Petro is a masculine given name, a surname and an Ancient Roman cognomen. It may refer to: Given name Petro Balabuyev (1931-2007), Ukrainian airplane designer, engineer and professor, lead designer of many Antonov airplanes Petro Doroshenko (1627–1698), Cossack political and military leader, Hetman of Right-bank Ukraine (1665–1672) and a Russian voyevoda (governor) Petro Drevchenko (1863-1934), Ukrainian bandurist Petro Dyachenko (1895-1965), Ukrainian military commander Petro Dyminskyi (born 1954), Ukrainian politician, businessman and former footballer Petro Franko (1890-1941), Ukrainian educator and author Petro Georgiou (born 1947), Australian politician Petro Goga, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly of Albania in 1924 Petro Kalnyshevsky (1691?–1803), last Koshovyi Otaman of the Zaporozhian Host (in what is now Ukraine) Petro Kharchenko (born 1983), Ukrainian former pair ice skater Petro Kasui Kibe (1587–1639), Japanese Christian missionary, Jesuit priest and martyr Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny (1570-1622), political and civic leader Petro Kondratyuk (born 1979), Ukrainian former footballer Petro Korol (1941–2015), Ukrainian weightlifter and 1976 Olympic champion Petro Nini Luarasi (1864-1911), Albanian nationalist, Christian orthodox priest, teacher and journalist Petro Herkulan Malchuk (1965-2016), Ukrainian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr Petro Marko (1913–1991), Albanian writer Petro Mirchuk (1913–1999), Ukrainian writer Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896), Ukrainian linguist and composer Petro Pakhnyuk (born 1991), Ukrainian (until 2014) and Azerbaijani (since 2014) artistic gymnast Petro Pereverza (born 1994), Ukrainian footballer Petro Poga (1850-1944), Albanian nationalist, one of the delegates at the Albanian Declaration of Independence Petro Poroshenko (born 1965), Ukrainian businessman and politician Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850), the founder of commercial beekeeping Petro Shelest (1908–1996), First Secretary of the Communist party in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Petro Slobodyan (born 1953), Soviet retired footballer and current Ukrainian coach Petro Symonenko (born 1952), Ukrainian politician and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Tkachenko (1878-1919), Ukrainian blind kobzar (musician) Petro Trad (1876-1947), Lebanese lawyer, politician and briefly President of the French Mandate of Lebanon in 1943 Petro Trochanowski (born 1947), Polish poet Petro Vlahos (1916-2013), Hollywood special effects pioneer Petro Voinovsky (1913—1996), Ukrainian nationalist Petro Zakhvalynsky (died 1943), Ukrainian nationalist Surname Gustavo Petro (born 1960), Colombian politician and economist Jim Petro (born 1948), American politician and former Ohio Attorney General Johan Petro (born 1986), French professional basketball player Joe Petro III (born 1956), American artist Joseph Petro (born 1944), former United States Secret Service agent, Executive Vice President and Managing