Peter Carter may refer to:

• Peter Carter (academic lawyer) (1921–2004), Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford
• Piero Lulli (1929–1991) actor credited as Peter Carter
• Peter Carter (author) (1929–1999), British children's writer
• Peter Carter (director) (1933–1982), Canadian film and television director
• Peter Carter (tennis) (1964–2002), Australian tennis player and coach
• Peter Carter (nurse), British nurse
• Pete Carter (1938–2011), British trade unionist
• Peter Carter (footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
• Peter J. Carter (1845–1886), American politician in Virginia

• Peter Carter-Ruck (1914–2003), English lawyer
• Peter Karter (1922–2010), American nuclear engineer