Petit

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

*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 Provided by Wikipedia