Wood (family name)

Wood ( English : "wood", "forest") is an English family name .

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Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Abiel Wood (1772–1834), American politician
• Adam Wood (* 1955), British diplomat
• Aimee Lou Wood (born 1995), British actress
• Al Wood (born 1958), American basketball player
• Alan Wood (1834–1902), American politician
• Alan Muir Wood (1921–2009), British civil engineer
• Albert E. Wood (1910-2002), American paleontologist
• Alexander Wood (medic) (1817-1884), Scottish physician
• Alexander Wood (soccer player) (1907–1987), American soccer player
• Alf Wood (football player, 1873) ( Alfred Edward Wood ; 1873-1919), English football player
• Alf Wood (football player, 1915) ( Alfred Robert Wood ; 1915-2001), English football player and coach
• Alf Wood (soccer player, 1945) ( Alfred Edward Howson Wood ; * 1945), English soccer player
• Alphonso Wood (1810–1881), American educator and botanist
• Amelia Wood (1930–2013), American javelin thrower and shot putter
• Amos E. Wood (1810–1850), American politician
• Anna Wood , married name of Annemarie Cox (* 1966), Australian canoeist
• Anna Wood (actress) (born 1985), American actress
• Andrés Wood (* 1965), Chilean film director and screenwriter
• Andrew Wood (medic) (1810-1881) British surgeon
• Andrew Wood (diplomat) (born 1940), British diplomat
• Andrew Wood (athlete) (born 1944), British sprinter
• Andrew Wood (musician) (1966–1990), American rock musician
• Andy Wood (actor) , American actor
• Andy Wood (skeleton pilot) (* 1979), British skeleton pilot
• Anita Wood (* 1938), American radio presenter, actress and singer
• Anthony Wood (1632–1695), English antiquarian
• Arthur O'Hara Wood (1890-1918), Australian tennis player
• Ashley Wood (* 1971), Australian comic book writer, illustrator and designer

B.

• Barbara Wood (* 1947), American writer
• Bari Wood (* 1936), American author
• Barnabas Wood (1819–1875), American dentist and inventor
• Barry Wood (1942–2017), South African religious, auxiliary bishop in Durban
• Baruch Harold Wood (1909–1989), English chess player and chess writer
• Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), American writer and object artist
• Bebe Wood (* 2001), American actress
• Benjamin Wood (1820–1900), American politician
• Benson Wood (1839-1915), American politician
• Bernard Wood (* 1945), British anatomist and paleoanthropologist
• Beth Wood (* 1954), American politician
• Bobby Wood (* 1992), American football player
• Booty Wood (1919–1987), American jazz musician
• Bradford R. Wood (1800-1889), American politician
• Brenton Wood (* 1941), American R&B and soul singer and songwriter
• Brian Wood (* 1972), American comic book writer and graphic designer

C.

• Carl Wood (1929-2011), Australian medic
• Carroll Emory Wood (1921–2009), American botanist
• Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), British politician
• Charles Wood (composer) (1866–1926), Irish composer
• Charles Wood (actor) (1916–1978), American actor
• Charles Wood (author) (born 1932), British screenwriter
• Charles Wood (production designer) , American production designer
• Charles C. Wood Taylor (1792-1856), North American freedom fighter in Chile
• Charles Erskine Scott Wood (1852–1944), American officer, writer and lawyer
• Chester C. Wood , American Military, Vice Admiral in the United States Navy
• Clare Wood (* 1968), British tennis player
• Colin Wood (* 1943), British jazz and rock pianist
• Chris Wood (rock musician) (1944-1983) British rock musician
• Chris Wood (soccer player, 1955) (born 1955), English soccer player
• Chris Wood (jazz bassist) (* 1969), American jazz bassist
• Chris Wood (soccer player, 1987) (born 1987), English soccer player
• Chris Wood (golfer) (* 1987), English golfer
• Chris Wood (actor) (* 1988), American actor
• Chris Wood (soccer player, 1991) (born 1991), New Zealand soccer player
• Christopher Wood (writer) (1935-2015), British novelist and screenwriter
• Christopher Wood (painter) (1901–1930) British painter
• Clive Wood (born 1954), British actor
• Corinne Wood (* 1954), American politician
• Craig Wood (Golfer) (1901-1968) American golfer
• Craig Wood (film editor) , Australian film editor
• Cynthia Wood (born 1950), American model and actress

D.

