Ward
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Ward may refer to:
- Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
- Ward (country subdivision), an electoral district or unit of local government
- Ward (mechanical lock mechanism), a projecting ridge of metal in a lock casing or keyhole
- Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Ward (fencing), a defensive position in the sport of fencing
- Ward (band), an electronica duo
- Montgomery Ward, a defunct U.S. department store chain
- Inner or Outer Wards, sections of a Concentric castle
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), a US Navy destroyer
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a US Navy destroyer
- USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a US Navy destroyer
[edit] Places
- Ward, New Zealand
- United States:
[edit] People
- Rear Admiral Aaron Ward (sailor), US Navy
- Artemas Ward (disambiguation)
- Barbara Ward, (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), a British economist and writer
- Bill Ward (musician), Black Sabbath drummer
- Bill Ward (actor) (b. 1967)
- Bill Ward (cartoonist) (1919–1998), "good girl art" cartoonist
- Burt Ward, an American actor on the television series Batman
- Callan Ward (b. 1990), Australian footballer
- Cam Ward (b. 1984), an NHL goaltender
- Charlie Ward, a former NBA player, current assistant coach
- David M Ward aka "Gnasher", a large-toothed former cricketer with Surrey
- Derrick Ward (b. 1980), American professional football player
- Fred Ward, American actor
- Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped the Qing Dynasty defeat the Taiping Rebellion
- Gemma Ward, an Australian supermodel and actress
- Hines Ward, a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Jay Ward, an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons.
- Jonathan Ward, American actor
- Jonathan Ward (New York), US Congressman from New York
- John Quincy Adams Ward, an American scupltor
- Lester Frank Ward, an American biologist and sociologist.
- Leslie Ward, a British caricaturist best known by his pseudonym "Spy"
- Sister Mary Ward, canalside help for generations of boaters
- Orlando Ward, an American general in World War II
- Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward, inventor of the Wardian case
- M. Ward, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Matt Ward (lacrosse), a lacrosse player in the US
- Peter Ward (paleontologist), a paleontologist/evolutionary biologist
- Peter J. Ward, an Irish politician, TD in the first Dáil Éireann
- Rebecca Ward, American olympic saber fencer
- Robin Ward, an entertainment reporter for CFTO
- Sela Ward, an American actress
- Selwyn Ward, an American actor.
- Shayne Ward, a British singer, 2005 winner of The X Factor
- Simon Ward, a British actor
- Sophie Ward, a British actress and daughter of actor, Simon Ward
- Stephen Ward, a British doctor involved in the Profumo affair
- Susan Ward, an American actress
- Zack Ward, Canadian actor
- Tracy Posner Ward, wife of Burt Ward, daughter of Victor Posner
- Vanessa Browne-Ward, an Australian high jumper
- William Thomas Ward, (1808-1878) a brigadier general in the United States Army
- Judy Settles Ward, an early American actress of the silent film era. Better known as the Irish Queen of American Cinema
[edit] As a first name
- Ward Burton, a NASCAR racer
- Ward Christensen, a computer programmer and creator of the Xmodem and the first BBS
- Ward Cunningham, a computer programmer and creator of the first wiki
- Ward Connerly, a writer and political activist
- Ward Churchill, a controversial writer and political activist
- Ward Weaver III, convicted felon for sexual assault, rape, attempted murder, etc.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Mycroft Ward, the main antagonist from The Raw Shark Texts
- Ward Cleaver, a character in the television sitcom, Leave It To Beaver
- Luke Ward, a character in the television program, The OC
- Victor Ward, the main character of the Bret Easton Ellis novel Glamorama
- Vivian Ward, the title character in the film Pretty Woman
- Ward Zabac, a character in Final Fantasy VIII
- Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), an organization in The Hardy Boys graphic novels
- Wardes, a character from Zero no Tsukaima
- Thomas Ward, the main antagonist from The Wardstone Chronicles
[edit] Other
- A spell; more specifically, a kind of magic in fantasy role playing games that protects or defends a person or place.
- A section of a hospital
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