Petit

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Petit is a French-language surname literally meaning "small", "little". Notable people with the surname inclide:

  • Adriana Petit (born 1984), Spanish multidisciplinary artist
  • Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist
  • Amandine Petit (born 1997), French model, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss France 2021
  • Antoine Petit (1722–1794), French physician
  • Antoni Martí Petit, prime minister of Andorra
  • Cavelier Petit, American politician
  • François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), French anatomist
  • Henriette Petit (1894-1983), Chilean painter
  • Jean-Martin Petit (1772–1856), French General during the Napoleonic Wars
  • Monique Ruck-Petit (born 1942), Swiss and French chess master
  • Paul Petit (aviator) (1890-1918), French flying ace
  • Philippe Petit (born 1949), French high-wire artist
  • Pierre Petit (photographer) (1832–1909), French photographer
  • Pierre Petit (scholar) (1617–1687), French scholar, medical writer, and poet
  • Pierre Petit (engineer), (1598–1677), French military engineer, mathematician, and physicist
  • Pierre Petit (cinematographer) (1920–1997), French cinematographer
  • Pierre Petit (composer) (1922–2000), French composer
  • Pierre Petit (politician) (1930–2022), Martinique politician
  • Pierre Petit (driver), (born 1957), French racecar driver
  • Roland Petit (1924–2011), French choreographer and dancer
  • The surname for a prominent Parsi family of India, whose members include:
    • Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, (1823–1901), Indian industrialist
    • His granddaughter Rattanbai Petit (1900–1929), wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan
  • The Petit Family, 2007 Connecticut home invasion and murder victims
  • John F. Petit (1887–1963), American businessman and politician
  • John Louis Petit (1801–1868), English clergyman and architectural artist
  • Rosa Petit, Venezuelan politician
  • Sauveur Abel Aubert Petit de la Saussaye (1792–1870), French malacologist
  • Yusmeiro Petit (born 1984), Venezuelan baseballer

Footballers

  • Emmanuel Petit (born 1970), former French midfielder, who played for France, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea
  • Petit (Portuguese footballer) (Armando Gonçalves Teixeira, born 1976)
  • Jean Petit (Belgian footballer) (1914—44), Belgian defender
  • Jean Petit (footballer, born 1949) (born 1949), former French football midfielder
  • Paulinho Le Petit (born 1989), Brazilian footballer
  • Petit Sory (born 1945), former Guinean football player
  • René Petit (1899–1989), Franco-Spanish engineer and a footballer in his youth

See also

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  • Hungarian: Kis, Kiss
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