John Beard may refer to:
- John Beard (artist) (born 1943), Welsh artist and painter
- John Beard (colonial administrator), Chief Agent and Governor of Bengal
- John Beard (news anchor) (born 1945), newscaster and Arrested Development actor
- John Beard (Arrested Development), the character he plays
- John Beard (tenor) (1717-1791), singer of Handel's operas and oratorios
- John F. Beard, Wisconsin legislator
- John Relly Beard (1800–1876), Unitarian Minister
- John Stanley Beard (1916–2011), forester and ecologist
- John Stanley Coombe Beard (1890–1970), architect
- John W. Beard (born 1951), Iowan politician
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or beard:
“thinking of
leaning on the john door in the 5 SPOT
while she whispered a song along the keyboard
to Mal Waldron and everyone and I stopped breathing”
—Frank O’Hara (1926–1966)
“His tears run down his beard like winter’s drops
From eaves of reeds.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)