Peter Ryan (columnist)
 Peter Allen Ryan (born 1923) was a newspaper columnist author World War II spy director of Melbourne University Press and an officer of the Victorian Supreme Court.He was an intelligence operative behind enemy lines in New Guinea in the Second World War. Fear Drive My Feet is his famous account of his experiences. On his return to Australia he served under Alf Conlon at the Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs.He was Director of Melbourne University Press from 1962 to 1989.