People
- A French surname
- Pierre Petit (1832–1909), French photographer
- Pierre Petit (scholar) (1617–1687), French scholar, medical writer, and poet
- Jean-Pierre Petit, a French scientist
- François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), French anatomist
- Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist
- Philippe Petit (born 1949), French acrobat
- 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
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“If people must be talking about me, I would have it to be truthfully and justly. I would willingly return from the next world to contradict any person who described me other than I was, although he did it to honour me.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“The people who resent me do so because I’m a woman, I’m young, and I’m a Bhutto. Well, the simple answer is, it doesn’t matter that I’m a woman, it doesn’t matter that I’m young, and it’s a matter of pride that I’m a Bhutto.”
—Benazir Bhutto (b. 1953)
“If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning “Good morning” at total strangers.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)