Petersen
Petersen is a family name. It is the most common family name in Schleswig-Holstein. A variant of the name is Petersén .
meaning
The name is a patronymic education and means son of Peter .
Name bearer
A.
- A. Willi Petersen (1949–2018), German business educator and university lecturer
- Aage Høy-Petersen (1898–1967), Danish sailor
- Adolf Petersen (1874–1949), Prussian post office clerk and local researcher
- Adolf Dahm-Petersen (1856–1922), Norwegian university professor, singer and singing teacher
- Adolph Cornelius Petersen (1804-1854), German astronomer
- Agnes Petersen (1906–1973), Danish silent film actress
- Albert Petersen (writer) (1883–1943), German writer
- Albert Petersen (politician) (1892-1967), German farmer and politician (DDP, CDU)
- Alexander Petersen (mathematician) ( Alexander Michael Petersen ; * 1981), US-American-Colombian mathematician, computer scientist and university professor
- Alexander Petersen (poker player) (* 1986 or 1987), Danish poker player
- Alfred Petersen (association official) (1885–1960), German industrial manager and association official
- Alfred Petersen (theologian) (1909–2004), German theologian
- Anders Petersen (marksman) (1876–1968), Danish marksman
- Anders Petersen ( Knut Anders Fredrik Petersen; * 1944), Swedish photographer
- Anders Petersen (artist) (* 1959), German graphic and object artist
- Andre Petersen (* 1978), South African jazz musician
- Andreas Petersen (boxer) (1901–1976), Danish boxer
- Andreas Petersen (historian) (* 1961), German historian
- Andreas Petersen (organist) (* 1968), German organist and composer
- Andreas Petersen-Röm (1914–1985), Danish painter
- Andrew Petersen (1870–1952), American politician
- Anette Petersen , later Anette Brandhorst (1936–1999), German art collector and heiress from the Henkel family of industrialists
- Anja Petersen , German opera singer with a soprano voice
- Anker Eli Petersen (* 1959), Faroese graphic artist
- Ann Petersen (actress) (1927–2003), Belgian actress
- Ann Petersen (singer) (born 1966), Danish opera singer (soprano)
- Anna Magnussen-Petersen (1871–1940), German sculptor
- Annar Petersen (* 1931), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Anneke Petersen († 1610), German woman who was executed on charges of witchcraft
- Anthon Petersen (1907–1984), Greenland fisherman and councilor
- Arnold Petersen (politician) (1892–1953), German politician (NSDAP)
- Arnold Petersen (Intendant) (1926–2013), German dramaturge and theater director
- Asmus Petersen (agricultural scientist) (1900–1962), German agricultural scientist
- Asmus Petersen (painter) (1928–2019), German businessman, writer and painter
- Asmus Schmidt-Petersen (1891–1978), German linguist and medical examiner
- Asmus Petersen-Wittkiel (Asmus Peter Petersen; Asmus P.-Wittkiel; Asmus Petersen; 1819 – around 1882), German artist
- August Petersen (1808–1875), German Protestant pastor, theologian and general superintendent
- Austin Petersen (* 1981), American editor and politician (Libertarian Party)
- Axel Petersen (soccer player) (1887–1968), Danish soccer player
- Axel Petersen (tennis player) , Danish tennis player
- Axel Petersén (* 1979), Swedish director
- Axel Johannes Petersen (1880–1962), Danish athlete
B.
- Balthasar Petersen (1703–1787), German provost and founder of the first seminar for school teachers in Schleswig-Holstein
- Bernhard Petersen (? –1629), German organist
- Birger Petersen (* 1972), German composer, musicologist and university lecturer
- Birna Petersen (* 1970), Icelandic badminton player
- Björn Petersen (20th century), Scandinavian entomologist
- Brigitte Petersen (* around 1954), German agricultural scientist and author
- Britta Petersen (* 1966), German journalist
C.
