Pollard (surname)

Pollard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A–B

• A. J. Pollard (born 1941), English medieval historian
• Al Pollard (1928–2002), American football player
• Albert Pollard, (1869–1948), British historian of Tudor era
• Albert C. Pollard (born 1967), American politician
• Alice Pollard, Solomon Islands activist
• Alfred Oliver Pollard, (1893–1960), British author, awarded Victoria Cross
• Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944), English Shakespearian scholar and bibliographer
• Amos Pollard (1803–1836), American surgeon at the Battle of the Alamo
• Amy Elizabeth Rosalie Pollard-Imrie (known as Clare Imrie, 1870–1944), Franciscan mother abbess, builder of St Mary of the Angels RC church, Liverpool
• Sir Amyas Pollard, 3rd Baronet (1616–1701), English gentleman and royalist in the English Civil War
• Anastasia Pollard, American-born English painter
• Andrew Pollard (biologist) (born 1965), British vaccinologist
• Andrew Pollard (educator) (born 1949), British academic
• Anthony Pollard (British Army officer) (born 1937), major-general
• Ackquille Jean Pollard (born 1994), American rapper known as Bobby Shmurda
• Art Pollard (1927–1973), American racecar driver
• Asa Pollard (1735–1775), American soldier in the Revolutionary War
• Ash Pollard (born 1986), Australian cook and media personality
• Benjamin Pollard (1890–1967), English Anglican bishop
• Bernard Pollard (born 1984), NFL safety for the Tennessee Titans
• Brandon Pollard (born 1973), American soccer player
• Brian Pollard (born 1954), English footballer
• Bruce Pollard (born 1945), Australian rugby league footballer

C–E

• Calvin Pollard (1797–1850), American architect
• Carl Pollard (born 1947), American linguist
• Catherine Pollard (born 1960), Guyanese diplomat, Under Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Catherine Pollard (Scouting) (1918–2006), American scout master, first female scout master in the BSA
• Charles Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Chris Pollard, American college baseball coach
• Clare Pollard (born 1978), English poet and dramatist
• Claude Pollard (1874–1942), Attorney General of Texas (1927–1929)
• Coral Bernadine Pollard (born c. 1940), Barbadian artist
• Courtland Pollard (1899–1977), American football coach
• Daisi Pollard (born 1980), American model
• Dan Pollard, Canadian broadcaster
• D. T. Pollard (Danny Pollard), American writer
• Daphne Pollard (1891–1978), Australian-born vaudeville performer, later US film actress
• Deana Pollard Sacks (born 1964), American legal educator and writer
• Darryl Pollard (born 1964), American football player
• David Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Derek Pollard (born 1939), British academic and nuclear chemist
• DeRionne P. Pollard, President of Montgomery College since 2010
• Devonta Pollard (born 1994), American professional basketball player
• Dick Pollard (footballer) (1913–1966), Australian rules footballer
• Doug Pollard (born 1957), Canadian soccer player
• Ed Pollard (born 1962), Barbadian boxer
• Edward A. Pollard (1832–1872), American author of The Lost Cause and newspaperman with the Richmond Examiner 1832–1872
• Edwin Pollard (born 1942), High Commissioner of Barbados in London (2003–2008)
• Eric Pollard (skier), United States freestyle skier and film editor
• Ernest Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Eve Pollard (born 1945), British journalist

F–J

• Frank Pollard (born 1957), American football player
• Frank Pollard (politician) (1870–1951), Australian politician
• Frederick Pollard (disambiguation), also Fritz Pollard, several people
• Gary Pollard (born 1959), English footballer
• George Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Graham Pollard (1903–1976), English bookseller and bibliophile
• Greg Pollard (born 1960), Australian squash player
• Handré Pollard (born 1994), South African rugby union player playing for the Blue Bulls in the Super Rugby championship
• H. B. Pollard, first postmaster of Ashland, Kentucky
• Harry Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Helen Perlstein Pollard (born 1946), American academic ethnohistorian and archaeologist
• Henry Moses Pollard (1836–1904), American politician
• Hugh Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Ingrid Pollard (born 1953), English artist and photographer
• J. W. H. Pollard (1872–1957), American college sports coach
• Jack Pollard (1926–2002), Australian sports writer and historian of cricket
• James Pollard (1792–1867), British painter
• James Pollard (soldier) (1919–1942), Australian private who was killed in the Ration Truck massacre
• Jamie Pollard, American athletics director
• Jane Pollard (born 1972), English artist film maker
• Jill Pollard (born 1935), British gymnast
• Jim Pollard (1922–1993), American basketball player
• John Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Jon Pollard (disambiguation), several people
• Jonathan Pollard, US intelligence analyst; Israeli spy
• Josephine Pollard (1834–1892), US hymn writer, author and poet
• Justin Pollard (born 1968), British historian and writer

