Piet (given name)
Piet is a masculine given name derived from Petrus. It is also a short form of Petrus and Pieter. It is a common Dutch and South African name, the latter because of Dutch colonisation. Notable people with the name include:
- Piet Akkermans, Dutch classical scholar
- Piet Allegaert, Belgian cyclist
- Piet Bergveld, Dutch electrical engineer
- Piet Bleeker, Dutch long-distance runner
- Piet Botha (musician), South African musician
- Piet Botha (cricketer), South African cricketer
- Piet Cronjé, South African general in the Anglo-Boer wars
- Piet Dankert, Dutch politician and President of the European Parliament
- Piet de Boer, Dutch footballer
- Piet de Jong, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Piet Hein Donner, Dutch politician and cabinet minister
- Piet Hartman, Dutch crystallographer
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch naval officer
- Piet Hein (scientist), Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author and poet
- Piet Hoekstra, Dutch cyclist
- Piet Huyg, Dutch footballer
- Piet Joubert, Commandant-General of the South African Republic from 1880 to 1900
- Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer
- Piet Keizer, Dutch footballer
- Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater, Olympic gold and silver medalist
- Piet Koornhof, South African politician and cabinet minister
- Piet Kramer, Dutch architect
- Piet Kruiver, Dutch footballer
- Piet Kuiper, Dutch botanist
- Piet Leidreiter, German politician
- Piet Meiring, South African theologian
- Piet Mondrian, Dutch painter
- Piet Retief, Boer leader
- Piet Roozenburg, world draughts champion
- Piet Schrijvers, Dutch football goalkeeper
- Piet Uys, Boer leader
- Piet de Visser (football manager), Dutch football manager
- Piet de Visser (politician), Dutch politician
- Piet de Wit, Dutch cyclist
- Piet de Wolf, Dutch footballer