Peter Matthews or Mathews may refer to:
- Peter Mathews (archaeologist) (born 1951), Australian Mayanist
- Peter Mathews (Left Behind), fictional character in Left Behind
- Peter Mathews (politician) (born 1951), Irish politician
- Peter H. Matthews (1873–1916), American operator of policy gambling
- Peter Matthews (linguist) (born 1934), British linguist
- Peter Matthews (rebel) (1789–1838), hanged for treason in 1838 after the Upper Canada Rebellion
Famous quotes containing the words peter and/or matthews:
“A man’s idea in a card game is war—cruel, devastating and pitiless. A lady’s idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.”
—Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936)
“I was supposed to retire when I was seventy-two years old, but I was seventy-seven when I retired. On my seventy-sixth birthday a lady had triplets. It was quite a birthday present.”
—Josephine Riley Matthews (b. 1897)