List of people with surname Wood

Wood is a common anglophone surname. Notable people with the surname Wood include:

A

• Albert Beaumont Wood, British physicist
• Alexander Wood, city magistrate in York, Upper Canada
• Alexander Wood, physician and the inventor of the hypodermic needle
• Alson Wood, American politician
• Admiral Sir Andrew Wood, admiral and laird of the Clan MacDonald
• Andrew Wood (disambiguation), several people
• Anthony Wood (disambiguation), several people
• Ardeth Wood (1975–2003), a graduate student at the University of Waterloo

B

• Barbara Wood, American writer
• Barnabas Wood, American dentist and namesake of Wood's metal
• Barry Wood (cricketer), cricketer
• Barry Wood (football), American football quarterback and microbiologist
• Barry Wood (interior designer), American designer
• Barry Wood (singer), American singer
• Beatrice Wood, American artist
• Benjamin Wood, American politician
• Bernard Wood (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer and golfer
• Brandon Wood, American baseball player
• Brandon Wood (basketball), American pro basketball player

C

• Carl Wood, pioneer of the in vitro fertilization technique, worked at the Monash University in Victoria, Australia
• Casey Albert Wood (1856–1942), American ophthalmologist and zoologist
• Cathy Wood, American serial killer
• Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
• Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
• Charles Wood, Irish composer
• Charles Wood, British scientist
• Charles Wood, Broadway singer and actor
• Charles Erskine Scott Wood, American author, activist, and attorney
• Chris Wood, a jazz musician with the trio Medeski Martin & Wood
• Chris Wood, woodwind player with the rock band Traffic
• Chris Wood, a folk musician
• Christopher Wood, an English painter
• Christopher Wood, a screenwriter
• Clare Wood, British pro tennis player
• Connor Wood (born 1993), Canadian basketball player
• Corinne Wood, a former lieutenant governor of Illinois and the first female lieutenant governor of Illinois
• Craig Wood (golfer)
• Cynthia Wood, (b. 1950) American model and actress, Playmate of the Year for 1974

D

• Darren Wood, an English football player
• DaShaun Wood, an American pro basketball player
• David Wood, several people
• Denis Wood, an author and a professor of Design at North Carolina State University
• Doc Wood, an American pro baseball player
• Dominic Wood, a British actor
• Donald Peter John Wood (1923–2002), a British historian
• Doug Wood, a Canadian pole vaulter
• Douglas Wood (1880–1966), American actor of stage and screen

E

• Easton Wood (b. 1989), an Australian footballer
• Edmund Burke Wood, a Canadian politician and judge
• Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924–1978), an American film director
• Elijah Wood, (b. 1981), an American actor
• Elizabeth Wood, several people
• Enoch Wood (1759–1840), English potter
• Eric Wood, (b. 1986), an American football player
• Evan Rachel Wood, an American actress

F

• Fernando Wood (1812–1881), mayor of New York City
• Frank Porter Wood (1882–1955), Canadian Art Collector of Toronto
• Frank Wood (Iowa politician) (born 1951)
• Frank Wood (actor) (born 1960), American actor
• Freeman Wood (1896–1956), American actor

G

• G. Wood (1919–2000), American actor
• Garfield Wood, (1880–1971) American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer
• Garth Wood (born 1978), Australian boxer and former rugby league footballer
• George Henry Wood (1874–1945), English labour statistician
• George Wood (actor) (born 1981), English actor, singer, and composer
• George Wood (baseball) (1858–1924), Canadian baseball player and manager
• George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), New Zealand politician
• Gerald Wood (born 1926), Barbadian cricketer
• Gloria Wood (1923–1995), American singer and cartoon voice actress
• Gordon Wood, several people
• Grant Wood (1891–1942), American painter

H

The conductor - Sir Henry Wood

• Harry Blanshard Wood (1882–1924), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• Hart Wood (1880–1957), American architect
• Sir Henry Wood (1869–1944), orchestral conductor
• Mrs Henry Wood (1814–1887), British novelist (wrote under her married name)
• Sir Henry Evelyn Wood (1838–1919), British Field Marshal and Victoria Cross recipient
• Hugh Wood (born 1932), composer

