Peterkin (surname)
Peterkin is a surname, alternatively spelled Peterken. It is a medieval diminutive of the given name Peter. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Peterkin, Scottish writer
- Daisy Ann Peterkin, 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, the first Episcopal bishop of West Virginia
- Jamie Peterkin, b. 1982, a Saint Lucian Olympic swimmer
- Julia Peterkin, 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, an American philanthropist
- Wilbur J. Peterkin, an American military officer.
- Okafor Prince Amaechi Peterkin, the founder of AgeSat Technologies in Nigeria
- Vincent Peterkin b. 1968, Research Scientist, AbbVie Pharmaceuticals
- Thomas Alexander Peterkin, the Mayor of Lower Hutt
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
- Eric Peterkin, the half-Chinese amateur detective in the novel A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang, 2018
