Woodward (surname)

Woodward is a surname.

Notable people with the name Woodward include:

Science and academia

Biology, geology, and geography

• Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944), British paleontologist involved with the Piltdown Man
• Bernard Barham Woodward (1853–1930), British malacologist
• David Woodward (born 1961), British cartographer
• Harry Woodward, American geologist
• Henry Woodward (geologist) (1832–1921), British geologist and invertebrate paleontologist
• Henry Page Woodward (1858–1917), British-born Australian geologist
• Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1848-1914), British geologist, awarded the Wollaston Medal
• John Woodward (naturalist) (1665–1728), English naturalist and geologist
• Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833–1884), American Civil War surgeon
• Samuel Woodward (1790–1838), British geologist and antiquarian
• Samuel Pickworth Woodward (1821–1865), British geologist with the British Museum and Royal Agricultural College
• Theodore Woodward (1914 – 2005), American medical researcher
• The Woodward brothers, John D. S. and Richard B. (c. 1948-1905), English missionaries and ornithologists

Physics, math, engineering, chemistry

• James F. Woodward (born 1944) American physicist and historian
• Philip Woodward (born 1919), British mathematician, radar engineer and horologist
• Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist
• Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1921), American physicist and mathematician
• Henry Woodward (inventor), Canadian inventor involved with the incandescent bulb

Other academics

• Amanda Woodward, American psychologist and professor at University of Chicago
• Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816–1869), English minister, antiquarian, and royal librarian at Windsor Castle
• C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian
• Calvin M. Woodward (1837-1914), American educator
• Daphne Woodward, French - English translator
• Joan Woodward (1916–1971), British sociologist
• Llewellyn Woodward (1890–1971), British historian
• Mark R. Woodward (born 1952), American academic

Government, law, and military

• Alfred Woodward (1913-2007), American judge, and father of Bob Woodward
• Asa Woodward, (1830-1921), American politician from Connecticut
• Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory
• Benjamin Woodward (New York) (1780–1841), New York politician
• Charles Edgar Woodward (1876–1942), US federal judge and former Attorney-General of Illinois
• Edward Woodward (judge) (1928–2010), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner
• Eric Woodward (1899–1967), Governor of New South Wales, Australia
• George Washington Woodward (1809-1875), American congressman from Pennsylvania
• James G. Woodward (1840–1923), American newspaperman and politician, four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• John Woodward (lawyer) (1934– ), Australian lawyer and Environmental Commissioner
• Joseph A. Woodward (1806 - 1885), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• M. B. Woodward, second mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, 1910-1919
• Neil Woodward (born 1962), American Naval officer and former astronaut
• Oliver Woodward (1885-1966), Australian metallurgist and World War I soldier
• Orpheus S. Woodward (1837-1919), American Union Civil War brevet brigadier general
• Philip Woodward (judge) (1912–1997), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner
• Sandy Woodward (1932-2013), British admiral
• Shaun Woodward (born 1958), British politician
• Stanley Woodward (1899-1992), American politician
• William Woodward (South Carolina), U.S. Representative from South Carolina

Art, literature, music

• Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), British illustrator
• Alun Woodward, Scottish singer-songwriter known as Lord Cut-Glass
• Anna Woodward (1868–1935), American painter
• Buddy Woodward (born 1963), American musician, composer and singer; member of The Dixie Bee-Liners
• George Moutard Woodward (1760–1809), amateur British painter and caricaturist
• George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934), English composer
• Gerard Woodward (born 1961), British novelist and poet
• J. K. Woodward, comic book artist
• John Douglas Woodward (1846–1924), American landscape artist
• Keren Woodward (born 1961), British singer and songwriter; member of Bananarama
• Lydia Woodward, American television writer and producer
• Lucy Woodward (born 1977), singer/songwriter
• Richard Woodward (organist) (1743–1777), organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
• Richard B. Woodward, arts critic for The New York Times
• Roger Woodward (born 1944), Australian pianist
• Thomas Jones Woodward, birth name of singer Tom Jones
• Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945), U.S. painter and art educator from Providence, Rhode Island
• William Woodward (artist) (1859–1939) U.S. artist and educator

Sports

• Alan Woodward (born 1946), British soccer player
• Alex Woodward (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
• Andy Woodward (born 1973), English footballer
• Bethy Woodward, British Paralympic athlete
• Cameron Woodward, Australian motorcycle speedway rider
• Chris Woodward (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player
• Clive Woodward (born 1956), British rugby coach
• Danielle Woodward, Australian slalom canoer
• Frank Woodward (1894-1961), American baseball pitcher
• Frank Woodward (rugby league), New Zealand rugby player
• Fred Woodward (1899-1963), British footballer
• Gabe Woodward, American swimmer
• Harry Woodward (footballer) (1887-?), English footballer
• Jason Woodward, New Zealand rugby player
• John Woodward (footballer, born 1947), English footballer
• John Woodward (footballer born 1949), Scottish former footballer
• Johnny Woodward (1924–2002), English footballer
• Micky Woodward, chairman of Grays Athletic F.C.
• Nathan Woodward (born 1989), British track and field athlete
• Rob Woodward (born 1962), American baseball pitcher
• Steve Woodward (born 1947), New Zealand cricket umpire
• Vivian Woodward (1879–1954), British amateur football (soccer) player
• William Woodward (cricketer) (?-1862), English cricketer
• Woody Woodward (born 1942), American Major League Baseball player

Business and finance

• Allen Harvey Woodward (1876–1950), American businessman and baseball team owner
• Charles A. Woodward (1852–1937), Canadian merchant, founder of the Woodward's Department Stores chain

• Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward (1924–1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, son of William Culham Woodward and grandson of Charles A. Woodward, long-time owner of the Douglas Lake Ranch
• Ed Woodward (born 1971), British Accountant and vice chairman of Manchester United F.C.
• Emerson Francis Woodward (1879 –1943), American oilman
• James T. Woodward (1837–1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty
• William Woodward, Sr. (1876–1953), American banker and horse breeder
• William Woodward, Jr. (1920-1955), American banker and "The Shooting of the Century" victim
• William Culham Woodward, Canadian merchant and former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, son of Charles A. Woodward and father of C.N. Woodward

Actors

• Dani Woodward (born 1984), American porn actress
• Edward Woodward (1930–2009), British actor
• Joanne Woodward (born 1930), American actress
• Jonathan M. Woodward (born 1973), American actor
• Morgan Woodward, (born 1925), American actor
• Peter Woodward (born 1956), British actor
• Pollyanna Woodward (born 1982), British television presenter
• Sarah Woodward (born 1963), British actress
• Shannon Woodward (born 1984), American actress
• Tim Woodward (born 1953), British actor

Other

• Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place), fictional television character played by Heather LocklearBenjamin Woodward (1816–1861), Irish architect
• Bob Woodward (born 1943), American journalist, author and Watergate reporter
• Grace Woodward, English fashion stylist and television presenter
• Louise Woodward (born 1978), British au pair implicated in a baby-shaking death in the 1990s
• Richard Woodward, Bishop of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland
• Robert Woodward (architect), Australian architect
• Thomas Best Woodward, 19th-century Irish theologian
• Thomas Bullene Woodward, American Episcopal minister
• Thomas E. Woodward, Christian apologist

See also

• Woodward (disambiguation)
• Woodard (disambiguation)
• Woodyard (disambiguation)