List of people with surname Wood

For information about the surname Wood, see Wood (surname).

Wood is a common anglophone surname. Notable people with the surname Wood include:

A

• Adam Wood (born 1955), British diplomat
• Adrian H. Wood, American educator and writer
• Aimee Lou Wood, English actress
• Alan Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alan Muir Wood (1921–2009), British civil engineer
  • Alan Thorpe Richard Wood (born 1954), British public servant
  • Alan Wood Jr. (1834–1902), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • Alan Wood (Australian politician) (1927–2005), Victorian state politician
  • Alan Wood (engineer) (born 1947), British engineer and executive
  • Alan Wood (footballer, born 1941), Welsh football player
  • Alan Wood (footballer, born 1954), English football player
  • Alan Wood (military officer) (1922–2013), American naval officer
• Albert Beaumont Wood (1890–1964), British physicist
• Alex Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alex Wood (American football) (born 1955), college football coach
  • Alex Wood (baseball) (born 1991), baseball pitcher
  • Alex Wood (bishop) (1871–1937), Anglican bishop in India
  • Alex Wood (ice hockey) (1909–1979), ice hockey goaltender
  • Alex Wood (politician) (born 1950), former Labour leader of Edinburgh City Council in Scotland
• Alexander Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexander Wood, Lord Wood (1788–1864), Scottish judge
  • Alexander Wood (footballer) (1906–?), Scottish footballer
  • Alexander Wood (physician) (1817–1884), physician and inventor of the hypodermic needle
  • Alexander Wood (physicist) (1879–1950), university lecturer in the field of acoustics and experimental physics
  • Alexander Wood (merchant) (1772–1844), city magistrate forced to leave Upper Canada in 1810 following allegations of scandal
  • Alexander Wood (rugby union) (1848–1905), Scottish rugby union player
  • Alexander Wood (soccer) (1907–1987), member of the American Soccer Hall of Fame
  • Alexander Wood (surgeon) (1725–1807), Edinburgh surgeon
• Alice Robinson Boise Wood (1846–1919), American classiest classicist and poet
• Allan Singleton-Wood (born 1933), British musician and publisher who performed under the stage name Allan Wood
• Allan Wood (1943–2022), Australian swimmer
• Allen W. Wood (born 1942), American philosopher
• Alson Wood (1828–1904), American politician
• Andrew Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Andrew Trew Wood (1826–1903), Canadian businessman and parliamentarian
  • Andrew Wood of Largo (died 1515), Scottish admiral
  • Andrew Wood (bishop) (died 1695), Scottish prelate
  • Andy Wood (comedian) (born 1977), American comedian and producer
  • Andrew Wood (diplomat) (born 1940), British diplomat
  • Andy Wood (historian) (born 1967), British social historian
  • Andrew Wood (singer) (1966–1990), lead singer of Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun
  • Andrew Wood (surgeon) (1810–1881), Scottish surgeon
• Anne Wood (born 1937), English children's television producer, co-creator of Teletubbies
• Anne Brancato Wood (1903–1972), American politician
• Anson S. Wood (1834–1904), American lawyer and politician
• Anthony Wood (disambiguation), several people
  • Anthony Wood (antiquary) (1632–1695), English antiquary
  • Anthony Wood (artist) (1925–2022), British heraldic artist
  • Anthony Wood (businessman) (born 1965/66), British-born American billionaire businessman
  • Anthony Wood (historian) (1923–1987), British school teacher and historian
• Ardeth Wood (1975–2003), graduate student at the University of Waterloo
• Arthur Wood (disambiguation), several people
• Arthur Henry Wood (1875-1953), English composer and conductor

B

• Barbara Wood (born 1947), American writer
• Barbara Wood (cricketer) (1917–1998), English cricketer
• Barbara Wood (politician), American politician
• Barnabas Wood (1819–1875), American dentist and namesake of Wood's metal
• Barry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Barry Wood (bishop) (1942–2017), South African Roman Catholic bishop
  • Barry Wood (cricketer) (born 1942), English former cricketer
  • Barry Wood (singer) (1909–1970), American singer and television producer
  • Barry Wood (American football) (1910–1971), American football player and medical educator
  • Barry Wood (interior designer), model, American television host, and interior decorator
  • Barry Wood (rugby league) (born 1950), Australian rugby league footballer
• Basil Wood, (1900–1977), English footballer
• Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), American artist
• Benjamin Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Benjamin D. Wood (1894–1986), American educator, researcher, and director
  • Benjamin T. Wood, American architect
  • Benjamin Wood (American politician) (1820–1900), U.S. Representative from New York and publishing entrepreneur
  • Benjamin Wood (MP) (1787–1845), British Whig politician
  • Benjamin Wood (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
  • Ben Wood (born 1980), British visual artist
• Bernard Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bernard Wood (cricketer) (1886–1974), New Zealand cricketer, golfer and businessman
  • Bernard Wood (geologist), British geologist
  • Bernie Wood (1939–2013), New Zealand rugby league administrator and sports historian
• Beth Wood (born 1954), North Carolina public official and accountant
• Bill Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bill Wood (American football) (1894–1966), American football player and coach
  • Bill Wood (Australian footballer) (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer
  • Bill Wood (footballer, born 1927), English footballer
  • Bill Wood (politician) (1935–2024), Australian politician
  • Bill Wood (baseball) (born 1941), baseball scout
• Brandon Wood (born 1985), American baseball player
• Brandon Wood (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player

