Pete

Pete is the diminutive form of the forename Peter.

Pete may specifically refer to:

In athletics:

* The Petersen Events Center, an athletics complex and basketball arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh
* Pete Rose, an American former player and manager in Major League Baseball
* Pete the Penguin, mascot of Youngstown State University
* Purdue Pete, bookstore logo turned unofficial mascot of the Purdue Boilermakers
* Pete Sampras, tennis player

In fiction:

* Pete (Disney character) From disney villians list
* Pete, a character in the "Animal Crossing" video game series
* Pete the Pup, from the "Our Gang" series of comedies
* Power Pete, the main character of the video game of the same name
* "Pete (Red Dwarf episode)", a two-part story in the British science fiction situation comedy "Red Dwarf"

In music:

* Pete Townshend, guitarist of the band The Who
* Pete Burns, frontman of Dead or Alive
* Pete Wentz, bassist of the band Fall Out Boy
* Pete Doherty, singer and songwriter of Babyshambles and former member of The Libertines
* Pete Best, the first drummer for The Beatles
*Pete Holland, former vocalist now working for East Midlands Trains

In television:

* Pete Bennett, 2006 Big Brother UK winner
* Pete Burns, Dead or Alive artist, television presenter and comedian
* The Adventures of Pete & Pete

In other fields:

* the Allied reporting name "Pete" for the Mitsubishi F1M seaplane
* Polyethylene terephthalate (PETE), a polymer
* Pete Price UK Radio Chat show host
* The Pete Collective an unnecessary world record gathering of people called Pete