Pictet

Pictet is the surname of several people:

  • Adolphe Pictet (1799 - 1875), Swiss linguist
  • Amé Pictet (1857 - 1937), Swiss chemist
  • Benedict Pictet (1655–1724), Swiss theologian
  • Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755 - 1824), Swiss politician
  • François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809 - 1872), Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist
  • Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752 - 1825), Swiss physicist
  • Raoul Pictet (1846 - 1929), Swiss physicist, one of the first two people to liquefy oxygen

In addition to that, for:

  • Pictet (crater), crater on the moon, named after Marc-Auguste Pictet
  • Pictet–Spengler reaction, chemical reaction in which a β-arylethylamine is heated in the presence of an aldehyde and acid
  • Pictet & Cie, Geneva-based Swiss bank
  • Pic-Pic, Piccard & Pictet, Swiss automobile