C

• Carl Wood (1929–2011), in vitro fertilization pioneer at Monash University
• Carroll D. Wood (1858–1941), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Casey Albert Wood (1856–1942), American ophthalmologist and zoologist
• Cathy Wood, American serial killer of Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood
• Charles Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Charles Carroll Wood (1876–1899), Canadian military officer
  • Charles Chatworthy Wood Taylor (1792–1856), English artist and engineer, designer of the coat of arms of Chile
  • Charles Erskine Scott Wood, American author, activist, and attorney
  • Charles H. Wood (c. 1837–1917), British chemist
  • Charles Osgood (1933-2024), a radio and television commentator, writer, and musician
  • Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852), English ornithologist
  • Charles Winter Wood (1869–1953), football coach for Tuskegee University Golden Tigers
  • Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), English politician
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), English politician
  • Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980), British politician and peer
  • Charles Wood (actor) (1916–1978), American singer and actor in Broadway musicals
  • Charles Wood (businessman) (1914–2004), American businessman
  • Charles Wood (composer) (1866–1926), Irish composer and teacher
  • Charles Wood (footballer, born 1851), FA Cup winner for the Royal Engineers A.F.C.
  • Charlie Wood (footballer) (born 2002), English footballer
  • Charles Wood (ironmaster) (1702–1774), British chemist
  • Charles Wood (jockey) (1855–1945), British jockey
  • Charlie Wood (musician), American singer, songwriter and keyboardist
  • Charles Wood (playwright) (1932–2020), British playwright and screenwrite
  • Charles Wood (singer and actor) (1916–1978), on Broadway
  • Charlie Wood, cofounder of the Northern Cree Singers
• Chris Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Chris Wood (actor) (born 1988), American actor
  • Chris Wood (cricketer) (born 1990), English Cricketer
  • Chris Wood (CIA), Counterterrorism officer of the CIA who hunted Osama Bin Laden
  • Chris Wood (diplomat) (born 1959), British diplomat
  • Chris Wood (folk musician), English folk singer and musician
  • Chris Wood (footballer, born 1955), English footballer who played for Huddersfield Town
  • Chris Wood (footballer, born 1987), English footballer who formerly played for Mansfield town, now Worksop Town
  • Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991), Nottingham Forest and New Zealand international footballer
  • Chris Wood (golfer) (born 1987), British golfer
  • Chris Wood (jazz musician) (born 1969), bassist with the trio Medeski Martin & Wood
  • Chris Wood (rock musician) (1944–1983), saxophonist, flautist with the rock band Traffic
• Christopher Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Christopher Wood (art historian) (born 1961), professor at New York University
  • Christopher Wood (biologist), professor of biology at McMaster University
  • Christopher Wood (composer), Welsh composer
  • Christopher Wood (cricketer, born 1934) (1934–2006), English cricketer
  • Christopher Wood (financial analyst), managing director of the broking firm CLSA
  • Christopher Wood (painter) "Kit Wood" (1901–1930), English painter
  • Christopher Wood (socialite) (1900–1976), partner of Gerald Heard
  • Christopher Wood (writer) (1935–2015), English screenwriter and novelist
  • Christopher Wood, who killed his wife, children, and himself in 2009, followed by that of William Parente
  • Christopher Wood, American R&B singer better known by his stage name Brent Faiyaz
• Clare Wood (born 1968), British pro tennis player
• Connor Wood (basketball) (born 1993), Canadian basketball player
• Corinne Wood (1954-2021), American politician, first female lieutenant governor of Illinois
• Craig Wood (disambiguation), several people
  • Craig Wood (film editor), film editor
  • Craig Wood (golfer) (1901–1968), professional golfer
  • Craig Wood (guitarist) (born 1978), guitarist for Avril Lavigne
• Cynthia Wood, (born 1950), American model and actress

D

• Daniel P. Wood (1819–1891), N.Y. senator and general
• Darren Wood (born 1964), English football player
• DaShaun Wood (born 1985), American basketball player
• David Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • David Duffield Wood (1838–1910), American composer, educator, and musician
  • David Leonard Wood (born 1957), American serial killer
  • David Muir Wood (born 1949), author
  • David Wood (actor) (born 1944), English actor and playwright
  • David Wood (basketball) (born 1964), American professional basketball player
  • David Wood (British Army officer) (1923–2009), British Army officer
  • David Wood (cricketer) (born 1965), English cricketer
  • David Wood (Christian apologist) (born 1976), American YouTuber and evangelical apologist
  • David Wood (environmental campaigner) (1963–2006), Executive Director of the GrassRoots Recycling Network
  • David Wood (journalist), American journalist
  • David Wood (judge) (born 1948), British judge
  • David Wood (mathematician) (born 1971), Australian mathematician
  • David Wood (New Zealand musician), musician with Straitjacket Fits
  • David Wood (philosopher) (born 1946), professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University
  • David Wood (politician) (born 1961), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Denis Wood, author and professor of Design at North Carolina State University
• Dennis Wood (1934–2001), Welsh geologist
• Doc Wood (1900–1974), American baseball player
• Dominic Wood (born 1978), British actor
• Donald Wood (1933–2015), Canadian politician, businessman and farmer
• Donald Wood-Smith (born 1931), Australian-born Professor of Clinical Surgery
• Doug Wood (athlete) (born 1966), Canadian pole vaulter
• Dougie Wood (born 1940), Scottish athlete and football coach
• Douglas Wood (disambiguation), several people
  • Douglas Wood (actor) (1880–1966), American actor of stage and screen
  • Douglas Wood (engineer) (1941–2019), engineer taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
  • Douglas Wood (naturalist) (f. 1990-2000s), US author and musician.
  • Doug Wood (pole vaulter) (born 1966), Canadian athlete in pole-vault
  • Douglas Wood (writer), US actor, writer, producer of television shows and animated movies
  • Dougie Wood (born 1940), Scottish athlete and coach in football

