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:
“Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations, as all other causes combined.”
—John Abbott. The Mother at Home; or the Principles of Maternal Duty, John Abbott, Crocker and Brewster (1833)
“He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man; and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)