- Cal Petersen (* 1994), American ice hockey goalkeeper
- Carl Petersen (polar explorer) (1813–1880), Danish polar explorer and author
- Carl Petersen (farmer) (1835–1909), German farmer, association official and writer
- Carl Petersen (architect) (1874–1923), Danish architect
- Carl Petersen (historian) (1885–1942), German historian
- Carl Petersen (politician) (1894-1984), Danish politician (Social Democrat)
- Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809-1892), German lawyer and politician
- Carl Georg Johannes Petersen (also CG Johannes Petersen ; 1860–1928), Danish zoologist, see Johannes Petersen (zoologist)
- Carl Olof Petersen (1881–1939), Swedish graphic artist
- Carl Richard Petersen (1828–1884), German engineer
- Carl Wilhelm Petersen (1868–1933), German lawyer and politician (DDP)
- Carl Wilhelm Petersén (1884–1973), Swedish curler
- Carsten Petersen , German basketball player
- Charlotte Petersen (1904–1994), German journalist
- Christian Petersen (councilor) († 1598), Lübeck councilor
- Christian Petersen (philologist) (1802–1872), German classical philologist and librarian
- Christian Petersen (sculptor) (1885–1961), American sculptor of Danish origin
- Christian Petersen (engineer) (* 1931), German engineer and university professor
- Christian Petersen (ice hockey player) (1937–2009), Norwegian ice hockey player
- Christian Petersen (football player) (* 1983), German American football player
- Christian Ingemann Petersen (1873–1963), Danish track cyclist
- Christian T. Petersen (linguist) (* 1963), German linguist, philologist and Indo-Europeanist
- Christian T. Petersen (Game Designer) , American game designer and publisher
- Christian Wilhelm Petersen (1811–1886), German court owner and governor, member of the Hamburg Parliament
- Christian W. Petersen (* 1964), German composer and horn player
- Christina Petersen (soccer player) (* 1974), Danish soccer player
- Christina Petersen (* 1990), German actress
- Colin Petersen (* 1946), Australian actor and musician
- Curtis Petersen , Canadian cameraman and film producer
D.
- Dag-Ernst Petersen (* 1942), German restorer and author
- Dan Petersen (* 1972), Danish football player
- Daniel Petersen (1758–1823), theological author and preacher from Schleswig
- David Petersen (composer) (around 1650–1737), German composer and violinist
- David Petersen (politician) (born 1950), American politician
- David Petersen (Director) , American film director and producer
- David Petersen (comic book author) (born 1977), American comic book author
- David Petersen (bassoonist) (* 1968), German bassoonist
- Detlef Petersen (* 1950), German musician, music producer and composer
- Devon Petersen (* 1986), South African darts player
- Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen (* 1948), German behavioral scientist
E.
- Eberhard Petersen (* 1955), German administrative lawyer and President of the Federal Central Tax Office
- Ed Petersen (* 1952), American jazz musician
- Eginhard Friedrich Petersen (1834–1909), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and chief pastor at Lübeck Cathedral
- Egmont Harald Petersen (1860–1914), Danish publisher
- Eiko E. Petersen (1940–2016), German specialist in gynecology, microbiology and infection epidemiologist
- Ellen Petersen (* 1974), Danish squash player
- Ellen Dorrit Petersen (* 1975), Norwegian actress
- Emil Petersen (1900–1974), German merchant and Swedish consul
- Erich Petersen (1871–1942), German government official and member of parliament
- Erich Petersen (General) (1889–1963), German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
- Erik Petersen (* 1939), Danish rower
- Erik Petersen (politician) (* 1945), member of the Bremen Parliament (SPD)
- Erik Sökjer-Petersén (1887–1967), Swedish sports marksman
- Erla Petersen (* 1996), Faroese soccer player
- Erna Raupach-Petersen (1904–1997), German folk actress
- Ernesto Petersen (* 1922), Brazilian tennis player
- Ernst Petersen (architect) (1870–1924), German architect
- Ernst Petersen (historian) (1905–1944), professor of prehistory and early history, member of the SS teaching and research community Ahnenerbe , involved in art theft
- Ernst Petersen (1906–1959), German architect and actor in mountain films
- Eugen Petersen (1836-1919), German archaeologist
F.
