Girard - People

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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