Petit

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Petit or petite may refer to:

People

A French surname:
- Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist
- Antoine Petit (1722-1794), French physician
- Antoni Martí Petit, prime minister of Andorra
- François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), French anatomist
- Jean-Pierre Petit, a French scientist
- Philippe Petit (born 1949), French acrobat
- 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) (b. 1930), Martinique politician
- Pierre Petit (driver), (b. 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, Bt. (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
Yusmeiro Petit (born 1984), Venezuelan baseballer

Emmanuel Petit (born 1970), former French midfielder, who played for France, Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea
Petit (Portuguese footballer) (born 1976), Portuguese midfielder
Jean Petit (Belgian footballer) (born 1914), Belgian defender
Jean Petit (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