E

• Easton Wood (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Edmund Burke Wood (1820–1882), Canadian politician and judge
• Ed Wood Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924–1978), American film director
• Elijah Wood (born 1981), American actor
• Elisabeth Jean Wood, American political scientist
• Elizabeth Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn (fl. 1530s), née Elizabeth Wood, witness against her niece, Anne Boleyn
  • Elizabeth Wood (director), American film director
  • Elizabeth Wood (executive) (1899–1993), executive director, Chicago Housing Authority
  • Elizabeth A. Wood (1912–2006), American crystallographer
  • Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966), Canadian sculptor
• Ellen Wood (author) (1814–1887), wrote under the name Mrs Henry Wood, English novelist
• Enoch Wood (1759–1840), English potter
• Eric Wood, (born 1986), American football player
• Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), American actress
• Evelyn Wood British Army officer, Colonial wars 1855–1905 
• Evelyn Wood American educator known for speed reading

F

• Fernando Wood (1812–1881), mayor of New York City
• Francis C. Wood (1869–1951), American cancer researcher with Crocker Institute
• Francis Marion Wood (1878–1943), American educator and school administrator
• Frank Wood (disambiguation), several people
  • Frank Bradshaw Wood (1915–1997), American astronomer
  • Frank C. Wood (1872–1912), American lawyer and politician from New York
  • Frank E. Wood (1891–1972), American football coach and mathematics professor
  • Frank Porter Wood (1882–1955), Canadian art collector
  • Frank W. Wood (1862–1953), Royal Navy officer and watercolorist
  • Frank Wood (actor) (born 1960), American actor
  • Frank Wood (Iowa politician) (born 1951)
• Freeman Wood (1896–1956), American actor

G

• G. Wood (1919–2000), American actor
• Gaby Wood (born 1971), English journalist and literary critic
• Garfield Wood, (1880–1971) American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer
• Garth Wood (born 1978), Australian boxer and rugby league footballer
• George Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Pseudonym for Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), German spy for the US during World War II
  • George Wood, founder of Wawa Food Markets
  • George Wood (actor) (born 1981), English actor, singer, and composer
  • George Wood (baseball) (1858–1924), Canadian baseball player and manager
  • George Wood (British Army officer) (1898–1982), during World War II
  • George Wood (Canadian politician) (1888–1966), member of Parliament, Brant, Ontario
  • George Wood (cricketer, born 1893) (1893–1971), English cricketer
  • George Wood (died 1558), MP for Flintshire
  • George Wood (footballer) (born 1952), Scottish footballer
  • George Wood (gymnast) (born 1999), British acrobatic gymnast
  • George Wood (judge) (1743–1824), English lawyer and politician
  • George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), New Zealand politician
  • George Wood (Radio Sweden) (born 1949), American journalist
  • George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), former mayor of North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
  • George Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1865–1948), first-class cricketer who played three matches in 1893 and 1894
  • George Wood (Yorkshire cricketer) (1862–1948), first-class cricketer who played two matches for Yorkshire
  • George Adam Wood (1767–1831), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Era
  • George Arnold Wood (1865–1928), Australian historian
  • George Bacon Wood (1797–1879), American physician and writer
  • George Herbert Wood (1867–1949), Canadian businessman who co-founded Wood Gundy and Company
  • George Henry Wood (railway director) (born 1836), director of the Isle of Man Railway
  • George Henry Wood (statistician) (1874–1945), English labour statistician
  • George Ingersoll Wood (1814–1899), American clergyman
  • George O. Wood (1941–2022), current General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God
  • George Tyler Wood (1795–1858), governor of Texas
  • George W. Wood (1808–1871), US politician
  • George Warren Wood (1814–1901), Presbyterian minister and missionary
  • George William Wood (1781–1843), English businessman and MP
  • Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979), English actor
• Gerald Wood (born 1926), Barbadian cricketer
• Gloria Wood (1923–1995), American singer and cartoon voice actress
• Gordon Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Gordon Wood (American football coach) (1914–2003), high school football coach in Texas
  • Gordon Wood (rugby union) (1931–1982), rugby union footballer
  • Gordon Eric Wood, Australian jailed then acquitted of the murder of Caroline Byrne
  • Gordon S. Wood (born 1933), American historian
• Graeme Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Graeme Wood (businessman) (born 1947), Australian entrepreneur and environmentalist
  • Graeme Wood (cricketer) (born 1956), Australian former cricketer
  • Graeme Wood (journalist) (born 1979), American journalist and academic
• Graham Wood (disambiguation), several people
  • Graham Charles Wood (1934—2016), British corrosion scientist
  • Graham Wood (field hockey) (born 1936), Australian former field hockey player
  • Graham Wood (musician) (1971–2017), Australian jazz pianist
• Grant Wood (1891–1942), American painter

