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Ward Armstrong Ward Lynn Armstrong (born June 2, 1956 in Bassett, Virginia) is an American trial lawyer and Democratic politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1992 to 2011, and served as the minority leader from 2007 to 2011. Electora ...

(born 1956), American trial lawyer * Ward Bennett (1917–2003), American designer, artist and sculptor *

Ward Beysen Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...

(1941–2005), Belgian politician and Freemason *

Ward R. Bliss Ward Raymond Bliss (December 15, 1855 - January 6, 1905) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1889 to 1906 and as Majority Leader f ...

(1855-1905), Pennsylvania State Representative * Ward Boston (1923–2008), American attorney *

Ward Bowlby Ward Hamilton Bowlby (October 4, 1834 – January 8, 1917) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as reeve of Berlin from 1865 to 1868. The son of Adam Bowlby and Elizabeth Sovereign, both of United Empire Loyalist descent, he was b ...

(1834–1917), Canadian lawyer and politician *

Ward Nicholas Boylston Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828; born Ward Hallowell), a descendant of the physician Zabdiel Boylston, was an American merchant, a philanthropist, and benefactor of Harvard University. He was a brother of Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew, ...

(1747–1828), American merchant and philanthropist * Ward Brackett (1914–2006), American artist *

Ward Brehm Ward Brehm is a Minnesota businessman, leader in global humanitarian efforts and nationally known public speaker and commentator on relief and development in Africa. Career Brehm has now served at the pleasure of four U.S. presidents in his role ...

, American entrepreneur * Ward W. Briggs (born 1945), American classicist and historian of classical studies *

Ward Burton John Edward Burton III (born October 25, 1961) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He has five career wins in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, including the 2002 Daytona 500 and the 2001 Southern 500. He is the older brothe ...

(born 1961), American stock car racing driver *

Ward Chamberlin Ward Chamberlin (4 August 1921 – 23 February 2017) was a president of the US TV channel WETA for fifteen years. During his career he was also executive vice president at WNET in New York and senior vice president for PBS. He retired from publi ...

(born 1921), former president of WETA-TV *

Ward Cheney Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

(1813–1876), manufacturer of silk fabrics *

Ward Chipman Ward Chipman (July 30, 1754 – February 9, 1824) was a New Brunswick lawyer, judge, and political figure. He briefly served as administrator for New Brunswick from 1823 until his death in 1824. Early life He was born in Marblehead, Massac ...

(1754–1824), American lawyer and judge *

Ward Chipman, Jr. Ward Chipman (July 10, 1787 – November 26, 1851) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in the pre-Confederation Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1787, the son of Ward Chipman and Elizabeth ...

(1787–1851), American lawyer and judge *

Ward Christensen Ward Christensen (born 1945 in West Bend, Wisconsin, United States) is the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online. Christensen, along with partner Randy Suess, members of the Chicago Area ...

(born 1945), American entrepreneur *

Ward Churchill Ward LeRoy Churchill (born 1947) is an American author and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado Boulder from 1990 until 2007.

(born 1947), American author and political activist *

Ward Connerly Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civi ...

(born 1939), American political activist and businessman *

Ward Cornell Ward MacLaurin Cornell (4 May 1924 – 5 February 2000) was a Canadian broadcaster noted for hosting ''Hockey Night in Canada'' between 1959 and 1972. Biography He was born in London, Ontario where he studied at the University of Western Ontario. ...

(1924–2000), Canadian broadcaster * Ward Costello (1919–2009), American actor and composer *

Ward Crutchfield William Ward Crutchfield (December 6, 1928 – April 3, 2016) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate for the 10th district, which encompassed Marion County and part of Hamilton County. He was a member of th ...

(1928–2016), American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the Democratic party *

Ward Cuff Ward Lloyd Cuff (August 12, 1913 – December 24, 2002) was an American football halfback and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Marqu ...

(1914–2002), American football player * Ward Cunningham (born 1949), American computer programmer *

Ward Darley Ward Darley, Jr., M.D. (1903–1979) was an American educator and physician who served as president of the University of Colorado and dean of its medical school. He received his A.B. degree in 1926 and his M.D. in 1929, both from the University ...

(1903–1979), American educator and physician *

Ward Edmonds Rowland Ward Edmonds (July 3, 1908 – October 26, 1930) was an American pole vaulter. He was one of the first men to vault 14 feet (4.26 m) and was NCAA champion in 1928 and 1929. After graduating from Stanford University he started working ...

(1908–1930), American pole vaulter *

Ward Edwards Ward Edwards (1927–2005) was an American psychologist, prominent for work on decision theory and on the formulation and revision of beliefs. Education Edwards attended Swarthmore College and then received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvar ...

