Pettit is an English surname of Hiberno-Norman origin. Variant spellings include Pettitt and Petitt. People with the surname include:

Contents

• In arts and media
• In government, law, and politics
• Canada
• United States
• Other countries
• In science and academia
• In sport
• Baseball
• Other sports
• In other fields
• See also

In arts and media

• B. R. Pettit (1947–2006), American sculptor
• Catriona Pettit (born 1971), Australian television presenter
• George Pettit (born 1982), Canadian vocalist
• Alex Pettit (born 1986), American computer scientist, professor, and vocalist
• Lloyd Pettit (1927–2003), American sportscaster
• Thomas S. Pettit (1843–1931), newspaper publisher and politician from Kentucky
• Tom Pettit (1931–1995), American television news correspondent

In government, law, and politics

In science and academia

• Becky Pettit (born 1970), American sociologist
• Donald Pettit (born 1955), American astronaut
• Edison Pettit (1889–1962), American astronomer
• Joseph M. Pettit (1916–1986), American academic
• Katherine Pettit (1868–1936), American educator
• Mary DeWitt Pettit (1908–1996), American physician
• Philip Pettit (born 1945), Irish philosopher and political theorist
• Rowland Pettit (1927–1981), American chemist
• Steve Pettit, (born 1955), President of Bob Jones University

In sport

In other fields

• Charles Pettit (1736–1806), American lawyer and merchant
• Daniel Pettit (1915–2010), English footballer and industrialist
• Gabrielle Petit (feminist) (1860–1952), French feminist activist, anticlerical, libertarian socialist, newspaper editor
• Jane Bradley Pettit, American philanthropist
• Lyman C. Pettit (1868–1950), American pastor
• Robert Lee Pettit (1906–1941), American naval enlisted man; recipient of the Navy Cross
• William H. Pettit (1885–1985), New Zealand Christian missionary

See also

• Andy Pettitte (born 1972), American baseball pitcher

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Pettit.
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