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 is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,785 at the 2020 census, down from 2,103 in 2010. History Girard is named for Stephen Girard. When the village incorporated as a city, it became politically sepa ...

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

* 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 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 ...

* 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) 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 To ...

, 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 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 af ...

(died 1172), count of Roussillon * Gerard la Pucelle (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 ( 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 Hell: ''Si para ...

(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) 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 Mediter ...

, 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 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 Girard Estate, also known as Girard Estates, is part of South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its boundaries stretch from South 22nd Street on the west to South 17th Street on the east. The southern boundary is clearly defined as th ...

, Pennsylvania

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