H

The conductor - Sir Henry Wood

• Harold Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harold D'Arcy Wood, minister, Uniting Church of Australia
  • Harold Kenneth Wood (1906–1972), US federal judge
  • Harold Wood (minister) (1896–1989), minister, Uniting Church of Australia
  • Harold Wood (weightlifter) (1889–1954), British Olympic weightlifter
• Harry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harry Blanshard Wood (1882–1924), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
  • Harry E. Wood (1926–2009), United States federal judge
  • Harry Edwin Wood (1881–1946), English astronomer in South Africa
  • Harry Harvey Wood (1903–1977), co-founder of the Edinburgh International Festival
  • Harry O. Wood (1879–1958), American seismologist who updated the Mercalli Intensity Scale
  • Harry Wood (athlete) (1902–1975), British long-distance runner
  • Harry Wood (aviator) (1894–1959), World War I flying ace
  • Harry Wood (baseball) (1885–1955), baseball player
  • Henry Wood (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1919), Henry "Harry" Wood, English cricketer
  • Harry Wood (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1951), England international footballer
  • Harry Wood (footballer, born 2002), English footballer for Hull City and Scunthorpe United
  • Harry Wood (Manitoba politician),
• Hart Wood (1880–1957), American architect
• Henry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Henry Alexander Wise Wood (1866–1939), American inventor
  • Henry Clay Wood (1832–1918), American Civil War general
  • Henry Conwell Wood (1840–1926), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
  • Henry Harvey Wood (1903-1977), founder of the Edinburgh Festival
  • Henry Moses Wood (1788–1867), architect based in Nottingham
  • Henry Walter Wood (1825–1869), English architect
  • Henry Wise Wood (1860–1941), Alberta politician
  • Henry Wood (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1919), English cricketer
  • Henry Wood (minstrel) (19th-century), minstrel show manager in New York City
  • Henry Wood (scholar) (1849–1925), American Professor of German Studies
  • Henry Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1872–1950),
  • Sir Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) Henry Evelyn Wood (1838–1919), British field marshal and Victoria Cross recipient
  • Sir Henry Wood (1869–1944), orchestral conductor
  • Sir Henry Wood, 1st Baronet (1597–1671), Member of Parliament of England for Hythe 1661–1671
• Horatio C. Wood Jr. (1841–1920), American physician and biologist
• Hugh Wood (1932–2021), composer
• Hugh Wood (cricketer) (1855–1941), English cricketer
• Hugh Wood (priest) (1859–1941), Royal Navy chaplain
• Hugh Wood (landowner) (1736–1814), British landowner

I

• Ida Wood (1838–1932), American recluse
• Issy Wood (born 1993), American artist
• Ivor Wood (1932–2004), Anglo-French animator, director and producer of children's television series including Postman Pat and Paddington

