John Ward may refer to:

Academia

* John Ward (academic) (1679–1758), English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric * John Clive Ward (1924–2000), British physicist *

John Manning Ward John Manning Ward (6 July 1919 – 6 May 1990) was a Vice-Chancellor and Challis Professor of History at the University of Sydney. Ward was born in Sydney and was educated at Fort Street Boys High School and the University of Sydney. He ...

(1919–1990), Vice-Chancellor and history professor at the University of Sydney * John Mason Ward (1921–2014), British chemist *

John Milton Ward IV John Milton Ward IV (July 6, 1917 in Oakland, California – December 12, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a musicologist and scholar of Renaissance music, world music and folk music. He was the William Powell Mason Professor of Music at H ...

(1917–2011), musicologist and Professor of Music at Harvard University *

John Sebastian Marlowe Ward John Sebastian Marlow Ward (22 December 1885 – 1949) was an English author who published widely on the subject of Freemasonry and esotericism. He was also the leader of a Christian sect, and the founder of the Abbey Folk Park, the earliest exa ...

(1885–1949), British historian, Freemason and spiritualist * John William Ward (professor) (1922–1985), professor of English and history, and president of Amherst College

Arts

John Ward (actor) John Ward (24 June 1704 – 30 October 1773) was an English actor and theatre manager. The founder of the Warwickshire Company of Comedians – a Birmingham-based theatre company who toured throughout the West Midlands and into Wales during th ...

(1704–1773), English actor *

John Ward (American actor) John Ward (June 11, 1923 – March 23, 1995) was an American actor. Ward was born in Los Angeles, California and was best known for such films and television series as ''PT 109'', ''Baretta'' and ''The FBI''. Partial filmography *''Space Master ...

(1923–1995), American actor *

John Ward (composer) John Ward (1590–1638) was an English composer. He trained as a singer in Canterbury and moved to London where he produced religious and secular works. Ward's compositions, some of which were published in his lifetime, consist of madrigals, w ...

(1590–1638), English composer *

John Ward (painter) John Ward (1798–1849)Harbron, Dudley''John Ward, Painter (1798–1849)'' ''Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'', October 1941, p. 130. was an English painter from Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. He has been described as "the leading marine ar ...

(1798–1849), English marine artist *

John Powell Ward John Powell Ward (born 1937) is an English poet and academic. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. John Powell Ward was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk. He studied at the University of Toronto ...

(born 1937), English poet and academic * John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), American sculptor *

John Stanton Ward John Stanton Ward CBE (10 October 1917 – 13 June 2007) was an English portrait artist, landscape painter and illustrator. His subjects included British royalty and celebrities. Life and work Ward was born in Hereford, where his father, Russ ...

(1917–2007), English painter *

Johnny Ward (actor) Johnny Ward (born 21 May 1987) is an Irish actor from Walkinstown, Dublin. He is best known for his role as Pauley in the fifth series of the RTÉ drama series '' Love/Hate'', for playing the part of controversial kidnapper, Ciaran Holloway in ' ...

(born 1987), Irish actor *

Johnny Ward (travel blogger) Johnny Ward (born 1983) is a Northern Irish entrepreneur, adventurer, philanthropist and travel blogger known for visiting every country in the world. Early life and education Ward was born in Galway, Ireland in 1983 to a single mother named ...

(born 1983), Irish world traveller

Military

John Ward (Medal of Honor) John Ward (1847 or 1848 – March 24, 1911) was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United ...

(1848–1911), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Ward (RAF officer) John Ward, MC, (15 December 1918 – 29 August 1995) was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force decorated twice for bravery. During World War II he was a member of a bomber crew shot down and taken POW but escaped and served as a BBC war ...

(1918–1995), British airman, member of Polish resistance during Warsaw Uprising *

John Hubert Ward Major Sir John Hubert Ward, (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier. Early life Ward was the second son of William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley by his wife Georgina Elizabeth née Moncreiffe. His paternal grand ...

(1870–1938), British army officer and courtier

Public officials

John Ward (1779–1855) John Ward (22 December 1779 – 24 February 1855) was a British politician. Ward had Holwood House built for him between 1823 and 1826 and resided there. Ward was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster from 11 Feb 1830 to 2 August 1830. W ...

