Picard
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Picard may refer to
- the Picard language, a Langue d'oïl and one of the languages of France
[edit] People known as Picard
Picard, meaning a person from Picardy, a historical region and cultural area of France, is a surname, and may refer to:
- Alexandre R. Picard (1985-), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Alexandre Picard (ice hockey) (1985-), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing
- Alfred Christopher Picard, New Zealand politician
- Catherine Picard (1952-), French politician
- Charles Émile Picard (1856-1941), French mathematician
- Ernest Picard (1821-1877), French politician
- François Picard (1921-1996), French Formula One driver
- Henry Picard (1906-1997), American golfer
- Jean Picard (1620-1682), French astronomer
- Jean-Luc Picard, fictional character in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its associated films, portrayed by Patrick Stewart
- Laurent Picard (1927-), French Canadian former President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Liza Picard (1927-), English historian
- Luc Picard (1961-), French Canadian actor and comedian
- Marc Picard (1955-), Canadian politician
- Michel Picard (1969-), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing
- Pauline Picard (1947-), French Canadian politician
- Robert G. Picard (1951-), American writer and scholar
- Robert Picard (1957-), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
- Rosalind Picard, electric engineer, founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[edit] See also
- Picard group, a mathematical object describing the self-isomorphisms of a ringed space
- Berger Picard, French breed of dog of the herding group of breeds
- A person from Picardie, a modern region of France and an old province of France of the same name
- A member of the Picards, a religious sect in the fifteenth century
- MusicBrainz Picard, a cross platform tagger for MusicBrainz database
- The Picard Topology, or Picard horn, a cone shaped formation that represents the 'shape' of the universe according to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
- Picard, an alternative name for the wine grape Merille
- The PICARD (spacecraft) mission, an orbiting solar observatory built by CNES
- The Picard Gif referring to a small gif image of Star Trek Captain Jean-Luc Picard rubbing his forehead in weariness used widely in internet forums to mock another poster's comment.