J

• Jack Wood (cricketer) (born 1994), English cricketer
• James Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Athol Wood (1756–1829), British rear-admiral
  • James Edward Wood (1947–2004), American murderer
  • James Frederick Wood (1813–1883), Archbishop of Philadelphia
  • James Julius Wood (1800–1877), Scottish minister
  • James N. Wood (1941–2010), American director of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • James Roland Wood (born 1941), Australian Royal Commissioner and jurist
  • James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), American physician
  • James Sebastian Lamin Wood, Sebastian Wood (born 1961), British Ambassador to China
  • James W. Wood (1924–1990), US Air Force colonel and senior test pilot on the Dyna-Soar program
  • James Wood (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
  • James Wood (Canadian admiral) (born 1934), Canadian admiral
  • James Wood (composer), (born 1953), British composer, percussionist, and conductor
  • James Wood (critic) (born 1965), British literary critic and novelist
  • James Wood (encyclopaedist) (1820–1901), British editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
  • James Wood (engineer), American engineer
  • James Wood (governor) (1741–1813), Governor of Virginia and officer in the American Revolutionary War
  • James Wood (musician) (born 1953), British composer and percussionist
  • James Wood (New York politician) (1820–1892), New York politician and Union Army general
  • James Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1854–1937), New Zealand cricketer
  • James Wood (Irish politician) (1865–1936), Member of Parliament for East Down, 1902–1906
  • James Wood (footballer) (1893–?), professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool
  • James Wood (screenwriter), British screenwriter
  • James Wood (South African cricketer) (born 1985), South African cricketer, played for Durham UCCE
  • James Wood (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–1977), English cricketer for Lancashire 1954–56
  • James Wood (mathematician) (1760–1839), Dean of Ely 1820–1839
  • James Wood (minister) (1672–1759), English Presbyterian minister
  • James Wood Bush (c. 1844–1906), Hawaiian-American Civil War combatant
  • Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738), Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army
  • James Wood, Lord Irwin (born 1977), British courtesy peer
• Jamie Wood (born 1978), footballer
• Jason Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jason Wood (baseball) (born 1969), former Major League Baseball player
  • Jason Wood (comedian) (1972–2010), British comedian
  • Jason Wood (musician), lead singer of metalcore band It Dies Today
  • Jason Wood (politician) (born 1968), Australian politician
  • Jason Wood (writer), British writer
• Jeff Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jeff Wood (footballer) (born 1954), English former football goalkeeper
  • Jeff Wood (racing driver) (born 1957), former race car driver
  • Jeff Wood (singer) (born 1968), country music artist
• Jefferson Wood (born 1973), American Illustrator
• Jeffery Lee Wood (born 1973), prisoner on Texas death row
• Jeffery Wood (born 1986), American actor
• Jeffrey Wood (born 1969), Canadian politician
• Jim Wood (American football) (born 1936), American gridiron football player and coach
• Jim Wood (Arkansas politician) (fl. late 20th century), State Auditor of Arkansas
• Jim Wood (biathlete) (1952–2020), British Olympic biathlete
• Jim Wood (California politician) (born 1960), member of the California State Assembly
• Jim Wood (fiddler) (born 1964), American fiddler
• Jim Wood (Sussex cricketer) (1914–1989), English cricketer, played for Sussex 1936–55
• Jimmy Wood (1842–1927), American baseball player and manager
• Joe Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Smoky Joe Wood (1889–1985), American baseball player
  • Joe T. Wood (1922–2019), American politician
  • Joe Wood (infielder) (1919–1985), American baseball player
  • Joe Wood (1944 pitcher) (1916–2002), American baseball player
  • Joe Wood (footballer) (1904–1972), Australian footballer for North Melbourne
  • Joe Wood (musician) (fl. c. 1980), singer among band T.S.O.L.'s second complement of musicians
• John Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect
  • John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
  • John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
  • John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics
  • John C. Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune
  • John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics
  • John F. Wood Jr. (1936–2023), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
  • John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
  • John George Corry Wood (1869–1943), English-born political figure in British Columbia
  • John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
  • John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of the British far right and member of the British Peoples Party
  • John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
  • John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
  • John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
  • John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist
  • John M. Wood (general), United States Air Force major general
  • John M. Wood (politician) (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
  • John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist known for sugarcane work
  • John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer
  • John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
  • John Page Wood (1796–1866), English cleric and baronet
  • John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
  • John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
  • John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy
  • John Thomas Archer Wood (c. 1872–1954), English footballer
  • John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho
  • John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist
  • John Warrington Wood (1839–1886), British sculptor
  • John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
  • John Wood (activist) (born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft
  • John Wood (actor, born 1909) (1909–1965), Australian actor
  • John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor
  • John Wood (artist) (1922–2012), American artist
  • John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player
  • John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
  • John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
  • John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
  • John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
  • John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
  • John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) (1790–1856), British civil servant
  • John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer and civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
  • John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • John Wood (cormorant keeper), servant of James VI and I
  • John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
  • John Wood (design theorist) (born 1945), British professor of design
  • John Wood (died 1458), English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire
  • John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
  • John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), known for Shakespearean roles and his association with Tom Stoppard
  • John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
  • John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1916), English footballer
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1959), English footballer
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer
  • John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois 1860–1861
  • John Wood (Isle of Man governor) (1722–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
  • John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
  • John Wood (mathematician) (c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics
  • John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
  • John Wood (MP for Bossiney) (died 1623), English MP for Bossiney
  • John Wood (MP for Ipswich), English MP for Ipswich in 1420
  • John Wood (MP for Preston) (1789–1856), British MP for Preston
  • John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer
  • John Wood (photographer), Civil War photographer for Union Army
  • John Wood (poet) (1947–2022), American poet and historian of photography
  • John Wood (professor of law) (1932–2014), British law professor
  • John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
  • John Wood (record producer), English record producer
  • John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), Great Britain and Leigh
  • John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray
  • John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish forward
  • John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
  • John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
  • John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
  • John Wood I of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • John Wood II of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect, known for Queen Square and The Circus in Bath
  • John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), English architect (son of John Wood), known for the Royal Crescent in Bath
  • Jon Wood (born 1981), NASCAR driver
  • Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor
  • Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
• Julia A. Wood (1840-1927), American writer, composer
• Julia Amanda Sargent Wood (1825–1903), American author
• Julius Wood (born 2001), American football player
• Juston Wood (born 1979), American football player

K

• Keith Wood, (born 1972), rugby union player for Ireland, Harlequin F.C. and Munster Rugby
• Keith Porteous Wood (born 1947), Executive Director of the National Secular Society (UK)
• Kerry Wood (born 1977), American baseball player
• Kimba Wood (born 1944), American Federal judge

L

• Leonard Wood (1860-1927), US Army Chief of Staff and Governor General of the Philippines
• Leon Wood (born 1962), American basketball player and basketball game official
• Leon J. Wood (1918–1977), American theologian
• Lynn Faulds Wood (1948–2020), Scottish television presenter and journalist
• Levison James Wood (1982–present), British author, explorer and television presenter

