Pelletan is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Camille Pelletan (1846–1915), French politician and journalist Eugène Pelletan (1813–1884), French writer, journalist and politician Louis Pelletan, Governor General of Pondicherry in the Second French Colonial Empire Philippe-Jean Pelletan (1747–1829), French surgeon and member of the French Academy of Sciences See also Pelletan Point, a headland of Graham Land, Antarctica French-language surnames