A bard is a minstrel in medieval Scottish, Irish, and Welsh societies; and later re-used by romantic writers. Bard, BARD, Bård or similar terms may also refer to: People Bard (surname) Bård, Norwegian given name and surname "The Bard of..." etc. William Shakespeare (died 1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the Bard of Bengal John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), the Bard of Salford Richard Llwyd (1752–1835), the Bard of Snowdon Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), the Bard of the Green Mountains Robert W. Service (1874–1958), the Bard of the Yukon Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair ( 1698–1770), the Great Bard Fictional characters Bard the Bowman, a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Hobbit Beedle the Bard, an author of fairy tales in the Harry Potter series Places In the United States Bard Peak (Alaska), a summit in the Kenai Mountains Bard, California, an unincorporated community Bard, Nevada, a ghost town Bard, New Mexico, an unincorporated community Bard Peak, Colorado, United States In Iran Bard, Ardabil, Ardabil Province Bard, Iran, Mazandaran Province, a village Bard Gapi, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, a village Bard Kheymeh, Ramhormoz County, Khuzestan Province, a village Bard-e Ghamchī, Andika County, Khuzestan Province, a village Elsewhere Bard Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Bard, Loire, France Bard, Aosta Valley, Italy Fort Bard Music Bard (Soviet Union), genre of music in Russia consisting of singers-songwriters with guitar accompaniment The Bard (Sibelius), a tone poem by Jean Sibelius Bard (album), an album by Big Big Train Blind Guardian or the Bards, a power metal/speed metal band Bardcore, medievalised remakes of hit pop songs Literature Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish, a novel by Morgan Llywelyn Bard, a series of novels by Keith Taylor The Bard, a poem by Thomas Gray In role-playing and video games Bard (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bard, a character class in the Final Fantasy series Bard, a class in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Bard, the Wandering Caretaker, a champion in League of Legends The Bard, a playable character class in Everquest Schools Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States Bard College at Simon's Rock, an "early college" in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States Bard High School Early College, an alternative public secondary school in New York City, United States Bard College