• Danny Wood (* 1969), American singer, songwriter and music producer
• DaShaun Wood (* 1985), American basketball player
• David Wood (actor) (born 1944), English actor
• David Wood (philosopher) (* 1946), British philosopher
• David Wood (missionary) (* 1976), American missionary and apologist
• David Wood (badminton player) , English badminton player
• David Duffield Wood (1838–1910), American composer and organist
• Diane Wood (* 1950), American lawyer
• Dody Wood (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dudley Wood (* 1946), British racing car driver
• Dustin Wood (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player

E.

• Ean Wood (1937-2010), British director, screenwriter and biographer
• Ed Wood (1924–1978), American film director
• Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), British politician, member of the House of Commons, Viceroy of India and British foreign policy maker
• Elijah Wood (born 1981), American actor
• Ellen Meiksins Wood (1942–2016), American historian
• Emily Wood (* 1978), English-German actress
• Eric Wood (* 1986), American football player
• Ernest Wood (Theosophist) (1883–1965), British theosophist and author
• Ernest E. Wood (1875–1952), American politician
• Evan Rachel Wood (* 1987), American actress
• Evelyn Henry Wood (1838-1919), British Field Marshal

F.

• Faith Wood-Blagrove (* 2004), British actress
• Fernando Wood (1812–1881), American politician
• Fiona Wood (* 1958), Australian surgeon
• Frances Wood (statistician) (1883–1919), British chemist and statistician
• Frances Wood (* 1948), English librarian, sinologist and historian
• Frank Wood (* 1960), American actor

G

• Gavin Wood (* 1980), British computer scientist
• George Wood , code name of Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), German resistance fighter and agent
• George Wood (actor) (1919–2000), American actor
• George Wood (soccer player) (born 1952), Scottish soccer player
• George Wood (snooker player) , English snooker player
• George T. Wood (1795-1858), American politician
• Georgina Theodora Wood (* 1947), Ghanaian judge
• Ghislaine Wood (* 1950), British art historian
• Glen Wood (1925–2019), American racing car driver
• Gordon S. Wood (* 1933), American historian and university professor
• Grant Wood (1891–1942), American painter

H

• H. Freeman Wood , British crime writer (created between 1880 and 1897)
• Harland G. Wood (1907-1991), American biochemist
• Harold Wood (weightlifter) (1890 – after 1928), British weightlifter
• Harold Kenneth Wood (1906–1972), American lawyer
• Harry Wood (soccer player) (1868–1951), English soccer player
• Harry Wood (track and field athlete) (1902–1975), British marathon runner
• Harry Edwin Wood (1881-1946), South African astronomer
• Harry O. Wood (1879-1958), American seismologist
• Haydn Wood (1882–1959), English composer and violinist
• Helen Margaret Muir-Wood (1895–1968), British paleontologist
• Henry Wood (1869–1944), British conductor
• Herbert P. Wood (1883-1925), American parasitologist
• Horace Elmer Wood (II) (1901–1975), American paleontologist
• Houston G. Wood III , American mathematician and physicist
• Howard R. Wood (1887–1958), American politician

I.

• Ian Wood (entrepreneur) (born 1942), British entrepreneur
• Ian Wood (soccer player) (born 1948), English soccer player
• Ian Wood (ice hockey player) (born 1964), Canadian-German ice hockey player
• Ian N. Wood (born 1950), British historian
• Ira David Wood III (born 1947), American director and actor
• Ira W. Wood (1856–1931), American politician

J

• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (* 1987), Canadian actress
• Jake Wood (born 1972), English actor
• James Wood (politician) (1741–1813), American politician (Virginia)
• James Wood (art historian) († 2010), American art historian
• James Wood (literary critic) (* 1965), British literary scholar
• James Wood-Mason (1846-1893), British zoologist
• James W. Wood (1924–1990), American military pilot
• Jamie Wood (* 1978), football player for the Cayman Islands
• Jamie R. Wood (PhD in 2007), paleontologist in New Zealand
• Jason Wood (1972-2010), British comedian
• Jeremiah Wood (1876–1962), American lawyer and politician
• John Wood the Elder (1704–1754), British builder
• John Wood the Younger (1727–1782), British builder
• John Wood (Isle of Man) (1761–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man
• John Wood (politician, 1798) (1798–1880), American politician (Illinois)
• John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), British naval officer, explorer and cartographer
• John Wood (Politician, 1816) (1816–1898), American politician (Pennsylvania)
• John Wood (soccer player) (1884–1959), English soccer player, coach and referee
• John Wood (1925–2015), Spanish film director, see Juan Bosch (director)
• John Wood (actor) (1930-2011), British actor
• John Wood (canoeist) (1950-2013), Canadian canoeist
• John Wood (entrepreneur) (* 1964), American entrepreneur
• John Wood (composer) , English Renaissance composer
• John Wood (airship builder) , British airship designer and entrepreneur
• John Wood (engineer) , British automotive engineer
• John J. Wood (1784–1874), American politician
• John M. Wood (1813–1864), American politician
• John Medley Wood (1827-1915), British-South African botanist
• John Norris Wood (1930–2015), British painter and university professor
• John Richard Ironside Wood (born 1944), British botanist
• John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), American politician
• John Travers Wood (1878–1954), American politician
• John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer and archaeologist
• Jonathan Wood (* 1982), Australian actor
• Joolie Wood , Canadian singer
• Joseph Wood (1712–1791), American politician
• Juan Wood , Argentinian soccer player

