Byrd commonly refers to:
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William Byrd
William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...
(c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance
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Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
(1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:
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Byrd (surname)
Byrd is a surname, a variant spelling of the English word "bird," which is derived from the Old English pre-7th-century word "bridde" (Middle English "brid" or "bird"). Another common variant of this surname is "Bird."
Origin and variants
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, including a list of people with the name
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Petri Hawkins-Byrd
Petri Hawkins-Byrd (born Petri Adonis Byrd; November 29, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York), better known as Bailiff Byrd or simply Byrd, is an American court show bailiff, television personality, social media personality, actor, voice actor, writer, ...
(born 1957), known as Byrd or Bailiff Byrd, American TV personality on ''Judge Judy''
Places
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Byrd, Alabama, United States
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Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ...
, Antarctica
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Mount Byrd
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Byrd Station
The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.
History
A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marin ...
, a former U.S. research station
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Byrd (lunar crater)
Byrd is an irregular lunar impact crater that is located near the north pole of the Moon. The north rim of Byrd is nearly connected to the crater Peary, a formation that is adjacent to the pole. The smaller crater Gioja is attached to the rem ...
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Byrd (Martian crater) Byrd commonly refers to:
* William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance
* Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer
Byrd or Byrds may also refer to:
Other people
*Byrd (surname), including ...
, on Mars
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The Byrds
The Byrds () were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole cons ...
, an American rock band
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Byrd Amendment
The Byrd Amendment is also known as the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA). It passed as title X of .
Substance
The act is American legislation closely associated with its chief sponsor, Democratic Senator Robert Byrd of ...
, the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, an American legislative act
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Byrd Amendment (1971), to the U.S. Federal Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
*Byrd Brand,
knives from Spyderco
*Byrd Rule, governing
reconciliation in the U.S. Congress
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Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) is a polar, alpine, and climate research center at Ohio State University, The Ohio State University founded in 1960.
History and research
The Byrd Polar Research Center (BPRC) at Ohio State Un ...
at
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
, U.S.
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Byrd Stadium
SECU Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. It is the home of Maryland Terrapins football and men's lacrosse teams, which compete in the Big Ten Conference. The facility was ...
, now SECU Stadium, at the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
, U.S.
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Bird (disambiguation)
A bird is a feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate.
Bird, BIRD, or the bird may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters
* Tracy "Bird" Van Adams, in the ''Soul Food'' film and TV series
*Bird, of the B ...
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Birds (disambiguation)
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