Ward (given name)

Ward may refer to:

People

• Ward Armstrong (born 1956), American trial lawyer
• Ward Bennett (1917–2003), American designer, artist and sculptor
• Ward Beysen (1941–2005), Belgian politician and Freemason
• Ward R. Bliss (1855-1905), Pennsylvania State Representative
• Ward Bond (1903–1960), American character actor
• Ward Boston (1923–2008), American attorney
• Ward Bowlby (1834–1917), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), American merchant and philanthropist
• Ward Brackett (1914–2006), American artist
• Ward Brehm, American entrepreneur
• Ward W. Briggs (born 1945), American classicist and historian of classical studies
• Ward Burton (born 1961), American stock car racing driver
• Ward Chamberlin (1921–2017), former president of WETA-TV
• Ward Cheney (1813–1876), manufacturer of silk fabrics
• Ward Chipman (1754–1824), American lawyer and judge
• Ward Chipman Jr. (1787–1851), American lawyer and judge
• Ward Christensen (born 1945), American entrepreneur
• Ward Churchill (born 1947), American author and political activist
• Ward Connerly (born 1939), American political activist and businessman
• Ward Cornell (1924–2000), Canadian broadcaster
• Ward Costello (1919–2009), American actor and composer
• Ward Crane (1890–1928), American silent film actor
• Ward Crutchfield (1928–2016), American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the Democratic party
• Ward Cuff (1914–2002), American football player
• Ward Cunningham (born 1949), American computer programmer
• Ward Darley (1903–1979), American educator and physician
• Ward Edmonds (1908–1930), American pole vaulter
• Ward Edwards (1927–2005), American psychologist
• Ward Edwards (politician) (born 1930), American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the Democratic party
• Ward Elcock (born 1947), Canadian civil servant
• Ward Elliott (1937–2022), American political scientist and professor
• Ward V. Evans (c. 1880–1957), chemist and professor at Northwestern University
• Ward Farnsworth (born 1967), dean of the University of Texas School of Law
• Ward Forrest (born 1954), American soccer player
• Hoot Gibson (basketball) (1921–1958; born Ward B. Gibson Jr.), American professional basketball player
• Ward Goodenough (1919–2013), American anthropologist
• Ward J. M. Hagemeijer, American author
• Ward Hawkins (1912–1990), American author
• Ward Haylett (1895–1990), coach of track and field at Kansas State University
• Ward Hermans (1897–1992), Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and writer
• Ward Hunt (1810–1886), American jurist and politician
• Ward M. Hussey (1920–2009), American lawyer
• Ward Jones, South African scholar
• Ward Just (1935–2019), American writer
• Ward Keeler, American anthropologist
• Ward Kimball (1914–2002), American animator for the Walt Disney Studios
• Ward Lambert (1888–1958), American basketball and baseball coach
• Ward Hill Lamon (1828–1893), American personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln
• Ward Lernout (born 1931), Flemish painter
• Ward Maule (1833–1913), Indian-born English clergyman and cricketer
• Ward McAllister (1827–1895), American attorney
• Ward McAllister (actor) (1891–1981), American film actor
• Ward McIntyre (1930–2007), American television and radio personality
• Ward McLanahan (1883–1974), American track and field athlete
• Ward Meese (1897–1968), American football player
• Ward Melville (1887–1977), American philanthropist and businessman
• Ward Miller (1902–1984), American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Republican party
• Ward Miller (baseball) (1884–1958), American professional baseball player
• Ward Moore (1903–1978), working name of American writer Joseph Ward Moore
• Ward Morehouse (1895–1966), American theater critic
• Ward Morehouse (activist) (1929–2012), Indian anti-corporate activist
• Ward Morehouse III (1945–2019), American author and playwright
• Ward O'Neill (born 1951), Australian illustrator and caricaturist
• Ward B. Pafford (1911–2011), fourth president of the University of West Georgia
• H. Ward Page (1876–1949), American football coach
• Ward Perry (born 1970), Canadian voice actor
• William Ward Pigman (1910–1977), American biologist and suspected Soviet spy, also known as Ward Pigman
• Ward Pinkett (1906–1937), American jazz trumpeter
• Ward Plummer (1940–2020), American physicist
• Ward Prentice (1886–1969), Australian rugby player
• Ward Preston (1966–1997), American production designer and art director
• Ward W. Reese (1870–1927), American college football coach and reverend of the Episcopal Church
• Ward Ritchie (1905–1996), American printer and writer
• Ward Russell (born 1978), American cinematographer
• Ward Stamer, Canadian politician
• Ward Sutherland, Canadian Politician
• Ward Sutton, American illustrator
• Ward Swingle (1927–2015), American vocalist and jazz musician
• Ward Sylvester, American producer
• Ward Thomas (television executive) (1923–2019), British television executive
• Ward van der Harst (born 1988), Dutch EDM producer and DJ, half of W&W
• Ward Walsh (born 1947), American football player
• Ward Wellington Ward (1875–1932), American architect
• Ward Weaver III (born 1963), American convicted murderer and rapist
• Ward Wettlaufer (1935–2016), American amateur golfer
• Ward Whitt (born 1942), American professor of operations research and management sciences
• Ward Williams (1923–2005), American professional basketball player
• Ward Wilson, British nuclear policy analyst
• Ward Wood (1924–2001), American actor and television writer

Stage name, pen name or nickname

• Wardell Ward Bond (1903–1960), American actor
• Ward Brennan, pseudonym of Australian writer Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993)
• Ward Ruyslinck, pseudonym of Belgian writer Raymond De Belser (1929–2014)
• nickname of Edward Sels (born 1941), Belgian professional road bicycle racer
• Ward Taylor Pendleton Johnston (born 1982), American animator known as Pendleton Ward

Fictional characters

• Ward Cameron, a main character in the Netflix series Outer Banks, played by Charles Esten
• Ward Cleaver, in the television sitcom Leave It to Beaver
• Ward Meachum, from Marvel Comics' Iron Fist
• Ward Zabac, in the video game Final Fantasy VIII

See also

• Howard
• Edward
• Hereward