List of people with surname Wood
For information about the surname Wood, see Wood (surname).
Wood is a common anglophone surname. Notable people with the surname Wood include:
A
- Albert Beaumont Wood, British physicist
- Alexander Wood, physician and the inventor of the hypodermic needle
- Alexander Wood, city magistrate in York, Upper Canada
- Alson Wood, American politician
- Admiral Sir Andrew Wood, admiral and laird of the Clan MacDonald
- Andrew Wood, several people
- Anthony Wood, British antiquarian
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
E
- Easton Wood (b. 1989), an Australian footballer
- Edmund Burke Wood, a Canadian politician and judge
- Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924–78), an American film director
- Elijah Wood, (b. 1981), an American actor
- Elizabeth Wood, several people
- Eric Wood, (b. 1986), an American football player
- Evan Rachel Wood, an American actress
F
- Fernando Wood, mayor of New York City
- Frank Porter Wood, Canadian Art Collector of Toronto
- Frank Wood (Iowa politician)
- Frank Wood (actor), American actor
G
- Garfield Wood, (1880–1971) American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer
- Garth Wood, Australian boxer and former rugby league footballer
- George Henry Wood (1874-1945), an English labour statistician
- George Wood (baseball)
- Gordon Wood, several people
- Grant Wood, American painter, best known for his painting depicting the rural American Midwest
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
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
- 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
- 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
- William Wood, several people
- Willie Wood, (b. 1938) Scottish professional bowls player
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- Wood (baseball), baseball player
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