Notable Actors and Entertainers: 1 actor
Ward Bond   1903-1960  
Notable Artists: 1 animator
Pendleton Ward (a.k.a. Ward)   1982-  
Notable Musicians: 1 musician
Joseph "Run" Simmons (middle name Ward)   1964-  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 1 anthropologist
Ward Goodenough   1919-2013  
Olympic Medalists: 1 gold
(gold) Don McKenzie (middle name Ward)   1968   swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 1 musician
Joseph "Run" Simmons (middle name Ward)   2009   Run-DMC