Well-known people called Peter King include:
- Pete King, English jazz-musician (sax) and manager of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club; b.1929
- Peter King, English sculptor; 1928–1957
- Peter King, English jazz-musician (saxes & clarinet); b.1940
- Peter King, Canadian philosopher (University of Toronto)
- Peter King, Australian politician; b.1952
- Peter J. King, English philosopher (University of Oxford); b.1956
- Peter T. King, U.S. Republican Congressman; b.1944
- Peter King, writer for Sports Illustrated