Biron
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Places
France- Biron, Charente-MaritimeBiron, Charente-MaritimeBiron is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
, in the Charente-Maritime département - Biron, DordogneBiron, DordogneBiron is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.-Geography:Biron lies between the Dropt and Lède rivers between the towns of Monpazier, Villeréal and Villefranche-du-Périgord.-Population:-Sights:...
, in the Dordogne département - Biron, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesBiron, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesBiron is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département
United States
- Biron, WisconsinBiron, WisconsinBiron is a village in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 915 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Biron is located at ....
- The Château de BironChâteau de BironThe Château de Biron is a castle in the French commune of Biron in the valley of the Lède, a tributary of the Lot River in the département of Dordogne in Périgord, part of the region of Aquitaine.-History:...
, in the Dordogne, France
People
- Ernst Johann von BironErnst Johann von BironErnst Johann von Biron was a Duke of Courland and Semigallia and regent of the Russian Empire .-Biography:Born as Ernst Johann Biren in Kalnciems, Courland, he was the grandson of a groom in the service of Jacob Kettler, Duke of Courland, who bestowed upon him a small estate, which Biron's...
, the éminence grise to Anna Ivanovna - Armand de Gontaut, baron de BironArmand de Gontaut, baron de BironArmand de Gontaut, baron de Biron was a celebrated French soldier of the 16th century.-Biography:His family, one of the numerous branches of the House of Gontaut, took its title from the territory of Biron in Périgord, where on a hill between the Dropt and the Lide still stands the magnificent...
(1524-1592), a celebrated French soldier - His son Charles de Gontaut, duc de BironCharles de Gontaut, duc de BironCharles de Gontaut, duc de Biron was a French soldier.-Biography:He was the son of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, under whose command he fought for the royal party against the Catholic League in the later stages of the Wars of Religion in France. His efforts won him the name “Thunderbolt of...
(1562-1602), a French marshal - Armand Louis de GontautArmand Louis de GontautArmand Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun, later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars.-Early titles:Born in...
(1747–1793), known as Biron, soldier and politician - Martin BironMartin BironMartin Gaston Biron is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He has also played professionally for the Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and New York Islanders...
, an NHL goalie. - Mathieu BironMathieu BironMathieu Biron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He currently plays Defence for the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.-Playing career:...
, an 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 SoutherneThomas SoutherneThomas Southerne , Irish dramatist, was born at Oxmantown, near Dublin, in 1660, and entered Trinity College, Dublin in 1676. Two years later he was entered at the Middle Temple, London....
; the husband of Isabella, and much-wronged brother of Carlos - The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of ByronThe Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of ByronThe Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron, Marshall of France is a Jacobean tragedy by George Chapman, a two-part play or double play first performed and published in 1608...
, a play of 1608 by George Chapman