Aylward is a name that may refer to: Surname Bob Aylward (1911–1974), Irish politician Bobby Aylward (1955–2022), Irish politician Bruce Aylward, Canadian physician and Assistant Director General of the WHO Dick Aylward (1925–1983), American baseball player Gladys Aylward (1902–1970), English missionary Gordon Aylward, Australian chemist James Ambrose Dominic Aylward (1813–1872), English theologian and poet James Aylward (cricketer) (1741–1827), English cricketer James P. Aylward (1885–1982), American lawyer and politician Joan Marie Aylward, Canadian politician John Aylward (1946–2022), American actor Liam Aylward (born 1952), Irish politician Mansel Aylward (1942–2024), Welsh public health physician and academic Samkin Aylward, fictional character from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The White Company Samkin Aylward, a fictional character from S. M. Stirling's Emberverse series novels named after the Doyle character Theodore Aylward (1730–1801), English organist Given name Aylward M. Blackman (1883–1956), British Egyptologist