- Forrest S. Petersen (1922-1990), American test pilot
- Frank Petersen (* 1951), German pop singer
- Frank E. Petersen (1932-2015), American Lieutenant General
- Franny Petersen-Storck (* 1955), German painter
- Fredrik Petersen (theologian) (1839–1903), Norwegian theologian
- Fredrik Petersen (handball player) (* 1983), Swedish handball player
- Fríðrikur Petersen ( Frederik Petersen; 1858–1917), Faroese pastor and politician
- Friedrich Petersen (1807-1859), German Protestant theologian
- Friedrich Alexander Petersen (1858–1909), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Friedrich Karl Petersen (1904–1944), German Catholic clergyman who was tortured to death in Dachau concentration camp
- Friis Arne Petersen (* 1952), Danish diplomat
- Frits Petersen (also Fritz Petersen ; 1816–1900), Danish painter and restorer
- Fritz Petersen (1873–1934), German painter, children's book illustrator and caricaturist
G
- Georg Petersen (preacher) (1708–1783), German preacher and superintendent
- Georg Petersen (geologist) ( Georg Petersen Gaulke ; 1898–1985), German-Peruvian geologist
- Georg Peter Petersen (1771–1846), German pastor
- Georg Wilhelm Petersen (1744–1816), German theologian
- Gerhardt Petersen (1955–2020), Greenlandic politician (Atassut) and entrepreneur
- Gert Petersen (1927–2009), Danish journalist and politician
- Gunnar Petersen , German actor and theater maker
- Günther Petersen (1924–2012), German entomologist
- Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938), Danish author and painter
- Gustav Petersen (1805–1885), Prussian entrepreneur, local politician and district administrator
H
- Hans von Petersen (1850–1914), German painter
- Hans Petersen (garden architect) (1877 – after 1929), German garden architect
- Hans Petersen (physician) (1885–1946), German anatomist and university professor
- Hans Petersen (lay judge) (1885–1963), German lay judge, SA leader and politician, MdR
- Hans Petersen (architect) (1892–1975), German architect
- Hans Petersen (politician) , Greenland State Councilor
- Hans Schmidt Petersen (* 1962), German-Danish author
- Hans Christian Petersen (1793–1862), Norwegian politician
- Hans Christian Petersen (rector) (1925–2015), Greenland university rector, teacher and author
- Hans-Christian Petersen (* 1947), German painter, graphic artist and object artist
- Hans Egon Petersen (1921–1982), German theologian
- Hans-Georg Petersen (* 1946), German economist
- Harry Petersen (* 1946), American jazz musician
- Hauke Petersen (* 1996), German actor
- Heiko Petersen (musician) (* 1968), German musician
- Heiko Petersen (soccer player) (* 1980), German soccer player
- Heinrich Petersen (painter) (1881–1958), German painter
- Heinrich Petersen (SS member) (1904–1945), German SS standard leader
- Heinrich Petersen-fishing (1850–1906), German painter
- Heinrich Petersen-Flensburg (1861–1908), German painter
- Heinrich Andreas Sophus Petersen (1834–1916), German painter
- Heinrich Anton Petersen (1745–1798), German theologian and educator
- Helmut Petersen (1903–1982), German politician (GB / BHE)
- Henning Eiler Petersen (1877–1946), Danish botanist, mushroom expert and marine biologist
- Henry Petersen (archaeologist) (1849-1896), Danish archaeologist
- Henry Petersen (track and field athlete) (1900-1949), Danish track and field athlete and gymnast
- Hermann Petersen (Lübeck) (around 1592–1675), German businessman and politician, councilor in Lübeck
- Hermann Petersen (politician, 1793) (1793– ??), German dike inspector and politician, MdL Schleswig-Holstein
- Hermann Petersen (politician, 1844) (1844–1917), German judge and politician, Minister of State
- Hilke Petersen (* 1967), German journalist and television presenter
- Hjalmar Petersen (1890–1968), American politician
I.
