Petro (disambiguation)
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Petro may refer to:
People with the given name Petro:
People with the surname Petro:
- PetroPetroPetro is the name of a supranational currency proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the second South America-Arab League Summit in Qatar in 2009, to face the instability that the generation of fiat currency has caused the world economy....
-currency proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo ChávezHugo ChávezHugo Rafael Chávez Frías is the 56th and current President of Venezuela, having held that position since 1999. He was formerly the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when he became the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela...
. - Dražen PetrovićDražen PetrovicDražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...
, a basketball player nicknamed "Petro" - Dan PetroDan PetroIn Vodou, Dan Petro is the loa who protects farmers; he is the father of Ti-Jean Petro....
, a loa in Vodou - Petro-, a Greek term
- Ti-Jean PetroTi-Jean PetroIn Haitian Vodou, Ti-Jean Petro is a snake-loa and son of Dan Petro....
, a snake-loa in Haitian Vodou
People with the given name Petro:
- Petro BalabuyevPetro BalabuyevPetro Vasylovych Balabuyev was a Ukrainian airplane designer.He was the lead designer of many Antonov airplanes, including the An-225 airplane, currently the world's largest aircraft and the An-124...
(1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer - Petro DoroshenkoPetro DoroshenkoPetro Dorofeyevych Doroshenko was a Cossack political and military leader, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine and a Russian voyevoda.-Earlier life:...
(1627-1698), Cossack political and military leader - Petro DrevchenkoPetro DrevchenkoPetro Semenovych Drevchenko was also known by the surname of Drevkin and Drygavka.-Biography:Drevchenko was born in 1863 in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire to a family of servants. From the age of 12 he lived in Kharkiv, in the area of Zalutin. At the age of 13 he came down with...
(1863-1934), Ukrainian bandurist - Petro DyachenkoPetro DyachenkoPetro Dyachenko – April 23, 1965 in Philadelphia, USA) was a Ukrainian military commander who served as a staff captain in the Russian Army , colonel in the Ukrainian People's Army , major in the Polish Army , colonel in the Ukrainian Liberation Army , the 104th Panzergrenadier brigade Vilna...
(1895-1965), Ukrainian military commander - Petro DyminskyPetro DyminskyPetro Dyminsky is a chairman of Ukrainian football team FC Karpaty Lviv, businessman.-References:...
(21st century), chairman of Ukrainian football team FC Karpaty Lviv - Petro FrankoPetro FrankoPetro Ivanovych Franko son of the Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko. Petro was a Ukrainian educator, pedagogue, writer, ethnographer, scientist, military leader, and politician...
(1890-1941), Ukrainian educator and author - Petro GeorgiouPetro GeorgiouPetro Georgiou , Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 1994 to July 2010, representing the Division of Kooyong, Victoria.-Early life:...
(born 1947), Australian politician - Petro KalnyshevskyPetro KalnyshevskyKalnyshevsky Petro was the last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host, serving in 1762 and from 1765 to 1775. Kalnyshevsky was the Hero in the Russo-Turkish war of 1768-1774 and was honoured with a gold medal with brilliants for courage.Being the leader of the Zaporozhian Host, Kalnyshevsky...
(1690-1803), last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host - Petro Kassui KibePetro Kassui KibePetro Kasui Kibe was a Japanese Christian and a Jesuit priest during the 17th century. Before reaching Rome, he became the first Japanese to visit Jerusalem. After he came back to Japan, he was martyred. He saw the largest part of the world in medieval Japan...
(1587-1639), Jesuit priest - Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (1570-1622), political and civic leader
- Petro MirchukPetro MirchukPetro Mirchuk was a Ukrainian writer living in United States. During and before World War II, he was an activitst for Ukrainian independence. Imprisoned in Auschwitz by Nazi Germany, after the war he emigrated to United States.-References:**...
(1913-1999), Ukrainian writer - Petro Poroshenko (born 1965), Ukrainian businessman and politician
- Petro ProkopovychPetro ProkopovychPetro Prokopovych was the founder of commercial beekeeping. He introduced a number of novelties in traditional beekeeping that allowed significant progress in the practice. Among his most important inventions was a frame in separate honey chamber of his beehive...
(1775-1850), founder of commercial beekeeping - Petro ShelestPetro ShelestPetro Yukhymovych Shelest was the First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Petro Yukhymovych Shelest (February 14, 1908 - January 22, 1996) was the First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Petro Yukhymovych Shelest...
