Pitot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Henri Pitot Henri Pitot (; May 3, 1695 – December 27, 1771) was a French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the pitot tube. The incoming fluid in the internal tube may be blocked off where a pressure gauge can indicate the pressure, or fed to a clo ...

(1695–1771), French hydraulic engineer and the inventor of the Pitot tube * James Pitot (1784–1831), the second Mayor of

New Orleans New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

François Pitot (naval officer) François Marie Pitot was a French Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Groix The Battle of Groix (, ) took place on 23 June 1795 off the island of Groix in the Bay of Biscay during the War of the First Coalition. It was fought between ...

, Captain of the French frigate ''Vengeance'' during the

Quasi-War The Quasi-War was an undeclared war from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. It was fought almost entirely at sea, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States, with minor actions in ...

François Pitot (figure skater) François Pitot (born 4 January 2005) is a French figure skater. He is the 2025 French national silver medalist, a two-time French national bronze medalist (2023, 2024), the 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, and the 2025 Coupe du Pri ...

(born 2005), French figure skater

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