Ward (surname)
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Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname
dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.
The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh").
The Old Gaelic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird
" ("son of the Bard"). A bard being a story teller or poet.
The two names are completely unrelated ethnically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176. People with the surname include:
Surname
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dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.
The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh").
The Old Gaelic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird
Mac an Bhaird
The Mac an Bháird family was one of the learned families of late medieval Ireland. The name has evolved over many centuries, the anglicized forms coming down to us as MacAward, McWard, MacEward, MacEvard, Macanward, M'Ward, and its most commonly used variant today: Ward...
" ("son of the Bard"). A bard being a story teller or poet.
The two names are completely unrelated ethnically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176. People with the surname include:
Politicians and military
- Aaron Ward (representative)Aaron Ward (representative)Aaron Ward was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1790-1867), US Congressman from New York - Aaron Ward (sailor), US admiral
- Alfred Dudley WardAlfred Dudley WardGeneral Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, GCB, KBE, DSO , was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later Governor of Gibraltar. He served as an ordinary soldier for three years before being sent for officer training in 1926...
, British Army officer - Arnold Ward, British journalist and politician
- Frederick Townsend WardFrederick Townsend WardFrederick Townsend Ward was an American sailor, mercenary, and soldier of fortune famous for his military victories for Imperial China during the Taiping Rebellion.-Early life:...
, American mercenary - James Kewley WardJames Kewley WardJames Kewley Ward was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician.Born in Peel, Isle of Man, the third son of John Ward, Ward was educated at May's Academy in Douglas, Isle of Man. He emigrated to the United States in 1842 and worked as a clerk in Albany, New York...
, Canadian lumber merchant and politician - Jonathan Ward (New York)Jonathan Ward (New York)Jonathan Ward was an American politician from New York.-Life:He received limited schooling...
, US Congressman from New York - Joseph WardJoseph WardSir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, GCMG was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century.-Early life:...
, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1906-1912 and 1928–1930 - Orlando WardOrlando WardOrlando Ward was a career United States Army Officer. During World War II, as a Major General, he commanded the U.S. 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch...
, American general - Pat WardPat WardPat Ward is the Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. A Republican, she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2004, when she won a special election to fill the vacancy left when Mary Kramer was appointed to be U.S. Ambassador to Barbados. She has a B.S...
, Iowa State Senator - Peter J. WardPeter J. WardPeter Joseph Ward was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who served as a Teachta Dála in the Dáil Éireann from 1919 to 1924....
, Irish politician - William Thomas WardWilliam Thomas WardWilliam Thomas Ward was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War, a United States Congressman from the U.S state Kentucky, and member of the Kentucky Legislature.-Biography:...
(1808–1878), American brigadier general
Sportspeople
- Aaron Ward, hockey player
- Alan WardAlan WardAlan Ward is an English former cricketer, who played in five Tests for England from 1969 to 1976. He played for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1976, and for Leicestershire from 1977 to 1978. A fast right-arm bowler, he could, with more fortune, have been the perfect foil of his era for John Snow...
, English cricketer - Andre WardAndre WardAndre Ward is an American professional boxer and the current WBA super middleweight champion.Currently, Ward is rated among the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world. He is rated #6, #7 and #10 by Yahoo! Sports, Sports Illustrated, and The Ring...
, American boxer - Ashley WardAshley WardAshley Ward is an English retired footballer. He was a centre forward.-Biography:Ward was born in Middleton, Lancashire, the son of a coal mining engineer...
, English footballer - Callan WardCallan WardCallan Ward is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Greater Western Sydney Football Club in the Australian Football League, and previously played for the Western Bulldogs...
(born 1990), Australian footballer - Cam WardCam WardCameron Kenneth Ward is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League . Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he was raised in Sherwood Park, Alberta...
(born 1984), hockey goaltender - Daryle WardDaryle WardDaryle Lamar Ward is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks, and plays in the Minor League farm system. He has not played in the Majors since 2008. He bats and throws left-handed. The 6-foot-2, 240 pound Ward was drafted by the Detroit Tigers...
, baseball player - Dennis Ward, Australian rugby league footballer
- Derrick WardDerrick WardDerrick LaRon Ward is an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Fresno State University and Ottawa University...
(born 1980), American football player - Duane WardDuane WardRoy Duane Ward was a Major League Baseball reliever during the late 1980s and early 1990s.Ward went to school and made his early athletic mark in Farmington, New Mexico, a small oil and gas city, and one known for its amateur baseball programs...
, baseball player - Eddie WardEddie WardEdward John "Eddie" Ward , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1931 until his death....
, Australian politician - Elliott WardElliott WardElliott Leslie Ward is an English professional footballer currently playing for Norwich City. He signed for the Canaries on a free transfer from Coventry City in May 2010; officially joining them on 1 July....
