Famous People with Name Peta

Peta Gia Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peta Gia Wilson: First working as a model in Australia and Europe, she moved to Los Angeles where she studied acting in 1991. She studied with people like Arthur Mendoza from The Actors Circle Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as Tom Waits at the TomKat Repertory Group. She

Peta Gallagher            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peta Gallagher: is a female field hockey striker from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the Argentina Tour in 2001. Nicknamed Pete she was a member of the Hockeyroos at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team

Peta Verco            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peta Verco: is a former women's cricketer for Australia whose international playing career ran from 1977 until 1985. A right-handed batsman, Verco scored a century in Test cricket.

Peta Luise Seaton            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peta Luise Seaton: a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Southern Highlands for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1996 until her retirement prior to the 2007 election.She worked in the television industry fro

Alessandro Petacchi            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Alessandro Petacchi: He joined LPR Brakes in August 2008 after being suspended for a doping offence.He turned professional in 1996, and last rode for Team Milram, along with another of the world's best cycling sprinters, Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of his former Fassa Bortolo team.Petacchi's speciality is sprinting and his nickname is "Ale-Jet". His explosive speed has seen him take several stage victories in all three of the Grand Tours. In 2004 he won a record nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, which resulted in him winning the maglia ciclamino for topping the points classification. He managed his first victory in a major Classic race in 2005, triumphing at the Milan-Sanremo.

Erkka Petäjä            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Erkka Petäjä: is a Finnish former international footballer who earned 84 caps at international level between 1983 and 1994. Petäjä, who played as a defender, played professionally in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland for TPS, Östers IF, Helsingborgs IF, Malmö FF, Yverdon

Viktor Petakov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Viktor Petakov: is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for OFC Sliven 2000 as a midfielder.

Paul Petard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Paul Petard: was a French botanist who specialized in the study of native plants of French Polynesia. His book Petard Botanical Plant Encyclopedia is still widely used as a reference, and contains much information about traditional applications of Tahitian Noni juice. He held a doctorate in pharmacy.

Denis Pétau            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Denis Pétau: was a French Jesuit theologian. After spending two years at Bourges he returned to Paris, and began a correspondence with Fronton du Duc, the editor of John Chrysostom. In 1605 he became a Jesuit, taught rhetoric at Reims (1609), La Flèche (1613), and at the Collège de Clermont (1618). During this last period he began a correspondence with the Bishop of Orléans, Gabriel de Laubépine (Albaspinaeus), on the first year of the primitive Church. Beginning in 1622