John Peters may refer to:
Politicians
- John A. Peters (1822–1904), U.S. Representative from Maine (1867–1873), Attorney General of Maine (1864–1866) & Maine Supreme Court judge
- John A. Peters (1864–1953), U.S. Representative from Maine (1913–1922) and U.S. District Court judge (1922–1947)
- John Samuel Peters (1772–1858), Governor of Connecticut (1831–1833)
Baseball players
- John Peters (shortstop) (1850–1924), baseball player from New Orleans
- John Peters (catcher) (1893–1932), baseball player from Kansas City
Others
- John Peters (chess player) (born 1952), chess player and newspaper columnist
- John Peters (disc jockey), British radio presenter
- John Peters (RAF officer) (born 1961)
- John Durham Peters (born 1958), communications professor
- John F. Peters, electrical engineer: inventor of the Klydonograph
- John Punnett Peters (1852-1921), American Episcopal clergyman
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Famous quotes containing the words john and/or peters:
“But I’m his poor shepherd, as plain you may see,
That am come to beg pardon for him and for me.””
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 99–100)
“The Reverend Samuel Peters ... exaggerated the Blue Laws, but they did include “Capital Lawes” providing a death penalty for any child over sixteen who was found guilty of cursing or striking his natural parents; a death penalty for an incorrigible son; a law forbidding smoking except in a room in a private house; another law declaring smoking illegal except on a journey five miles away from home,...”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)