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, an

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Picard Picard may refer to: Places * Picard, Quebec, Canada * Picard, California, United States * Picard (crater), a lunar impact crater in Mare Crisium People and fictional characters * Picard (name), a list of people and fictional characters with th ...

, originally 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. Notable people with the surname include: * Al Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian ice hockey administrator and president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association * Bob Pickard (American football) (born 1952), American football player *

Calvin Pickard Calvin Pickard ( ; born April 15, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pickard was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the second round (49th overall) of the 2010 ...

(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Charles Pickard (1915–1944), Royal Air Force officer *

Chet Pickard Chet Pickard ( ; born November 29, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most notably played in the American Hockey League and the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He holds a German passport. Playing career Pickard play ...

(born 1989), American hockey player * Cyril Stanley Pickard (1917–1992), British diplomat * Felicity Pickard (born 1994), British para table tennis player * Greenleaf Whittier Pickard (1877–1956), American radio pioneer * Hannah Maynard Pickard (1812–1844), American school teacher, preceptress, author *

James Pickard James Pickard was an English inventor. He modified the Newcomen engine in a manner that it could deliver a rotary motion. His solution, which he patented in 1780, involved the combined use of a crank and a flywheel. James Watt's company Boulton ...

, English inventor *

Jan Pickard Jan Albertus Jacobus Pickard (25 December 1927 – 30 May 1998) was a South African rugby union international who played as a lock. Born in Paarl and a product of Stellenbosch University, Pickard made his provincial debut for Western Province in ...

(1927–1998), South African rugby player * Jerry Pickard (1940–2021), Canadian politician *

John Pickard (American actor) John M. Pickard (June 25, 1913 – August 4, 1993) was an American actor who appeared primarily in television Westerns. Early life Pickard was born in Lascassas in Rutherford County, near Murfreesboro in Middle Tennessee. He graduated fr ...

(1913–1993), American actor *

John Pickard (composer) John Pickard (born 11 September 1963) is a British classical composer. Biography Pickard was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England. He studied music and composition at the University of Wales, with Welsh composer William Mathias, and later in t ...

(born 1963), British composer * John Pickard (British actor) (born 1977), British actor * John Pickard (politician) (1824–1883), Canadian politician * Judy Pickard (1921–2016), New Zealand abstract painter, librarian and advocate for women's rights * Keith Pickard (born 1962), American politician * Louise Pickard (1865–1928), British artist * Neil Pickard (1929–2007), Australian politician *Group Captain

Percy Charles Pickard Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard, (16 May 1915 – 18 February 1944) was an officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He served as a pilot and commander, and was the first officer of the RAF to be awarded the DSO thr ...

(1915–1944), Royal Air Force officer *

Thomas J. Pickard Thomas Joseph Pickard (born January 6, 1950) is a former acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director Louis Freeh. He is the longest serving and one of only two ...

(born 1950), director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation *

Tom Pickard Tom Pickard (born 1946, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a poet, and documentary film maker who was an important initiator of the movement known as the British Poetry Revival. Biography Born Thomas McKenna, he was raised by his mother's maternal a ...

(born 1946), British poet *

Tony Pickard John Anthony Pickard (born 13 September 1934) is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg. Career Pickard won the 1959 Newport Casino Invitational tournament on gra ...

(born 1934), English tennis coach * Troy Pickard (1973–2022), Australian local government politician and businessman * William Leonard Pickard (born 1945), American convicted for manufacturing LSD

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