Picard 317043 224020025 2008-07-06T23:29:33Z 81.57.150.51 see also {{seealso|Piccard|Pickard}} '''Picard''' may refer to * the [[Picard language]], a ''Langue d'oïl'' and one of the languages of France ==People known as Picard== '''Picard''', meaning a person from '''[[Picardy]]''', a historical region and cultural area of France, is a surname, and may refer to: * [[Alexandre R. Picard]] (1985-), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman * [[Alexandre Picard (ice hockey)]] (1985-), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing * [[Alfred Christopher Picard]], New Zealand politician * [[Catherine Picard]] (1952-), French politician * [[Charles Émile Picard]] (1856-1941), French mathematician * [[Ernest Picard]] (1821-1877), French politician * [[François Picard]] (1921-1996), French Formula One driver * [[Henry Picard]] (1906-1997), American golfer * [[Jean Picard]] (1620-1682), French astronomer * [[Jean-Luc Picard]], fictional character in the TV series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and its associated films, portrayed by Patrick Stewart * [[Laurent Picard]] (1927-), French Canadian former President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation * [[Liza Picard]] (1927-), English historian * [[Luc Picard]] (1961-), French Canadian actor and comedian * [[Marc Picard]] (1955-), Canadian politician * [[Michel Picard]] (1969-), French Canadian professional ice hockey wing * [[Pauline Picard]] (1947-), French Canadian politician * [[Robert G. Picard]] (1951-), American writer and scholar * [[Robert Picard]] (1957-), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman * [[Rosalind Picard]], electric engineer, founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ==See also== * [[Picard group]], a mathematical object describing the self-isomorphisms of a ringed space * [[Berger Picard]], French breed of dog of the herding group of breeds * A person from [[Picardie]], a modern region of France and an old province of France of the same name * A member of the [[Picards]], a religious sect in the fifteenth century * [[MusicBrainz Picard]], a cross platform tagger for MusicBrainz database * The Picard Topology, or [[Picard horn]], a cone shaped formation that represents the 'shape' of the universe according to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe * ''Picard'', an alternative name for the wine grape [[Merille]] * The [[PICARD (spacecraft)]] mission, an orbiting solar observatory built by CNES * ''The Picard Gif'' referring to a small [[gif]] image of [[Star Trek]] Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]] using the [[Facepalm#Facepalm | Facepalm gesture]] rubbing his forehead in weariness used widely in [[internet forums]] to mock another poster's comment. *[[Les Fatals Picards]], a French band. [[Category:French surnames]] [[Category:Surnames]] {{disambig}} [[cs:Picard]] [[de:Picard]] [[es:Picard]] [[fr:Picard (homonymie)]] [[it:Picard]] [[nl:Picard]] [[ja:ピカール]] [[sl:Picard]]