, British Member of Parliament for Leominster *

John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, PC, FRS (9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833), known as the Honourable John Ward from 1788 to 1823 and as the 4th Viscount Dudley and Ward from 1823 to 1827, was a British politician and slave holder. He serve ...

(1781–1833), British statesman, 1st Earl of Dudley *

John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (6 March 1704 – 6 May 1774), known as John Ward until 1740 and as the 6th Baron Ward from 1740 to 1763, was a British Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Life Ward was the s ...

(1704–1774), British peer and politician * John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725–1788), British peer and politician *

John Ward (banker) Sir John Ward (c. 1650–1726), of Hookfield, Clay Hill, Epsom, Surrey and St Laurence Pountney, London, was a British merchant, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1701 and 1726. He was an original Governor of the Bank of ...

(c. 1650–1726), British MP, Lord Mayor of London, Governor of the Bank of England *

John Ward (Conservative politician) Sir John Devereux Ward (8 March 1925 – 26 June 2010) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early life Trained as a civil and a structural engineer, he rose to become managing director of the construction firm Taylor Woodrow. Parliam ...

(1925–2010), Conservative MP for Poole, 1979–1997 *

John Ward (diplomat, died 1890) John Ward (1805–1890) was an English diplomat. Early life He was born on 28 August 1805 at East Cowes, where his father, John Ward, was collector of customs. His mother Martha was a sister of Thomas Arnold of Rugby. As a young man he associated ...

(1805–1890), British diplomat in Germany *

John Ward (economist) Christopher John William Ward (born 21 June 1942) is an economist, an opera administrator and trade union leader who served as General Secretary of the First Division Association from 1980 to 1988. He was educated at Oundle School, Corpus Christ ...

(born 1942), British trade unionist and opera administrator * John Ward (loyalist) (1753–1846), businessman and politician in New Brunswick *

John Ward (Minnesota politician) John Ward (born August 2, 1950) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he represented District 10A, which included portions of Crow Wing ...

(born 1950), retired educator and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives *

John Ward (South Carolina politician) John Ward (February 14, 1767 – September 19, 1816) was the eleventh intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving one term from 1801 to 1802. Early life and education Ward was born on February 14, 1767, to Joshua Ward and Sarah McC ...

(1767–1816), intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801–1802 * John Ward (trade unionist) (1866–1934), English politician, trade union leader and soldier *John

Durbin Ward Jesse Durbin Ward (February 11, 1819 – May 22, 1886) was an Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher, and American Civil War officer. Early life and career Ward was born in Augusta, Kentucky. His mother, Rebecca Patterson, named him in ho ...

(1819–1886), Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher and American Civil War officer * John Elliott Ward (1814–1902), American diplomat and politician *

John F. Ward John F. Ward (June 12, 1904 - March 16, 1973) was an American politician from Maine. A Maine Republican Party, Republican from Millinocket, Maine, Ward served three terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1942–1948) and three terms in the Ma ...

(1904–1973), Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and President of the Maine Senate *

John Guthrie Ward Sir John (Guthrie) Ward GCMG (3 March 1909 - 12 January 1991) was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Argentina from 1957 to 1961, and Ambassador to Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Ital ...

(1909–1991), British ambassador to Argentina and Italy *

John M. Ward John M. Ward (February 17, 1865 – February 10, 1948) was an American politician and farmer from Maine. A Republican, Ward served two terms (1928–1932) in the Maine House of Representatives, representing the town of Limestone, Maine in Aroostoo ...

(1865–1948), Member of the Maine House of Representatives *Sir John MacQueen Ward (born 1940), Scottish businessman *

T. John Ward Thomas John Ward (born April 17, 1943) is a retired United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He is best known for the large number of patent infringement case ...

(born 1943), United States federal judge, Eastern District of Texas *John Ward (died 1501),

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

buried in St Paul's Cathedral

Religion

* John Ward (archbishop of Cardiff) (1929–2007), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, 1983–2001 * John Ward (auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles) (1920–2011), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles *

John Ward (bishop of Leavenworth) John Chamberlain Ward (May 25, 1857 – April 20, 1929) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Leavenworth from 1911 until his death in 1929. Biography The second of three children, John Ward was born in ...

(1857–1929), Roman Catholic Bishop of Leavenworth, 1911–1929 *

John Ward (priest) John Giffard Ward was Dean of Lincoln from 1845 to 1860. A Fellow of New College, Oxford, he had previously held incumbencies in Chelmsford and Westminster. He died on 27 February 1860.''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily nationa ...

