Peter Haskell (1934 - 2010)

Actor. He is best known for his role of Kevin Grant in the TV series “Bracken’s World” (1969 to 1970). The son of geophysicist Norman A. Haskell, he was born in Boston and educated at Harvard University,  where he received his BA. He began his acting career on stage in Boston, New York and Canada, […]

Peter Hauptmann (1970 - 1904)

Well-known St. Louis tobacconist & founder of the Peter Hauptmann & Company. After coming to the United States from his native Germany, Mr. Hauptmann worked for various wholesale firms. He then started the firm of Peter Hauptmann & Co. He purchased the steamer City of Alma, & acting in the capacity of her captain, traded […]

Peter Hawkins (1924 - 2006)

Actor. He was born in Brixton, England. He first appeared as a TV actor in 1949 in a production of The Good Companions, but Hawkins become famous  as the voice of many characters in children’s classics such as Bill and Ben in “Flower Pot Men,” Zippy from “Rainbow” and particularly, with sinister tones developed with […]

Peter Hood Ballantine (1831 - 1882)

Businessman. He founded the Ballantine Beer Breweries.  Family links:  Parents:  Peter Ballentine (1791 – 1883)  Julia Wilson Ballantine (1796 – 1868)  Spouse:  Isabella Linen Ballantine (1834 – 1911)*  Children:  Isabel Abbert Ballantine (1864 – 1946)*  George Alexander Ballantine (1866 – 1910)*  George Alexander Ballantine (1866 – 1910)*  Bessie S. Ballantine (1875 – 1876)*  Sarah Linen […]

Peter Jones (1920 - 2000)

Peter Jones was born in Wem, Shropshire and he was educated at Wem Grammar School and Ellesmere College. He made his first appearance as an actor in Wolverhampton at the age of 16 and then appeared in repertory theatre in East Anglia. In 1942 he acted on the West End stage in The Doctor’s Dilemma […]

Peter Kiewit (1900 - 1979)

Peter Kiewit took over the small Omaha, Nebraska construction company, Keiwit Construction Co., from his father (also Peter Kiewit) and grew it into one of the largest major construction companies in the world. His company built the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado, subways in New York City, and many major world-class projects throughout the world.

Peter Kreuder (1905 - 1981)

Peter Paul Kreuder (18 August 1905 – 28 June 1981) was a German-Austrian pianist, composer and conductor. Peter Kreuder was born in Aachen, the son of a Kammersänger. He enrolled as a piano student at the Cologne Conservatory in 1910, where he performed his first concert one year later, and at music academies in Munich, Berlin […]

Peter Lawford (1923 - 1984)

Peter Lawford He is probably best remembered as a member of the Hollywood’s “Rat Pack’ which included entertainers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr, and Joey Bishop, who appeared together on stage and films, including the movies “Ocean’s 11” (1960) and “Sergeants 3” (1962). He is also remembered as the husband of Patricia Kennedy, […]

Peter Leeds (1917 - 1996)

A native of Bayonne, New Jersey, Leeds received his training at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He made his film debut with a bit part in Public Enemies (1941). He received a scholarship from the John Marshall Law School, where he attended for one year. He also attended The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New […]

Peter Lind Hayes (1915 - 1998)

Peter Lind Hayes He was only two when his father, Joseph Conrad Lind Snr, a railroad man and amateur singer, died. Peter attended parochial school in Cairo, Illinois, but, from the age of nine, performed every summer with his mother, Grace Hayes, a vaudeville star. At 16, he wrote a new act for his mother […]

Peter Lorre (1904 - 1964)

Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein; 26 June 1904 – 23 March 1964) was an Austro-Hungarian-American actor. In Austria, he began his stage career in Vienna before moving to Germany where he had his breakthrough, first on the stage, then in film in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Lorre caused an international sensation […]

Peter Malkin (1927 - 2005)

Israeli Intellegence Agent. He was the veteran Israeli Mossad agent who in 1960 captured Adolf Eichmann, chief architect of the Holocaust, from a street outside Buenos Aires. So repulsed that he wore gloves, Malkin approached Eichmann, living under an assumed name, with the greeting “un momentito, señor” before wrestling him to the ground and into […]

Peter O’Toole (1932 - 2013)

O’Toole was born in 1932. Some sources give his birthplace as Connemara, County Galway, Ireland while others cite Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. O’Toole himself was not certain of his birthplace or date, noting in his autobiography that, while he accepted 2 August as his birthdate, he had a birth certificate from […]

Peter Petrovich Konchalovsky (1876 - 1956)

Artist, studied in Paris and St. Petersburg. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts.  Family links:  Spouse:  Olga Vasilievna Surikova Konchalovskaya (1878 – 1958)*  Children:  Natalia Petrovna Konchalovskaya (1903 – 1988)* *Calculated relationship

Peter Revson (1939 - 1974)

