# Poisson

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'''Poisson''' may refer to:

==People==
*[Siméon Denis Poisson](/source/Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson), French mathematician
*[Eric Poisson](/source/Eric_Poisson), Canadian physicist

==Places==
*[Poissons](/source/Poissons), a commune of Haute-Marne, France
*[Poisson, Saône-et-Loire](/source/Poisson%2C_Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire), a commune of Saône-et-Loire, France

==Other uses==
*[Poisson (surname)](/source/Poisson_(surname)), a French surname
*[Poisson (crater)](/source/Poisson_(crater)), a lunar crater named after Siméon Denis Poisson
*The French word for [fish](/source/fish)

== See also ==
*[Adolphe-Poisson Bay](/source/Adolphe-Poisson_Bay), a body of water located to the southwest of Gouin Reservoir, in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec
*[Poisson distribution](/source/Poisson_distribution), a discrete probability distribution named after Siméon Denis Poisson
*[Poisson's equation](/source/Poisson's_equation), a partial differential equation named after Siméon Denis Poisson
*[List of things named after Siméon Denis Poisson](/source/List_of_things_named_after_Sim%C3%A9on_Denis_Poisson)
*[Poison (disambiguation)](/source/Poison_(disambiguation))

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