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. History Named after Philadelphia-based banker Stephen Girard, who had purchased much of the Muscogee ter ...

* Girard, Georgia * Girard, Illinois * Girard, Kansas * 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 in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Hist ...

* Girard, Pennsylvania * Girard, Texas * Girard, West Virginia * Girard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois * Girard Township, Michigan * Girard Township, Minnesota * Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania * Girard Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania *

Girard Avenue Girard Avenue is a major commercial and residential street in Philadelphia. 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. Route 30. ...

, a street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served by two SEPTA stations: ** Girard station (Broad Street Line), a subway station on serving the Broad Street Line ** Girard station (SEPTA Market-Frankford Line), a rapid transit station on Market-Frankford Line **

SEPTA Route 15 The G, formerly known as the Route 15 Trolley, is a streetcar line in the SEPTA Metro network that runs along Girard Avenue through North and West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Service is operated by the City Transit Division of the Southeaster ...

, 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, United States. History The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans in the United States, ...

, California, was known as Girard until 1941

People

* Girard I of Roussillon (died 1113), count of Roussillon * Girard II of Roussillon (died 1172), count of Roussillon * Gerard la Pucelle (1117–1184), Anglo-French scholar of canon law, clerk, and Bishop of Coventry * Girard of Buonalbergo, Norman chieftain in the middle of the eleventh century in the Mezzogiorno * Girard Cavalaz (1225–1247), Italian troubadour from Lombardy *

Girard Desargues Girard Desargues (; 21 February 1591September 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 named i ...

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

Other uses

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), 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. In 2022, then-owner French luxury group Kering sold its stake in Sowind Group SA, the parent company of Girard-Perregaux, via management buyout ...

, Swiss manufacturer of complex timepieces * Girard College, private philanthropic boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Girard Estate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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