Bard (disambiguation)

A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers.

Bard, BARD, The Bard or Bård may also refer to:

People

• Bard (surname)
• Bård, Norwegian given name and surname

Nicknames

• William Shakespeare (died 1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard
• Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard

Organization

• BARD, (Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development), a research and training based autonomous institution for rural development in Comilla, Bangladesh.

Fictional characters

• Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit
• Beedle the Bard, an author of Fairy Tales in the Harry Potter series
• Bard, the main character in The Bard's Tale

Places

• Bard, Loire, France
• Bard, Iran, in Mazandaran Province, a village
• Bard, Ardabil, in Ardabil Province, Iran
• Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
  • Fort Bard
• Bard, California, United States, an unincorporated community
• Bard, New Mexico, United States, an unincorporated community
• Bard Peak, Colorado, United States

Music

• The Bard (Sibelius), a tone poem by Jean Sibelius
• Bard (album), an album by Big Big Train
• Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band

Literature

• Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a novel by Morgan Llywelyn
• Bard, a series of novels by Keith Taylor
• The Bard, a poem by Thomas Gray

In role-playing games

• Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons
• Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
• Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Schools

• Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States
• Bard College at Simon's Rock, an "early college" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
• Bard High School Early College, an alternative public secondary school in New York City, United States
• Bard College Berlin, Germany, a private, non-profit institution of higher education

Other uses

• Bard (Soviet Union), popular poets and singers who write songs outside the Soviet establishment
• Barding, also spelled bard, armour for horses
• The Bard (American horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• The Bard (GB horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
• "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone

See also

• Bard Gapi, Iran
• Bard Kheymeh, Iran
• Bard-e Ghamchi, Iran
• BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm
• C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment
• John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), the Bard of Salford
• Richard Llwyd (1752–1835), the Bard of Snowdon
• Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), the Bard of the Green Mountains
• Robert W. Service (1874–1958), the Bard of the Yukon
• Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, the Great Bard