Woody (name)

Woody may refer to:

Given name or nickname

Woody as a name is a pet form of Woodrow. It was especially popular in the US during and after the presidency of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, who was always called by his middle name.

People

• Woody Abernathy (outfielder) (1908–1961), American baseball player
• Woody Abernathy (pitcher) (1915–1994), American baseball player
• Woody Allen (born 1935), American screenwriter and actor
• Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer
• Woody Bennett (born 1956), American football player
• Woody Blackburn (born 1951), American golfer
• Woody Bledsoe (1921–1995), American mathematician and computer scientist
• Woody Bredell (1884–1976), British cinematographer and actor
• Woody Brown (actor) (born 1956), American actor
• Woody Brown (surfer) (1912–2008), American surfer and designer
• Woody Campbell (American football) (born 1944), American football player
• Woody Campbell (basketball) (1925–2004), Canadian basketball player
• Woody Crowson (1918–1947), American baseball player
• Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Native American artist
• Woody Cunningham, American vocalist and drummer and member of Kleeer
• Woodrow "Woody" Dantzler (born 1979), American football player
• Woody Davis (1913–1999), American baseball player
• Woody Deck (born 1983), American poker player
• DJ Woody (born 1977), British DJ and turntablist
• Woody Dumart (1916–2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Woody Dumas (1916–1993), American politician
• Woody Durham (born 1941), American sports commentator
• Woody English (1906–1997), American baseball player
• Woody Erdman (1926–1997), American sportscaster and television producer
• Woody Evans, American librarian and author
• Woody Fair (1914–2000), American baseball player
• Woody Freeman (born 1946), American businessman and politician
• Woody Gelman (1915–1978), American cartoonist and publisher
• Woody Green (born 1951), American football player
• Woody Grimshaw (1919–1974), American basketball player and coach
• Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), American singer-songwriter and folk musician
• Woody Gwyn (born 1944), American artist
• Woody Harrelson (born 1961), American actor
• Woody Harris (1911–1985), American songwriter
• John Woodland "Woody" Hastings (born 1927), American biologist
• Woody Hayes (1913–1987), American football player and coach
• Woody Herman (1913–1987), American jazz clarinetist
• Woody Holton, American historian
• Woody Huyke (born 1937), American baseball player and manager
• Woody Jackson, American visual artist
• Woody Jenkins (born 1947), American newspaper editor and politician
• Woody Jensen (1907–2001), American baseball player
• Woody Johnson (born 1947), American businessman and philanthropist
• Woody Jun, Korean business academic
• Woody Keeble (1917–1982), Native American U.S. Army veteran
• Woody Kling (1925–1988), American television writer and producer
• Woody Lawrence, Dominican Olympic swimmer
• Woody Lee (born 1968), American singer-songwriter and country musician
• Woody Lowe (born 1954), American football player
• Woody Main (1922–1992), American baseball player
• Woody Mann, American guitarist and jazz musician
• Woody Norris (born 1938), American inventor
• Woody Paul (born 1949), American singer and fiddler
• Woody Paige (born 1946), American sports journalist
• Woody Peoples (1943–2010), American football player
• Woody Pirtle, American artist
• Woody Rich (1916–1983), American baseball player
• Woody Rock (born 1976), American R&B and gospel singer and member of Dru Hill
• Woody Sauldsberry (1935–2007), American basketball player
• Woody Sedlacek (1919–2004), American racehorse trainer
• Woody Shaw (1944–1989), American trumpeter and jazz musician
• Woody Smith (born 1927), American baseball player and manager
• Woody Spring (born 1944), United States Army colonel and astronaut
• Woody Stephens (1913–1998), American racehorse trainer
• Woody Strode (1914–1994), American sportsman and actor
• Woody Sullivan (born 1944), American physicist and astronomer
• Woody Upchurch (1911–1971), American baseball player
• Woody van Amen (born 1936), Dutch visual artist
• Woody Van Dyke (1889–1943), American motion picture director
• Woody Vasulka (born 1937), Czech video artist
• Woody Wagenhorst (1863–1946), American football and baseball player and coach
• Woody Weatherman (born 1965), American guitarist and member of Corrosion of Conformity
• Woody Wheaton (1914–1995), American baseball player
• Woody Widenhofer (born 1943), American football coach
• Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (born 1923), United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient
• Woody Williams (born 1966), American baseball player
• Woody Williams (infielder) (1912–1995), American baseball player
• Woody Wilson, American bass guitar player and member of Alive N Kickin'
• Ronnie "Woody" Wood (born 1947), British guitarist and member of the Rolling Stones
• Stuart John "Woody" Wood (born 1957), Scottish guitarist and member of the Bay City Rollers
• Woody Woodard (c. 1917 – 1996), American football coach
• Woody Woodbury (born 1924), American comedian and actor
• Dan "Woody" Woodgate (born 1960), British drummer and member of Madness
• Woody Woodmansey (born c. 1951), British drummer known for his work with David Bowie
• Woody Woodward (born 1942), American baseball player and general manager

Fictional characters

• Sheriff Woody, protagonist of the Toy Story franchise.
• Woody Boyd, in the TV series Cheers, portrayed by Woody Harrelson.
• Woody Fink, in the TV show The Suite Life on Deck, played by Matthew Timmons.
• Woody Goodman, in the TV series Veronica Mars portrayed by Steve Guttenberg.
• Woody Woodpecker, in short cartoons by the Walter Lantz animation studio and Universal Pictures.
• Larry "Woody" Woodhouse, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Andrew Curry].
• Lazarus Long, science-fiction character, born Woodrow Wilson Smith, and called "Woody" by his own family.

Surname

• Alanah Woody (1956–2007), American archaeologist and anthropologist
• Allen Woody (1955–2000), American bass guitarist and member of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule
• Arthur Woody (1884–1946), American forest ranger
• Damien Woody (born 1977), American football player
• Frank H. Woody (1833–1912), American politician and judge
• E. L. Woody (born 1946), American photographer
• Elizabeth Woody (born 1959), Native American artist
• Joey Woody (born 1973), American track and field athlete
• Larry Woody, American sports writer
• Russ Woody, American author and television producer

See also

• Woodie (disambiguation)#People