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'''Petit''' is a French-language surname literally meaning "small" or "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]] [[Petit baronets|family]] of India, whose members include:
**[[Dinshaw Maneckji Petit]], (1823–1901), Indian industrialist
**His granddaughter [[Rattanbai Petit]] (1900–1929), wife of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah|Jinnah]], founder of [[Pakistan]]
*The Petit Family, [[Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders|2007 Connecticut home invasion and murder]] victims
*[[John F. Petit]] (1887&ndash;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
==See also==
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[[Category:French-language surnames]]