(1927–2005), American psychologist *

Ward Edwards (politician) Ward J. Edwards (born February 28, 1930) was an American politician. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) o ...

(born 1930), American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the Democratic party *

Ward Elcock Ward P.D. Elcock (born August 1947) is a Canadian civil servant who served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1994 until May 2004. He remains the only Director to have ever served out his entire tenure. He served as ...

(born 1947), Canadian civil servant *

Ward Elliott Ward Elliott (August 6, 1937 – December 6, 2022) was an American political scientist who was the Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in California. Elliot had been a professor at CMC ...

(born 1937), American political scientist and professor * Ward V. Evans (c. 1880–1957), chemist and professor at Northwestern University *

Ward Farnsworth Ward Farnsworth (born 1967) is Professor of Law and holder of the W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, where he was Dean from 2012-2022. He served as Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law T ...

(born 1967), dean of the University of Texas School of Law * Ward Forrest (born 1954), American soccer player * Ward Gibson (1921–1958), American professional basketball player *

Ward Goodenough Ward Hunt Goodenough II (May 30, 1919 – June 9, 2013) was an American anthropologist, who has made contributions to kinship studies, linguistic anthropology, cross-cultural studies, and cognitive anthropology. Biography and major works G ...

(1919–2013), American anthropologist * Ward J. M. Hagemeijer, American author *

Ward Hawkins Ward Hawkins (29 December 1912 – 22 December 1990) was an American author, who wrote from the 1940s through the 1980s. His later works seem to have been science fiction, but earlier he wrote serial stories for the ''Saturday Evening Post'' i ...

(1912–1990), American author *

Ward Haylett Ward H. Haylett (September 20, 1895 – November 1, 1990) was an American football, basketball, track and field, and cross country running coach. Haylett served as the head football coach at Doane College—now known as Doane University—in Crete ...

(1895–1990), coach of track and field at Kansas State University *

Ward Hermans Cornelius Eduardus Hermans (6 February 1897 – 23 November 1992) was a Belgium, Belgian Flemish Movement, Flemish nationalist politician and writer. Hermans saw service with the Belgian Army during the First World War before becoming involved ...

(1897–1992), Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and writer *

Ward Hunt Ward Hunt (June 14, 1810 – March 24, 1886) was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1869, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1872 to 1882. Early life Hunt w ...

(1810–1886), American jurist and politician * Ward M. Hussey (1920–2009), American lawyer *

Ward Jones Ward E. Jones is a scholar at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, where he is a professor of philosophy. He joined the department in 1999. His DPhil. thesis, entitled ''The View from Here: A First-person Constraint on Believing'' was ...

, South African scholar *

Ward Just Ward Swift Just (September 5, 1935 – December 19, 2019) was an American writer. He was a war correspondent and the author of 19 novels and numerous short stories. Biography Just was born in Michigan City, Indiana, attended Lake Forest Academy ...

(1935–2019), American writer * Ward Keeler, American anthropologist *

Ward Kimball Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) was an American animator employed by Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was part of Walt Disney's main team of animators, known collectively as Disney's Nine Old Men. His films have been honor ...

(1914–2002), American animator for the Walt Disney Studios *

Ward Lambert Ward Louis "Piggy" Lambert (May 28, 1888 – January 20, 1958) was an American basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Purdue University during the 1916–17 season and from 1918 to 1946. Lambert was also the head ...

(1888–1958), American basketball and baseball coach *

Ward Hill Lamon Ward Hill Lamon (January 6, 1828 – May 7, 1893) was a personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Lamon was famously absent the night Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, having bee ...

(1828–1893), American personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln * Ward Lernout (born 1931), Flemish painter * Ward Maule (1833–1913), Indian-born English clergyman and cricketer *

Ward McAllister Samuel Ward McAllister (December 28, 1827 – January 31, 1895) was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of late 19th-century America. He was widely accepted as the authority as to which families could be classified as the cream o ...

(1827–1895), American attorney *

Ward McAllister (actor) Ward McAllister (1891–1981) was an American film actor of the silent era. He was born in Apollo, Pennsylvania, as Ward David McAllister. In 1922 he appeared as the villain (based on Brilliant Chang) in the controversial British crime film ''Co ...

(1891–1981), American film actor * Ward McIntyre (1930–2007), American television and radio personality *

Ward McLanahan Craig Ward McLanahan (January 15, 1883 – December 11, 1974) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904 he finished fourth in pole vault competition. He also participated in the 110 metre hurdles ...

