Peter Saville

British graphic designer (born 1955)

Person Human Q745233

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: October 9, 1955
Place of birth: Manchester
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: art director, graphic designer, designer, cover artist, graphic artist, artist^[9]
Field of work: graphic design^[10]
Educated at: Manchester Metropolitan University, Saint Ambrose College^[11]^[12]
Award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Royal Designer for Industry^[13]^[14]
Official website: petersaville.com^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[19]
Copyright representative: reproduction right not represented by CISAC member^[20]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[23]
Family name: Saville^[16]
Given name: Peter^[17]
Has works in the collection: Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum^[21]^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Peter Andrew Saville en Peter Saville fr Peter Andrew Saville ja ピーター・サヴィル ko 피터 새빌 ko 피터 앤드루 새빌 ru Питер Сэвилл ru Сэвилл, Питер zh 彼得·萨维尔 zh 彼得·薩維爾

🔖 Identifiers · 37

ISNI: 0000000078466119
VIAF cluster ID: 75885026
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no92031445
GND ID: 124780296
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Peter Saville at i realize 2009, Turin.jpg ↗
Art UK artist ID: saville-peter-b-1955
BBC Things ID: 70e8531b-1f3b-48d0-983d-f651c1d4cd4c
BIBSYS ID: 9025098
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): SavillePeter1955-
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14931040c
Companies House officer ID: DL2TImowR2QJB15VYA3vJb8Mt2M
DACS ID (2022): 087103

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DACS ID (former): a44106ee-2eec-e711-8b59-000c29e811b2
DDB person (GND) ID: 124780296
Discogs artist ID: 1069010
FAST ID: 314194
Freebase ID: /m/03vg34
HAND ID: 342F-E73E-7F23-6E0C-3E9E
IMDb ID: nm0767696
IdRef ID: 12619646X
J9U entity ID: 987007451350805171
Kinobox person ID: 388078
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: 39654
MusicBrainz artist ID: e61408b0-767c-4dde-ad88-a052456efcfe
NLA Trove people ID: 824881
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp65094
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 306196166
OpenMLOL author ID: 274272
Quora topic ID: Peter-Saville
RKDartists ID: 284571
SNAC ARK ID: w6m93bpr
TMDB person ID: 1527179
Union List of Artist Names ID: 500433803
V&A person ID: A10170
Who's Who UK ID: U119778
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJyhfvt6G73fkRBpjMyjmd
Yale LUX ID: person/440ff793-0dc3-4d25-8223-c4d2ec3addda

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Occupation 3

designer, graphic designer, art director

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Unknown Pleasures, Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies

Award received 2

Royal Designer for Industry, Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Has works in the collection 2

Museum of Modern Art, Victoria and Albert Museum

Mb:label founder 2

Factory Records, Factory Records

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Manchester Metropolitan University

Field of work 1

graphic design

Given name 1

Peter

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Manchester

Sex or gender 1

male

← Creator 1

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Summary

Peter Saville was born on October 9, 1955^[1], in Manchester^[2]. He has worked as an art director^[3], graphic designer^[4], designer^[5], cover artist^[6], and graphic artist^[7].

FAQs

Where was Peter Saville born?

Peter Saville was born in Manchester^[2].

What did Peter Saville do for work?

Peter Saville worked as an art director^[3], graphic designer^[4], designer^[5], cover artist^[6], and graphic artist^[7].

Where did Peter Saville go to school?

Peter Saville was educated at Manchester Metropolitan University^[11] and Saint Ambrose College^[12].

What awards did Peter Saville receive?

Honors received include Commander of the Order of the British Empire^[13] and Royal Designer for Industry^[14].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Peter Saville — place of birth (P19): Manchester. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Peter Saville — sex or gender (P21): male. RKDartists. Retrieved 2017-08-27. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Peter Saville — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved 2019-12-04. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Peter Saville — educated at (P69): Manchester Metropolitan University. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Peter Saville — educated at (P69): Saint Ambrose College. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Peter Saville — field of work (P101): graphic design. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): art director. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): graphic designer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): designer. Retrieved 2019-12-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): cover artist. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): graphic artist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Peter Saville — occupation (P106): artist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Peter Saville — award received (P166): Commander of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Peter Saville — award received (P166): Royal Designer for Industry. thersa.org. Retrieved 2021-01-09. thersa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Peter Saville — date of birth (P569): October 9, 1955. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Peter Saville — family name (P734): Saville. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Peter Saville — given name (P735): Peter. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Peter Saville — official website (P856): https://petersaville.com/. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Peter Saville — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Peter Saville — copyright representative (P6275): reproduction right not represented by CISAC member. DACS register. Retrieved 2019-12-13. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Peter Saville — has works in the collection (P6379): Museum of Modern Art. moma.org. Retrieved 2019-12-04. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Peter Saville — has works in the collection (P6379): Victoria and Albert Museum. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Peter Saville — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-03-17. wikidata.org.

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8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Discogs artist ID → 1069010

Email address → —

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62839: Importing Discogs artist IDs into Wikidata from MusicBrainz, after ensuring matching labels part1"
11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sex or gender → male

Educated at → Manchester Metropolitan University, Saint Ambrose College

Award received → Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Royal Designer for Industry

Field of work → graphic design

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