Pollard
Appearance
Pollard is a family name, derived from the 14th century Irish name "Paul". It may refer to:
People
- Dick Pollard, England Test cricketer
- Ernest C. Pollard, atomic physicist and biophysicist, son of Sam Pollard
- John Pollard (several names)
- Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
- Justin Pollard, Historian and writer
- Mattie Lou Pollard, the 1947 national spelling bee champion, who correctly spelled "chlorophyll" to win
- Michael J. Pollard, American actor
- Robert Pollard, lead singer of Guided by Voices
- Sam Pollard, Bible Christian Church missionary to China and inventor of the "Pollard script"
- Scot Pollard, American basketball player for the NBA's Boston Celtics
- Stu Pollard, American film producer, writer and director
- Su Pollard, English comedy actress who starred in the BBC TV sitcom Hi-de-Hi!
- William Cyrus Pollard, American Civil War historian
Fictional characters
- Eric Pollard, a character from British soap opera Emmerdale
- Vicky Pollard, a character from British comedy show Little Britain
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Pollard also refers to an animal which would normally have antlers or horns but has lost them (or had them removed, or they never grew). It may mean:
Places
Other
- A pollard tree, cut two or three metres above the ground and allowed to regrow
- Pollard, a mixture of fine bran and a small amount of flour
- Pollard, a fish, the European chub
- Pollard script — a writing system devised in 1905 for the A-Hmao language