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