Jerome Peter Drayton (January 10, 1945 – February 10, 2025) was a Canadian long-distance runner who competed internationally.

[2] Drayton was born as Peter Buniak on January 10, 1945, in Munich, Germany, to parents of Russian-Ukrainian background.

Having been born as the Second World War was coming to an end and extreme poverty was widespread, Drayton and his parents had travelled to Germany from Poland aboard a cattle train.

[4] He reportedly based his new name on two famous sprinters he admired: Canadian former world record holder Harry Jerome and American Paul Drayton, former world record holder in the 4 × 100 m as part of the American relay team.

[6] Drayton died from complications during knee surgery in Toronto on February 10, 2025, at the age of 80.