- Ilka Petersen (* 1977), German radio and television presenter
J
- Jacob Petersen (theologian) (1685–1739), German theologian, pastor and deacon
- Jacob Petersen (military) (Baron Jacob von Petersen), councilor, military, commissioner and general commissioner in the Netherlands
- Jacob Petersen (painter) (1774-1854), Danish painter
- Jacob Petersen (gold worker) (around 1790/1791 – before 1839), German jeweler, gold and silver worker
- Jakob de Petersen (1622–1704), Danish chamberlain and politician
- Jan Petersen (writer) (bourgeois Hans Schwalm ; 1906–1969), German writer
- Jan Petersen (politician) (* 1946), Norwegian politician
- Jan Bo Petersen (* 1970), Danish racing cyclist
- Jana Petersen (* 1978), German actress and journalist
- Jendrik Petersen (* 1959), German company pedagogue and university professor
- Jens Petersen (cyclist) (1919–1993), Danish track cyclist
- Jens Petersen (diplomat) (* 1923), German diplomat
- Jens Petersen (historian) (* 1934), German historian
- Jens Petersen (soccer player) (1941–2012), Danish soccer player and coach
- Jens Petersen (lawyer, 1955) (* 1955), German legal scholar (tax law) and senior church councilor of the Evangelical Church in Germany
- Jens Petersen (racing driver) (* 1963), German racing car driver
- Jens Petersen (lawyer, 1969) (* 1969), German legal scholar and university lecturer (civil, economic and media law)
- Jens Petersen (politician) (* 1970), German politician (CDU)
- Jens Petersen (writer) (* 1976), German writer and doctor
- Jens Henrik Petersen (* 1961), Danish football player
- Jens K. Petersen (* 1964), Faroese football player
- Jens Peter Petersen (* 1941), German politician (SPD)
- Jens V. Petersen (* 1952), Danish football player
- Jens Vilhelm Petersen (1851–1931), Danish architect
- Jes Petersen (1936–2006), German gallery owner and publisher
- Jesper Petersen (soccer player) (1951-2016), Danish soccer player
- Jesper Petersen (handball player) (* 1953), Danish handball player
- Jesper Petersen (politician) (* 1981), Danish politician
- Joachim Petersen (1611–1658), German lawyer and diplomat
- Johan Petersen (1867–1960), Greenlandic expedition member, translator, trade and colonial administrator
- Johann Petersen (chronicler) († 1552/1574), German chronicler
- Johann Petersen (councilor) († 1629), German politician, councilor in Lübeck
- Johann Christian Petersen (the elder) (1682–1766), German legal scholar and university professor
- Johann Christian Petersen (the Younger) (1750–1806), German Protestant theologian
- Johann Friedrich Petersen (the Elder) (1760–1845), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Johann Friedrich Petersen (the Younger) (1799-1853), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and publicist
- Johann Wilhelm Petersen (theologian) (1649–1727), German theologian, mystic and chiliast
- Johann Wilhelm Petersen (librarian) (1758–1815), German librarian, writer and cultural historian
- Johann Wilhelm Petersen (Major General) (1814–1865), German Major General
- Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644–1724), German writer
- Johannes Petersen , German name of the pastor and chronicler Johannes Petreus (around 1540–1603)
- Johannes Petersen (zoologist) ( Carl Georg Johannes Petersen ; 1860–1928), Danish zoologist
- Johannes Petersen , maiden name of Johannes Hjelmslev (1873–1950), Danish mathematician
- Johannes Petersen (writer) (1909–1992), German teacher, writer, song poet and photographer
- Johannes Petersen (handball player) , Danish handball player
- Johannes Petersen (rower) , German rower
- Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005), Australian politician
- John Petersen (1860–1939), German violinist, composer and music teacher
- John Hahn-Petersen (1930-2006), Danish actor
- Jonas Petersen (* 1898), Greenlandic catechist and councilor
- Jonathan Petersen (1881–1961), Greenlandic composer, musician, writer, linguist and university teacher
- Jörgen Petersen (1931–2009), Finnish composer and trumpeter
- Jørgen Petersen (1918–1991), Greenlandic pastor and local politician
- Julius Petersen (Imperial Judge) (1835–1909), German politician
- Julius Petersen (literary scholar) (1878–1941), German literary scholar
- Julius Petersen (politician) (1880 – after 1927), Greenland State Councilor
- Julius Petersen (architect) (1883–1969), German architect
- Julius Adolf Petersen (called Lord von Barmbek ; 1882–1933), German professional criminal and pub owner
- Julius Emil Kayser-Petersen (1886–1954), German internist and tuberculosis researcher
- Julius Peter Christian Petersen (1839–1910), Danish mathematician
- Jürgen Petersen (1909–1991), German journalist
- Jürgen H. Petersen (1937–2017), German Germanist
K
- Käthe Petersen (1903–1981), German lawyer and social politician
- Karl Petersen (economist) (* 1962), German business economist, economist and specialist author
- Karl Ludwig Adolf Petersen (1746–1827), German lawyer and politician
- Katelin Petersen (* 1989), American actress and voice actress
- Katharina Petersen (1889–1970), German teacher and university professor
- Kathi Petersen (* 1956), German politician (SPD), MdL
- Kim Bendix Petersen (* 1956), Danish musician, see King Diamond
- Klaus-Dieter Petersen (* 1968), German handball player and coach
- Kristen Helveg Petersen (1909–1997), Danish politician
- Kurt Petersen (1904–1971), German lawyer and mayor (NSDAP)
L.
- Lars Petersen (* 1965), Danish-American dressage rider
- Laura Valgreen Petersen (* 2000), Danish long-distance runner
- Leiva Petersen (1912–1992), German classical philologist and publishing director
- Leonard Petersen , German composer for film music
- Lisbeth L. Petersen (* 1939), Faroese politician
- Lorenz Petersen (councilor) († 1668), German politician, councilor in Lübeck
- Lorenz Petersen (painter) (1803–1870), German painter
- Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen (* 1962), German musicologist, composer and music producer
M.
- Mads Conrad-Petersen (* 1988), Danish badminton player
- Manfred Petersen (* 1933), German actor and voice actor
- Marga Petersen (1919–2002), German athlete
- Mariane Petersen (* 1937), Greenlandic poet and translator
- Marie Petersen (1816-1859), German poet
- Marita Petersen (1940–2001), Faroese educator and politician
- Mark E. Petersen (1900–1984), American newspaper publisher and Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Marlis Petersen (* 1968), German coloratura soprano
- Marquardt Petersen (* 1996), German trumpeter
- Martin Petersen (* 1985), German football referee
- Mathias Petersen (* 1955), German state politician (SPD)
- Mathias Christian Petersen (1809–1890), brief member of the Reichstag of the German Empire
- Matilda Petersen (* 1991), Swedish badminton player
- Matthias Petersen ( Matz Peters; 1632–1706), German captain and whaler
- Michael Petersen , German entomologist
- Mickey Petersen (* 1989), Danish poker player
- Mikael Petersen (* 1956), Greenlandic politician (Siumut)
- Morten Helveg Petersen (* 1966), Danish politician
N
- Nərgiz Birk-Petersen (* 1976), Azerbaijani TV presenter
- Nick Petersen (* 1989), Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Niels Petersen (track and field athlete) (1888–1968), Danish track and field athlete