, English footballer - Hines WardHines WardHines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...
, football player - Holcombe WardHolcombe WardHolcombe Ward was an American male tennis player.Ward is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the US Championships in 1904.- US Championships :...
, American tennis player - Jason WardJason WardJason Robert Ward is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays with EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League. He has formerly played 336 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, and Tampa Bay Lightning...
, Canadian hockey player - Kenny WardKenny WardKenny Ward is a Scottish former footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath, Forfar, St. Johnstone, Hamilton, Dunfermline, Falkirk and Clydebank.- External links :*, www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com...
, Scottish footballer - Lance WardLance WardLance Ward is an inactive Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He holds the current Elitserien record for most penalty minutes during one season.-Playing career:...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Laurie WardLaurie WardLaurie Ward was a rugby league player in the Australian New South Wales Rugby League competition in the 1930s, a state and national representative full-back....
, Australian rugby league footballer - McLain WardMcLain WardMcLain Ward is an American show jumping competitor and Olympic champion.Official website: http://mclainward.com...
, Olympic equestrian - Matt Ward (lacrosse), American lacrosse player
- Micky WardMicky WardMicky Ward , nicknamed Irish, is a retired American junior welterweight professional boxer and a former WBU champion from Lowell, Massachusetts...
, professional boxer - Pat Ward (footballer)Pat Ward (footballer)Pat Ward was a Scottish footballer who played as a wing half in the 1950s.He was born in Dumbarton, and after playing for junior side Glasgow Perthshire he was signed by Hibernian. He made his debut for Hibs on 24 March 1951 against St. Mirren, although he did not play many games in his first...
(1926-2003), Scottish footballer - Rebecca WardRebecca WardRebecca "Becca" Ward is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15-11 in the final, and took bronze in both individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-History:A member of the Oregon Fencing...
, American olympic saber fencer - Rodger WardRodger WardRodger M. Ward was an American racecar driver who won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. He also was the 1959 and 1962 USAC Championship Car champion.-Early history:...
, American racecar driver - Steve Ward (ice hockey)Steve Ward (ice hockey)Steve Ward is an Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for the Alaska Aces in the ECHL.-External links:...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Vanessa Browne-WardVanessa Browne-WardVanessa Carol Browne-Ward is a retired high jumper from Australia, who set her personal best on 12 February 1989, jumping 1.98 metres at a meet in Perth, Western Australia...
, Australian high jumper
Other people
- Algy WardAlgy WardAlasdair Mackie "Algy" Ward is an English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer.-Biography:He was first active as a member of the Australian punk band The Saints before joining British group The Damned and playing on Machine Gun Etiquette...
, English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer - Artemas Ward (disambiguation)Artemas Ward (disambiguation)Artemas Ward was an American Major General in the American Revolutionary War and a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Artemas Ward may also refer to:* Artemas Ward, Jr. , son of Artemas Ward, also a U.S...
(various) - Antonio Ward American Graphic Designer
- Andrew Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Barbara WardBarbara WardBarbara Mary Ward , in later life Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share their prosperity with the rest of the world and in the 1960s turned her attention to environmental...
, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist and writer - Ben Ward (disambiguation) (various; also includes the forenames Bennie and Benjamin)
- Bernard Evans WardBernard Evans WardBernard Evans Ward was a British painter who emigrated to the United States.Born in London, Ward was a renowned painter of the Victorian era who won a gold medal for some of his works exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists...
(1857–1933), painter - Bill Ward (musician), Black Sabbath drummer
- Bill Ward (actor)Bill Ward (actor)Bill Ward is an English actor who played Charlie Stubbs in Coronation Street.-Biography:He completed a degree in History at Bristol University. He is a former advertising executive. After Coronation Street, he had a role in the ITV series Cold Blood with Pauline Quirke...
(born 1967) - Bill Ward (comics)Bill Ward (comics)William Hess Ward , known as Bill Ward, was an American cartoonist notable as a good girl artist and creator of the risqué comics character Torchy.-Early life and career:...
(1919–1998), "good girl art" cartoonist - Burt WardBurt WardBurt Ward is an American television actor and activist. He is best known for his portrayal of Robin in the television series Batman and its theatrical film spin-off.-Early life:...
, American actor on the television series Batman - Charles Ward (disambiguation) (various including Charlie Ward and Chuck Ward)
- Chris Ward (disambiguation), (various)
- Clifford T. WardClifford T. WardClifford Thomas Ward was a popular English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist.-Early life:...
, singer-songwriter - Darren Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- David Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Fred WardFred WardFreddie Joe "Fred" Ward is an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz. He is best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams, Tremors, Henry & June, Short Cuts, The Right Stuff and Exit Speed...
, American actor - Gemma WardGemma WardGemma Louise Ward is an Australian fashion model turned actress.-Early life:Gemma Ward was born on 3 November 1987 in Perth, Western Australia, the second of four children of Gary Ward, a doctor, and Claire, a nurse. She has an older sister, Sophie , and younger twin brothers, Oscar and Henry...
, Australian supermodel and actress - Geoffrey WardGeoffrey WardGeoffrey Champion Ward is an author and screenwriter of various documentary presentations of American history. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1962.He was an editor of American Heritage magazine early in his career...
, American historian - Harry Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- James Ward (disambiguation)James Ward (disambiguation)- Sports :*James Ward , part-time footballer*James Ward , British tennis player*Jamie Ward , English footballer*Jim Ward , American football coach...
including:- James Allen WardJames Allen WardJames Allen Ward VC was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Biography:...
, New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross
- James Allen Ward
- Jay WardJay WardJ Troplong "Jay" Ward was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons. He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken...
, American creator and producer of animated television cartoons - Jeff Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Jennifer WardJennifer WardJennifer Ward is a Canadian broadcast journalist. Ward joined CFTO in August 1988 as a reporter and was promoted to news anchor in September. She then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. in July 1991 to become anchor and reporter for KYW-TV.She currently works as a news anchor for CTV News...
(born 1957), Canadian news anchor - Jim Ward (disambiguation) including:
- Jim WardJim Ward (musician)James David Ward is an American musician. A self-taught guitarist and pianist, he was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the band Sparta; he was also the co-founder of the seminal post-hardcore band At the Drive-In.-At the Drive-In:While in At the Drive-In, Ward played rhythm guitar and...
, American musician
- Jim Ward
- Joel Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Jonathan WardJonathan WardJonathan Ward is an American actor born on February 24, 1970 in Elkridge, Maryland, USA. He has starred mostly in television programs and telefilms, but has also appeared in a small number of movies. His acting debut was on Broadway as Michael in Peter Pan.-Television credits:He was twelve years...
, American actor - John Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Keith WardKeith WardKeith Ward is a British cleric, philosopher, theologian and scholar. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an ordained priest of the Church of England. He was a canon of Christ Church, Oxford until 2003...
, British cleric, philosopher, theologian and scholar - Lester Frank WardLester Frank WardLester F. Ward was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association.-Biography:...
, American biologist and sociologist - Leslie WardLeslie WardSir Leslie Matthew Ward , was a British portrait artist and caricaturist who drew or painted numerous portraits which were regularly published by Vanity Fair, under the pseudonyms "Spy" and "Drawl".-Background:...
, British caricaturist - M. WardM. WardMatthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist - Mark Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Mary Ward (scientist)Mary Ward (scientist)Mary Ward was an Irish amateur scientist who was killed when she fell under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins. As the event occurred in 1869, she is the world's first known motor vehicle accident victim...
, an Irish multidisciplinary scientist, who may have been the first fatality in a car accident - Mary Ward (nurse), a significant figure in the history of the English canal system; helped generations of boaters and awarded British Empire Medal for her nursing
- Mary Augusta WardMary Augusta WardMary Augusta Ward née Arnold; , was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward.- Early life:...
, British author and social reformer who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward - Mary Ward (nun)Mary Ward (nun)The Venerable Mary Ward, I.B.V.M., was an English Catholic Religious Sister who founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Loreto Sisters...
, English foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an order of Roman Catholic nuns - Nathaniel Bagshaw WardNathaniel Bagshaw WardNathaniel Bagshaw Ward was an English doctor who popularized a case for growing and transporting plants which was called the Wardian case....
, inventor of the Wardian case - Nick Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Patrick WardPatrick WardPatrick Ward is an Australian actor noted for several performances on Australian television.-Career:Ward played a guest television role in police procedural Matlock Police in 1973...
, actor - Patrick Ward (photographer)Patrick Ward (photographer)Patrick Ward is a British photographer who has published collections of his own work on British and other subjects as well as working on commissions for the press.-Life and career:...
- Peter Ward (paleontologist)Peter Ward (paleontologist)Peter Douglas Ward is a paleontologist and professor of Biology and of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, and has written popular science works for a general audience. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum....
, evolutionary biologist - Philip Henry Ward Jr.Philip Henry Ward Jr.Philip Henry Ward Jr. , of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a stamp dealer who created and sold collections of rare postage stamps, and was noted for his stressing the importance of first day covers of United States stamps.-Collecting interests:...
(1886–1963), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Rachel WardRachel WardRachel Claire Ward, AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.-Early life:...
(born 1957), British/Australian actress - Robert Ward (disambiguation)Robert Ward (disambiguation)Robert Ward may refer to:* Robert Ward , American composer of classical music* Robert Ward , Irish MP for Wicklow Borough, Killyleagh and Bangor...
