Beard is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon and Old French origin, first recorded in the Domesday Book.
Notable people with the surname include:
Adrien Beard, American voice actorAl Beard, former American basketball playerAlana Beard, American basketball playerAmanda Beard, American Olympic swimmer and modelAndrew Jackson Beard, American inventorAnnette Beard, American R&B singer, original member of Martha and the VandellasBert Beard, Australian rules footballerBertram Beard, English cricketerButch Beard, American basketball player and coachCharles A. Beard, influential American historianClarke Beard, American athleteColin Beard, former Australian rules footballerDaniel Carter Beard, founder of the Sons of Daniel BooneDavid Beard, Australian volleyball playerDeLawrence Beard, American judgeDon Beard, New Zealand cricketerDympna Beard, Australian politicianEd Beard, saloon keeper in the American Old WestEd Beard (football player), American football playerEdward Beard, U.S. congressman from Rhode IslandElspeth Beard, first Englishwoman to circumnavigate the world by motorcycle in the 1980sEmma Beard, British singerFrank Beard (golfer), American golferFrank Beard (musician), drummer in the American rock band ZZ TopGary Beard, American politicianGeorge Miller Beard, American neurologist who coined the term "neurasthenia"Gordon Beard, Canadian politicianGraeme Beard, former Australian cricketerHazel Beard, American politicianHenry Beard, founder of the American humor magazine National LampoonJames Beard, American chef and food writerJim Beard, American jazz pianistJohn Beard (disambiguation), several peopleKevin Beard, American football playerMalcolm Beard, former English footballerMark Beard (disambiguation), several peopleMary Beard (disambiguation), several peopleMathew Beard, African-American centenarian, first man to live to 112, 113 and 114Matthew Beard (disambiguation), several peopleNigel Beard, British politicianPat Beard, American politicianPaul Beard (spiritualist), British president of the College of Psychic StudiesPaul Beard (violinist), English violinist, leader of the London Philharmonic and BBC Symphony orchestrasPercy Beard, American track and field athletePeter Hill Beard, American photographerPhilip Beard, American novelistRalph Beard, former American basketball playerRalph Beard (baseball), American Major League Baseball playerRichard Beard (photographer), English photographerRobin Beard, U. S. congressman from TennesseeSantonio Beard, American football playerStephanie Beard, Canadian actressTanoka Beard, American basketball playerTrevor Beard, British-Australian medical doctorWilliam Holbrook Beard, American painter