Peter

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived, via Latin "petra", from the Greek word πέτρος (petros) meaning "stone" or "rock". Peter is a name shared by several Harry Turtledove characters.

Characters with only the name Peter

 * Peter (Warwick Soldier), a soldier in the employ of the Earl of Warwick and minor character in Opening Atlantis.
 * Peter (New Hastings Rebel), a farmer-turned-rebel on the side of the Radcliffes and minor character in Opening Atlantis.
 * Peter (The War That Came Early), Luftwaffe pilot and minor character in Coup d'Etat.
 * St. Peter, a fisherman and a disciple of Jesus who is traditionally regarded as the first Pope. He appears as "the Rock" in "Shock and Awe", and plays an important posthumous role in "Under St. Peter's".
 * Peter I of Russia, a historical Tsar, referenced in The Big Switch and In at the Death.

Characters with the first name of Peter

 * Peter Baker, fictional actor, minor character in Ruled Britannia.
 * Peter Blake, a nephew of Chester Martin in the Southern Victory series.
 * Peter Delahanty, a fictional biologist in the short story "The R-Strain".
 * Peter Drinkwater, a fictional British Intelligence agent in the short story "Ready for the Fatherland".
 * Peter Foster, a minor character and roommate of William Shakespeare in the novel Ruled Britannia.
 * Peter Hains, a historical American Civil War general appearing in How Few Remain.
 * Peter Howard, fictional doctor, POV of "Freedom" in A Different Flesh.
 * Peter Jarrold, a fictional Son of Liberty referenced in the novel The Two Georges.
 * Peter Norris, fictional sheriff, minor character in Ruled Britannia.
 * Peter van Pels, a historical figure referenced in "The Eighth-Grade History Class Visits the Hebrew Home for the Aging".
 * Peter Torrance, a fictional cavalry lieutenant in Liberating Atlantis.
 * Peter Turney, historical judge appearing in How Few Remain.

Characters named Pete

 * Pete (Deconstruction Gang), member of Gang 4 in "Deconstruction Gang".
 * Pete (The Green Buffalo), a shopkeeper in "The Green Buffalo".
 * Pete (sergeant), Confederate sergeant, minor character in Settling Accounts.
 * Pete (bellhop), minor character in In at the Death.
 * Pete (police officer), a minor character in All Fall Down.
 * Pete (Worldwar): minor Worldwar character.
 * Pete Daniels aka Mutt Daniels, a POV character from the Worldwar series.
 * Pete Flowers, a POV character in "Crybaby".
 * Pete Gray, historical baseballer referenced in The Man With the Iron Heart.
 * Pete Huntington, minor fictional character in The Hot War.
 * Pete Lundquist, fictional SF author, POV of "Hindsight".
 * Pete McGill, a US Marine and POV from The War That Came Early series.
 * Pete Reilly, a Topangan in "Topanga and the Chatsworth Lancers".
 * Pete Sadowski, a third baseman from "Designated Hitter".
 * Pete Thomsen, a newspaper reporter and minor character in In the Balance.

Characters named Pedro (Spanish and Portuguese Peter)

 * Pedro (Half the Battle), a Canogan scribe in "Half the Battle".
 * Pedro (Ruled Britannia), fictional Spanish soldier, minor character in Ruled Britannia.
 * Dom Pedro II of Brazil, historical emperor of Brazil, referenced in The Guns of the South.
 * Dom Pedro IV of Brazil, fictional emperor of Brazil referenced in Breakthroughs.
 * Pedro (Half the Battle), fictional scribe from "Half the Battle"
 * Pedro González de Mendoza, historical Spanish politician appearing in "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life"
 * Pedro Magallanes, fictional medical student, minor character in Second Contact.
 * Pedro Rodriguez, a CS Army soldier in the Southern Victory series

Characters named Pierre (French Peter)

 * Pierre, guard of the Kingdom of Versailles and minor character in In High Places.
 * Pierre Barres, fictional French soldier in "Ils ne passeront pas".
 * Pierre Ducange, fictional New Orleans resident in "Must and Shall".
 * Pierre Dutourd, fictional French criminal in Worldwar.
 * Pierre Lapin, a Canadian soldier and minor character in American Front.

Characters named Pierce (an offshoot of Pierre)

 * Pierce Butler, historical US Supreme Court Justice appearing in "Joe Steele (story)"/Joe Steele (novel).

Characters named Piet (Dutch Peter)

 * Piet Hardie, a member of America Will Break in The Guns of the South.
 * Piet Kieft, fictional Dutch colonial governor in Opening Atlantis.

Characters named Пётр (Russian Peter)

 * Pyotr (The Hot War), a Russian farmer and minor character in The Hot War.
 * Pyotr Maksimovich, a secretary who works in the Kremlin in Worldwar. He may be historical, but this is not certain.

Characters named Petro

 * Petro of Narbomart, an Ispanian merchant in "Unholy Trinity" in Agent of Byzantium.
 * Petro Hapochka, fictional Soviet bureaucrat in The Hot War.

Characters with a surname of Peters

 * Sean Peters, employee of Superstrings, Inc. in the Justin Kloster Stories.

Characters with a surname of Peterson

 * Jim Peterson, fictional US Navy personnel, POV in Days of Infamy series.
 * Richard Peterson, a technician and minor character in Striking the Balance.
 * Wilf Peterson, a British Army lieutenant and minor character in Coup d'Etat.

Characters with a surname of Petrovic

 * Marko Petrovic, minor Croatian character in Tilting the Balance.

Characters with a surname of Pietruszka

 * Pietruszka, fictional Polish politician, minor character in The Man With the Iron Heart.
 * Tadeusz Pietruszka, fictional doctor appearing in two scenes of Joe Steele.

Places and things whose names include Peter or a variant

 * LeBlanc and Peters Mortuary, a funeral home in "Must and Shall".
 * The USS Peter Gray (ship), a Liberty Ship in The Man With the Iron Heart.
 * Petersburg, Virginia, featured in Southern Victory
 * Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, figuring in The Hot War.
 * Pierreville, a Detinan city in The War Between the Provinces.
 * St. Peter's Basilica, a church in Rome or the Vatican, depending on the timeline, the title location of "Under St. Peter's".
 * St. Petersburg, former Russian capital, known in the past as Petrograd and Leningrad, the latter being the name most frequently used in Turtledove references.
 * San Pedro, a subdivision of Los Angeles figuring in a number of Turtledove works.
 * "Under St. Peter's", a Turtledove story title.