Peto
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- Peto - the product comparison tool used by the NHS in England
People with the surname Peto:
- Samuel Morton PetoSamuel Morton PetoSir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet was an English entrepreneur and civil engineer in the 19th century. A partner in Grissell and Peto, he managed construction firms that built many major buildings and monuments in London...
(1809–1889), English General contractor - John F. PetoJohn F. PetoJohn Frederick Peto was an American trompe l'oeil painter who was long forgotten until his paintings were rediscovered along with those of fellow trompe l'oeil artist William Harnett....
(1854–1907), American painter - Harold PetoHarold PetoHarold Ainsworth Peto was a British landscape architect and garden designer, who worked in Britain and in Provence, France.-Biography:...
(1854–1933), English architect and garden designer - Sir Basil Peto, 1st Baronet (1862–1945), English politician
- Geoffrey PetoGeoffrey PetoGeoffrey Kelsall Peto was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament .At the 1923 general election, he was a candidate in the Louth constituency in Lincolnshire, where he lost by 1,101 votes to the Liberal MP Margaret Wintringham.He was elected as Member of Parliament for...
(1878–1956), English politician - Gladys Emma PetoGladys Emma PetoGladys Emma Peto was an English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books....
(1890–1977), English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books - Christopher PetoChristopher PetoSir Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto, 3rd Baronet DSO was a Brigadier in the British Army during World War II and a post-war British Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...
(1897–1971), English politician - Judith PetoJudith LeiberJudith Leiber is a designer of luxury handbags.Peto was the first woman to join the handbag-makers guild in Budapest. A Jew, she escaped the Holocaust of World War II to the safety of the Swiss house when her father was able to obtain a Swiss schutzpass, a document that gave the bearer safe passage...
(1921– ), Hungarian designer - Richard PetoRichard PetoSir Richard Peto FRS is Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.He attended Taunton's School in Southampton and subsequently studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge University....
(1943– ), English professor of medical statistics and epidemiology - Len PetoLen PetoLeonard "Len" Peto was a National Hockey League executive and a director of both the Montreal Canadiens and the Montreal Maroons. His name was engraved on the Stanley Cup in 1944 with the Montreal Canadiens....
, ice hockey executive
Submarine:
- USS Peto (SS-265)USS Peto (SS-265)USS Peto , a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family....
Seaplane:
- Parnall PetoParnall Peto|-See also:-External links:**** article Popular Mechanics...
Places:
- Peto, YucatánPeto, YucatánPeto is one of 106 municipalities in Yucatán state, Mexico. It has a municipal seat of the same name and is located in the centre-south portion of the Mexican state of Yucatán, 135 km to the south-east of state capital Mérida.-Communities:...
, Mexico