John Wood

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John Wood or variants therefrom may refer to:

Actors
  • Mrs. John Wood (1831-1915), British actor in America along with her less notable husband John Wood
  • John Wood (born 1930), known for Shakespearean roles and his association with Tom Stoppard.
  • John Wood (born 1946), star of the long-running police drama Blue Heelers
Architects
  • John Wood, the Elder (1704-1754), an English architect best known for Queen Square and the Circus in Bath, England.
  • John Wood, the Younger (1728-1782), John Wood the Elder's son, also an architect and best known for the Royal Crescent in Bath, England.
Military
  • John Augustus Wood (born c. 1818), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
  • 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 Shirley Wood, a U.S. Major General and commander of the 4th Armored Division.
Political
  • John Wood, New Zealand diplomat
  • Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), former British member of Parliament
  • John Wood (1816-1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859-1861
  • John Wood (1798-1880), governor of Illinois from 1860 to 1861
  • John Fisher Wood (1852-1899), former member of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
  • John Graeme Wood, veteran of British far-right politics and member of the British Peoples Party
  • John Stephens Wood (1885-1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • John Travers Wood (1878-1954), mid-twentieth century U.S. Representative from Idaho
  • John J. Wood (1784-1874), U.S. Representative from New York
  • John M. Wood (1813-1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
  • John William Wood Sr. (1855-1928), former North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
Sport
Other
  • John Wood (1812-1871), a nineteenth-century Scottish explorer of central Asia
  • John Wood, an English popular music producer
  • John Wood, founder of Keycorp and managing director from 1989 to 1999
  • John Wood, founder and CEO of Room to Read
  • John Wood, school teacher at Bangkok Patana School, who has written seven history textbooks for schools
  • John A. Wood, meteoriticist
  • John George Wood (1827-1889), British natural history writer
  • John H. Wood, Jr. (died 1979), judge whose assassination was the first murder of a sitting U.S. federal judge during the twentieth century
  • John M. Wood, Captain in the Texas Rangers


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