M

• Malcolm Wood, British-Chinese entrepreneur and restaurateur
• Mark Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mark Wood (bishop) (1919–2014), Bishop of Matabeleland and Bishop of Ludlow
  • Mark Wood (businessman) (born 1953), British businessman
  • Mark Wood (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
  • Mark Wood (explorer) (born 1967), British Arctic and Antarctic explorer
  • Mark Wood (footballer) (born 1972), English professional footballer
  • Mark Wood (Medal of Honor) (1839–1866), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
  • Mark Wood (violinist), electric violinist and former string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  • Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet (1750–1829), British Member of Parliament for Newark, Milborne Port and Gatton
• Marshall Wood , English sculptor
• Marshall Wood, vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Martin Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Martin Wood (director), Canadian television director
  • Martin Wood (engineer) (1927–2021), co-founder of Oxford Instruments
  • Martin Wood (rugby league) (born 1970), English former Rugby League footballer
  • Martin B. Wood (1807–1881), American farmer, banker, telegraph installer and shareholder
• Mary Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mary Antonia Wood (born 1959), American painter and sculptor
  • Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (died 1899), poet, editor, and author
  • Mary Christina Wood (born 1962), professor of law and author
  • Mary Elizabeth Wood (1861–1931), American librarian and missionary
  • Mary Evelyn Wood (1900–1978), politician and nurse in the Cayman Islands
  • Mary Inez Wood (1866–1945), American writer
  • Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944), American pianist, music educator, and composer
  • Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), British missionary in China
  • Mary Ramsey Wood (died 1908), American pioneer
  • Mary Wood-Allen (1841–1908), American doctor, social reformer, lecturer, and writer
  • Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax (1807–1884), English noblewoman
  • Mary Wood (baseball), AAGPBL player
• Matthew Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Matthew Wood, killed in the January 2013 Vauxhall helicopter crash
  • Matthew W. Wood (1879–1969), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
  • Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer with Glamorgan CCC
  • Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1980), English cricketer with Nottinghamshire, previously played for Somerset
  • Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1985), English cricketer
  • Matthew Wood (ice hockey) (born 2005), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Matthew Wood (musician) (born 1979), drummer with British Sea Power
  • Matthew Wood (rugby league) (born 1969), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Matthew Wood (sound editor) (born 1972), American sound editor and voice actor
  • Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet (1768–1843), MP and Lord Mayor of London
  • Sir Matthew Wood, 4th Baronet (1857–1908), English cricketer
  • Merlyn Wood (stage name of William Wood), member of Brockhampton (band)
• Michael Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Michael M. Wood (21st century), American diplomat and ambassador
  • Michael Wood (academic) (active since 1971), former chair of the Princeton University English Department
  • Michael Wood (cryptographer), American author The Jesus Secret 2010
  • Michael Wood (doctor) (1918–1987), British doctor in East Africa
  • Michael Wood (historian) (born 1948), British historian and television presenter
  • Michael Wood (lawyer) (born 1947), British lawyer and former chief advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Michael Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1980), New Zealand member of parliament
  • Michael Wood (rugby union) (born 1999), Australian rugby union player
  • Michael Wood (special effects artist), American special effects artist
  • Mick Wood (footballer, born 1952), English association footballer
  • Mick Wood (footballer, born 1962), English association footballer
  • Mike Wood (American football) (1954–2009), American football player
  • Mike Wood (baseball) (born 1980), American baseball player
  • Mike Wood (Conservative politician) (born 1976), MP for Dudley South since May 2015
  • Mike Wood (curler) (born 1968), Canadian curler
  • Mike Wood (fencer) (born 1971), South African épée fencer
  • Mike Wood (Labour politician) (born 1946), British MP for Batley and Spen from 1997 to 2015
• Miles Wood (born 1995), American ice hockey player

N

• Naomi Wood (born 1983), British writer
• Natalie Wood (1938–1981), American actress
• Nick Wood (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union player
• Norman Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Norman Barton Wood (1857–1933), American author, minister, and lecturer
  • Norman Wood (badminton), English badminton player
  • Norman Wood (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1916), English footballer
  • Norman Wood (footballer, born 1932), English footballer for Sunderland
  • Norman Wood (golfer) (1947–2023), Scottish golfer
  • Norman Wood (politician) (1891–1988), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

O

• Otto Wood (1894–1930), American criminal

P

• Paul Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Paul Hamilton Wood (1907–1962), Australian cardiologist
  • Paul Wood (footballer) (born 1964), English former footballer
  • Paul Wood (journalist), correspondent for the BBC
  • Paul Wood (rugby league) (born 1981), English rugby league footballer
  • Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (born 1944), British peer
• Peggy Wood (1892–1978), American actress
• Pete Wood (1867–1923), Canadian-American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Peter Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Peter H. Wood (born 1943), American historian and author
  • Peter Hill-Wood (1936-2018), English businessman
  • Peter K. Wood (born 1984), American entertainer and magician
  • Peter Van Wood (1927–2010), Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor, and astrologer
  • Peter W. Wood, American anthropologist; president of the National Association of Scholars
  • Peter Wood, Australian businessman and founding partner G. Wood, Son & Co.
  • Peter Wood (businessman), founder of insurance companies Direct Line and Esure
  • Peter Wood (cricketer) (1951–2022), English cricketer
  • Peter Wood (director) (1925–2016), English theatre director
  • Peter Wood (footballer, born 1939), Australian rules football player for Footscray
  • Peter Wood (footballer, born 1946), Australian rules football player for Fitzroy
  • Peter Wood (politician) (1935–2010), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Q