K

• Keith Porteous Wood (* 1948), British civil rights activist
• Keith Wood (born 1972), Irish rugby player
• Kelly Wood (* 1981), Scottish curler, see Kelly Schafer
• Kerry Wood (born 1977), American baseball player
• Kevin Wood , Zimbabwean cyclist
• Kingsley Wood (1881-1943), British politician
• Kristoff Wood (* 1993), Bahamian football player
• Kyle Wood (* 1996), Canadian ice hockey player

L.

• Lana Wood (* 1946), American actress and producer
• Laura Wood (1901–1982), American actress
• Lauren Wood (* before 1960), American singer
• Lawson Wood (1878–1957) British painter, illustrator and caricaturist
• Leanne Wood (* 1971), Welsh politician, party leader of Plaid Cymru
• Lee Brimmicombe-Wood (* 1963), English game developer and author
• Leonard Wood (1860–1927), American major general
• Levison Wood (* 1982), British soldier, researcher and writer
• Lisa Godbey Wood (* 1963), American lawyer
• Lloyd H. Wood (1896–1964), American politician

M.

• Mark Wood (guitarist) (born 1954), English jazz guitarist
• Mark Wood (violinist) , American violinist
• Martin Wood , Canadian director and producer
• Matthew Wood (* 1972), American sound engineer and voice actor
• Maud Wood Park (1871–1955), American suffragette
• Maurice Arthur Ponsonby Wood (1916–2007), British clergyman, Bishop of Norwich
• Mervyn Wood (1917-2006), Australian rower and policeman
• Meryl O'Hara Wood , Australian tennis player
• Mike Wood (politician, 1946) (born 1946), British politician (Labor Party)
• Mike Wood ( American football player ) (born 1954), American football player
• Mike Wood (curler) (* 1968), Canadian curler
• Mike Wood (fencer) (* 1971), South African fencer
• Mike Wood (politician, 1976) (born 1976), British politician (Conservative Party)
• Mike Wood (baseball player) (* 1980), American baseball player
• Mike Wood (boxer) (* 1982), American boxer
• Miles Wood (* 1995), American ice hockey player
• Milton L. Wood (1922-2015), American bishop

N

• N. Lee Wood (* 1955), American writer
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), American actress
• Nicholas Wood (1795–1865), English railway engineer
• Nicky Wood (born 1966), English football player
• Norman Wood (soccer player, 1889) (1889-1916), English soccer player
• Norman Wood (badminton) (around 1880 – after 1908), English badminton player
• Norman Wood (soccer player, 1921) (1921-2005), English soccer player
• Norman Wood (soccer player, 1932) (born 1932), English soccer player
• Norman Wood (golfer) (born 1947), Scottish golfer

O

• Oenone Wood (* 1980), Australian cyclist
• Oliver Wood (born 1950), British cameraman
• Oliver Wood (cyclist) (* 1995), British cyclist
• Oscar Wood (* 1975), American wrestler

P

• Pat O'Hara Wood (1891–1961), Australian tennis player
• Peggy Wood (1892–1978), American singer and actress
• Perry L. Wood, Jr. (* 1981), American herpetologist
• Peter Wood (director) (1925-2016), English theater and film director
• Peter Wood (musician) (1950–1993), English keyboardist
• Peter Van Wood (1927-2010), Dutch musician and astrologer
• Peter Hill-Wood (1936–2018), English banker and sports official

R.

