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