• Qualeasha Wood (born 1996), American textile artist

R

• Ralph Wood (1715–1772) and his son and grandson of same name, English potters
• Ray Wood (1931–2002), English footballer, goalkeeper for Manchester United
• Rex Wood (1909–1970), South Australian artist in Portugal
• Robert Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robert B. Wood (1836–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Robert Coldwell Wood (1923–2005), American political scientist and academic
  • Robert E. Wood (1879–1969), American soldier and businessman
  • Robert E. Wood (painter, born 1971) (born 1971), Canadian landscape artist
  • Robert J. Wood (1905–1986), US Army general
  • Robert James Wood (1886–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Robert S. Wood (born 1936), American military leader and Mormon leader
  • Robert Stanford Wood (1886–1963), civil servant and educational administrator
  • Robert W. Wood (1868–1955), American physicist and writer
  • Robert Watson Wood (1923-2018), American clergyman, LGBT rights activist, and author
  • Robert William Wood (1889–1979), American landscape artist
  • Robert Wood (American politician) (1885– 1964), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
  • Robert Wood (antiquarian) (1717–1771), English civil servant and politician
  • Robert Wood (artist), accused and acquitted of the Camden Town murder
  • Robert Wood (Australian politician) (born 1949), senator for New South Wales
  • Robert Wood (Australian rugby player) (born 1948), rugby union player for Australia
  • Robert Wood (mayor), English politician, mayor of Norwich
  • Robert Wood (mathematician) (1622–1685), English mathematician
  • Robert Wood (psychologist) (born 1941), British psychologist and writer
  • Robert Wood (roboticist), Harvard University professor and innovator in robotics
  • Robert Wood (rugby, born 1872) (1872–1928), rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s
  • Robert Wood (sailor) (1926–2004), American Olympic sailor
  • Robert Wood (timber merchant) (1792–1847), claimed to be the son of Prince Edward Augustus of the UK
  • Robert Wood (television executive) (1925–1986), American television executive
  • Robert Wood (timber merchant) (1792–1847), Canadian who claimed to be son of Prince Edward Augustus
• Robin Wood (1944–2021), Paraguayan comic book writer and author
• Roger Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Roger Leigh-Wood (1906–1987), English Olympic athlete
  • Roger Wood (governor) (died 1654), governor of Bermuda, 1629–1637
  • Roger Wood (journalist) (1925–2012), Belgian-born British editor
• Ron Wood (Australian footballer) (1923–1978), Australian rules footballer with Geelong
• Ronnie Wood (born 1947), musician, member of The Rolling Stones
• Ronnie Wood (ice hockey) (born 1960), Scottish professional ice hockey player
• Roy Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Roy Wood (born 1946), musician with The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard
  • Roy Wood Jr. (1978), American comedian and actor
  • Roy Wood Sr. (1915-1995), American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur
  • Roy Wood (baseball) (1892–1974), baseball player
• Royden Wood (born 1930), English footballer

S

• S. A. M. Wood (1823–1891), Confederate Civil War General
• Samuel Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Samuel H. Wood, US scientist who cloned himself
  • Samuel Newitt Wood (1825–1891), American populist politician from Kansas
  • Samuel Peploe Wood (1827–1873), English artist
  • Sam Wood (1884–1949), American film director
  • Sam Wood (artist), game artist
  • Sam Wood (archaeologist), archaeologist and TV presenter
  • Sam Wood (cricketer) (born 1993), English cricketer
  • Sam Wood (footballer) (born 1986), English footballer
  • Sam Wood (rugby league, born 1994), English rugby league player
  • Sam Wood (rugby league, born 1997), English rugby league player
  • Samuel Wood (Lower Canada politician) (1787–1848), farmer and political figure in Lower Canada
  • Samuel Wood (Ontario politician) (1830–1913), Canadian politician
  • Samuel Wood (philanthropist) (fl. 1831), a founder of the New York Institute for the Blind
• Sandra Scarr Sandra Wood Scarr (1936–2021), American psychologist
• Sara Anne Wood (born 1981), American girl (Disappearance of Sara Anne Wood) who disappeared in 1993
• Scott Wood (born 1990), American basketball player
• Scott Wood (American football) (born 1968), American football player
• Sebastian Wood (born 1961), British Ambassador to China
• Sidney Wood (1911–2009)), American tennis player
• Sidney Wood (phonetician) (born 1934), British-born retired Swedish phonetician and Research Fellow
• Silas Wood (1769–1847), US Congressman from New York State
• Smoky Joe Wood, (1889–1985) American baseball player
• Spencer S. Wood (1861–1940), US Navy rear admiral
• Stan Wood, (1905–1967) English football player
• Steve Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Steven Wood (1961–1995), Australian canoeist
  • Stephen Mosher Wood, Kansas politician
  • Stephen W. Wood, Republican assemblyman from North Carolina
  • Stephen Wood (ice hockey) (born 1981), American ice hockey coach and player
  • Steve Wood (bishop) (born 1963), American first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas
  • Steve Wood (footballer, born February 1963), English football player for Reading
  • Steve Wood (footballer, born June 1963), English football player
  • Steve Wood (tennis) (born 1962), Australian tennis player
  • Steven Wood, founder of Northern Cree Singers
• Sue Wood (Suzanne Wood, born 1948), New Zealand politician
• Susan Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Susan Buxton Wood (1918–2006), British writer, philanthropist
  • Susan F. Wood, American public health professor
  • Susan Selina Wood (1888–1979), birth name of the New Zealand administrator known as Mimie Wood,
  • Susan Wood (New Zealand writer) (1836–1880)
  • Susan Wood (pharmacologist) (1952–1998), British pharmacologist and medical regulator
  • Susan Wood (poet) (born 1946), professor at Rice University
  • Susan Wood (science fiction) (1948–1980), Canadian professor, critic, and science fiction fan
  • Susan Wood (television presenter), former news presenter from New Zealand

