Girard

Girard

Girard may refer to:

Places

In the United States:
*Girard, Alabama
*Girard, Georgia
*Girard, Illinois
*Girard, Kansas
*Girard, Michigan
*Girard, Minnesota
*Girard, Ohio
*Girard, Pennsylvania
*Girard, Texas
*Girard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois
*Girard Township, Michigan
*Girard Township, Minnesota
*Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
*Girard Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
*Girard Avenue, a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Girard (MFL station), a rapid transit station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California was known as Girard until 1941

People

Given name:
* Girard I of Roussillon (died 1113), count of Roussillon
* Girard II of Roussillon (died 1172), count of Roussillon
* Gerard la Pucelle (1117-1184), Anglo-French scholar of canon law, clerk, and Bishop of Coventry
* Girard of Buonalbergo, Norman chieftain in the middle of the eleventh century in the Mezzogiorno
* Girard Cavalaz (1225–1247), Italian troubadour from Lombardy
* Girard Desargues (1591-1661), French mathematician and engineer, considered one of the founders of projective geometry

Surname:
* Aimé Girard (1830-1898), French chemist
* Ami Girard (1819-1900), Swiss militarian
* Albert Girard (1595-1632), French mathematician
* Alexander Girard, American textile designer and folk art collector
* André Girard (résistant) (1909-1993), French résistant
* Charles Frédéric Girard, French biologist
* Claire Girard, background character in "Code Lyoko"
* Claude Girard (1952-2004), French political figure
* Christian Girard (1915-1985), French Ambassador
* Christophe Girard (politician) (1956-), French politician
* Éric Girard (c. 1964), French basketball trainer
* Geoffrey Girard, American author
* Georges Girard, French bacteriologist
* Hugo Girard, Canadian Strongman, former World Champion
* Jean-Baptiste Girard, disambiguation page
* Jean Pierre Girard (soldier) (1750-1811), Swiss general
* Jean Pierre Girard (writer) (1961-), Quebec writer
* Jean-Yves Girard (born 1947), French mathematician
* Jonathan Girard (born 1980), former Canadian ice hockey player
* Joe Girard, Guinness Book of World Records winning American salesman
* Louis Dominique Girard (1815-1871), French hydraulic engineer
* Maurice Jean Auguste Girard (1822-1886), French entomologist
* Nicolas Girard (born 1972), Quebec politician
* Philippe de Girard (1775-1845), French inventor
* Pierre Girard (1765-1836), French mathematician
* Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
* René Girard, French philosopher
* René Girard (footballer), French footballer
* Rodolphe Girard (1879-1956), Quebec writer
* Serge Girard (born 1953), French adventurer
* Stephen Girard, American financier and philanthropist
* Sylvie Girard (born 1955), French sportswoman
* Thierry Girard (born 1951), French photographer
* William S. Girard
* Jean-Yves Girard, French logician

Other

* Girard-Perregaux, Swiss manufacturer of complex timepieces
* Girard College, private philanthropic boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Girard Estate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

ee also

* Giraud
* Gerard
* Girardin
* Girardot
* Girardville


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