 Fernand Petiot

Fernand Petiot (born in Paris, February 18, 1900; died in Canton, Ohio, January 6, 1975) was a bartender who claimed to have created the Bloody Mary, a popular cocktail drink.Petiot was born into the hospitality industry in Paris in 1900, where his parents kept a large "pension" (a boarding house usually offering full daily meals), helping his mother in the kitchen from an early age.