Peter the Elder may refer to:
Peter of Capua the Elder (?–1214), Italian scholastic theologian and prelate Peter Dell the Elder (1490–1552), German sculptor Peter Vischer the Elder (c. 1455–1529), German sculptor Peter Schenk the Elder (1660–1711), German engraver and cartographer
See also Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525–1569), Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter