Bard (disambiguation)

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Bard can mean one of the following:

A type of person

• Bard, a type of priest or seer in ancient Celtic society, and a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers
• Bard (Soviet Union), popular poets and singers who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment

Fictional bards

• Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons
• Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
• Bards are a second class in Ragnarok Online
• Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit
• Bard II, a character mentioned in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and descendant of Bard the Bowman
• The Bard (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone television show
• Jason Bard, character in DC Comics
• Bard (Vanguard Saga of Heroes), an offensive fighter class specializing in supporting groups with custom made songs and close quarters combat damage support.
• A Bard was a fake class in the World of Warcraft game for April Fools' Day
• Beedle the Bard, an author of Fairy Tales in the Harry Potter series

The Bard as a nickname

The Bard is a name for various literary and musical figures:

• The Bard of Avon (also The Immortal Bard, or in England, simply The Bard) is William Shakespeare
• The Bard of Ayrshire (or in Scotland, simply The Bard) is Robert Burns
• The Bard of Barking is a nickname given to Billy Bragg
• The Bard of Olney is William Cowper
• The Bard of Rydal Mount is William Wordsworth
• The Bard of the Silv'ry Tay is William Topaz McGonagall
• The Bard of Twickenham is Alexander Pope
• The Bard of Salford is an affectionate nickname given to John Cooper Clarke

Surnames

• Alexander Bard, a Swedish philosopher, artist and record producer, founder of the Swedish electronic pop band BWO
• Ben Bard, actor
• Charles Bard, 2nd Viscount Bellomont
• Daniel Bard, Major league baseball player
• David Bard, United States Representative from Pennsylvania (1795 - 1799)
• Guy K. Bard, U.S. District Court
• Henri Bard, French footballer.
• Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont
• Howard B. Bard, Unitarian minister.
• Joseph Bard, expatriate Hungarian writer
• Josh Bard, a professional baseball player currently with the San Diego Padres
• Maria Bard, German stage actress,
• Mitchell Bard, American foreign policy analyst and historian
• Ralph Austin Bard, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, (1941–1944)
• Thomas R. Bard, a former United States Senator

Companies and organizations

• C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment known for its 1934 commercial introduction of the Foley catheter

Places

• Bard, Loire, is a commune of the Loire département, in France
• Bard, Italy is a municipality in the Aosta Valley region of Italy
• Bard College, a liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
• Bard College at Simon's Rock, a liberal arts college specifically for early entrants in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Other

• A variant of barding, a type of armor for horses
• A book by Morgan Llywelyn, Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish
• A book in Keith Taylor's "Bard" series, Bard
• Bard's blessing, a Scottish custom
• Bard, studio album by English progressive rock band, Big Big Train

See also

• Three Bards (Polish: trzej wieszcze)
• Barding and larding

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