(1908-1996), First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian SSR - Petro SymonenkoPetro SymonenkoPetro Mykolayovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian politician and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Symonenko was the Communist Party's candidate in both the 1999 and 2004 presidential elections. During the Ukrainian presidential election, 2010 he was the candidate of the Election...
(born 1952), first secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine - Petro TkachenkoPetro TkachenkoPetro Fedorovych Tkachenko was a prominent blind kobzar.- Biography :Petro Fedorovych Tkachenko-Halashko was one of the more outstanding kobzars of the Chernihiv region. He was born on December 21, 1878 in the village of Syniavtsi, Sosnytsia county near Chernihiv. At the age of 9 he became blind...
(1878-1919), blind kobzar - Petro TrochanowskiPetro TrochanowskiPetro Trochanowski or Piotr Trochanowski was born in Silesia in the southwestern part of Poland to Lemko parents from Binczarowa. He is the editor of Besida, published in Krynica since 1989. He is a spokesperson for the Lemko ethnic group in Poland and internationally...
(born 1947), Polish poet - Petro VlahosPetro VlahosPetro Vlahos is a Hollywood special effects pioneer who developed the color-difference bluescreen process for the Motion Picture Research Council and, with his son Paul Vlahos, founded the Ultimatte Corporation in Chatsworth, California, in 1976....
(21st century), Hollywood special effects pioneer - Petro VoinovskyPetro VoinovskyPetro Voinovsky, , , was a Ukrainian nationalist. He lived in Bukovyna , served in the Romanian army in the rank of lieutenant, resigned in 1935 due to the policy of "Romanization"...
(1913-2003), Ukrainian nationalist - Petro Zakhvalynski (1912-1943), Ukrainian nationalist
People with the surname Petro:
- Gustavo PetroGustavo PetroGustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician of the Political Independent movement Progresistas . As a young man he fought with the 19th of April Movement, which later evolved into the Alianza Democrática M-19. He then became active in newly-established Alianza Democrática M-19...
(born 1960), Colombian leftist politician - Jim PetroJim PetroJames M. “Jim” Petro is an American politician from the Republican Party, and a former Ohio Attorney General. Previously, Petro also served as Ohio State Auditor. Petro was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio during the 2006 Ohio Primaries, but lost to Ken Blackwell...
(born 1948), American politician - Joe Petro IIIJoe Petro IIIJoe Petro III is a second generation fine artist, who works as a sculptor in bronze, clay and printmaking on silk-screen and hand-made paper. He majored in Zoology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville...
(born 1956), second generation fine artist - Johan PetroJohan PetroJohan Petro is a French professional basketball player of Guadeloupean descent who is playing for the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association. A 7'0", 247 lbs. center, Petro was selected by the Sonics in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft...
(born 1986), French professional basketball player - Joseph PetroJoseph PetroJoseph Petro is the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Citigroup Security and Investigative Services. He is also co-chairman of the United States Department of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council. He also served for 23 years as a special agent in the United States Secret...
(21st century), Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Citigroup Security and Investigative Services - Titus Flavius PetroTitus Flavius PetroTitus Flavius Petro was the paternal grandfather of the Roman Emperor Vespasian.He was a son of a contracted laborer, who each summer crossed the Po to assist the Sabines with their harvests....
(1st century BC), Ancient Roman soldier
See also
- Petro- (disambiguation)
- Peter (disambiguation)
- Petr (disambiguation)
- Petra (disambiguation)Petra (disambiguation)-Places:* Petra, an archeological site in Jordan*Petra, Cyprus* Petra Tou Romiou, a landmark in Cyprus*Petra, a village in Bâcleş Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania*Petra, Spain, a town on the island of Majorca*Petra, Lesbos*Petra, Pieria-Music:...
- Petre (disambiguation)
- Petri (disambiguation)
- Petro ExpressPetro ExpressPetro Express was a multi-store convenience chain based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their stores were located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and neighboring counties. On January 9, 2007 The Pantry, Inc. of Sanford, North Carolina announced that it would be buying the 66 Petro Express...
- Petro-Nixon
- PetruPetruPetru is a given name, and may refer to:* Petru I of Moldavia , ruler of Moldavia* Petru II of Moldavia , co-ruler of Moldavia * Petru Aron , ruler of Moldavia...
- PetroleumPetroleumPetroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...