(various) - Robin Ward (disambiguation), entertainment reporter
- Singin' Sammy WardSingin' Sammy WardSammy Ward , often credited as "Singin'" Sammy Ward, was an American rhythm and blues singer who recorded for Motown Records and had a R&B chart hit with "Who's The Fool", written by Smokey Robinson and produced by Berry Gordy, Jr., in 1961....
, American rhythm and blues singer - Sela WardSela WardSela Ann Ward is an American movie and television actress, perhaps best known for her television roles as Teddy Reed on the American TV series Sisters and as Lily Manning on Once and Again...
, American actress - Selwyn WardSelwyn WardSelwyn Ward is an American actor best known for the role of Theodore Jay Jarvis Johnson in the Power Rangers universe....
, American actor - Shayne WardShayne WardShayne Thomas Ward is an English pop singer who rose to fame as the winner of second series of The X Factor. He has sold over 3 million records worldwide and has had number one albums and singles in 9 countries.During The X Factor competition, Ward was mentored by manager Louis Walsh...
, British singer, 2005 winner of The X Factor - Simon WardSimon WardSimon Ward is an English stage and film actor.-Early life:Simon Ward was born in Beckenham, Kent, near London, the son of a car dealer. From an early age he wanted to be an actor. He was educated at Alleyn's School, London, the home of the National Youth Theatre, which he joined at age 13 and...
, British actor - Sophie WardSophie WardSophie Ward , is an English actress and the daughter of actor, Simon Ward.-Career:One of Ward's early film roles was in the film Young Sherlock Holmes. Other early films included Return to Oz, Little Dorrit and A Summer Story, and she also portrayed the unattainable love object in the video of Roxy...
, British actress and daughter of actor, Simon Ward - Stephen WardStephen WardStephen Thomas Ward was an osteopath and artist who became notorious as one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British public scandal which profoundly affected the ruling Conservative Party government...
, British doctor involved in the Profumo affair - Steve Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Susan WardSusan WardSusan Ward is an American actress and model.-Early life and career:Ward was born in Monroe, Louisiana. She attended a private, Christian elementary school , in Monroe, LA. She briefly attended Northeast Louisiana University...
, American actress - Tony Ward (disambiguation) (various)
- Tracy Posner WardTracy PosnerTracy Posner Ward is an actress, animal rights rescuer and activist, with her husband, actor Burt Ward. She is a daughter of the late American businessman and philanthropist Victor Posner...
, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner - William George WardWilliam George WardWilliam George Ward was an English Roman Catholic theologian and mathematician whose career illustrates the development of religious opinion at a time of crisis in the history of English religious thought....
, English theologian and mathematician - William Henry WardWilliam Henry WardWilliam Henry Ward on 30 April 1872 was granted a USA patent for "Improvement for collecting electricity for telegraphing" . He theorized that an "electrical layer in the atmosphere" could carry signals like a telegraph wire, and thus is sometimes listed among supposed inventors of radio.-External...
, on 30 April 1872 was granted a USA patent about telegraphy - Zack WardZack WardZack Ward is a Canadian actor.-Life and career:Ward was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of actress Pam Hyatt and the brother of Carson Foster....
, Canadian actor - Scooter WardScooter WardScooter Ward is an American musician. He is the founding member and lead singer of the Jacksonville, Florida hard rock band, Cold.-Career:...
, Songwriter,musician - Elizabeth Ward Gracen, American actress and 1982 Miss AmericaMiss AmericaThe Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
winner
Fictional characters
- Charles Ward, An H.P. Lovecraft Character
- Luke WardLuke WardLuke Ward is a fictional character in the FOX television series The O.C., portrayed by Chris Carmack. At the beginning of the series, Luke was in a long-term relationship with Marissa Cooper. However, it was later revealed that Luke was cheating on Marissa with Holly Fischer. After seeing the two...
, character in the television program, The OC - Mycroft Ward, main antagonist from The Raw Shark TextsThe Raw Shark TextsThe Raw Shark Texts is the debut novel by author Steven Hall, released in 2007. The book was released by Canongate Books in the US and the UK and published by HarperCollins in Canada...
- Thomas J. Ward, main antagonist from The Wardstone ChroniclesThe Wardstone ChroniclesThe Wardstone Chronicles is a dark fantasy series of books written by British author Joseph Delaney and published by Random House Publishing...
- Victor Ward, main character of the Bret Easton Ellis novel GlamoramaGlamoramaGlamorama is a novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1998. Unlike Ellis' previous novels, Glamorama is set in and satirizes the 1990s, specifically celebrity culture and consumerism...
- Vivian Ward, title character in the film Pretty WomanPretty WomanPretty Woman is a 1990 romantic comedy film set in Los Angeles, California. Written by J.F. Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, this motion picture features Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and also Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. Roberts played the only...
- Fleet Admiral H.T Ward, a minor character in the HaloHalo (series)Halo is a multi-million dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant...
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