Peter Revson began racing in 1960 while at the University of Hawaii. He previously attended both Columbia University and Cornell University, although he never graduated from college. Revson finished second in a local club event, driving a Plus Four Morgan. He proceeded in his racing career, becoming experienced in Formula cars, Trans-Am sedans, Can-Am Group […]

Peter Schoenhofen (1827 - 1893)

Businessman. Born in Prussia, he immigrated to Chicago, Illinois, in the 1850s and started working in the brewing trade. In 1861, he formed a partnership with Matheus Gottfried, opened a brewery and together they made about 600 barrels of lager beer a year. Schoenhofen bought out his partner in 1867, the company became the Peter […]

Peter Seeger (1919 - 2014)

Peter “Pete” Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly’s “Goodnight, Irene”, which topped the […]

Peter Skellern (1947 - 2017)

Peter Skellern was born in Bury, Lancashire. He attended Derby High School, playing the organ at St Michael’s Church in Bolton during his early years, and studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He later joined the pop groups Harlem and March Hare. Skellern’s first song to become a hit was “You’re a […]

Peter Stone (1930 - 2003)

When Peter Stone was 15, his parents took him to see Mexican Hayride starring Bobby Clark at the Hazard’s Pavilion. Stone saw Clark throw his hat on a hat tree 100 feet away, and, at that moment, knew he wanted to work in theatre. He graduated from University High School in Los Angeles, attended Bard […]

Peter Tork (1942 - 2019)

Peter Tork Peter Tork, a struggling musician who became an overnight teenage idol in the 1960s with the Monkees, died on Thursday at a family home in eastern Connecticut. He was 77. His son, Ivan Iannoli, said the cause was complications from a rare form of cancer that was first diagnosed in 2009. Mr. Tork, who […]

Peter Tosh (1944 - 1987)

Peter Tosh began recording and released his solo debut, Legalize It, in 1976 with CBS Records company. The title track soon became popular among endorsers of marijuana legalization, reggae music lovers and Rastafari all over the world, and was a favourite at Tosh’s concerts. His second album Equal Rights followed in 1977, featuring his recording […]

Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)

Sir Peter Ustinov, CBE FRSA (born Peter Alexander von Ustinov; /ˈjuːstɪnɒf/ or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/; 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) was an English actor, writer, dramatist, filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, screenwriter, comedian, humorist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster, and television presenter. He was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture […]

Peter van Eyck (1911 - 1969)

Peter van Eyck, born Götz von Eick (16 July 1911 in Steinwehr, Pomerania, German Empire [now Kamienny Jaz, Poland] – 15 July 1969 in Männedorf near Zürich, Switzerland), was a German actor. After graduating from high school he studied music. In 1931 he left Poland, living in Paris, London, Tunis, Algiers and Cuba, before settling in […]

Peter Vivian Daniel (1784 - 1860)

Daniel was born in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1784 to a family of old colonial heritage. He was educated at home, and attended the College of New Jersey for one year before returning to Virginia. He read law under former Attorney General of the United States Edmund Randolph in Richmond, and was admitted to the […]

Peter W. Cookson (1913 - 1990)

Actor. Born in Milwaukie, Oregon, Peter W. Cookson was a popular television and film performer, plus an original member of the Actors Studio New York City. After several stage appearances on Broadway, he made his big screen debut in “Swingtime Johnny” (1943), followed by “Strange Confession” (1944). His other film credits included “The Girl Who […]

Peter William Appleton (1904 - 1974)

Major League Baseball Player. He played Major League baseball as a pitcher for fourteen seasons (1927 to 1928, 1930 to 1933, 1936 to 1942, 1945) with the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Browns. Born Peter William Jablonski, he legally changed his name […]

Peter Yates (1929 - 2011)

The son of an army officer, Peter Yates attended Charterhouse School as a boy, graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked for some years as an actor, director and stage manager. In the 1950s he started in the film industry as a dubbing assistant and later an assistant director for Tony Richardson […]

Petr Kien (1919 - 1944)

Artist, Author. His visual and literary works reflected his experiences in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt (Terezin), where he was imprisoned as a Jew during World War II. Kien’s watercolor drawings, created in secret on stolen paper,  vividly depict the brutality of daily life in a camp the Nazis portrayed to the world as a […]

Petra Cabot (1907 - 2006)

Inventor, Artist.  Born Emma Mearns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 21, 1907, she was an only child. In 1945 she crafted a montage of newspaper clippings and photographs making up a historical mural representing the evolution of the National Maritime Union, which is 840 square feet in size and located at the union’s New York […]

Phebe Sudlow (1831 - 1922)

Phebe W. Sudlow (July 11, 1831 – June 8, 1922) was a pioneer for women in the education field and was the first female superintendent of a public school in the United States. Phebe Sudlow also became the first female professor at the University of Iowa in 1878, despite having no formal college degree. Phebe W. […]