Woodcock (surname)
Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages. These roots suggest interesting possibilities for what the name has meant and how it has been acquired.
Notable Woodcocks
- Anthony Woodcock, Renowned world traveler, and handsome teenager
- Ashley Woodcock, former Australian cricketer
- Bill Woodcock, computer scientist
- Bruce Woodcock (boxer) (1921–1997), English boxer
- Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst) (born 1970), computer games analyst
- Charles Woodcock, lover of King Karl of Württemberg
- George Woodcock (1912–1995), writer
- George Woodcock (1904–1979), trade unionist
- Jim Woodcock, British computer scientist
- John A. Woodcock Jr. (born 1950), United States federal judge
- John Woodcock (American football) (1954–1998), American football player
- John Woodcock (cricket writer) (born 1926), British cricket writer and journalist
- John Woodcock (magistrate) (born 1967), Italian prosecutor
- John Woodcock (martyr) (1603–1646), English Franciscan Martyr
- John Woodcock (UK politician), British politician
- Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001), trade union leader
- Luke Woodcock, NZ cricketer
- Kim Joanna Woodcock Lukas, a British pop singer and a dancer with a career based in Italy.
- O.P. Woodcock, American architect
- Peter Woodcock, (born 1939) Canadian murderer
- Steven Woodcock (born 1964), British actor
- Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms), a British Officer of Arms
- Thomas Woodcock (VC), a British recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Tony Woodcock, a football player
- Tony Woodcock (rugby player), NZ rugby player
- William John Woodcock, An english clergyman, traveled to the Holy Land in 1848 and wrote a travel book
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