# 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
* 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 (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 (born 1964), English actor
* Timothy Pollard, American basketball player
* Tom Pollard (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