Hood (surname)

Hood is a surname, and may refer to:

Academics

• Alan Hood, professor at the University of St Andrews
• Alan Hood, a professor at St. Andrews University in Scotland
• Christopher Hood, an Oxford professor
• Hugh Hood, a Canadian novelist and professor
• John Hood (university administrator), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
• Leroy Hood, an American biologist involved in sequencing the human genome
• Paul Hood, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford
• Sinclair Hood, Archaeologist and academic
• William Hood, US-American art historian

Athletes

• Bruce Hood, a former NHL referee
• Enoch Hood, English footballer
• Frank Hood, NFL player
• Graham Hood, Canadian middle-distance runner
• Marjorie Hood, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Peter Hood, Chairman of the Bradford Bulls - a rugby team
• Roderick Hood, an NFL cornerback playing for the Cardinals

Entertainers

• Adam Hood, musician
• Calum Hood, member of the band 5 Seconds of Summer
• Darla Hood, actress
• Dave Hood, actor
• David Hood, musician
• Florence Hood (1880–1968), Australian - Canadian violinist
• Gavin Hood, director
• Joey Hood, voice actor
• Kate Hood, actress
• Kit Hood, television director
• Morag Hood actress
• Patterson Hood, guitarist/singer/songwriter
• Robert Hood, musician

Fictional characters

• Baby Bonnie Hood, fictional character
• Red Hood, fictional character in DC Comics
• Robin Hood, an English folk hero from medieval legends

Military personnel

• Admiral Hood (disambiguation), any of several officers (of that name) of the Royal Navy
• Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer), an 18th-century Royal Navy officer
• Horace Hood, British admiral
• John Hood (naval officer)
• John Bell Hood (1831–1879), a Confederate general during the American Civil War

Politicians

• Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
• Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries, a British Conservative Party politician
• Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon
• Clark L. Hood, an American politician
• Dennis Hood, an Australian politician
• Glenda Hood, former secretary of state for Florida
• Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi
• Jimmy Hood, a politician in the United Kingdom
• John Hood (Australian politician) (1817–1877), MP in Victoria, Australia
• Nicholas Hood, an American politician
• Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
• Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868), a former Baron Bridport
• Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet

Writers

• Basil Hood, a British librettist and lyricist
• Daniel Hood, a modern American novelist
• Sam Hood, Australian photographer and photojournalist
• Sean Hood, an American screenwriter
• Stuart Hood, a Scottish novelist and former controller of the BBC
• Thomas Hood, British poet and humorist
• Tom Hood (1835–1874), an English humorist and playwright

Others

• Archibald Hood, Scottish coalowner
• Cherry Hood, an Australian artist
• George Hood, (1891-1928), a New Zealand pioneer aviator who perished attempting the first flight across the Tasman Sea.
• James Hood, one of the first black students to enroll in the University of Alabama
• Raymond Hood, an early twentieth-century architect