Charles Beard may refer to: Charles Edmund Beard (1900–1982), CEO and President Braniff International Airways Charles A. Beard (1874–1948), American historian Edmund Charles Beard (1894–1974), British Major-General during the Second World War Charles E. Beard (1920–2006), librarian in Georgia, U.S. Charles Taschereau Beard (1890–1948), Canadian naval officer and politician Charles Beard (Unitarian) (1827–1888), English Unitarian divine, vice-president of University College, Liverpool Charles Beard (priest) (1870–1943), Dean of Glasgow and Galloway Dave Beard (Charles David Beard, born 1959), former pitcher in Major League Baseball See also