(1883–1974), American track and field athlete * Ward Meese (1897–1968), American football player *

Ward Melville John Ward Melville (January 5, 1887 – June 5, 1977) was an American philanthropist and businessman active in the "Three Villages" in western Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He donated 400 acres of land and money to establish Stony Broo ...

(1887–1977), American philanthropist and businessman *

Ward Miller Ward MacLaughlin Miller (November 29, 1902 – March 11, 1984) was an American politician of the Republican party. He briefly served in the U.S. House of Representatives from November 1960 to January 1961. Biography Miller was born in Ports ...

(1902–1984), American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Republican party *

(1884–1958), American professional baseball player *

Ward Moore Joseph Ward Moore (August 10, 1903 – January 29, 1978) was an American science fiction writer. According to ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', "he contributed only infrequently to the field, uteach of his books became something of a clas ...

(1903–1978), working name of American writer Joseph Ward Moore *

Ward Morehouse Ward Morehouse (November 24, 1895 – December 7, 1966) was an American theater critic, newspaper columnist, playwright, and author. Life and career Born in Savannah, Georgia, Ward Morehouse first worked as a reporter for ''The Savannah Press ...

(1895–1966), American theater critic *

Ward Morehouse (activist) Ward Morehouse (1929 – June 30, 2012) was an anti-corporate activist. He also fought for the victims of the Bhopal disaster. Morehouse had dedicated over five decades of his life to activism, starting off as the founder of the Center for In ...

(1929–2012), Indian anti-corporate activist *

Ward Morehouse III Ward Morehouse III (August 11, 1945 – May 21, 2019) was an American author, playwright and newspaperman. He was known particularly for his books on the grand hotels of New York City and London. Early life Morehouse was born in New York City ...

(born 1945), American author and playwright * Ward O′Neill (born 1951), Australian illustrator and caricaturist *

Ward B. Pafford Ward B. Pafford (October 25, 1911 – January 23, 2011) was a chairman of the English Department at Emory University from 1953 to 1958, Dean of Valdosta State University from 1966 to 1971, and fourth president of the University of West Georgia from ...

(1911–2011), fourth president of the

University of West Georgia The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton, Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan, Georgia, select classes at its Douglasville Center, and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History Ce ...

H. Ward Page Herbert Ward Page (January 31, 1876 – September 1, 1949) was an American football coach. He was the seventh head football coach at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital ...

(1876–1949), American football coach *

Ward Perry Ward Perry (born March 20, 1970) is a Canadian voice actor and ADR script writer who has voiced characters for a number of anime dubbed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is mostly known as the voice actor of ''Dragon Ball Z'' villain Dr. ...

(born 1970), Canadian voice actor *

William Ward Pigman William Ward Pigman (March 5, 1910 – September 30, 1977) was a chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at New York Medical College, and a suspected Soviet Union spy as part of the "Karl group" for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). Biograph ...

(1910–1977), American biologist and suspected Soviet spy, also known as Ward Pigman *

Ward Pinkett William Ward Pinkett, Jr. (April 29, 1906 – March 15, 1937) was an American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist during the Harlem Renaissance. A respected sideman recognized as a "hot" trumpet and with a versatile ear, he played and recorded with ...

(1906–1937), American jazz trumpeter * Ward C. Pitfield, Jr. (1925–2021), Canadian financier * Ward Plummer (1940–2020), American physicist *

Ward Prentice Warden Selby Prentice (30 July 1886 – 26 February 1969) was an Australian sportsman who captained Australia at rugby union and New South Wales at first-class cricket and also played first-grade rugby league for the Western Suburbs Magpies. Ru ...

(1886–1969), Australian rugby player * Ward Preston (1966–1997), American production designer and art director *

Ward Ritchie Harry "Ward" Ritchie (Los Angeles, California June 15, 1905Laguna Beach, California January 24, 1996) was an American printer, book designer, book collector and writer of around 100 books. He was part of the "Golden Age" of fine printing that took ...

(1905–1996), American printer and writer *

Ward Russell Ward T. Russell is an American cinematographer and photographer. He is best known for his collaborations with film director Tony Scott, he served as a chief lighting technician on Scott's films '' Top Gun'', ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', '' Reveng ...

(born 1978), American cinematographer *

Ward Sutherland Ward Sutherland is a municipal politician who previously served as Councillor of Ward 1 in Calgary, Alberta. He was elected in the 2013 municipal election. Awards In January 2013, Sutherland was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee ...

, Canadian Politician *

Ward Sutton Ward Sutton is an American illustrator, cartoonist and writer born in Minneapolis and based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His comic strip, "Sutton Impact" (formerly "Schlock 'n' Roll"), was published in ''The Village Voice'' from 1995 to 2007. I ...

