Bastard, a short story and the first published, literary work of Erskine Caldwell

William the Bastard (William I of England 1028–1087), also known as William the Conqueror

Harry The Bastard, a character from the The Young Ones TV Show

Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968–2004), hip-hop artist

Bastard!!, a manga and anime series, and Super Famicom game

"Li'l Bastard" (b. 1951), a pseudonym used by John Mellencamp in the production credits for his albums released in the early-mid 1980s

Bastard-sword, the late medieval longsword

Bastard brothers John (ca 1668–1770) and William (ca 1689–1766), British surveyor-architects, and civic dignitaries

"Little Bastard" (b. 1986), the stage name for midget wrestler Dylan Postl

Geoffrey, the Bastard (Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, c. 1152 – 12 December 1212), an illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England

"Bastard" is a level of coarseness of a file, a metal working tool

"Burn the Bastards", a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty

Man Is the Bastard, a hardcore punk band from Claremont, California

bastard verdict, a colloquial term for the verdict "not proven" in Scottish courts

Arrogant Bastard Ale, an American strong ale from the Stone Brewing Company

Bastard Pop, another name for the musical musical genre known as Mashup

Antoine, bastard of Burgundy (1421-1504), half-brother of Charles the Bold

Fat Bastard (character), a character from the Austin Powers movies

Bastard Boys, an Australian television miniseries

Spoilt Bastard, a comic character from the magazine Viz

Rat Bastard Protective Association, an underground, arts organization from the United States

Those Bastard Souls, an independent rock band formed in 1995

Rhineland Bastard, a derogatory term used in Nazi Germany to describe children of mixed German and African parentage

Yellow rat bastard, a single location retail clothing store located in New York City

The Bastard Fairies, an American musical group from Los Angeles, California

Grand Bastard Deluxe or GBD, a band from Lausanne, Switzerland

Beauty and the Bastard, a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film

Bastard Out of Carolina (film), a 1996 film based on the novel

Benjamin Bastard (d. 1772), a British architect during the first half of the 18th century

Bastard (Law of England and Wales), a person whose parents, at the time of their birth, were not married to each other

Thomas Bastard (1565/6-1618), English epigrammatist

Bastard feudalism, a term that has been used to describe feudalism in the Late Middle Ages

Thomas The Bastard of Fauconberg (?-1471), the common name of Thomas Neville, a Lancastrian leader in the War of the Roses

Segar Bastard (1854-1921), England international footballer and referee

Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard, a fictional robot supervillain in the DC Universe

Bastard Swordsman, a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Norman Chu

Rat Bastard (b. 1958), the stage name of Frank Falestra a transgressive guitarist, bassist and audio engineer

¡Bastardos!, the eighth studio album by rock band Blues Traveler

FAT bastard, a French wine

Bastard Teak, an alternate name for the Butea monosperma plant

Stupid Evil Bastard, a personal blog of Lesley ('Les') Jenkins

Bastard trumpeter, a fish found in the eastern Indian Ocean

Bastard cabbage1451540, an alternate name for the Andira inermis

John Pollexfen Bastard (1756–1816), a British Tory politician

Svolochi (in English, Bastards), a 2006 movie

Bastard Pellitory, an alternate name for the Achillea ptarmica plant

Bastard Township, Ontario, a township in Canada

Southern bastard codling (bearded red cod), a morid cod

Bastard Noise, a noise music band, originally a side project of Man Is The Bastard

Northern bastard codling, a morid cod

Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum), a perennial plant in the Lamiaceae family

Grind Bastard, an album by the band Benediction

Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, the first album by British band Akercocke

Bastard (typeface), a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook

Bastard Nation, a North American adoptee rights organization

Lucky Bastards, a 2003 album by Peter Pan Speedrock

How to be a Complete Bastard, a 1986 book by Adrian Edmondson, Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine

Bastard (album), the 1999 album by electronica group Blind Passengers

Ywain the Bastard, a son of King Urien of Gore and a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend

Bastard halibut, an alternate name for the Olive flounder

John Bastard (1817–1848), Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketer

Bastard Out of Carolina (novel), the first novel published by author Dorothy Allison

Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784–1838), a British Tory politician

Bastard sturgeon, a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family

Bastard cobas, an alternate name for the Cyphostemma juttae plant

Bastard Big-Footed Mouse, a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family

E. W. Bastard (1862–1901), Oxford University and Somerset cricketer

Salaam Alekum, Bastard, an album by Muslimgauze

Bastard (film), a Swedish-Norwegian film directed by Helge Lunde and Gösta Stevens

Bastarda, a Gothic script used in France and Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries

Bastard rattlesnake

Bastard (song), by Mötley Crüe

The literal meaning of the word bastard is the circumstance of being born of parents who are not married to one another (see illegitimacy). The word is also used as a generic derogatory term for a person who is rather obnoxious or unpleasant (aka mean).

Bastard Operator From Hell, a fictional character in Simon Travaglia's books

Inglorious Bastards, an upcoming war film to be written and directed by Quentin Tarantino

Lying Bastard, the name of a fictional spacecraft in the novel Ringworld

That Yellow Bastard, a character from the Sin City graphic novel series

The Bastard (novel), a novel by John Jakes

The Bastard Prince, a fantasy novel by American-born author Katherine Kurtz

Time is Money (Bastard), the fifth release by the New York band Swans

"What You Do (Bastard)", New Zealand band Stellar*'s second single

Who's the Real Bastard, a six-track mini-album by the band Bombshell Rocks

Bastards, a 1991 album by the British metal band Cerebral Fix

Bastards, a 1993 Motörhead album.

Bastards, a 1999 album by the American band Saigon Kick

Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, a side project of Rancid guitarist Lars Frederiksen