Byrd commonly refers to:
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William Byrd (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:
Other people
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Byrd (surname), 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, an ...
(born 1957), known as Byrd or Bailiff Byrd, American TV personality on ''Judge Judy''
Places
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Byrd, Alabama
Byrd is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
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, 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
Mount Byrd () is a mountain, high, located north of the eastern end of Asman Ridge in the Sarnoff Mountains, Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (1939–41) led by R. Admiral Richard E. B ...
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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), on the Moon
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Byrd (Martian crater), on Mars
Other uses
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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 Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, an American legislative act
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Byrd Amendment (1971)
The Byrd Amendment—named for its author, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. of Virginia—was a 1971 amendment to the U.S. Federal Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. It prohibited the US government from banning the importation of any stra ...
, 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, 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.
See also
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Bird (disambiguation)
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Birds (disambiguation)
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying animals.
Birds may also refer to:
Literature
* ''The Birds'' (play), an ancient Greek play by Aristophanes
* ''The Birds'' (novel), a novel by Tarjei Vesaas
* "The Birds" (story), ...
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