K–P

• Keith Pollard (born 1950), American comic book artist
• Keith Pollard (rugby league) (born 1946), English rugby league footballer and coach
• Kerry Pollard (born 1944) an English politician
• Kevin Pollard (born 1958), Canadian politician
• Kieron Pollard (born 1987), West Indies cricketer
• Larry Pollard (born 1954), Canadian stock-car racing driver
• Lee Pollard (born 1979), English cricketer
• Leslie Pollard (born 1956), American Seventh-day Adventist minister
• Lewis Pollard (c.1465-1526), English Justice of the Common Pleas and MP
• Lindsey Pollard, Canadian animator
• Luke Pollard (born 1980), British politician
• Marcus Pollard (born 1972), American footballer
• Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996), English scholar of Sanskrit and poet
• Marjorie Pollard (1899–1982), English hockey player
• Mark Pollard (born 1979), Falkland Islands politician
• Martin Pollard (born 1977), English cricketer
• Mary Pollard (1922–2005), English/Irish librarian and specialist in early printed books
• Michael Pollard (cricketer) (born 1989), New Zealand cricketer
• Michael J. Pollard (1939–2019), American actor
• Mother Pollard (c. 1882/1885–before 1963)), American church elder who participated in the 1955–1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott
• Myles Pollard (born 1972), Australian actor
• Nancy Pollard
• Nicholas Pollard Sr. (1924–2003), Belizean politician and trade union leader
• Nick Pollard (born 1950), British journalist
• Nicole Pollard, American fashion stylist
• Odell Pollard (1927–2015), Arkansas politician and attorney
• Pam Pollard, American politician active in Oklahoma
• Paul Pollard (born 1968), English cricketer
• Percy Pollard (1883–1948), Australian politician
• Percy F. Pollard (1892–?), British socialist activist

R–S

• Red Pollard (1909–1981), Canadian jockey, best remembered as the regular rider of Seabiscuit
• Reg Pollard (general) (1903–1978), Australian military officer, Chief of the General Staff from 1960 to 1963
• Reg Pollard (politician) (1894–1981), Australian politician
• Richard Pollard (disambiguation), including Dick Pollard, several people
• Robert Pollard (disambiguation), also for Bob Pollard, several people
• Robin Pollard, New Zealand academic
• Roy Pollard (1927–2012), rugby league footballer for Great Britain, England, and Dewsbury
• Royce Pollard (1939–2025), American politician, mayor of Vancouver, Washington State
• Royce Pollard (American football) (born 1989), American footballer
• Russell Pollard (born 1975), American rock musician
• Sam Pollard (missionary) (1864–1915), Bible Christian Church missionary to China and inventor of the "Pollard script"
• Scot Pollard (born 1975), American basketball player and current NBA TV analyst
• Scott M. Pollard (born 1970), American attorney and Rhode Island politician
• Sean Pollard (born 1991), Australian Paralympian
• Sidney Pollard (1925–1998), British economic and labour historian
• Snub Pollard (1889–1962), Australian-born vaudevillian, American silent film comedian
• Stephen Pollard (born 1964), British journalist, editor of The Jewish Chronicle
• Stephen Pollard (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
• Stu Pollard (born 1967), American film producer, writer and director
• Stuart Pollard, Australian sailor and property developer
• Su Pollard (born 1949), English comedy actress who starred in the BBC TV sitcom Hi-de-Hi!

T–W

• Terry Pollard (1931–2009), American jazz pianist and vibraphone player
• Thomas Pollard (actor) (1597–1649×1655), English actor in the King's Men
• Thomas D. Pollard (born 1942), American biologist
• Tiffany Pollard (born 1982), American reality television star
• Tim Pollard (1964–2025), English actor and entertainer
• Timothy Pollard, American basketball player
• Tom Pollard (opera producer) (1857–1922), New Zealand comic opera producer and manager
• Tom Pollard (footballer) (1894–1941), Australian rules footballer
• Tommy Pollard (1923–1960), British piano and vibes player, co-founder of Club Eleven
• Tony Pollard (born 1997), American football player
• Tony Pollard (archaeologist) (born 1965), British battlefield archaeologist and television presenter
• Trent Pollard (born 1972), American footballer
• Velma Pollard (1937–2025), Jamaican poet and writer
• Vic Pollard (born 1945), English-born cricketer, active in New Zealand
• Walter Pollard (1906–1945), English footballer with Burnley, West Ham, Fulham and Southampton
• William Pollard (Quaker) (1828–1893), British Quaker minister
• William B. Pollard III (born 1947), American military judge
• William G. Pollard (1911–1989), American physicist
• William L. Pollard, American college/university President/Dean of multiple institutions
• William Pollard-Urquhart (1815–1871), American writer on economic and policy issues

Fictional characters

• Cayce Pollard, fictional protagonist of William Gibson's novel Pattern Recognition (2003)
• Charley Pollard, character from the Big Finish Doctor Who releases
• Eric Pollard, character from British soap opera Emmerdale
• Val Pollard, character from Emmerdale, formerly married to Eric
• Vicky Pollard, character from British comedy show Little Britain
• Henry Pollard, character from the American comedy show Party Down

See also

• Pollard (disambiguation)