Pollard (surname)

Pollard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–B

 * A. J. Pollard (born 1941), English medieval historian
 * Al Pollard (1928–2002), American football player
 * Albert Pollard, (1869–1948), British historian of Tudor era
 * Albert C. Pollard (born 1967), American politician
 * Alice Pollard, Solomon Islands activist
 * Alfred Oliver Pollard, (1893–1960), British author, awarded Victoria Cross
 * Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944), English Shakespearian scholar and bibliographer
 * Amos Pollard (1803–1836), American surgeon at the Battle of the Alamo
 * Amy Elizabeth Rosalie Pollard-Imrie (known as Clare Imrie, 1870–1944), Franciscan mother abbess, builder of St Mary of the Angels RC church, Liverpool
 * Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet (1616–1701), English gentleman and royalist in the English Civil War
 * Anastasia Pollard, American-born English painter
 * Andrew Pollard (biologist) (born 1965), British vaccinologist
 * Andrew Pollard (educator) (born 1949), British academic
 * Anthony Pollard (British Army officer) (born 1937), major-general
 * Ackquille Jean Pollard (born 1994), American rapper known as Bobby Shmurda
 * Art Pollard (1927–1973), American racecar driver
 * Asa Pollard (1735–1775), American soldier in the Revolutionary War
 * Ash Pollard (born 1986), Australian cook and media personality
 * Benjamin Pollard (1890–1967), English Anglican bishop
 * Bernard Pollard (born 1984), NFL safety for the Tennessee Titans
 * Brandon Pollard (born 1973), American soccer player
 * Brian Pollard (born 1954), English footballer
 * Bruce Pollard (born 1945), Australian rugby league footballer

C–E

 * Calvin Pollard (1797-1850), American architect
 * Carl Pollard (born 1947), American linguist
 * Catherine Pollard (born 1960), Guyanese diplomat, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations
 * Catherine Pollard (Scouting) (1918–2006), American scout master, first female scout master in the BSA
 * Charles Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Chris Pollard, American college baseball coach
 * Clare Pollard (born 1978), English poet and dramatist
 * Claude Pollard (1874–1942), Attorney General of Texas (1927–1929)
 * Coral Bernadine Pollard (born c. 1940), Barbadian artist
 * Courtland Pollard (1899–1977), American football coach
 * Daisi Pollard (born 1980), American model
 * Dan Pollard, Canadian broadcaster
 * D. T. Pollard (Danny Pollard), American writer
 * Daphne Pollard (1891–1978), Australian-born vaudeville performer, later US film actress
 * Deana Pollard Sacks (born 1964), American legal educator and writer
 * Darryl Pollard (born 1964), American football player
 * David Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Derek Pollard (born 1939), British academic and nuclear chemist
 * DeRionne P. Pollard, President of Montgomery College since 2010
 * Devonta Pollard (born 1994), American professional basketball player
 * Dick Pollard (footballer) (1913–1966), Australian rules footballer
 * Doug Pollard (born 1957), Canadian soccer player
 * Ed Pollard (born 1962), Barbadian boxer
 * Edward A. Pollard (1832–1872), American author of The Lost Cause and newspaperman with the Richmond Examiner 1832–1872
 * Edwin Pollard (born 1942), High Commissioner of Barbados in London (2003–2008)
 * Eric Pollard (skier), United States freestyle skier and film editor
 * Ernest Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist

F–J

 * Frank Pollard (born 1957), American football player
 * Frank Pollard (politician) (1870–1951), Australian politician
 * Frederick Pollard (disambiguation), also Fritz Pollard, several people
 * Gary Pollard (born 1959), English footballer
 * George Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Graham Pollard (1903–1976), English bookseller and bibliophile
 * Greg Pollard (born 1960), Australian squash player
 * Handré Pollard (born 1994), South African rugby union player playing for the Blue Bulls in the Super Rugby championship
 * H. B. Pollard, first postmaster of Ashland, Kentucky
 * Harry Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Helen Perlstein Pollard (born 1946), American academic ethnohistorian and archaeologist
 * Henry Moses Pollard (1836–1904), American politician
 * Hugh Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Ingrid Pollard (born 1953), English artist and photographer
 * J. W. H. Pollard (1872–1957), American college sports coach
 * Jack Pollard (1926–2002), Australian sports writer and historian of cricket
 * James Pollard (1792–1867), British painter
 * Jamie Pollard, American athletics director
 * Jane Pollard (born 1972), English artist film maker
 * Jill Pollard (born 1935), British gymnast
 * Jim Pollard (1922–1993), American basketball player
 * John Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Jon Pollard (disambiguation), several people
 * Jonathan Pollard, US intelligence analyst; Israeli spy
 * Josephine Pollard (1834–1892), US hymn writer, author and poet
 * Justin Pollard (born 1968), British historian and writer

