title: Petre
text: # 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
  