Peter Matthews or Mathews may refer to: Peter Matthews (rebel) (1789–1838), hanged for treason in 1838 after the Upper Canada Rebellion Peter Matthews (sprinter) (born 1989), Jamaican sprinter Peter H. Matthews (1873–1916), American operator of policy gambling Peter Matthews (police officer) (1917–2003), British Chief Constable Peter Hugoe Matthews (born 1934), British linguist Peter Matthews (printmaker) (born 1942), British printmaker Peter Mathews (archaeologist) (born 1951), Australian Mayanist Peter Matthews (physiologist), British physiologist Peter Mathews (politician) (1951–2017), Irish politician Peter Mathews (Left Behind), fictional character in Left Behind Peter Matthews (artist) (born 1978), English artist Peter Mathews Memorial Skate Garden, a skatepark named in honor of a local skater who died tragically