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
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