, American illustrator *

Ward Swingle Ward Lamar Swingle (September 21, 1927 – January 19, 2015) was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers in France in 1962. Life and career Born in Mobile, Alabama, Swingle studied music, particularly jazz, from a ...

(1927–2015), American vocalist and jazz musician *

Ward Sylvester Ward Sylvester (October 22, 1939 – June 12, 2017) was an American entertainment industry producer, manager, promoter, executive and consultant. He served as President of Pacific Arts Inc., and Personality Productions; Vice President of Columbia ...

, American producer *

Ward Thomas (television executive) Gwyn Edward "Ward" Thomas, CBE, DFC, CdeG (1 August 1923 – 4 February 2019) was a British television executive, who was at the forefront of independent television in the UK from the 1960s through to the mid-1990s. He was CEO of Grampian Tele ...

(born 1923), British television executive *

Ward Walsh Ward Walsh (born November 21, 1948) is a former American football running back who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and Green Bay Packers. He made the Oilers as an undrafted free agent in 1971 and w ...

(born 1947), American football player *

Ward Weaver III Ward Francis Weaver III (born April 6, 1963) is an American convicted murderer. He is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for sexual assault, rape, attempted murder, and the murders of Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis in Or ...

(born 1963), American convicted murderer and rapist *

Ward Wettlaufer H. Ward Wettlaufer (October 31, 1935 – March 31, 2016) was an American amateur golfer with numerous titles to his name, including the Eastern Amateur, two Porter Cup championships, North and South Amateur, and the Walker Cup as a member of the "u ...

(1935–2016), American amateur golfer *

Ward Whitt Ward Whitt (born 1942) is an American professor of operations research and management sciences. He is the Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University. His research focuses on queueing theory, per ...

(born 1942), American professor of operations research and management sciences *

Ward Williams Ward Milton Williams (June 26, 1923 – December 17, 2005) was an American professional basketball player. Ward was selected in the first round (8th overall) in the 1948 BAA Draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons A fortification is a military c ...

(1923–2005), American professional basketball player * Ward Wilson, British nuclear policy analyst *

Ward Wood Ward Wood (August 8, 1924 – November 3, 2001), was an American actor and television writer. Wood was probably best known for his recurring role as police Lt. Art Malcolm in the TV series ''Mannix'' from 1968 to 1975. Wood was born in Grangev ...

(1924–2001), American actor and television writer

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* Wardell Ward Bond (1903–1960), American actor * Ward Brennan, pseudonym of Australian writer

Leonard Frank Meares Leonard Frank Meares (13 February 1921 – 4 February 1993) was an Australian writer of western fiction. He wrote over 700http://www.benbridges.co.uk/riders3.html LEONARD F MEARES – THE MAN THEY CALLED MARSHALL GROVER Westerns for the Australian ...

(1921–1993) *

Ward Ruyslinck Raymond De Belser (17 June 1929 – 3 October 2014), pseudonym Ward Ruyslinck, was a Belgian writer. He is the son of Leo De Belser and Germaine Nauwelaers. His father was a librarian at an oil company, and Ward Ruyslinck grew up in a Roman Catho ...

, pseudonym of Belgian writer Raymond De Belser (1929–2014) * nickname of

Edward Sels Edward Sels (born 27 August 1941 at Vorselaar, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1963 to 1972, winning 35 races. He was road champion of Belgium in 1961 (Military) and 1964. He won seven sta ...

(born 1941), Belgian professional road bicycle racer

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* Ward Cameron, a main character in

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series ''

Outer Banks (TV series) ''Outer Banks'' is an American action-adventure mystery teen drama streaming television series created by Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, and Shannon Burke that premiered on Netflix on April 15, 2020. In December 2021, the series was renewed for a th ...

'', played by

Charles Esten Charles Esten Puskar III (born September 9, 1965), also known professionally as Charles Esten, and Chip Esten, is an American actor, musician and comedian. Esten played the role of country singer Deacon Claybourne on the ABC/ CMT drama ''Nashvi ...

Ward Cleaver Ward Cleaver Jr. is a fictional character in the American television sitcom '' Leave It to Beaver''. Ward and his wife, June, are often invoked as archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s babyboomers. At the start of the show, the couple are th ...

, in the television sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'' *

Ward Meachum Ward Meachum is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In his original comic book appearances, he is depicted as the brother of Harold Meachum and the uncle of Joy Meachum. Ward was portrayed by Tom Pe ...

, from Marvel Comics' '' Iron Fist'' * Ward Zabac, in the video game ''Final Fantasy VIII''

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