Beard (surname)
Beard is a surname. 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
- 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
- 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
- Matthew Beard (disambiguation), several people
- Nigel Beard, British 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
- 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