Famous People with Name Petar

Petar Hektorovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Petar Hektorovic: was a Croatian writer. He was a poet and collector of Hvar's fishermen songs, and an important figure of the Renaissance period in Croatian literature. His major work Fishing and Fishermen’s Talk (Ribanje i ribarsko prigovaranje, 1568), is a hybrid genre: simultaneously a travelogue, discourse in fishing, reflexive poem and poetic epistle to his friend Jeronim Bartucevic.

Petar Preradovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Petar Preradovic: was a Croatian poet.In 1847 he was again stationed in Italy where he took part in the Wars of Italian Unification. When he returned to Croatia, he became a close associate of Josip Jelacic. He was stationed to various Austrian military outposts and gradually rose to the rank of general.

Petar Zoranic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Petar Zoranic: was a Croatian Renaissance writer from Zadar.He is most important as the author of Planine, the first Croatian novel. Pastoral in nature, the novel shows influence of Virgil, Ovid, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca and Giovanni Boccaccio. The novel was written in 1538 and published in 1569.

Petar Aleksandrov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petar Aleksandrov: is a Bulgarian former footballer who played for various clubs in Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland during the 1980's and 1990's. He was a striker, noted for his goal-scoring ability, and is now assistant manager of the Bulgarian national team.

Petar Dimitrov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petar Dimitrov: is a Bulgarian football player, currently playing for Beroe Stara Zagora as a midfielder. Dimitrov is an attacking right midfielder.He played for a few clubs, including CSKA Sofia, Belasitsa Petrich and Vihren Sandanski. In Bulgarian first division A PFG, Petar has seven matches.

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.