Picard is a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
meaning a person from
Picardy
Picardy (; Picard language, Picard and , , ) is a historical and cultural territory and a former regions of France, administrative region located in northern France. The first mentions of this province date back to the Middle Ages: it gained it ...
, a historical region and cultural area of France.
People
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Alexandre R. Picard (1985–), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
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Alexandre Picard (ice hockey) (1985–), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing
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Alfred Christopher Picard (1824–1855), New Zealand politician
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Andrew Comrie-Picard (1971–), Canadian race car driver and actor
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Auguste Piccard
Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first person to ...
(1884–1962), Swiss physicist and balloonist
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Barbara Leonie Picard (1917–2011), British author
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Bob Picard (1949–), American professional football player
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Catherine Picard (1952–), French politician
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Colette Picard (1913–1999), French archaeologist
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Émile Picard
Charles Émile Picard (; 24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in 1924.
Life
He was born in Paris on 24 July 1856 and educated there at th ...
(1856–1941), French mathematician
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Ernest Picard (1821–1877), French politician
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François Picard (disambiguation)
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Gilbert Charles-Picard (1913–1998), French historian and archaeologist, husband of Colette Picard
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Henry Picard (1906–1997), American golfer
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Irving Picard (born 1941), American lawyer known for his recovery of funds in the Madoff investment scandal
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Jean Picard, French bookbinder (active to 1547) commissioned by patrons such as
Jean Grolier
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Jean Picard (1620–1682), French astronomer
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Jean Piccard (1884–1963), Swiss-American professor and balloonist
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Jean-Michel Picard (Antwerp, c. 1600 – Paris, 24 November 1682), a Flemish still life painter and art dealer
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Laurent Picard (1927–2012), French Canadian businessman
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Liza Picard (1927–2022), English historian
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Louis-Benoît Picard (1769–1828), French playwright
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Luc Picard
Luc Picard (born 24 September 1961) is a French Canadian actor, director and comedian.
Early life and education
Picard was born on 24 September 1961, in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. He trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, ...
(1961–), French Canadian actor and comedian
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Marc Picard (1955–), Canadian politician
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Marcelline Picard-Kanapé (1941–), Canadian educator and politician
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Michel Picard (1969–), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing
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Olivier Picard (1940–2023), French Hellenist, son of Colette and Gilbert (see above)
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Pauline Picard (1947–2009), French Canadian politician
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Pauline Picard (1919/1920 - 1922), Breton child who was found dead
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Robert G. Picard (1951–), American writer and scholar
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Robert Picard
Robert Rene Joseph Picard (born May 25, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Career
Robert Picard established himself as a highly regarded defensive prospect with the Montreal Juniors and Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge from 1 ...
(1957–), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
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Rosalind Picard
Rosalind Wright Picard (born 1962) is an American scholar and inventor who is Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT, founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and co-founder ...
(1962–), American electrical engineer and professor
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Thierry Picard (1956–2025), French international rugby union player
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Timothée Picard
Timothée Picard (born 1975) is a French academic and music critic.
Biography
Timothée Picard studied at the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud (1995–2001) and the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1999–2001). He ho ...
(1975–), French music critic
Fictional characters
* Picard family, a fictional family in ''Star Trek'', introduced in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', see
List of Star Trek characters (N–S)
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Jean-Luc Picard, a Starfleet captain in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' TV series and films, portrayed by
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor. With a career spanning over seven decades of Patrick Stewart on stage and screen, stage and screen, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Patrick Stewart, variou ...
See also
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Piccardo
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Piccard
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Pickard
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Pycard
PYCARD, often referred to as ASC (Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''PYCARD'' gene. It is localized mainly in the nucleus of monocytes and macrophages. In case of pathogen ...
References
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French-language surnames
French toponymic surnames