Peto is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
András Pető (1893–1967), Hungarian practitioner of physical rehabilitation, inspired conductive education Basil Peto (1862–1945), English politician Christopher Peto (1897–1980), English politician Dorothy Peto (1886–1974) British women's police pioneer Geoffrey Peto (1878–1956), English politician Gladys Emma Peto (1890–1977), English artist, fashion designer, illustrator and writer of children's books Harold Peto (1854–1933), English architect and garden designer Henry Peto (1780–1830), English building contractor John F. Peto (1854–1907), American painter John Peto (cricketer) (died 1874), English cricketer John Peto (politician) (1900–1954), British Conservative Party politician Judit Pető (born 1921), birth name of Hungarian designer Judith Leiber Julian Peto, English statistician and cancer epidemiologist László Pető (fencer) (born 1948), Hungarian fencer László Pető (sport shooter) (born 1969), Hungarian sports shooter Len Peto (1892–1985), ice hockey executive Michael Peto, also known as Mihály Petö (1908–1970), Hungarian-British photojournalist Morton Peto (1809–1889), English entrepreneur, civil engineer and railway developer Richard Peto (born 1943), English professor of medical statistics and Epidemiology in the University of Oxford Rosemary Peto (1916–1998), English artist Samuel Petto (c.1624-1711), English Puritan clergyman Samuel Morton Peto (1809–1889), English construction entrepreneur Silvia Petöová (1968–2019), Slovak actress Tibor Peto (born 1980), Hungarian rower Tim Peto (born 1950), English professor of medicine of the University of Oxford William Peto, English cricketer Zoltán Pető (born 1974), Hungarian footballer