(died 1860), English Anglican Dean of Lincoln *

John Ward (prophet) John Ward (25 December 1781 – 12 March 1837), known as Zion Ward, was an Republic of Ireland, Irish preacher, Mysticism, mystic and self-styled prophet, active (in the latter capacity) in England from around 1828 to 1835. He was one of those cl ...

(1781–1837), Irish preacher and prophet *

John Ward (vicar) John Ward (1629–1681) was vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon from 1662 to 1681. He is noted for his diary in which he recorded anecdotes about William Shakespeare, his family, and others. Ward's diary extends from 1648 to 1679. The original manuscrip ...

(1629–1681), English vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon * John C. Ward (1873–1949), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Erie

Sports

Cricket

* John Ward (cricketer, born 1946) (born 1946), Australian cricketer * John Ward (Derbyshire cricketer) (born 1948), English cricketer for Derbyshire * John Ward (Hampshire cricketer) (active 1877), English cricketer for Hampshire * John Ward (Kent cricketer) (active 1800–1806), English cricketer in Kent *

John Ward (New Zealand cricketer) John Thomas Ward (11 March 1937 – 12 January 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper in eight Test matches between 1964 and 1968. Ward's Test captain John Reid said that he was "easily the best wicketkeeper in New Zea ...

(1937–2021), New Zealand cricketer *

John Ward (umpire) John David Ward (born 27 April 1962) is an Australian cricket umpire. In April 2020, Ward announced his retirement from elite umpiring. Umpiring career He made his international debut on 28 January 2013, in a Twenty20 match between Australia an ...

(born 1962), Australian cricket umpire

Other sports

* John Ward (1920s footballer) (active 1925–26), English footballer *

John Ward (American football) John Henry Ward (May 27, 1948 – December 4, 2012) was a National Football League (NFL) center, defensive end and guard who played from 1970 to 1976 for the Minnesota Vikings, the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played high school ...

(1948–2012), American footballer * John Ward (Australian footballer) (1928–2017), Australian rules footballer *

John Ward (broadcaster) John H Ward (April 22, 1930 – June 20, 2018) was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the University of Tennessee (UT), primarily from 1965 until 1999, and known to fans as the "Voice of the Vols". Bac ...

(1930–2018), American radio broadcaster *

John Ward (footballer, born 1951) John Patrick Ward (born 7 April 1951) is an English football manager and retired player. A forward during his playing days, Ward appeared in the Football League for Lincoln City, Workington, Watford and Grimsby Town, in which he scored 100 goa ...

(born 1951), English footballer and manager * John Ward (outfielder) (active 1884), American baseball outfielder * John Ward (pitcher) (1862–1899), American baseball pitcher *

John Ward (rugby) John William Ward (29 January 1873 – 30 April 1939) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for England national rugby union team, England ...

(1873–1939), English rugby player *

John Montgomery Ward John Montgomery Ward (March 3, 1860 – March 4, 1925), known as Monte Ward, was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop, second baseman, third baseman, manager, executive, union organizer, owner and author. Ward, of English descent, ...

(1860–1925), American baseball player *

John T. Ward Jr. John T. Ward Jr. (August 2, 1945 – April 24, 2021) was an American racehorse trainer. He was a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in agricultural economics, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Delta Tau Delta () is a U ...

(1945–2021), American horse trainer * Johnny Ward (American football) (1907–1968), American football player *

Johnny Ward (rugby league) Johnny Ward (1940/1941 – 30 December 2019) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level Castleford ...

(c. 1941–2019), English rugby player *

Jay Ward (baseball) John Francis "Jay" Ward (September 9, 1938 – February 24, 2012) was a Major League Baseball player and coach. He was also a manager in the minor leagues. Early life Jay Ward was born on September 9, 1938 in Brookfield, Missouri to John and Fra ...

(John Francis Ward, 1938–2012), American baseball player and coach

Other

John Ralph Hansford Ward John Ralph Hansford Ward (November 1817 – 17 February 1903), invariably known as Hansford Ward or Captain Ward, was a ship's captain in South Australia, who figures prominently in the pre-history of the Adelaide Steamship Company. A son, also nam ...

, known as Hansford Ward (1817–1903), also his son with the same name, ship owners and captains of South Australia