months in 1762. According to most historians, he was mentally immature and very pro-Prussian, which made him an unpopular leader.
Peter Imbert, Baron Imbert Peter Michael Imbert, Baron Imbert QPM (born 27 April 1933 in Kent, England) was Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service from 1987 to 1993, and prior to that appointment Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police from 1979 to 1985.
Peter Ing Peter Ing (born April 28, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) was a goaltender for the professional ice hockey team the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1989 to 1991. Ing was born in Toronto of mixed ancestry, his father was Chinese.
Peter Inge Peter Inge (born 13 December 1977) is a lacrosse player who was the first Australian to play in the Major League Lacrosse competition, being drafted to the Boston Cannons in 2003. Originally from the Woodville Lacrosse Club in South Australia, Inge first represented Australia at the 1996 ILF World Under 19 Championship, where they came runner-up to the United States.
Peter Inge, Baron Inge Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge, KG, GCB, PC, DL (born 5 August 1935) was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. On 15 March 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and made Chief of the Defence Staff.
Peter Iredale (ship) The Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. It was abandoned on the beach near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel.
Peter Island Peter Island is located in the British Virgin Islands, about 5.2 miles south west (195 degrees true) from Road Harbor, (Road Town) Tortola, is part of the BVI archipelago that makes up the Francis Drake Channel.
Peter Ittinuar Peter Ittinuar (born January 19, 1950 in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut {at the time part of the Northwest Territories}) is a former Canadian politician. He was the first Inuk to be elected as an MP, and represented the electoral district of Nunatsiaq in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1984.
Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov (Петр Иванович Шувалов in Russian) (1711 - 1762) was a Russian statesman and Field Marshal who, together with his brother Aleksandr Shuvalov, paved the way for the elevation of the Shuvalov family to the highest offices of the Russian Empire.
Peter IV of Aragon Peter IV of Aragon (September 1319 - 5 January 1387), king of Aragon (1336-1387), the Ceremonious or el del punyalet (the one of the little dagger ). He deposed James III of Majorca and rejoined the Balearic Islands and Roussillon under the crown of Aragon.
Peter IV of Bulgaria Peter IV (in Bulgarian Petăr IV, or commonly but less accurately Petăr II) () ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria 1185-1197. The names of his parents are unknown, and before he was proclaimed emperor in 1185, Peter IV was named Theodore (Todor).
Peter J. Dalessondro Peter J. Dalessondro (May 18 1918 - 15 October 1997) earned the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — on December 22 1944 for action occurring in the European Theatre of Operations during World War II.
Peter J. Harkins The Rick Brandt series of adventure novels, beginning in 1947 contain some glaring errors in the science. In the first novel, "The Rocket's Shadow", on page 189, the trip to the moon is stated as thirty-five seconds.
Peter J. McGuire Peter J. McGuire (July 6, 1852 - February 18, 1906) was an American labor leader of the nineteenth century, the founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and one of the leading figures in the first three decades of the American Federation of Labor.
Peter J. Moore Peter Joseph Moore (born on August 6, 1956 in Hamilton) His parents are Joseph Lorne Moore and Gladys Margaret Pearson. In 1976, Peter, and a few other students, started the campus radio broadcast station CHRW, while at the University of Western Ontario in London Ontario.
Peter J. Peters Peter John Peters is pastor of the LaPorte Church of Christ in Laporte, Colorado. Peters achieved national notoriety in the 1980s when it became known that several members of The Order, a white-supremacist terrorist group, had attended Peters' church.
Peter Jackson Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels by J. R.
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie is a multiplatform videogame based on the movie King Kong. It is a collaboration between the film's director Peter Jackson and famed videogame designer Michel Ancel (Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil), remarkable in that such true cross-medium creative partnerships are rare in the realm of game development.
Peter James Peter James is a British author and historian who has forwarded several controversial theories about the chronology of Mediterranean civilizations, the Middle East, and Egypt. His theories are not generally accepted by mainstream historians or Egyptologists.