I

• Ida Wood (1838–1932), American recluse
• Ivor Wood (1932-2004), Anglo-French animator, writer and producer of children's television series such as Postman Pat

J

• J. Wood, English cricketer
• James Wood (composer), composer, percussionist and conductor
• Jason Wood, several people
• Jeff Wood, several people
• Smoky Joe Wood (1889–1985), baseball pitcher for Boston Red Sox and outfielder for Cleveland Indians, 1908–1922; see Ritter & Honig: The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.
• Joe Wood (1919–1985), baseball infielder, 1943 season
• Joe Wood (1916–2002), baseball pitcher for Boston Red Sox, 1944 season; son of Smoky Joe
• John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), former North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina.
• John Wood (b. 1946), an Australian actor, star of the long-running police drama Blue Heelers
• John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745)
• John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744)
• John Wood (1930–2011), an English actor, known for Shakespearean roles and his association with Tom Stoppard
• John Wood (1798–1880), governor of Illinois (1860–1861)
• John Wood (d. 1979), an American federal judge, whose assassination was the first murder of a sitting federal judge in the 20th century
• John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), an English architect, best known for Queen Square and The Circus in Bath
• John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), an English architect (son of John Wood), best known for the Royal Crescent in Bath
• John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• John G. Wood, a veteran of the British far right and member of the British Peoples Party
• John Medley Wood
• John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), a chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
• John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), an officer in the U.S. Navy who became a captain in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War
• John Travers Wood, an American Representative from Idaho during the mid-20th century
• Juston Wood (born 1979), American football player

K

• Keith Wood, (b. 1972) former international rugby union star who played hooker for, and captained Ireland, the British and Irish Lions, Harlequin F.C. and Munster Rugby
• Keith Porteous Wood, Executive Director of the National Secular Society (UK)
• Kerry Wood, American baseball player
• Kimba Wood, American Federal judge

L

• Leonard Wood, U.S. Army Chief of Staff and Governor General of the Philippines
• Leon Wood (b. 1962), American basketball player and basketball game official
• Leon J. Wood, American theologian

M

• Marshall Wood, former vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Martin Wood, several people
• Mary Wood (baseball)
• Matthew Wood, several people
• Mike Wood (baseball)

N

• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), American actress
• Nick Wood, English rugby union player
• Norman Wood, several people

O

• Oliver Wood, fictional character from Harry Potter books

P

• Paul Wood, several people
• Peggy Wood (1892–1978), American actress
• Peter Wood, several people

R

• Ralph Wood (1715–1772) and his son and grandson of same name, English potters
• Rex Wood (1909–1970), South Australian artist in Portugal
• Robert Wood (1792–1847), Canadian timber merchant who claimed to be the son of Prince Edward Augustus
• Robert Wood (mathematician)
• Robert Coldwell Wood, US administrator
• Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955), US physicist
• Ronnie Wood (b. 1947), musician, member of The Rolling Stones
• Roy Wood (1892–1974), baseball player
• Roy Wood (b. 1946), musician

S

• Samuel Wood, several people
• Sandra Wood Scarr, American psychologist
• Scott Wood, American basketball player
• Scott Wood (American football), American football player
• Sidney Wood, American tennis player
• Silas Wood (1769–1847), U.S. Congressman from New York State
• Smoky Joe Wood, (1889–1985) American baseball player
• Spencer S. Wood (1861–1940), U.S. Navy rear admiral
• Stan Wood, (1905–67) English football player
• Stephen Wood, American politician

T

• Thomas Wood, several people

U

• Ursula Wood, (1868–1925) English artist

V

• Victoria Wood (1953–2016), British comedian

W

• Wallace Wood, (1927–1981), American writer-illustrator
• Warren L. Wood (1910–1980), American politician
• Wilbur Wood, American pro baseball player
• Wilfred Wood, (1897–1982) British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• Wilfrid Wood (1888–1976), English artist
• William Wood, several people
• Willie Wood, (b. 1938) Scottish professional bowls player
• Wilson Wood (1915–2014), American character actor
• Wilson Wood (1943–2017), Scottish footballer

Z

• Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player

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• Wood (baseball), baseball player