Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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Peter Matić

Peter Matić: Austrian actor and voice artist (1937–2019)

Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen: novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer

Peter Maxwell Davies

Peter Mayer

Peter Mayer (publisher)

Peter Mayhew

Peter Mayhew (1944–2019)

Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara: Australian tennis player and coach

Peter Nicholls (writer)

Peter Nicholls — Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedia editor

Peter Norman

Peter Norman — Australian sprinter and 1968 Olympic silver medallist

Peter Novick

Peter Novick: American historian on objectivity and Holocaust memory

Peter Orlovsky

Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010): Beat poet, performer and partner of Allen Ginsberg

Peter Osgood

Peter Osgood: Chelsea striker and England international

Peter Ouwens

Pieter Antonie Ouwens (1849–1922): Dutch zoologist who described the Komodo dragon

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens: Flemish Baroque Master and Diplomat

Peter Powell (kite maker)

Peter Preston

Peter Preston — British editor, journalist and author

Peter Reid

Peter Reid — English footballer and manager

Peter Schidlof

Peter Schidlof — British violist and founding member of the Amadeus Quartet

Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff (American investor, commentator and podcast host)

Peter Schreier

Peter Schreier: German tenor and conductor

Peter Schutz

Peter Schutz: German‑American Businessman and Porsche CEO (1930–2017)

Peter Scoones

Peter Scoones — British Underwater Cameraman

Peter Scott

Peter Scott (1909–1989): British ornithologist, conservationist and painter

Peter Sculthorpe

Peter Sculthorpe — Australian composer inspired by landscape and Indigenous themes

Peter Sellers (broadcaster)

Peter Sellers (New Zealand sports broadcaster)

Peter Serafinowicz

Peter Shotton

Peter Shotton: Childhood Friend and Memoirist of John Lennon

Peter Skellern

Peter Skellern: English singer-songwriter and pianist

Peter Skipper

Peter Skipper (1958–2019)

Peter Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant: Last Director-General of New Netherland

Peter Svidler

Peter Svidler — Russian chess grandmaster and six-time national champion

Peter Tali Coleman

Peter Tali Coleman (1919–1997)

Peter Tapsell (British politician)

Peter Temple

Peter Temple — South Africa–born Australian crime writer

Peter Temple-Morris

Peter Temple-Morris, Baron Temple-Morris

Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson (English footballer, 1942–2018)

Peter Thomson (golfer)

Peter Thomson — Australian five-time Open Championship winner

Peter Toogood

Peter Toogood (1930–2019) — Australian amateur golfer

Peter Travers

Peter Travers — American film critic

Peter Ueberroth

Peter Ueberroth

American sports executive and businessman; organized the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, served as MLB Commissioner (1984–1989), and chaired the U.S. Olympic Committee until 2008.

Peter Underwood

Peter Underwood (1937–2014): Australian jurist and Governor of Tasmania

Peter Ustinov

Peter van der Merwe

Peter van de Merwe (1942–2016)

Peter van Gestel

Peter van Gestel (1937–2019) — Dutch author of children's and literary fiction

Peter Walker (cricketer, born 1936)

Peter Warburton

Peter Egerton Warburton (1813–1889) — Australian explorer and public servant

Peter Weibel (cyclist)

Peter Weibel (German cyclist)

Peter Wells (director)

Peter Wells (1950–2019): New Zealand writer, filmmaker and cultural historian

Peter Whittingham

Peter Whittingham — English central midfielder (1984–2020)