Pettit

Pettit is a surname, and may refer to:

• Bob Pettit ( born 1932 ), American basketball player
• Charles Pettit (1736-1806), American politician
• Donald Roy Pettit ( born 1955 ), American astronaut
• Edison Pettit (1889-1962), American astronomer
• George Pettit ( b. 1982 ), Canadian rock musician
• John Pettit (1807-1877), American politician
• John U. Pettit (1820-1881), American politician
• Milton H. Pettit (1835-1873), American politician
• Nathaniel Pettit (1724-1803), Canadian politician
• Paul Pettit ( born 1931 ), American baseball player
• Philip Pettit ( born 1945 ), Irish philosopher and political scientist
• Tom Pettit (1931-1995), American television correspondent
• Trevor Pettit ( born 1951 ), Canadian politician

Places in the United States:

• Pettit (Indiana)
• Pettit (Kentucky)
• Pettit (Oklahoma)
• Pettit (Texas)
• Pettit Bay ( Oklahoma)
• Pettit Heights (West Virginia)

After Edison Pettit named astronomical objects:

• Pettit (crater )
• Pettit (Mars crater )
• Rimae Pettit, a system of grooves Moon

Other:

• USS Pettit (DE- 253), a destroyer of the U.S. Navy in World War II
• USS OM Pettit, a steamer of the Union Navy during the American Civil War

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