Petipa or Petipas is a French surname, which may refer to
- Jean-Antoine Petipa (1787-1855), French ballet dancer
- Lucien Petipa (1815-1898), French ballet dancer, son of Jean-Antoine Petipa
- Marius Petipa (1818-1910), French ballet dancer and choreographer, Ballet Master for the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres; son of Jean-Antoine Petipa (he had 9 children in Russia and helped each to become an artist)
- Maria Petipa (1836-1882), Russian ballet dancer, a 1 wife of Marius
- Marie Petipa (1857-1930), Russian ballet dancer, daughter of Marius and Maria
- Marius Petipa-2 (ru: Петипа, Мариус Мариусович) (1850—1919) — a Russian theatre actor, son of Marius Petipa and Тереза Бурден
- Lidya Petipa (ru: Петипа, Лидия Петровна) (?-1914/1915) — a Russian actress, a wife of Marius Petipa-2 (ru: Петипа, Мариус Мариусович)
- Nikolai Radin (1872-1935) — a famous Russian actor, a son of Marius Petipa-2 (ru: Петипа, Мариус Мариусович) and Мария Казанкова
- Viktor Petipa (ru: Петипа, Виктор Мариусович) (1878—1933) — a Russian actor, a son of Marius Petipa et his 2 wife Lubov Savitskaya (ru: Савицкая, Любовь Леонидовна)
- Mariy Petipa (ru: Петипа, Марий Мариусович) (1884—1922) — a Russian actor, a son of Marius Petipa et his 2 wife Lubov Savitskaya (Савицкая, Любовь Леонидовна)
- Gérard Petitpas, French navigator
- Prudence Petitpas, cartoonist