Petit is a French-language surname literally meaning "small" or "little". Notable people with the surname include: *

Adriana Petit Adriana Petit (born 1984 in Palma, Majorca, Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish artist. Her main mediums of choice include photography, ''collage'', Industrial music, music, writing and Video art, video. Nonetheless, her work is characterized by a pre ...

(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 A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

Philippe Petit Philippe Petit (; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twi ...

(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

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of India, whose members include: ** Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, (1823–1901), Indian industrialist **His granddaughter Rattanbai Petit (1900–1929), wife of Jinnah, founder of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

*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 * Gonzalo Petit (born 2006), Uruguayan forward * Petit (Portuguese footballer) (Armando Gonçalves Teixeira, born 1976), Portuguese midfielder * Jean Petit (Belgian footballer) (1914—44), Belgian defender * Jean Petit (footballer, born 1949) (born 1949), former French midfielder * Paulinho Le Petit (born 1989), former Brazilian midfielder * Petit Sory (born 1945), former Guinean forward * René Petit (1899–1989), Franco-Spanish engineer and a footballer in his youth

Footballers

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