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Bruce Petty Bruce Leslie Petty, born 23 November 1929 at Doncaster, a suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's best known political satirists and cartoonists.Bryce Petty (born 1991), American football player * Dini Petty (born 1945), Canadian television and radio host * Eric D. Petty (born 1954), American politician and businessman * Florence Petty (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), 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 a ...

, Massachusetts politician * Joseph H. Petty (1826–1901), New York politician * Kathleen Petty (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 Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. Biography Petty was born in the small town of Cl ...

(1927–1984), American musician, songwriter, and record producer * Orlando Henderson Petty (1874–1932), American Medal of Honor recipient * Philip Petty (1840-1917), American Medal of Honor recipient * Rebecca Petty (born c. 1970), American politician and advocate of child crime victims * Richard E. Petty, 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 late ...

(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 Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to su ...

(1623–1687), British economist and inventor *

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, (2 May 17377 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history), was an Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the firs ...

(1737–1805), British Prime Minister and Irish peer * An American auto racing family prominent in NASCAR: **

Lee Petty Lee Arnold Petty (March 14, 1914 – April 5, 2000) was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the pioneers of NASCAR and one of its first superstars. He was NASCAR's first three-time Cup c ...

(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 notab ...

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

Places

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

Others

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 A summary offence or petty offence is a violation in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment (required for an indictable offence). Canada In Canada, summary offe ...

(misdemeanor)

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