Birchard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Joseph Birchard (1673–1755), American politician Matthew Birchard (1804–1876), American jurist May Birchard (died 1968), Canadian municipal politician and poverty activist Paul Birchard, American actor Ross Matthew Birchard alias Hudson Mohawke (born 1986), Scottish musician, producer and DJ Shannon Birchard (born 1994), Canadian curler
See also Birchard Letter, a public letter from Abraham Lincoln to Matthew Birchard and eighteen other Ohio Democrats (1863) Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893), 19th president of the United States (1877 to 1881)