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
• Abram Wood, General in the British Virginia Colony in the U.S., sent what was probably the first exploration party of Europeans into the area of West Virginia in 1671 (see History of West Virginia).
• Alexander Wood, physician and the inventor of the hypodermic needle
• Alexander Wood, city magistrate in York, Upper Canada
• 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 Scottish 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-F

• 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
• Eric Wood, (b. 1986), an American football player
• Evan Rachel Wood, an American actress
• 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
• George Wood (baseball)
• Gordon Wood, several people
• Grant Wood, American painter, best known for his painting depicting the rural American Midwest

H-I

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, orchestral conductor
• Mrs Henry Wood, British novelist (wrote under her married name)
• Sir Henry Evelyn Wood, (1838–1919) British Field Marshal and Victoria Cross recipient
• Hugh Wood, composer
• Ira David Wood IV

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, (b. 1930) 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-M

• 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
• 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
• Marla Wood, one of Microsoft's earliest employees
• Marshall Wood, former vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Martin Wood, several people
• Matthew Wood, several people
• Mike Wood (baseball)

N-P

• Natalie Wood, (1938–1981) American actress
• Nick Wood, English rugby union player
• Oliver Wood, fictional character from Harry Potter books
• Paul Wood, several people
• Peggy Wood, (1892–1978) American actress
• Peter Wood, several people

R

• Robert Wood (1792–1847), Canadian timber merchant who claimed to be the son of Prince Edward Augustus
• Robert Wood (mathematician)
• Robert Coldwell Wood, American administrator
• Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955), American 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
• Steve Wood, entrepreneur

T-W

• Thomas Wood, several people
• Victoria Wood, British comedienne
• 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

First name unknown

• Wood (baseball), baseball player