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:
- Jules Piccard, a chemist and professor of chemistry
- * Auguste Piccard, a physicist, aeronaut, balloonist, hydronaut
- ** Jacques Piccard, a hydronaut
- *** Bertrand Piccard, an aeronaut, psychiatrist and balloonist
- * Jean Felix Piccard, an organic chemist, aeronaut, and balloonist
- * Jeannette Piccard, wife of Jean Felix, an aeronaut and balloonist
- ** Don Piccard, a balloonist