John Beard may refer to: John Beard (artist) (born 1943), Welsh artist and painter John Beard (colonial administrator) (died 1685), Chief Agent and Governor of Bengal John Beard (embryologist) (1858–1924), Scottish embryologist and anatomist John Beard (news anchor) (born 1945), American newscaster and Arrested Development actor John Beard (Arrested Development), the character he plays John Beard (politician) (1797–1876), American politician John Beard (tenor) ( 1716–1791), English singer of Handel's operas and oratorios John Beard (trade unionist) (1871–1950), British trade unionist and politician John F. Beard (1822–1891), Wisconsin legislator John Relly Beard (1800–1876), Unitarian minister John Stanley Beard (1916–2011), British-born Australian forester and ecologist John Stanley Coombe Beard (1890–1970), English architect John W. Beard (born 1951), Iowan politician John William Beard (1920–2006), member of the California legislature