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Zwarte Piet is a character from Dutch Christmas folklore. He is a companion of Saint Nicholas. The character was traditionally portrayed in blackface, and he has become increasingly controversial in recent years because of this.
Also Flemish: http://www.names.be/jongensnamen.html?met=Piet&sort=beldesc
In the 1968 John Updike novel, Couples, Piet Hanema is a house builder and the main protagonist of the story. He is American but his parents were from the Netherlands.
Piet van Reenen born was a Dutch former professional footballer who was a prolific goalscorer at Ajax. With 278 goals in 240 matches from 1929 to 1943, he is the club's all-time top goal scorer. He was also the club's top goal scorer for 9 consecutive seasons, from 1929–30 to 1937–38.
Piet Mondrian's surname was originally spelled as "Mondriaan", but at some point he decided to remove one "a" to make it sound more international.
Piet Mondrian, full name Pieter Mondrian, was a Dutch painter who was a contributor to the De Stijl movement. He was known for painting grids and using only the three primary colors in his paintings.
This is actually not the Dutch form of Peter. Piet is a short form of Pieter, which is the Dutch form of Peter. Piet itself is the Dutch form of Pete. [noted -ed]
The Dutch pronunciation is PEET. [noted -ed]

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