Famous People with Name Petur

Petur Karl Gudmundsson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Petur Karl Gudmundsson: is a retired Icelandic professional basketball player. He was a 218 cm (7'2"), 118 kg (260 lb) center and played college basketball at the University of Washington, in Seattle, United States.Gudmundsson was selected in the third round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers, for whom he played during the 1981-82 season. In August 1983 the Blazers traded him to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for a 1984 third-round draft pick.[1][2] He played with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1985-86 but was traded to the San Antonio Spurs along with Frank Brickowski, two draft picks and an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for Mychal Thompson.[3]

Pétur Gudlaugur Pétursson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Pétur Gudlaugur Pétursson: is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for Stabæk in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. While playing in Iceland he made a total of 17 goals in 46 matches.Pálmason made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a friendly against Belarus in February 2008. He signed for Stabæk in July 2008, on a 3,5 year contract.

Pétur Marteinsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Pétur Marteinsson: is a retired Icelandic footballer who was active as a forward. He is the assistant manager of the Icelandic national team.Pétursson made his professional debut at ÍA and also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, RSC Anderlecht (35), Royal Antwerp FC , Hércules CF and KR.

Petur Dimitrov Gabrovski            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Petur Dimitrov Gabrovski: was a Bulgarian politician who briefly served as Prime Minister during the Second World War.

Pétur Gudlaugur Pétursson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Pétur Gudlaugur Pétursson: is an Icelandic footballer who is currently playing for Stabæk in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. While playing in Iceland he made a total of 17 goals in 46 matches.Pálmason made his debut for the Icelandic national team in a friendly against Belarus in February 2008. He signed for Stabæk in July 2008, on a 3,5 year contract.

Óskar Pétursson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Óskar Pétursson: is an Icelandic football defender who is currently at SønderjyskE in Denmark.He started his career at Vikingur from Reykjavík and signed for Djurgården in 2004. On 2008-06-13 he signed a 3-year long contract with SønderjyskE.

Gunnar Pétursson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Gunnar Pétursson: was an Icelandic cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 32nd in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Oddur Pétursson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Oddur Pétursson: was an Icelandic cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 55th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. also in the Winter Olympics in Cortina 1956 Cross country 18 km.

Philip Markus Petursson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Markus Petursson: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1977, and briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Edward Schreyer. He ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election of 1949 in the riding of Norquay, but lost to Liberal Robert James Wood by almost 4000 votes. He ran again the federal election of 1965, this time placing third in Winnipeg South Centre against Progressive Conservative Gordon Churchill and Liberal Fred Douglas. Petursson was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1966 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative Richard Seaborn in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Wellington. In 1968-69, he supported Edward Schreyer to replace Russell Paulley as leader of the provincial NDP. He was re-elected by an increased margin in the 1969 election, in which the NDP formed a minority government under Schreyer.