- Niels Petersen (politician) , Greenland State Councilor
- Niels Petersen (legal scholar) (* 1978), German lawyer
- Niels Christian Petersen (1918–1966), Danish weightlifter
- Niels Helveg Petersen (1939–2017), Danish politician
- Niels Knudsen Petersen (1885–1961), Danish gymnast
- Niels Matthias Petersen (1791–1862), Danish linguist and historian
- Niels Svend Ove Petersen (* 1932), Danish sports shooter
- Nils Petersen (pastor) (* 1970), German theologian and author
- Nils Petersen (* 1988), German soccer player
- Nils Busch-Petersen (* 1963), German business lawyer
- Nils Holger Petersen (* 1946), Danish historian and musicologist
- Nils O. Petersen , Canadian chemist and university professor
- Nis Petersen (1897–1943), Danish writer
- Nis-Edwin List-Petersen (* 1947), Danish deacon and musician
O
- Ole Petersen (politician) (1894–1979), Greenland councilor
- Ole Petersen (* 1961), German author
- Ole Gunnar Petersen (* 1934), Danish sailor
- Olga Petersen (* 1982), German-Russian politician (AfD)
- Oskar von Petersen (1849–1919), Russian dermatologist
- Oskar Petersen (1875 – after 1912), artist's signature OSC (incorrectly read as OST ), German artist and advertising graphic designer
- Oswald Petersen (1903–1992), German artist
- Otto Petersen (1874–1953), German ironworker
- Otto Petersen (ventriloquist) (1960–2014), American ventriloquist
P
- Pætur Petersen (* 1998), Faroese football player
- Palle Petersen (* 1943), Danish writer
- Paul Petersen (* 1945), American actor
- Pavia Petersen (politician) (1876 – after 1922), Greenland Councilor
- Pavia Petersen (1904–1943), Greenlandic writer, poet, painter, translator, musician, catechist and councilor
- Pekka Petersen-Dyggve (* 1943), Finnish tennis player
- Per Rosing-Petersen (* 1961), Greenland politician
- Peter Petersen (Governor) , Danish Governor of the Gold Coast
- Peter Petersen , stage name of Max Paulsen (1876–1956), Austrian actor and director
- Peter Petersen (soccer player, I) , Danish soccer player
- Peter Petersen (pedagogue) (1884–1952), German reform pedagogue
- Peter Petersen (politician, 1904) (1904–1989), German politician (NPD), MdL Schleswig-Holstein
- Peter Petersen (deserter) (* 1923), German Wehrmacht deserter
- Peter Petersen (politician, 1926) (1926-2005), German politician (CDU)
- Peter Petersen (psychiatrist) (* 1933), German psychiatrist and university professor
- Peter Petersen (musicologist) (* 1940), German musicologist and university professor
- Peter Petersen (soccer player, 1941) (1941–1980), Dutch soccer player
- Peter Petersen (screenwriter) (* 1963), German screenwriter
- Peter Petersen (soccer player, 1981) (* 1981), South African soccer player
- Peter Tom-Petersen (1861–1926), Danish etcher and architectural draftsman
- Peter Friedrich Petersen (1856–1930), German clergyman and superintendent
- Peter Hinrich Petersen († 1799), German pastor
- Peter Ludwig Petersen (1901–1995), German politician (SHB)
- Peter Vang Petersen (* 1952), Danish prehistoric
- Philipp Heinrich Gerhard Petersen (1749–1794), German physician
- Poul Petersen (actor) (1905–1986), Danish actor and theater director
- Poul Petersen (swimmer) (1912–1959), Danish swimmer
- Poul Petersen (football coach) (1921–1997), Danish football coach
- Poul Petersen (soccer player) (born 1932), Danish soccer player
- Poul Petersen (badminton) (* ~ 1950), Danish badminton player
- Poul Arne Petersen (1912–1959), Danish swimmer
- Poul Erik Petersen (1927–1992), Danish football player
- Poul Eyvind Petersen (1921–1997), Danish football player
R.
