A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers. For its wider definition including similar roles in other societies, see List of oral repositories.

Bard, BARD, Bård or similar terms may also refer to:

People

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

"The Bard of..." etc.

  • William Shakespeare (1564–1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard
  • Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard
  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the Bard of Bengal
  • 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 ( 1698–1770), the Great Bard

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

Places

In the United States

  • Bard Peak (Alaska), a summit in the Kenai Mountains
  • Bard, California, an unincorporated community
  • Bard, Nevada, a ghost town
  • Bard, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
  • Bard Peak, Colorado, United States

In Iran

  • Bard, Ardabil, Ardabil Province
  • Bard, Iran, Mazandaran Province, a village
  • Bard Gapi, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, a village
  • Bard Kheymeh, Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province, a village
  • Bard-e Ghamchī, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, a village

Elsewhere

  • Bard Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • Bard, Loire, France
  • Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy
  • Fort Bard

Art

  • The Bard (Jones), an 1774 painting by Thomas Jones
  • The Bard (Martin), an 1817 painting by John Martin

Literature

  • The Bard (poem), a 1757 poem by Thomas Gray
  • Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a 1984 novel by Morgan Llywelyn
  • Bard, Bard II, Bard III, Bard IV, Bard V, a series of novels by Keith Taylor
  • Bard (novel), the first one of these novels

Music

  • Bard (Soviet Union), genre of music in Russia consisting of singers-songwriters with guitar accompaniment
  • The Bard (Sibelius), a 1913 tone poem by Jean Sibelius
  • Bard (album), a 2002 album by Big Big Train
  • Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band
  • Bardcore, medievalised remakes of hit pop songs

In role-playing and video games

  • Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
  • Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series
  • Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
  • Bard, the Wandering Caretaker, a champion in League of Legends
  • The Bard, a playable character class in Everquest

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 (Braille and Audio Reading Download) service provided by National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
  • Bard (chatbot), the former name for Gemini, developed by Google
  • Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development, Comilla, Bangladesh
  • BARD Offshore 1, a wind farm by BARD Engineering Gmbh
  • Barding or bard, armour for horses
  • The Bard (American horse), a racehorse
  • The Bard (British horse), a racehorse
  • "The Bard" (The Twilight Zone), an episode
  • BARDS, Broadband Acoustic Resonance Dissolution Spectroscopy
  • C. R. Bard, Inc., a manufacturer of medical equipment