• Rachel Wood (soccer player) (* 1990), American soccer player
• Rachel Hurd-Wood (born 1990), British actress
• Randy Wood (born 1963), American ice hockey player
• Ray Wood (1931-2002), English football player
• Reuben Wood (1792–1864), American politician
• Reuben T. Wood (1884–1955), American politician
• Richard Wood, Baron Holderness (1920–2002), British politician
• Richard Wood (soccer player) (born 1985), English soccer player
• Robert Wood (antiquarian) (1717–1771), British explorer and politician
• Robert Coldwell Wood (1923–2005), American politician and political scientist
• Robert Elkington Wood (1879–1969), American officer, businessman and politician
• Robert Morford Wood (1924-2004), American sailor and Olympic competitor
• Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955), American physicist
• Robin Wood (pianist) (1924-2004), Canadian pianist and music educator
• Robin Wood (film critic) (1931–2009), Canadian film critic
• Robin Wood (author) (* 1944), Paraguayan comic book author
• Roger Wood (Governor) († 1654), British colonial governor
• Roger Leigh-Wood (1906–1987), British athlete
• Roger C. Wood (computer scientist) (1932–2013), American computer scientist and university professor
• Roger C. Wood (Zoologist) ( Roger Conant Wood ), American zoologist and paleontologist
• Ron Wood (born 1947), British rock musician
• Ronald KS Wood (1919-2017), British botanist
• Ross Benjamin Wood (born 1974), football player for the Northern Mariana Islands
• Roy Wood (* 1946), British songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
• Ruth Goulding Wood (1875–1939), American mathematician and university professor
• Rutledge Wood (* 1980), American presenter and motorsport expert

S.

• Sam Taylor-Wood (* 1967), British director, photographer, artist and musician, see Sam Taylor-Johnson
• Sam Wood (1883–1949), American film director
• Samuel H. Wood , American reproductive medicine specialist
• Searles Valentine Wood (1798–1880), English paleontologist
• Sebastian Wood (* 1961), British diplomat
• Sidney Wood (1911–2009), American tennis player
• Silas Wood (1769–1847), American politician
• Smokey Wood (1918–1975), American musician
• Steven Wood (1961-1995), Australian canoeist
• Stewart Wood, Baron Wood of Anfield (* 1968), British politician

T

• Tatjana Wood , American artist and comic book colorist
• Thelma Wood (1901–1970), American Silverpoint artist and sculptor
• Theron Wood (* 1990), Cayman Islands football player
• Thomas Wood (priest) (1499–1588), British clergyman
• Thomas Wood (Bishop) (1885–1961), British clergyman, Bishop of Bedford
• Thomas Wood (Senator) (1889–1965), Canadian politician
• Thomas Wood (soccer player) (* 1982), soccer player of the Cayman Islands
• Thomas J. Wood (1823-1906), American general
• Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844–1908), American politician
• Thomas McKinnon Wood (1855-1927), British politician
• Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903), American painter
• Tiffani Wood (* 1977), Australian singer and songwriter
• Tim Wood (born 1948), American figure skater
• Tom Wood (actor, 1894) (1894–1932), American actor
• Tom Wood (photographer) (born 1951), Irish photographer
• Tom Wood (actor, 1963) (born 1963), American actor
• Tom Wood (special effects artist) , special effects artist
• Tom Wood (Author) (born 1978), British novelist and screenwriter
• Tom Wood (rugby player) (born 1986), English rugby union player
• Travis Wood (* 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Trevor Wood (special effects artist) , special effects artist
• Trevor Wood (soccer player) (* 1968), Northern Irish soccer player

V

• Victoria Wood (1953-2016), British actress and producer

W.

• WAR Wood ( William Alfred Rae Wood ; 1878-1970), British diplomat
• Waddy Butler Wood (1869–1944), American architect
• Wally Wood ( Wallace Wood ; 1927–1981), American comic artist
• Walter Wood (1866–1961), British writer
• Walter A. Wood (1815-1892), American politician
• Warren Wood (1887-1926), American golfer
• William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808) British politician and botanist
• William Wood (zoologist) (1774-1857) British zoologist
• William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British politician, Member of the House of Commons and legal scholar
• William Wood (athlete) (1881-1940), Canadian marathon runner
• William Wood (wrestler) (1888– ??), British wrestler
• William Wood (rower) (1899-1960), Canadian rower
• William Wood (screenwriter) , American screenwriter
• William Barry Wood (medic) (1910–1971), American football player and medic
• William Barry Wood (molecular biologist) (* 1938), American singer and molecular biologist
• William F. Wood , American chemist and biochemist
• William Robert Wood (1861–1933), American politician
• Willie Wood (1936-2020) American football player

Z

• Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player

Fictional characters

• Julie Wood , protagonist of the Franco-Belgian comic series of the same name
• Oliver Wood, see characters from the Harry Potter novels #Oliver Wood