Peter James Spielmann Peter James Spielmann is a former reporter in the foreign service of the Associated Press, and is currently an editor and supervisor on AP's North America desk. In addition, he periodically covers human rights stories and the international impasse over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
Peter Janssen Peter Janssen (1844-1908) was a German historical painter. He was born at DĂĽsseldorf, son of the engraver Theodor Janssen (1817-94), by whom he was first instructed before studying at the Academy under Karl Sohn (Ger.
Peter Jeddore Peter Francis Jeddore (May 9, 1892 – May 18, 1970), (Saqamaw Piel) was the fourth child of Noel Jeddore, (Saqamaw Geodol). Accepted by the Mi'kmaq of Miawpukek as Saqamaw, after his uncle Joseph Jeddore's death, although never "officially appointed" as such, he served his people from 1954 until his death in 1971.
Peter Jehle Peter Jehle (born January 22, 1982) is the current first choice goalkeeper for the Liechtensteiner national football team. Until 2006 he played his club football for Grasshopper-Club ZĂĽrich in the Swiss Super League (the top flight in Switzerland), but previously played for FC Schaan in Liechtenstein.
Peter Jenkins (travel author) Peter Jenkins is a travel author who is most well known for his book, A Walk Across America, and its sequel A Walk Across America 2: The Walk West in which he spent seven years walking from New York to Oregon. He is a graduate of Alfred University, with a BFA in Sculpture/Ceramics (1973), as well as an honorary doctorate (2003).
Peter Jennings Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29, 1938 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer.
Peter Jennings Reporting Peter Jennings Reporting was a continuing series of documentaries produced and hosted by the late ABC News anchor Peter Jennings that aired on ABC. Many of these documentaries were produced by Peter Jennings's production company, PJ Productions, and are currently distributed in DVD format by Koch Vision.
Peter Jessop Peter Jessop is most famously known for lending the voice of Albert Wesker in the remake of the original Resident Evil video game for the Nintendo Gamecube home console. He also voiced in Battlezone 2 as the player, John Cooke.
Peter John Badcoe Peter John Badcoe (January 11, 1934 - April 7, 1967) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Peter John Ramos Peter John Ramos (born May 23, 1985 in Fajardo) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Ramos is the sixth player from Puerto Rico to play in an NBA game and the third Puerto Rican drafted by the NBA.
Peter John Wyllie Peter John Wyllie was a geologist who won the Wollaston Medal in 1982. He is also famous for his contributions to the coverage of earth sciences in the Encyclopædia Britannica, particularly his outline of the field in Part Two of the Propædia.
Peter Jones (broadcaster) Peter Jones (1930–1990) was a Welsh-born broadcaster, best known as a sports commentator on BBC radio in the United Kingdom, although many of his commentaries were also broadcast internationally on the BBC World Service.
Peter Jones (department store) Peter Jones is one of the largest and best known department stores in central London, United Kingdom. It is a store of the John Lewis Partnership and located in Sloane Square in the fashionable Chelsea district, close to the elite districts of Belgravia and Knightsbridge.
Peter Jones (entrepreneur) Peter Jones (born 18 March], [[1966) is an English businessman with interests in mobile telecommunications, media, leisure and property. The Sunday Times Rich List 2005 estimates he is worth at least ÂŁ180 million.
Peter Joseph Lenné Peter Joseph Lenné (29 September 1789 — 23 January 1866) was a Prussian gardener and landscape architect from Bonn who worked in the German classicist style. His father was Jewish and his mother was Prussian.
Peter Julien Ortiz Colonel Peter Ortiz (August 5, 1913-May 13, 1988) born in New York City, was one of the most decorated Marine officers of World War II. He served in both Africa and Europe throughout the war, as a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
Peter Kalifornsky Peter Kalifornsky, born in 1911, is a self-taught writer and scholar of Kenai, Alaska, who wrote and compiled traditional stories, poems and language lessons in the Dena'ina Athabaskan language of Lower Cook Inlet for nearly 20 years.
Peter Kambasis Peter Kambasis (born September 22, 1974) is a Canadian-born writer/director known for his role as 'MC Terapetakia' in the online series about a controversial rap group known as "The Wife Beaters". He graduated from Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) in June 1999, where he received his Bachelor of Applied Arts in Film Production.
