Ward (given name)
# 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

## 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
