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== 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'''
* [[Biron, Wisconsin]]
 
== People ==
* [[Biron (surname)]], includes a list of people with the surname
*[[Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron]] (1524–1592), celebrated French soldier
* [[Henry Biron House]] (1835–1915born 1884-1930), English clergyman and cricketer
*[[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 uses ==
* 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 ==
* [[Byron (disambiguation)]]
 
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