Peter Kane Peter Kane (1918-1991), of Lancashire, was one of England's greatest flyweight boxers and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on February 28, 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, near Warrington, after his family moved there before his first birthday.
Peter Karrie Peter Karrie (born August 10, 1946), is a Welsh singer, best known for his portrayal of the lead role in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Phantom of the Opera. He played the part in London, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong and on the UK Tour in Bradford, and Manchester.
Peter Kater Peter Kater is a multi-platinum selling American pianist twice nominated for the Grammy. He was honored with the Environmental Leadership Award by the United Nations in 1995 for his commitment and dedication to the environment and humanitarian causes.
Peter Katholos Peter Katholos (born 18 March 1961) is a former Australian football (soccer) player. He was a member of the Socceroos, Australia's national soccer team, from 1981 to 1984 during which time he made 22 international appearances, scoring 3 goals.
Peter Kattuk Peter Kattuk was born 2 June 1950 on the Belcher Islands, Nunavut and lives in Sanikiluaq, Canada. Kattuk is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Hudson Bay having won the seat in the 2004 Nunavut election.
Peter Kay Peter Kay (born 2 June 1973 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a writer, producer, actor and comedian. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001 - 2002), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), as well as other independent productions.
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is a British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Bolton, Lancashire, England. The show is written by Neil Fitzmaurice, Peter Kay and Dave Spikey, produced by Goodnight Vienna Productions and Ovation Entertainments, and was broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.
Peter KĂĽrten Peter KĂĽrten (May 26,1883-July 2,1932) was a German serial killer dubbed The Vampire of DĂĽsseldorf by the contemporary media. He committed a series of sex crimes, assaults and murders against adults and children, most notoriously from February to November 1929 in DĂĽsseldorf.
Peter Kearney Peter Kearney (born 10 February 1963) is a former Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate for the United Kingdom Parliament, as well as being the Director of the Scottish Catholic Media Office (SCMO), headquartered in Glasgow. He was born in Paisley, Scotland.
Peter Kemp Peter Kemp was a British swimmer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He participated in water polo and swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a bronze medal in the 200m obstacle event and a gold medal in water polo.
Peter Kennard Peter Kennard is a London-based artist widely seen as the most accomplished photomontage artist of the second half of the 20th century. Currently, his widely praised installation and digital works are ubiquitous throughout the anti-war and anti-capitalist movements.
Peter Kenyon Peter Kenyon (born 1954) is the chief executive of Chelsea Football Club, of the FA Premier League in England, and probably the highest profile sports executive in the United Kingdom. He is the former production director and chief executive of sportswear firm Umbro.
Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO (8 September 1922–11 October 2004) was a British peer, politician and landowner. He married Antonella Newland, daughter of Major General Sir Foster Newland, on 30 April 1943 and Lord and Lady Lothian had six children: two sons and four daughters.
Peter Kierkegaard Peter Christian Kierkegaard (6 Jul 1805 — 24 Feb 1888), Danish theologian and Lutheran bishop of Aalborg from 1857 until 1875, brother of Søren Kierkegaard. As a theologian of the official church, he had on several occasions criticized his brother’s works, notably at the Roskilde Ecclesiastical Conventions in 1849 and 1855.
Peter Kiewit Institute The Peter Kiewit Institute is an engineering college in Omaha, Nebraska. It was founded in 1996 in partnership with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the University of Nebraska at Omaha and companies in the private sector, and its stated goal is "to help meet the needs of the nation’s technology and engineering firms by providing a top-flight education to students interested in pursuing careers in information science, technology and engineering.
Peter Kilabuk Peter Kilabuk, MLA was born 27 September 1960 in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada. Kilabuk is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Pangnirtung having won the seat in both the 1999 election and the 2004 election.
Peter King (Australian politician) Peter Edward King (born 29 June 1952), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 to October 2004, representing the seat of Wentworth, New South Wales. He was born in Bingara, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University and Oxford University, where he gained an MA.

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