Peterson (name)

Family name
name = Peterson


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pronunciation = "PE-ter-son"
meaning ="son of Peter"
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origin = Biblical
related names = Petersen
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Peterson is a common English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are over 700 variant spellings of the surname. [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Peterson |title=Surname: Peterson |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-02-11] Peterson may refer to:
* Adrian L. Peterson (b.1985), American football running back, NFL, Minnesota Vikings
* Adrian N. Peterson (b.1979), American football running back, NFL, Chicago Bears
* Amanda Peterson (b. 1971), American actress
* Cassandra Peterson (b. 1951), American actress best known for her screen persona "Elvira"
* Collin Peterson (b. 1944), American politician, Congressman from Minnesota
* David Peterson (b. 1943, Canadian politician, twentieth premier of Ontario
* Debbi Peterson (b. 1961), American singer
* Donald H. Peterson (b. 1933), American former NASA astronaut
* Drew Walter Peterson (b. 1954), American, former Illinois police sergeant and suspect in two murders
* Eric Peterson (b. 1946), Canadian actor
* Eric Peterson (musician) (b. 1964), American guitarist
* Elly M. Peterson (b. 1914), American, Michigan politician
* Esther Peterson (1906 - 1997), American, Assistant Secretary of Labor
* Gilles Peterson (b. ca. 1964), English DJ
* Gordon Peterson (b. ?), American broadcast journalist
* Gordon Peterson (b. ?), Canadian Musician
* Jim Peterson (b. 1941), Canadian politician
* Jeret Peterson (b. 1981), American aerial skier
* John Peterson, disambiguation
* Keith Peterson (b. 1956), Canadian politician
* Laci Peterson (1975 - 2002), American, murdered wife of Scott Peterson
* Lynn Peterson (b. ?), Canadian, mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario
* Mark Peterson (b. 1960), American soccer player
* Michael Peterson (disambiguation)
* Morris Peterson (b. 1977), American basketball player
* Oscar Peterson (1925 - 2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer
* Oscar V. Peterson (1899 - 1942), American seaman in the US Navy
* Pete Peterson (b. 1936), American Air Force pilot
* Peter George Peterson, American banker and philanthropist, former United States Secretary of Commerce
* Ray Peterson (d. 2005), American pop music singer
* Roger Tory Peterson (1908 - 1996), American naturalist, ornithologist, artist, and educator
* Ronnie Peterson (1944 - 1978), Swedish racing driver
* Scott Peterson (b. 1972), American convicted murderer
* Shelley Peterson (b. ?), Canadian actress
* Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824 - 1904), first African-American to vote in an election
* Todd Peterson (b. 1970), American football player
* Tom Peterson (d. 1994), American, television meteorologist in Iowa
* Trudy Huskamp Peterson (b. 1945), American historian, former acting Archivist of the United States
* Val Peterson (1903 - 1983), American, Governor of Nebraska
* Vicki Peterson (b. 1958), American pop musician
* W. Wesley Peterson (b. 1924), American mathematician and computer scientist

References

ee also

* Petersen
* Pedersen
* Pederson