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

Charles Frédéric Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Charles Frédéric Girard: was a French biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology.he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompagnied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard. Three years later, Spencer Fullerton Baird called him to the Smithsonian to work on its growing collection of North American reptiles, amphibians and fishes. He worked at the museum for the next ten years and published numerous papers, many in collaboration with Baird.In 1854, he was naturalized as a U.S. citizen. Besides his work at the Smithsonian, he managed to earn an M.D. from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1856. In 1859 he returned to France and was awarded the Cuvier Prize by the Institute of France for his work on the North American reptiles and fishes two years later.

Bruno Girard            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Bruno Girard: was a French boxer at super middleweight and light heavyweight.The light-hitting Girard turned pro in 1991 and challenged Byron Mitchell for WBA Super Middleweight Title in 1999, in his first US fight. The fight was a draw, and in the rematch in 2000 Gira

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.