Beard (surname)

Beard is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon and Old French origin, first recorded in the Domesday Book.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Adrien Beard, American voice actor
• Al Beard, former American basketball player
• Alana Beard, American basketball player
• Amanda Beard, American Olympic swimmer and model
• Andrew Jackson Beard, American inventor
• Annette Beard, American R&B singer, original member of Martha and the Vandellas
• Bert Beard, Australian rules footballer
• Bertram Beard, English cricketer
• Butch Beard, American basketball player and coach
• Charles A. Beard, influential American historian
• Clarke Beard, American athlete
• Colin Beard, former Australian rules footballer
• Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone
• David Beard, Australian volleyball player
• DeLawrence Beard, American judge
• Don Beard, New Zealand cricketer
• Dympna Beard, Australian politician
• Ed Beard, saloon keeper in the American Old West
• Ed Beard (football player), American football player
• Edward Beard, U.S. congressman from Rhode Island
• Elspeth Beard, first Englishwoman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle in the 1980s
• Emma Beard, British singer
• Frank Beard (golfer), American golfer
• Frank Beard (musician), drummer in the American rock band ZZ Top
• Gary Beard, American politician
• George Miller Beard, American neurologist who coined the term "neurasthenia"
• Gordon Beard, Canadian politician
• Graeme Beard, former Australian cricketer
• Hazel Beard, American politician
• Henry Beard, founder of the American humor magazine National Lampoon
• James Beard, American chef and food writer
• James Henry Beard, American painter
• Jim Beard, American jazz pianist
• John Beard (disambiguation), several people
• Kevin Beard, American football player
• Malcolm Beard, former English footballer
• Mark Beard (disambiguation), several people
• Mary Beard (disambiguation), several people
• Mathew Beard, African-American centenarian, first man to live to 112, 113 and 114
• Matthew Beard (disambiguation), several people
• Nigel Beard, British politician
• Pat Beard, American politician
• Paul Beard (spiritualist), British president of the College of Psychic Studies
• Paul Beard (violinist), English violinist, leader of the London Philharmonic and BBC Symphony orchestras
• Percy Beard, American track and field athlete
• Peter Hill Beard, American photographer
• Philip Beard, American novelist
• Ralph Beard, former American basketball player
• Ralph Beard (baseball), American Major League Baseball player
• Randal Beard, American engineer
• Richard Beard (photographer), English photographer
• Robin Beard, U. S. congressman from Tennessee
• Santonio Beard, American football player
• Stephanie Beard, Canadian actress
• Tanoka Beard, American basketball player
• Trevor Beard, British-Australian medical doctor
• William Holbrook Beard, American painter