Ward (surname)
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This article is about the surname Ward. For the given name, see Ward (given name). For other uses, see Ward.
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| Region of origin | England, Ireland |
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| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Ward |
Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to the pre-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 Gaellic surname derives from "Mac an Bhaird" ("son of the Bard"). The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176.[1] People with the surname include:
- Rear Admiral Aaron Ward (sailor), US Navy
- Mike Patel the owner
- Artemas Ward (disambiguation)
- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, British economist and writer
- Bill Ward (musician), Black Sabbath drummer
- Bill Ward (actor) (b. 1967)
- Bill Ward (comics) (1919–1998), "good girl art" cartoonist
- Burt Ward, American actor on the television series Batman
- Callan Ward (b. 1990), Australian footballer
- Cam Ward (b. 1984), hockey goaltender
- Charlie Ward, basketball player, assistant coach
- Clifford T. Ward, singer-songwriter
- David Ward (various)
- David M Ward, cricketer with Surrey
- Derrick Ward (b. 1980), American football player
- Fred Ward, American actor
- Frederick Townsend Ward, American mercenary
- Gemma Ward, Australian supermodel and actress
- Hines Ward, football player
- Jay Ward, American creator and producer of animated television cartoons
- Jeff Ward (various)
- Jonathan Ward, American actor
- Jonathan Ward (New York), US Congressman from New York
- John Ward (various)
- John Quincy Adams Ward, American sculptor
- Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1906-1912 and 1928-1930
- Lester Frank Ward, American biologist and sociologist
- Leslie Ward, British caricaturist
- Sister Mary Ward, canalside help for generations of boaters
- Orlando Ward, American general
- Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, inventor of the Wardian case
- M. Ward, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Mary Ward (scientist), a multidisciplinary scientist, who may have been the first fatality in a car accident
- Mary Ward (English nursing sister), nursing sister; awarded British Empire Medal
- Mary Augusta Ward, author and social reformer who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward
- Mary Ward (nun), foundress of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an order of Roman Catholic nuns
- Matt Ward (lacrosse), American
- Peter Ward (paleontologist), evolutionary biologist
- Peter J. Ward, Irish politician
- Rebecca Ward, American olympic saber fencer
- Reece Philip Ward , Historian of Alcohol.
- Rachel Ward (b. 1957), British/Australian actress
- Robin Ward, entertainment reporter
- Sela Ward, American actress
- Selwyn Ward, American actor
- Shayne Ward, British singer, 2005 winner of The X Factor
- Simon Ward, British actor
- Sophie Ward, British actress and daughter of actor, Simon Ward
- Stephen Ward, British doctor involved in the Profumo affair
- Susan Ward, American actress
- Zack Ward, Canadian actor
- Tracy Posner Ward, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner
- Vanessa Browne-Ward, Australian high jumper
- William Thomas Ward (1808-1878), American brigadier general
- Judy Settles Ward, American silent film actress
[edit] References
- ^ Surname: Ward. surnamedb.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
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[[John Ward:(Politician) Former Mayer of East Moline, IL
