Girard may refer to:

Places in the United States

Girard, Alabama Girard, Alabama was a city in the far north-east corner of Russell County, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, Georgia. Named after the Philadelphia-based banker and philanthropist Stephen Girard, who had purchased much of the M ...

* Girard, Georgia *

Girard, Illinois Girard is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,103 at the 2010 census, and 2,010 at a 2018 estimate. History Girard is named after Stephen Girard Geography Girard is located at (39.445947, -89.781253). Accord ...

Girard, Kansas Girard is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,496. History Girard was founded in the spring of 1868, in opposition to Crawfordsville, and named ...

* Girard, Michigan * Girard, Minnesota *

Girard, Ohio Girard is a city in southern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 9,603 at the 2020 census. Located directly north of Youngstown, it is a suburb of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Histor ...

Girard, Pennsylvania Girard is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,994 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Girard's history began with a petition to "Township Status" in 1832 by r ...

* Girard, Texas * Girard, West Virginia *

Girard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois Girard Township (S½ T12N R6W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,466 and it contained 1,102 housing units. History Girard Township is named for Stephen Girard Stephen Girard ( ...

Girard Township, Michigan Girard Township is a civil township of Branch County, Michigan, Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the township population was 1,780. A small area in the south of the township, just west ...

* Girard Township, Minnesota *

Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania Girard Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,882 at the 2020 census, down from the population of 5,102 at the 2010 census. History The Gudgeonville Covered Bridge was listed on the National R ...

Girard Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Girard Township is a township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 565 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.42 ...

Girard Avenue Girard Avenue is a major commercial and residential street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For most of its length it runs east–west, but at Frankford Avenue it makes a 135-degree turn north. Parts of the road are signed as U.S. Route 13 and U.S ...

, a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by two SEPTA stations: **

Girard station (Broad Street Line) Girard station is a subway station on the SEPTA Broad Street Line in the Francisville section of North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is an express station, with four tracks and two central platforms. This is the last station where southbound r ...

, a subway station on serving the Broad Street Line **

Girard station (SEPTA Market-Frankford Line) Girard may refer to: Places in the United States *Girard, Alabama *Girard, Georgia * Girard, Illinois *Girard, Kansas * Girard, Michigan * Girard, Minnesota *Girard, Ohio *Girard, Pennsylvania *Girard, Texas * Girard, West Virginia *Girard Townshi ...

, a rapid transit station on Market-Frankford Line **

SEPTA Route 15 Route 15, the Girard Avenue Line, is a trolley line operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. , it is the only surface trolley l ...

, a trolley line also known as the Girard Avenue Line *

Woodland Hills, Los Angeles Woodland Hills is a neighborhood bordering the Santa Monica Mountains in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Geography Woodland Hills is in the southwestern region of the San Fernando Valley, which is located east of Ca ...

, California, was known as Girard until 1941

People with the given name

Girard I of Roussillon Gerard I (''Girard'' in French and Catalan, ''Gerardo'' in Spanish), called Guinard, was the count of Roussillon from 1102 to his murder in 1113. He was the son and heir of Giselbert II. He participated in the First Crusade, possibly in the retinu ...

(died 1113), count of Roussillon *

Girard II of Roussillon Gerard II (''Girard'' in French and ''Gerard'' in Catalan, ''Gerardo'' in Spanish) was the last ''de facto'' independent count of Roussillon from 1164 to his death in 1172. He was the son and heir of Gausfred III. As his father before him, he affi ...

(died 1172), count of Roussillon *

Gerard la Pucelle Gerard la Pucelle (sometimes Gerard Pucelle;Weigand "Transmontane Decretists" ''History of Medieval Canon Law'' pp. 182-183 1117 – 13 January 1184) was a peripatetic Anglo-French scholar of canon law, clerk, and Bishop of Coventry. Life ...

(1117–1184), Anglo-French scholar of canon law, clerk, and Bishop of Coventry *

Girard of Buonalbergo Girard, lord of Buonalbergo, was a Norman nobleman in the middle of the eleventh century in the Mezzogiorno. He was in the service of the prince of Benevento. Despite being chiefly known for giving his paternal aunt Alberada in marriage to the ...

, Norman chieftain in the middle of the eleventh century in the Mezzogiorno *

Girard Cavalaz Girardo Cavallazzi or Cavallazzo ( oc, Girard or ; fl. 1225–1247) was an Italian troubadour from Lombardy. His only surviving work is four coblas of a ''partimen'' he exchanged with Aycart del Fossat concerning the nature of Heaven and Hel ...

(1225–1247), Italian troubadour from Lombardy *

Girard Desargues Girard Desargues (; 21 February 1591 – September 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues' theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are ...

(1591–1661), French mathematician and engineer, considered one of the founders of projective geometry * Girard "Gerry" McDonald (born 1958), American ice hockey player *

Patrick Girard Patrick Girard is an electrical engineer with the Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics, and Microelectronics of Montpellier (LIRMM) in Montpellier, France. Girard was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in ...

, French engineer *

Jean-Yves Girard Jean-Yves Girard (; born 1947) is a French logician working in proof theory. He is the research director (emeritus) at the mathematical institute of the University of Aix-Marseille, at Luminy. Biography Jean-Yves Girard is an alumnus of the ...

, French logician *

René Girard René Noël Théophile Girard (; ; 25 December 1923 – 4 November 2015) was a French polymath, historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science whose work belongs to the tradition of philosophical anthropology. Girard was the aut ...

, French philosopher, historian, and literary critic

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Girard (surname) Girard is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aimé Girard (1830–1898), French chemist * Albert Girard (1595–1632), French-born mathematician (based on Netherlands) * Alexander Girard (1907–1993), American textile des ...

Girard (grape) Carignan (also known as Mazuelo, Bovale Grande, Cariñena, Carinyena, Samsó, Carignane, and Carignano) is a red grape variety of Spanish origin that is more commonly found in French wine but is widely planted throughout the western Mediterra ...

, red wine grape that is also known as Carignan *

Girard-Perregaux Girard-Perregaux SA () is a luxury Swiss watch ''manufacture'' with its origins dating back to 1791. Since 2011, the Swiss holding group of Girard-Perregaux, Sowind Group, has been a subsidiary of the French luxury group Kering. Headquartered i ...

, Swiss manufacturer of complex timepieces *

Girard College Girard College is an independent college preparatory five-day boarding school located on a 43-acre campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school was founded and permanently endowed from the shipping and banking fortune of Stephen Girard upon ...

, private philanthropic boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Girard Estate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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