Petre

Petre is a surname and given name derived from Peter. Notable persons with that name include:

People with the given name Petre

• Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902), English Roman Catholic prelate
• Ion Petre Stoican (circa 1930–1990), Romanian violinist
• Marian Petre Miluț (born 1955), Romanian politician, engineer and businessman
• Petre Andrei (1891–1940), Romanian sociologist
• Petre Antonescu (1873–1965), Romanian architect
• Petre S. Aurelian (1833–1909), Romanian politician
• Petre Cameniță (1889–1962), Romanian general during World War II
• Petre P. Carp (1837–1919), Romanian conservative politician and literary critic
• Petre Crowder (1919–1999), British Conservative politician and barrister
• Petre Dulfu (1856–1953), Romanian poet
• Petre Dumitrescu (1882–1950), Romanian general during World War II
• Petre Gruzinsky (1920–1984), Georgian poet
• Petre Ispirescu (1830–1887), Romanian printer and publicist
• Petre Mais (1885–1975), English writer and broadcaster
• Petre Marin (born 1973), Romanian footballer
• Petre Mavrogheni (1819–1887), Romanian politician
• Petre Mitu (born 1977), former Romanian rugby union footballer
• Petre Nicolae (21st century), Romanian actor
• Petre Popeangă (born 1944), Romanian politician
• Petre Roman (born 1946), Romanian politician
• Petre Stoica (1931–2009), Romanian poet
• Petre Tobă (born 1964), Romanian politician
• Petre Tsiskarishvili (born 1974), Georgian politician
• Petre Țuțea (1902–1991), Romanian philosopher

People with the surname Petre

• Benjamin Petre (1672–1758), English Roman Catholic prelate
• Bernard Henry Philip Petre, 14th Baron Petre (1858–1908), husband of Etheldreda Mary Clark
• Ciprian Petre (born 1980), Romanian football player
• Cristian Petre (born 1979), Romanian rugby union player
• Dorotheea Petre (born 1981), Romanian actress
• Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet (1631–1699), English Jesuit and privy councillor
• Esthera Petre (born 1990), Romanian high jumper
• Florentin Petre (born 1976), Romanian footballer
• Sir George Petre (1822–1905), British diplomat
• Francis Petre (1847–1918), prominent New Zealand-born architect
• Francis Loraine Petre (1852–1918), British military historian
• Henry Petre (1884–1962), Australia's first military aviator
• Henry William Petre (1820–1889), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
• John Petre, 1st Baron Petre (1549–1613), Lord-Lieutenant of Essex
• John Petre, 18th Baron Petre (born 1942), Lord-Lieutenant of Essex
• Kay Petre (1903–1994), Canadian-British motor racing star
• Maria Petre (born 1951), Romanian politician and economist
• Marian Petre (born 1959), British computer scientist
• Maude Petre (1863–1942), British Roman Catholic nun, writer and critic
• Ovidiu Petre (born 1982), Romanian football player
• William Petre (1505–1572), public servant
• William Petre, 4th Baron Petre (1626–1684), victim of the Popish Plot

See also

• Baron Petre
• Peter (disambiguation)
• Petr (disambiguation)
• Petra (disambiguation)
• Petre Bay
• Petri (disambiguation)
• Petro (disambiguation)
• Petru
• Turville-Petre
• Petreni (disambiguation)
• Petrești (disambiguation)
• Petreasa (disambiguation)
• Whanganui, a city in New Zealand originally called Petre