Girard

Girard may refer to:

Places

In the United States:

• Girard, Alabama
• Girard, California
• 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, which includes two types of SEPTA stations:
  • Girard (BSL station), a subway station on serving the Broad Street Line
  • Girard (MFL station), a rapid transit station on Market-Frankford Line
• 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: From Germanic for bold as a spear

• Aimé Girard (1830–1898), French chemist
• Albert Girard (1595–1632), French mathematician
• Alexander Girard, American textile designer and folk art collector
• Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895), French biologist
• Claire Girard, background character in Code Lyoko
• Claude Girard (1952–2004), French political figure
• Geoffrey Girard, American author
• Georges Girard, French bacteriologist
• Hugo Girard, Canadian Strongman, former World Champion
• Jean-Baptiste Girard (disambiguation)
• Jean Pierre Girard (soldier) (1750–1811), Swiss general
• Jean-Yves Girard (born 1947), French mathematician and logician
• 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-Simon 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
• Thierry Girard (born 1951), French photographer
• William S. Girard

Other

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

See also

• Giraud
• Gerard
• Girardin
• Girardot (disambiguation)
• Girardville (disambiguation)