Harold Burke Peterson (September 19, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1972 until his death. He was a counselor to the presiding bishop and a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He became an emeritus general authority in 1993. In 1947 Peterson married Brookie Cardon in the Mesa Arizona Temple. They eventually had five daughters. Peterson died at his home in Bountiful, Utah, four months after his wife died.