The Bard of Avon (also The Immortal Bard, or in England, simply The Bard) is William Shakespeare

The Bard of Twickenham is Alexander Pope

The Bard of Olney is William Cowper

The Bard of Ayrshire (or in Scotland, simply The Bard) is Robert Burns

The Bard of Rydal Mount is William Wordsworth

Bards are a second class in Ragnarok Online

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

The Bard of the Silv'ry Tay is William Topaz McGonagall

Bard (Soviet Union), popular poets and singers who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment

Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in the game Dungeons & Dragons

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

Alexander Bard, a Swedish philosopher, artist and record producer, founder of the Swedish electronic pop band BWO

The Bard of Salford is an affectionate nickname given to John Cooper Clarke

A variant of barding, a type of armor for horses

Mitchell Bard, American foreign policy analyst and historian

Josh Bard, a professional baseball player currently with the San Diego Padres

Bard on the Beach, Western Canada's largest Shakespeare festival

Henry Bard, 1st Viscount Bellomont

The Bard (The Twilight Zone), an episode of The Twilight Zone television show

Howard B. Bard, Unitarian minister.

Daniel Bard, Major league baseball player

Ralph Austin Bard, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, (1941–1944)

A book by Morgan Llywelyn, Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish

David Bard, United States Representative from Pennsylvania (1795 - 1799)

Guy K. Bard, U.S. District Court

Bard, Italy is a municipality in the Aosta Valley region of Italy

Ben Bard, actor

Barding and larding

Henri Bard, French footballer.

Maria Bard, German stage actress,

Bard's blessing, a Scottish custom

Joseph Bard, expatriate Hungarian writer

Charles Bard, 2nd Viscount Bellomont

Bard, the third studio album by English progressive rock band, Big Big Train

The Bard's Song, is a song by German Power Metal band Blind Guardian.

Jason Bard, character in DC Comics

The Bard of Barking is a nickname given to Billy Bragg

Thomas R. Bard, a former United States Senator

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

Three Bards (Polish: trzej wieszcze)