K–P

 * Keith Pollard (born 1950), American comic book artist
 * Keith Pollard (rugby league) (born 1946), English rugby league footballer and coach
 * Kerry Pollard (born 1944) an English politician
 * Kevin Pollard (born 1958), Canadian politician
 * Kieron Pollard (born 1987), West Indies cricketer
 * Larry Pollard (born 1954), Canadian stock-car racing driver
 * Lee Pollard (born 1979), English cricketer
 * Leslie Pollard (born 1956), American Seventh-day Adventist minister
 * Lewis Pollard (c.1465-1526), English Justice of the Common Pleas and MP
 * Lindsey Pollard, Canadian animator
 * Luke Pollard (born 1980), British politician
 * Marcus Pollard (born 1972), American footballer
 * Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996), English scholar of Sanskrit and poet
 * Marjorie Pollard (1899–1982), English hockey player
 * Mark Pollard (born 1979), Falkland Islands politician
 * Martin Pollard (born 1977), English cricketer
 * Mary Pollard (1922–2005), English/Irish librarian and specialist in early printed books
 * Michael Pollard (cricketer) (born 1989), New Zealand cricketer
 * Michael J. Pollard (1939-2019), American actor
 * Mother Pollard (c. 1882/1885–before 1963)), American church elder who participated in the 1955–1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott
 * Myles Pollard (born 1972), Australian actor
 * Nancy Pollard
 * Nicholas Pollard Sr. (1924-2003), Belizean politician and trade union leader
 * Nick Pollard (born 1950), British journalist
 * Nicole Pollard, American fashion stylist
 * Odell Pollard (1927–2015), Arkansas politician and attorney
 * Pam Pollard, American politician active in Oklahoma
 * Paul Pollard (born 1968), English cricketer
 * Percy Pollard (1883–1948), Australian politician
 * Percy F. Pollard (1892–?), British socialist activist

R–S

 * Red Pollard (1909–1981), Canadian jockey, best remembered as the regular rider of Seabiscuit
 * Reg Pollard (general) (1903–1978), Australian military officer, Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963
 * Reg Pollard (politician) (1894–1981), Australian politician
 * Richard Pollard (disambiguation), including Dick Pollard, several people
 * Robert Pollard (disambiguation), also for Bob Pollard, several people
 * Robin Pollard, New Zealand academic
 * Roy Pollard (1927–2012), rugby league footballer for Great Britain, England, and Dewsbury
 * Royce Pollard (born 1939), former Mayor of Vancouver, Washington State, USA
 * Royce Pollard (American football) (born 1989), American footballer
 * Russell Pollard (born 1975), American rock musician
 * Sam Pollard (missionary) (1864–1915), Bible Christian Church missionary to China and inventor of the "Pollard script"
 * Scot Pollard (born 1975), American basketball player and current NBA TV analyst
 * Scott M. Pollard (born 1970), American attorney and Rhode Island politician
 * Sean Pollard (born 1991), Australian Paralympian
 * Sidney Pollard (1925–1998), British economic and labour historian
 * Snub Pollard (1889–1962), Australian-born vaudevillian, American silent film comedian
 * Stephen Pollard (born 1964), British journalist, editor of The Jewish Chronicle
 * Stephen Pollard (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
 * Stu Pollard (born 1967), American film producer, writer and director
 * Stuart Pollard, Australian sailor and property developer
 * Su Pollard (born 1949), English comedy actress who starred in the BBC TV sitcom Hi-de-Hi!

T–W

 * Terry Pollard (1931–2009), American jazz pianist and vibraphone player
 * Thomas Pollard (1597–1649×1655), English actor in the King's Men
 * Thomas D. Pollard (born 1942), American biologist
 * Tiffany Pollard (born 1982), American reality television star
 * Tim Pollard (born 1964), English actor
 * Timothy Pollard, American basketball player
 * Tom Pollard (1857–1922), New Zealand comic opera producer and manager
 * Tom Pollard (footballer) (1894–1941), Australian rules footballer
 * Tony Pollard (born 1997), American football player
 * Tony Pollard (archaeologist) (born 1965), British battlefield archaeologist and television presenter
 * Trent Pollard (born 1972), American footballer
 * Vic Pollard (born 1945), English-born cricketer, active in New Zealand
 * Walter Pollard (1906–1945), English footballer with Burnley, West Ham, Fulham and Southampton
 * William Pollard (Quaker) (1828–1893), British Quaker minister
 * William B. Pollard III (born 1947), American military judge
 * William G. Pollard (1911–1989), American physicist
 * William L. Pollard, American college/university President/Dean of multiple institutions
 * William Pollard-Urquhart (1815–1871), American writer on economic and policy issues

Fictional characters

 * Cayce Pollard, fictional protagonist of William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition (2003)
 * Charley Pollard, character from the Big Finish Doctor Who releases
 * Eric Pollard, character from British soap opera Emmerdale
 * Val Pollard, character from Emmerdale, formerly married to Eric
 * Vicky Pollard, character from British comedy show Little Britain
 * Henry Pollard, character from the American comedy show Party Down