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* Some of the older wizards in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' (the Principal, and the head of the school Negi graduates from in chapter one) sport these.
* Enho from ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'' has one, despite not being a wizard. {{spoiler|Or so we thought.}}
* ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'': the Headmaster has one
 
 
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== Literature ==
* Dumbledore of ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'' has such a beard (he and the beard are pictured above).
** Played for laughs in ''Goblet of Fire''. Dumbledore draws an "Age Line" around the goblet to prevent any underage students entering themselves for the Triwzard Tournament. Anyone who tries, even if they've magically aged themselves up, is knocked backwards...and finds that they've suddenly grown an enormous beard. When the Weasley twins try it, Dumbledore compliments them on the quality of their beards.
** Merlin's beard!
* [[Merlin]] is normally shown with such.
** In ''[[The Sword in Thethe Stone]]'', his beard keeps getting tangled up or caught in doors.
** Oddly, medieval portrayals of Merlin do not give him the beard - that came later. Merlin was only shown in early works as a youth, and in later works - like Mallory - he's a shapeshifter who takes the shape of a child, a woman, and old man, but never reveals his true form. The ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' TV series has him as a youth, but he gets the beard when he transforms into his old self.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': Gandalf, Saruman and Cirdan have such beards. Cirdan is interesting because he is one of the few elves to have facial hair, and although technically not a wizard, has pretty close ties to them.
* ''[[Where's Waldo]]'' has a recurring character called Wizard Whitebeard.
* Some older depictions of Elminster of Shadowdale in the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' [[Forgotten Realms]] setting. Newer pictures give him a short beard.
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** Prehumous Professor of Morbid Bibliography, Professor Pelc (as opposed to the Posthumous Professor of the same. Think about it) wears a false long beard because it is expected of wizards and remains one of the few naturally, by choice unshaven wizards to be seen.
** Professor Hix of <s> Necromancy</s> [[Insistent Terminology|The Department Of Post-Mortem Communications]] has a [[Beard of Evil|goatee]], as is [[Card-Carrying Villain|expected of]] [[Punch Clock Villain|his position]].
** Cutwell in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Mort|Mort]]'' also lacked a beard; the narration explained that there are fashions in wizardry like everything else, and Cutwell was out of step with the one that said you had to look like an elderly alderman.
* In ''Old Man Khottabych'' by Lazar Lagin, the titular genie's beard becomes a plot point because he can only cast magic by expending a hair from it. Meaning that if, by any misfortune, he loses his beard (or simply gets it wet), he's [[Brought Down to Normal]].
* [[Lampshaded]] and averted in the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' series. It's pointed out that the most skilled wizards don't get the opportunity to grow long beards, since being a thorn in the side of the [[Big Bad]] tends to lead to a short life-span.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Parodied hard in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'' where the senior Wizard of Wiztech has a fake beard that he surrenders to a wannabe dark wizard.
* Merlin on ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' usually averts this trope, since he's a youth in the series. But it is put into play when he uses the aging spell to turn himself into "Dragoon" and the beard is definitely there.
 
 
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** And Hector constantly lampshades it with his nickname for Athos, Graybeard.
* In ''[[Little Big Adventure]]'', to become a wizard, a (fake) long white beard is a necessary costume element along with the wizard robe and hat. Before being able to graduate, Twinsen must buy one off of a shady flying carpet salesman.
* The archmagi (including Antonidas) in ''[[War CraftWarcraft]]''.
** Velen, too, although he's less "wizard" than "ancient high priest."
* Lezaford in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics a 2]]''.
* ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'': The Great One (read: really powerful [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Tsurani]] magician) Makala has a long white beard, in spite of the books asserting emphatically that Great Ones do not wear beards, because in Tsurani culture, only slaves are anything but clean-shaven.
* In the game ''[[SpacestationSpace Station 13]]'', there's a gamemode in which a player is selected to be a Space Wizard and cause chaos on the station. He needs a few items to be able to cast spells. Those items? A[[Robe and Wizard Hat|Robe and Wizard hat]] and a [[Wizard Beard|Beard]].
* [[Expy|Gammel Drask]] of ''[[Grim Grimoire]]''.
* Manannan in ''[[King's Quest III]]''.
* Alakazam from ''[[Pokémon (Franchise)|Pokémon]]''.
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[My Middle NamesName's Adventure]]'', Lina's mentor has [http://www.doublepuma.com/adventure/comic/0031/ such a thick beard] his speech is [[The Unintelligible|incomprehensible]]. The tail of his speech bubble even gets ''stuck'' in it.
* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', Artax has a Wizard Mustache. In an alternate universe where he's more powerful, it's longer, and [[Prehensile Hair|prehensile]].
* ''[[Order of the Stick]]'': The wizard Dorukan acquired a proper [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0196.html long white beard] in his old age, well after attaining Epic status.
* Gandledorf from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', what with being a [[Harry Potter|Dumbledore]] parody with a little bit of [[The Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]] thrown in.
* While it's not ''quite'' a beard, Sarda, the [[Jerkass]] [[A Wizard Did It|Wizard Who Did It]] of ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', was around since the beginning of the universe, {{spoiler|where, through a mistake of Sarda's own, White Mage had beaten him to the punch in its creation}}. As he sits and waits for millennia, his iconic moustache can be seen gradually growing.
* ''[[Wizard School (Webcomic)|Wizard School]]'' has several of these - Headmaster Farnsdorf has a particularly long wizard beard.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Merklynn from ''[[Visionaries (Animation)|Visionaries]]''.
* [[An Ice Person|The Ice King]] in ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''.
* Homnibus the good wizard in ''[[The Smurfs]]''.
* Yen Sid, Mickey Mouse's magic teacher in both ''[[Fantasia]]'' and the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Twilight Sparkle goes to Nightmare Night dressed up as Star Swirl the Bearded, a famous unicorn mage. As you can guess, the costume includes a long, grey fake beard.
* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar Roku]] has a Gandalf-esque [http://images.wikia.com/avatar/images/f/f6/Roku.png long white beard] to emphasize his role as Aang's mentor.
 
 
== Real Life ==
* [[Alan Moore]], creator of ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' and other important graphic novels, has also claimed at times to practice magickal arts
* Two of the three members of the rock band [[ZZ Top]].
** The other member, who's clean shaven? His name is "Frank Beard." Seriously.
* Aubrey de Grey, immortalist. See ''[[Long for This World]].''
* William Lee Golden of [[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
* [[George MacDonald (Creator)|George MacDonald]], influential Scottish fantasy author, was not a wizard but often wrote about them, and had a most impressive beard to show for it [http://www.george-macdonald.com/images/macdonald_wp1%201024x768.jpg\].
 
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