- Ralf Petersen (1938–2018, eigtl. Horst Fliegel ), German composer, arranger, producer and author
- Ralf Petersen (architect) (* 1961), German architect and university professor
- Rasmus Helveg Petersen (* 1968), Danish politician
- Ricard Petersen (1931–2014), Greenlandic pastor, provost, catechist, teacher and councilor
- Richard Petersen (engineer) (1865–1946), German engineer and university professor
- Robert Petersen (speed skater) (1914-2000), American speed skater
- Robert Petersen (basketball coach) (1928–2003), American-Finnish basketball coach
- Robert Petersen (Eskimologist) (* 1928), Greenlandic Eskimologist, dialectologist, anthropologist, university professor and university rector
- Robert Storm Petersen (1882–1949), Danish painter, cartoonist, quick draftsman, conférencier, cabaret artist and actor
- Robert E. Petersen (1926–2007), American editor
- Rolf Petersen (* 1963), German actor, director and radio play speaker
- Ronald H. Petersen (* 1934), American mushroom expert
- Rudolf Petersen (politician) (1878–1962), German politician (CDU) and First Mayor of Hamburg (1945–1946)
- Rudolf Petersen (naval officer) (1905–1983), German naval officer
S.
- Sámal Petersen (1904–1976), Faroese politician
- Sara Runesten-Petersen (* 1975), New Zealand badminton player
- Sara Slott Petersen (* 1987), Danish athlete
- Sem Petersen (* 1897), Greenlandic catechist and councilor
- Silje Brøns Petersen (* 1994), Danish handball player
- Silke Petersen (* 1965), German Protestant theologian
- Sofie Petersen (* 1955), Danish bishop of the Danish People's Church
- Søren Petersen (1894–1945), Danish boxer
- Søren Petersen (cyclist) (* 1967), Danish cyclist
- Stefan Petersen (* 1965), German historian
- Stina Lykke Petersen (* 1986), Danish soccer player
- Susanne Petersen (* 1974), German handball player
T
- Theodor Petersen (1836–1918), German chemist and alpinist
- Thomas Petersen (* 1968), German scientist
- Thorstein Petersen (1899–1960), Faroese lawyer, bank director and politician (Vinnuflokkurin and Fólkaflokkurin)
- Tim Petersen (* 1986), German soccer player
- Toby Petersen (* 1978), American ice hockey player
- Toni Petersen (1840–1909), German art patron and benefactor
U
- Ulrich Petersen (historian) (1656–1735), German historian
- Ulrich Petersen (engineer) (1907–1992), German iron and steel engineer and manager
- Ulrich Petersen (geologist) (1927–2017), Peruvian-American geologist
- Ursel Petersen , German sports educator
- Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen (* 1960), German music producer and composer
V
- Vilhelm Petersen (architect) (1830–1913), Danish architect
- Vilhelm Petersen (actor) (1852-1939), Danish actor
- Vilhelm Petersen , later Willy Gretor (1868–1923), Danish painter and art dealer
- Vita Petersen (1915–2011), American painter
W.
- Waldemar Petersen (pastor) (1850–1940), German clergyman
- Waldemar Petersen (1880–1946), German electrical engineer
- Walter Petersen (1862–1950), German painter
- Werner Petersen (1910–2003), German engineer and university professor
- Wilhelm Petersen (literary critic) (1835–1900), German administrative lawyer and literary critic
- Wilhelm Petersen (zoologist) (1854–1933), German-Baltic entomologist
- Wilhelm Petersen (politician) (1889–1968), German trade union official and politician (SPD)
- Wilhelm Petersen (composer) (1890–1957), German composer
- Wilhelm Petersen (politician, 1893) (1893–1964), German politician (SPD), member of the city council of Berlin
- Wilhelm Petersen (painter) (1900–1987), German painter and writer
- Wilhelm Petersen (engineer) (1902–1973), German engineer and university professor
- Wilhelm Petersén (1906–1988), Swedish bandy, ice hockey and soccer player
- William Petersen (born 1953), American actor
- William F. Petersen (1887–1950), American medic
- Wolf Petersen (1922–1980), German actor and radio play and voice actor
- Wolfgang Petersen (* 1941), German film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Wolfgang Petersen (CDU) , German politician (CDU)
- Wolfgang Petersen (politician, 1952) (* 1952) German politician (AL)