Peterkin is a surname, alternatively spelled Peterken. It is a medieval diminutive of the given name Peter.Surname Database Notable people with the surname include:
Alexander Peterkin (1781–1846), Scottish writer Daisy Ann Peterkin (1884–1952), a dancer professionally known as Mademoiselle Dazie Elizabeth Helen Peterken, the birth name of Betsy McCaughey, an American politician Freddie Lee Peterkin, an American singer-songwriter George William Peterkin (1841–1916), the first Episcopal bishop of West Virginia Jamie Peterkin, b. 1982, a Saint Lucian Olympic swimmer Julia Peterkin (1880–1961), a South Carolina fiction writer Dr. Michael Peterkin, the founder of the Pierro winery in Australia Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin, b. 1947, a retired British army officer Rebekah Dulaney Peterkin (1847–1891), an American philanthropist Wilbur J. Peterkin (1904–1996), an American military officer. Thomas Peterkin, the Mayor of Lower Hutt (1907 - 1909)
Fictional characters
Peterkin Gay, a character in the novel The Coral Island, 1858 The Peterkins, an impractical family in The Peterkin Papers, 1880 Peterkin, a cartoon satyr in Scrambled Eggs, a 1939 film
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