Peter Ryan
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Peter Ryan may refer to:
- Peter Ryan (racing driver) (1940–1962), Formula One race driver from Canada
- Peter Ryan (police commissioner)Peter Ryan (police commissioner)Peter James Ryan, QPM is a former British police officer, who was the Commissioner of New South Wales Police in Australia from 1996 to 2002.-Early life and education:Ryan was born in 1944 in Lancaster to Laurence and Maureen Ryan....
, Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1996 until 2002 - Peter Ryan (politician)Peter Ryan (politician)Peter Julian Ryan is an Australian politician and leader of the National Party in Victoria. He has represented the electoral district of Gippsland South since 1992, and has been the Deputy Premier of Victoria, Minister for Police as well as the Minister for Rural and Regional Development since 2...
(born 1950), current leader of the National Party of Australia in Victoria - Peter Ryan (rugby league)Peter Ryan (rugby league)Peter Ryan is an Australian former rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played ten seasons with the Brisbane Broncos and finished his career playing rugby union for the ACT Brumbies.Ryan attended Downlands...
(born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer - Peter Ryan (singer), contestant on the first season of Australian Idol
- Peter John RyanPeter John RyanPeter John Ryan, OAM was a consultant surgeon at St Vincent%27s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Dookie, Victoria in 1925; qualified in medicine at the University of Melbourne in 1948; MS, FRCS, FRACS, FISA ); and died from cancer on 3 June 2002.Ryan was President of the...
(1925–2002), Australian surgeon - Peter M. Ryan, American lawyer who has defended Guantanamo detainees, see Hiztullah Yar Nasrat
- Peter Ryan (basketball), player in the Canada national men's basketball team in the 1970s
- Peter Ryan (computer scientist), British computer scientist who devised Prêt à VoterPrêt à VoterPrêt à Voter is an E2E voting system devised by Peter Ryan of the University of Luxembourg. It aims to provide guarantees of accuracy of the count and ballot privacy that are independent of software, hardware etc. Assurance of accuracy flows from maximal transparency of the process, consistent with...
- Peter Ryan (columnist)Peter Ryan (columnist)Peter Allen Ryan was a newspaper columnist, author, World War II spy, director of Melbourne University Press and an officer of the Victorian Supreme Court.Fear Drive My Feet is his famous account of his World War II experiences in New Guinea....
, newspaper columnist and author - Peter Ryan (rugby union)Peter Ryan (rugby union)Peter Francis Ryan was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Ryan, a fullback, was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales and claimed a total of 4 international rugby caps for Australia.-Published sources:...
(born 1940), rugby union player who represented Australia