Girard
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Girard may refer to:
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other
- Girard-Perregaux, Swiss manufacturer of complex timepieces
- Girard College, private philanthropic boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Girard Estate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[edit] See also
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