Biron
Biron may refer to:
Places
- France
- Biron, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department
- Biron, Dordogne, in the Dordogne department
- Château de Biron, in the village of Biron, Dordogne
- Biron, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
- United States
People
- Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron (1524–1592), celebrated French soldier
- Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron (1562–1602), French marshal, son of Armand de Biron
- Ernst Johann von Biron (1690–1772), Russian regent (1740), sovereign Duke of Courland (1737–40, 1763–69)
- Gustav von Biron (1700-1746), brother of Ernst Johann, Lieutenant colonel of the Izmaylovsky Regiment (1734-1740)
- Peter von Biron (1724–1800), sovereign Duke of Courland (1769–95), son of Ernst Johann von Biron
- Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747–1793), known as Biron, soldier and politician
- Henry Biron (1835–1915), English clergyman and cricketer
- Ernst-Johann Biron, Prince of Courland (born 6 August 1940), senior male-line descendant of Ernst Johann von Biron
- Martin Biron (born 1977), NHL goalie
- Mathieu Biron (born 1980), ice hockey defenceman, brother of Martin Biron
Other
- Biron, original name of the centaur who later became Comet (DC Comics)
- Biron (or Berowne), a light-headed, light-tongued lord in the suite of the King of Navarre, in Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost
- Biron, a character in the tragedy The Fatal Marriage, by Thomas Southerne; the husband of Isabella, and brother of Carlos
See also
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