Famous People with Name Girard

Girard Desargues            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Girard Desargues: was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of Desargues' theorem and of the crater Desargues on the Moon.His father was a royal notary, an investigating commissioner of the Senes

Dominique Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Dominique Girard: was a seventeenth century French architect.

Patricia Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Patricia Girard: is a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre Hurdles. She competed for France in the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, U.S. in the 100 metre hurdles where she won the bronze medal. She also won a gold medal in the 2003 World Championships in Athletics held in Paris in the 4x100 m relay.

Pierre-Simon Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pierre-Simon Girard: was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on fluids. Girard worked as an engineer at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He was in charge of planning and construction of the Amiens canal and the Ourcq canal. He collaborated with Gaspard de Prony on the Dictionnaire des Ponts et Chaussées (Dictionary of Bridges and Highways). He wrote works on fluids and on the strength of materials.

Julien Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Julien Girard: is a French professional football player. Currently, he plays in the Championnat de France amateur for SO Romorantin.

Xavier Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Xavier Girard: is a French nordic combined skier who competed from 1988 to 1992.