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    Peter Sarsgaard

    Age 41 Male
    Actor
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    John Peter Sarsgaard is an American film and stage actor. He landed his first feature role in the movie Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter.read more

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    Peter Jackson

    Age 50 Male
    Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter
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    Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, who is well known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001 to 2003), adapted from the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien.read more

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    Peter Gabriel

    Age 62 Male
    Musician, Record Producer
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    Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards, and the song is the most played music video in the history of the station.read more

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    Peter Frampton

    Age 62 Male
    Singer, Musician, Songwriter
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    Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English born naturalized American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies in the United States alone and spawned several hits. Since then he has released several major albums.read more

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    Peter Crouch

    Age 31 Male
    Footballer
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    Peter James Crouch is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Stoke City and the England national team. Crouch started his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur. However he failed to make a first team appearance for the club, leaving it in 2000 and playing for several teams including four Premier League clubs – Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Southampton and Liverpool – before returning and finally making his senior Tottenham debut in 2009.read more

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    Peter Jennings

    1938 - 2005 Male
    News Anchor
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    Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM was a Canadian American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists. Jennings started his career early, hosting a Canadian radio show at the age of nine.read more

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    Peter Falk

    1927 - 2011 Male
    Actor
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    Peter Michael Falk was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo. He appeared in numerous films such as The Princess Bride, The Great Race and Next, and television guest roles and was nominated for an Academy Award twice, and won the Emmy Award on five occasions (four for Columbo) and the Golden Globe award once.read more

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    Peter Kay

    Age 38 Male
    Writer, Producer, Actor and Comedian
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    Peter John Kay is an English comedian, writer, actor, director and producer from Lancashire. His work includes That Peter Kay Thing (2000), Phoenix Nights (2001), Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004), Britain's Got the Pop Factor... (2008) and other independent productions which have included two sell out tours. Kay has sold over 10 million DVDs, a UK record for a comedian.read more

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    Peter Tatchell

    Age 60 Male
    Campaigner, Politician
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    Peter Gary Tatchell is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements. Brother of Martin Walsh, he attracted international attention when he attempted a citizen's arrest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1999 and again in 2001.read more

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    Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis

    Age 54 Male
    Actor, Count

    Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis is a former Christchurch child care worker who has been at the centre of one of New Zealand's most enduring judicial controversies. In June 1993 Ellis was found guilty in the High Court on 16 counts of sexual offences involving children in his care at the Christchurch Civic Creche and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.read more

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    Peter Sellers

    1925 - 1980 Male
    Comedian & Actor

    Richard Henry Sellers, CBE, known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr. Strangelove, as Clare Quilty in Lolita, and as the TV-addicted man-child Chance the gardener in his penultimate film, Being There. Actress Bette Davis once remarked of him, "He isn't an actor—he's a chameleon.read more

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    Peter Forsberg

    Age 38 Male
    Ice Hockey Player
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    Peter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation. As of 2011, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fourth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr.read more

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    Peter Mandelson

    Age 58 Male
    Prominent British Labour Politician and Spin Doctor
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    Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was a European Commissioner. He was a key architect in the rebranding of the Labour Party as "New Labour" and its subsequent landslide victory in the 1997 general election.read more

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    Peter T. King

    Age 68 Male
    Politician, Congressman, Lawyer
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    Peter T. King is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, known for his active support for the Irish republican movement. King's central Long Island district includes parts of Nassau and Suffolk counties. King serves as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and drew attention in early 2011 for holding hearings on the extent of radicalization of Muslim Americans.read more

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    Peter Ustinov

    1921 - 2004 Male
    Academy Award-winning British-born Actor, Writer, Dramatist and Raconteur
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    Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter.read more

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    Peter Green

    Age 65 Male
    Blues-rock Guitarist
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    Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 for his work with the group, Green's compositions have been covered by artists such as Santana, Aerosmith, Midge Ure, Tom Petty, and Judas Priest. A major figure and bandleader in the "second great epoch" of the British blues movement, Green inspired B. B.read more

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    Peter Cook

    1937 - 1995 Male
    Satirist, Comedian, Writer

    Peter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. Cook has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath", although his work was also controversial. Cook is closely associated with anti-establishment comedy which emerged in Britain and the United States in the late 1950s.read more

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    Peter Lawlor

    Age 64 Male
    Politician, Minister, Council Member

    Peter Lawlor is the Queensland Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading and the Australian Labor Party Member for Southport in the Queensland State Parliament. He previously served as a councillor on the Gold Coast City Council.read more

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    Peter Roskam

    Age 50 Male
    Politician

    Peter James Roskam is the U.S. Representative for, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chief Deputy Whip in the 112th Congress, ranking fourth among house Republican leaders; also served in the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives.read more

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    Peter Taaffe

    Age 70 Male
    Militant, Socialist, Writer

    Peter Taaffe is a British political activist and journalist. He is the general secretary of the Socialist Party of England and Wales and member of the International Executive Committee of the Committee for a Workers International (CWI), which claims sections in over 35 countries around the world. Taaffe was the founding editor of the Militant newspaper in 1964, and became known as a leader of the Militant tendency.read more

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    Peter MacKay

    Age 46 Male
    Politician

    Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada. He is married to Nazanin Afshin-Jam an Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and human rights activist, and a former Miss World Canada. MacKay was the final leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC Party).read more

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    Peter Steele

    1962 - 2010 Male
    Singer-songwriter, Musician

    Peter Thomas Ratajczyk, better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. Before forming Type O Negative, he had created the metal group Fallout and the thrash band Carnivore. As the frontman for Type O Negative, Steele was known for his vampiric affect, towering stature, rich bass-baritone vocals, and a dark, often self-deprecating sense of humor.read more

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    Peter Petrelli

    Male
    Paramedic

    Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers. Sensitive and compassionate, the character was initially defined by his complex relationship with his older brother, Nathan.read more

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    Peter Finch

    1916 - 1977 Male
    Australian Actor

    Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes.read more

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    Peter Robinson

    Age 63 Male
    Minister, Trade Unionist
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    Peter David Robinson is the current First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). He has been actively involved in Northern Irish politics since 1970 when he became a founding member of Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party.read more