Lista de Personas Famosas con el apellido Peterson

Carla Peterson es una actriz y directora de teatro argentina. Su papel de Brigitte en la novela Son Amores y sus protagónicos en Lalola y Los Exitosos Pells la llevaron a la fama y le valieron importantes premios como el Premio Martín Fierro y el Premio Clarín durante dos años consecutivos.

Judge Kenneth Peterson, más conocido como Lucky Peterson, fue un músico estadounidense de blues que fusionó géneros como el soul, el R&B, el gospel y el rock and roll. El periodista musical Tony Russell, en su libro The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray se refirió de la siguiente manera a Peterson: "puede que sea el único músico de blues que ha tenido exposición en la televisión nacional usando pantalones cortos".

Collin Clark Peterson is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 7th congressional district from 1991 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he has been chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture since 2019, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2011; he had been ranking member from 2011 to 2019 and 2005 to 2007. Peterson was the most senior U.S. Representative from Minnesota and the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation.

Lamont Peterson es un boxeador profesional estadounidense. Ha sido dos veces campeón mundial, ostentando el título WBA (Super) y el de la IBF del peso superligero en 2011, además ha sido el campeón regular de la WBA del peso wélter en 2017.

Peter George Peterson was an American investment banker who served as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973, under the Richard Nixon administration. Before serving as Secretary of Commerce, Peterson was chairman and CEO of Bell & Howell from 1963 to 1971. From 1973 to 1984 he was chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers. In 1985 he co-founded the private equity firm The Blackstone Group, and served as chairman. Peterson was chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations until retiring in 2007, after being named chairman emeritus. In 2008, Peterson was ranked 149th on the "Forbes 400 Richest Americans" with a net worth of $2.8 billion. He was also known as founder and principal funder of The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting fiscal austerity.

Donald Herod Peterson was a United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. Peterson was originally selected for the Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program, but, when that was canceled, he became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. He was a mission specialist on STS-6 on board Challenger. During the mission Peterson performed a spacewalk to test the new airlock and space suits. He logged 120 hours in space. Peterson retired from NASA in 1984.

Eugene Hoiland Peterson was an American Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet. He wrote over 30 books, including the Gold Medallion Book Award–winner The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, an idiomatic paraphrasing translation of the Bible into modern American English using a dynamic equivalence translation approach.

Bengt Ronnie Peterson fue un piloto de automovilismo sueco. Compitió en Fórmula 1 para los equipos March, Lotus y Tyrrell, donde logró diez victorias y 26 podios, además de resultar subcampeón en 1971 y 1978, y tercero en 1973. Es el séptimo piloto con más victorias entre quienes no obtuvieron el título. Su carrera se vio detenida por un choque fatal en el Gran Premio de Italia de 1978 cuando peleaba por el campeonato.

Fred Ingels Peterson is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. Peterson was a southpaw starting pitcher who enjoyed his best success in 1970 with the Yankees when he went 20–11 and pitched in the All-Star game. He is widely known for trading families with teammate Mike Kekich in the early 1970s. He had a career record of 133–131.

Oscar Peterson fue un pianista canadiense de jazz.