Aylward is a name that may refer to:
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Bob Aylward (1911–1974), Irish politician
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Bobby Aylward (born 1955), Irish politician
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Bruce Aylward, Canadian physician and Assistant Director General of the WHO
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Dick Aylward (1925–1983), American baseball player
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Gladys Aylward
Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book ''The Small Woman: The Heroic Story of Gladys Aylward'', by Alan Burgess, published in 19 ...
(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 (born 1946), American actor
*Liam Aylward (born 1952), Irish politician
*Samkin Aylward, fictional character from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel ''The White Company''
**List of Emberverse characters#Clan Mackenzie, Samkin Aylward, a fictional character from S. M. Stirling's ''Emberverse series'' novels named after the Doyle character
*Theodore Aylward (1730–1801), English organist
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*Aylward M. Blackman (1883–1956), British Egyptologist
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