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Bruce Petty Bruce Leslie Petty, born 23 November 1929 at Doncaster, Victoria, Doncaster, a suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's best known political satire, political satirists and cartoonists.

(born 1929), Australian political satirist and cartoonist *

Bryce Petty Bryce William Petty (born May 31, 1991) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Baylor University, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft. Early years Petty is a member ...

(born 1991), American football player *

Dini Petty Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clock ...

(born 1945), Canadian television and radio host *

Eric D. Petty Eric D. Petty (born July 10, 1954) was an American politician and businessman. Petty lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and family. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from Occidental College and his master's degree ...

(born 1954), American politician and businessman *

Florence Petty Florence Petty (1 December 1870 – 18 November 1948) was a Scottish cookery writer and broadcaster. During the 1910s, in the socially deprived area of Somers Town, London, Somers Town, north west London, Petty ran cookery demonstrations to wo ...

(1870–1948), British cookery book writer and broadcaster * George Petty (1894–1975), American pin-up artist *

J. T. Petty J. T. Petty (born February 28, 1977) is an American filmmaker and video game writer. Petty's film and short novels contain elements of the horror genre. As writer for the Ubisoft video games ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' and its sequel '' Tom ...

(born 1977), American dialogue video game writer and film director *

John Petty (disambiguation) John Petty may refer to: * John Petty (priest) (1935–2017), Anglican provost and Dean of Coventry * John Petty (Primitive Methodist minister) (1807–1868), 19th-century author and Primitive Methodist minister and first governor of Elmfield Colle ...

, several people *

Joseph Petty Joseph M. Petty is an American attorney, politician and the current mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life and education Raised in Worcester, Petty graduated from Holy Name Central Catholic High School. He attended Nichols College and ...

, Massachusetts politician *

Joseph H. Petty Joseph Henry Petty (August 20, 1826 New York City – February 9, 1901 Amityville, Suffolk County, New York) was an American politician from New York. Life He was the son of Ezekiel Petty (1789–1853) and Elizabeth Petty (1791–1874). About 1853 ...

(1826–1901), New York politician *

Kathleen Petty Kathleen Petty is a Canadians, Canadian radio and television news journalist. She worked for almost two decades for the CBC News Network, where she was co-founder producer and host. When CBC Newsworld was launched in 1989 she was the anchor. She ...

(born 1960), Canadian news anchor *

Lori Petty Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She is noted for her roles in the films ''Point Break'' (1991), ''A League of Their Own'' (1992), ''Free Willy '' (1993), and the title role in ''Tank Girl'' ...

(born 1963), American movie actress * Norman Petty (1927–1984), American musician, songwriter, and record producer *

Orlando Henderson Petty Orlando Henderson Petty (February 20, 1874 – June 2, 1932) was an American physician and naval officer. As a surgeon in the United States Naval Reserve, he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I. Early life and famil ...

(1874–1932), American Medal of Honor recipient *

Philip Petty Philip Petty (May 15, 1840 – December 22, 1917) was a British American soldier who fought in the American Civil War. Petty received the Medal of Honor for his action in the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. Biography Petty wa ...

(1840-1917), American Medal of Honor recipient *

Rebecca Petty Rebecca Dean Petty (born April 13, 1970) is an American politician and activist. Her 12-year-old daughter was murdered in 1999, leading her to advocate for victims of violent crime from Rogers, Arkansas. She is also a Republican member of the Ar ...

(born c. 1970), American politician and advocate of child crime victims *

Richard E. Petty Richard E. Petty is university professor of psychology at Ohio State University.Leong, Frederick T. L. & Austin, Dr. James T. (ed.The psychology research handbook p. 513 (2005) ()(bio paragraph) He received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Oh ...

, distinguished university professor of psychology at The Ohio State University *

Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the lat ...

(1950–2017), American musician *

W. Morgan Petty W. Morgan Petty is the creation of Brian Bethell. W. Morgan Petty would write crank letters to numerous organizations expressing typical concerns for mid-1980s United Kingdom, Britain like Nuclear warfare, nuclear war and the common market. Collect ...

, a fictional writer * William Petty (1623–1687), British economist and inventor * William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805), British Prime Minister and Irish peer * An American auto racing family prominent in NASCAR: ** Lee Petty (1914–2000), family patriarch and NASCAR pioneer **

Richard Petty Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notabl ...

(born 1937), son of Lee and a NASCAR driver ** Maurice Petty (born 1939), son of Lee and a NASCAR mechanic

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* Petty France (disambiguation) * Petty, Highland, Scotland

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Petty-Fitzmaurice Petty-Fitzmaurice is a double-barrelled surname of Irish origin. People with the name Petty-Fitzmaurice include: * Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 7th Marquess of Lansdowne (1917–1944), peer of Great Britain * Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marq ...

Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Level Cross, North Carolina, USA. It was founded by Lee Petty with his two sons Richard Petty and Maurice Petty. The team was later owned by Richard Petty, hi ...

, NASCAR racing team owned by Richard and Kyle Petty * Petty crime (misdemeanor)

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