Piccard family
The Piccard family are a Swiss family of adventurers, explorers and scientists. They collectively have broken several world records in exploration, particularly with balloons. The Star Trek character Jean-Luc Picard was named in honour of this family.
Members include:
- Auguste Piccard, physicist, balloonist, hydronaut
- Bertrand Piccard, psychiatrist, balloonist, and solar plane pilot
- Don Piccard, balloonist
- Jacques Piccard, hydronaut
- Jean Piccard, organic chemist, balloonist
- Jeannette Piccard, balloonist, teacher, scientist, priest
