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title: "Piccard family"
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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


== References ==