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 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 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
 * Ward Gibson (1921–1958), 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 (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 C. Pitfield, Jr. (1925–2021), Canadian financier
 * Ward Plummer (1940–2020), American physicist
 * Ward Prentice (1886–1969), Australian rugby player
 * Ward Preston (1966–1997), American production designer and art director
 * Ward Ritchie (1905–1996), American printer and writer
 * Ward Russell (born 1978), American cinematographer
 * 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 Walsh (born 1947), American football player
 * 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 Netflix series Outer Banks (TV series), 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