Bard (disambiguation)

A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers.

Bard, BARD, Bård or similar terms may also refer to:

People

 * Bard (surname)
 * Bård, Norwegian given name and surname

"The Bard of..." etc.

 * William Shakespeare (died 1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard
 * Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard
 * Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the Bard of Bengal
 * John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), the Bard of Salford
 * Richard Llwyd (1752–1835), the Bard of Snowdon
 * Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), the Bard of the Green Mountains
 * Robert W. Service (1874–1958), the Bard of the Yukon
 * Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770), the Great Bard

Fictional characters

 * Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit
 * Beedle the Bard, an author of fairy tales in the Harry Potter series

In the United States

 * Bard Peak (Alaska), a summit in the Kenai Mountains
 * Bard, California, an unincorporated community
 * Bard, Nevada, a ghost town
 * Bard, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
 * Bard Peak, Colorado, United States

In Iran

 * Bard, Ardabil, Ardabil Province
 * Bard, Iran, Mazandaran Province, a village
 * Bard Gapi, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, a village
 * Bard Kheymeh, Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province, a village
 * Bard-e Ghamchī, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, a village

Elsewhere

 * Bard Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 * Bard, Loire, France
 * Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
 * Fort Bard

Music

 * Bard (Soviet Union), genre of music in Russia consisting of singers-songwriters with guitar accompaniment
 * The Bard (Sibelius), a tone poem by Jean Sibelius
 * Bard (album), an album by Big Big Train
 * Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band
 * Bardcore, medievalised remakes of hit pop songs

Literature

 * Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a novel by Morgan Llywelyn
 * Bard, a series of novels by Keith Taylor
 * The Bard, a poem by Thomas Gray

In role-playing and video games

 * Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
 * Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
 * Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
 * Bard, the Wandering Caretaker, a champion in League of Legends
 * The Bard, a playable character class in Everquest

Schools

 * Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States
 * Bard College at Simon's Rock, an "early college" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
 * Bard High School Early College, an alternative public secondary school in New York City, United States
 * Bard College Berlin, Germany, a private, non-profit institution of higher education

Other uses

 * Bard (chatbot), the former name for Gemini, developed by Google
 * Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, Comilla, Bangladesh
 * BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm by BARD Engineering Gmbh
 * Barding or bard, armour for horses
 * The Bard (American horse), a racehorse
 * The Bard (British horse), a racehorse
 * "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode
 * BARDS, Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy
 * C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment