Piccard is a French

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, a variant form of Picard.

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;Members of the Swiss Piccard family: *

Auguste Piccard Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Switzerland, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking Gas balloon, hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere. Picca ...

(1884–1962), physicist, balloonist, hydronaut *

Bertrand Piccard Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was ...

(born 1958), psychiatrist, balloonist, and solar plane pilot *

Don Piccard Donald Louis Piccard (January 13, 1926 – September 13, 2020) was a Swiss-born American balloon pioneer, promoter, innovator, designer, builder, and pilot. Piccard was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to Jean Felix Piccard and Jeanette (Ridlon ...

(1926–2020), balloonist *

Jacques Piccard Jacques Piccard (28 July 19221 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the ...

(1922–2008), hydronaut *

Jean Piccard Jean Felix Piccard (January 28, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland – January 28, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented cluster ...

(1884–1963), organic chemist, balloonist * Jeannette Piccard (1895–1981), balloonist, teacher, scientist, priest * Jevon Piccard (1887–1954), journeyman technician ;Other notable Piccards: *

Eulalie Piccard Eulalie Piccard (Saint Petersburg, 26 October 1879 - Neuchâtel, June 1957), sometimes called Eulalie Piccard Guée, was a Russian-Swiss novelist, translator and teacher, writing in French. She was one of the first literary writers to explore the ...

(fl. 1920s–1940s) Swiss-Russian novelist *

Franck Piccard Franck Piccard (born 17 September 1965) is a French former Alpine skier. A native of Les Saisies, Piccard won a total of four Alpine skiing World Cup races. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a gold medal in the Super-G competition (the ...

(born 1965), French skier *

Ian Piccard Ian Piccard (born 11 March 1968) is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. He is the brother of fellow skiers Franck Piccard, Leila Piccard Leila Piccard (born 11 January 1971) is a French ...

(born 1968), French skier *

Jules Piccard Jules Piccard, also known as Julius Piccard (20 September 1840, in Lausanne – 11 April 1933, in Lausanne) was a Swiss chemist. He was the father of twins Auguste Piccard (1884–1962) and Jean Felix Piccard (1884–1963), both renowned balloonis ...

(1840–1933), Swiss chemist *

Leila Piccard Leila Piccard (born 11 January 1971) is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics. She took a bronze medal in the giant slalom in the 1997 Alpine Skiing World Championships and scored one World ...

(born 1971), French skier *

Sophie Piccard Sophie Piccard (1904–1990) was a Russian-Swiss mathematician who became the first female full professor (professor ordinarius) in Switzerland. Her research concerned set theory, group theory, linear algebra, and the history of mathematics.. E ...

(1904–1990), Swiss-Russian mathematician *

Ted Piccard Ted Piccard (born November 30, 1978 in Albertville) is a French freestyle skier, specializing in ski cross and a former alpine skier. Piccard competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for France. He placed 16th in the qualifying round in ski cross, t ...

(born 1978), French skier {{surname

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