T

• Theresa Wood, American politician in Vermont
• Thomas Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • E. Thomas Wood (born 1963), American journalist and author
  • Leslie Wood (footballer) (Thomas Leslie Wooborn, 1932–2005), English footballer
  • Thomas Harold Wood (1889–1965), Canadian politician
  • Thomas J. Wood (1823–1906), Union General during the American Civil War
  • Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844–1908), US Representative from Indiana
  • Thomas McKinnon Wood (1855–1927), British Liberal politician
  • Thomas Mills Wood (born 1963), American film and television character actor
  • Thomas Peploe Wood (1817–1845), English artist
  • Thomas Waterman Wood (1823–1903), American painter
  • Thomas Wood (1708–1799), British MP for Middlesex
  • Thomas Wood (1777–1860), British MP for Breconshire
  • Thomas Wood (1815–98) (1815–1898), Canadian politician
  • Thomas Wood (bishop of Bedford) (1885–1961), Anglican suffragan bishop
  • Thomas Wood (bishop of Lichfield and Coventry) (1607–1692), Anglican diocesan bishop
  • Thomas Wood (British Army officer) (1804–1872), British MP for Middlesex
  • Thomas Wood (composer) (1892–1950), English composer and author
  • Thomas Wood (Derbyshire cricketer) (born 1994), English cricketer
  • Thomas Wood (died 1502) (died 1502), English judge and politician
  • Thomas Wood (mayor) (1792–1861), mayor of Columbus, Ohio
  • Thomas Wood (priest) (c. 1499 – c. 1588), Roman Catholic chaplain to Queen Mary of England
  • Thomas Wood (reverend) (1711–1778), minister in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Thomas Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer
• Tom Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Tom Wood (author), British author of thriller novels
  • Tom Wood (ice hockey) (1927–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Tom Wood (photographer) (born 1951)
  • Tom Wood (rugby union) (born 1986), English rugby union player
  • Tom Wood (visual effects), visual effects supervisor

U

• Ursula Wood (artist), (1868–1925) English artist

V

• Victor Wood (1946-2021), Filipino singer
• Victoria Wood (1953–2016), British comedian
• Virginia Hargraves Wood (c. 1872–1941), American painter and illustrator
• Virginia Hargraves Wood (1906–?), American painter and WPA muralist

W

• W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam
• Wallace Wood, (1927–1981), American writer-illustrator
• Walter Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Walter A. Wood (1815–1892), New York politician
  • Walter Bertram Wood (1898–1917), World War I flying ace
  • Walter Childs Wood (1864–1953), American surgeon and politician
  • Walter Quarry Wood (1888–1958), Scottish surgeon
  • Walter W. Wood (1894–1980), American football player and a football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • Walter Wood (athlete) (1914–1972), American Olympic athlete
  • Walter Wood (freestyle skier) (born 1992), American freestyle skier
  • Walter Wood (producer) (1921–2010), American film producer
  • Walter Wood (Scouting) (1876–1981), Canadian active in the Boy Scouts
• Warren L. Wood (1910–1980), American politician
• Wilbur Wood (born 1941), American pro baseball player
• Wilfred Wood, (1897–1982) British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• Wilfred Wood (bishop) (born 1936), first Black bishop in the Church of England
• Wilfrid Wood (1888–1976), English artist
• William Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Will Wood, American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms
  • William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant
  • William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), theatre manager and actor
  • William B. Wood (builder), American builder/contractor in Kentucky
  • William Braucher Wood (born 1950), US diplomat
  • William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian manufacturer and political figure
  • William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general
  • William H. Wood, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–90
  • William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American athlete and football coach
  • William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect
  • William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor
  • William Henry Wood, British trade unionist, active in the 1860s
  • William Holmes Wood (1900–1988), college football coach
  • William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher
  • William Madison Wood (1858–1926), mill owner from Massachusetts
  • William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel
  • William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), first Surgeon General of the US Navy
  • William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service
  • William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), US Representative from Indiana
  • William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973
  • William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician
  • William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), President of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947
  • William W. Wood (1818–1882), head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1873–1877
  • William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet
  • William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English Wesleyan Methodist preacher, mill owner, and mayor of Bradford, Yorkshire
  • William Wood (15th century MP), MP for Winchester, 1413
  • William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman
  • William Wood (athlete) (1881–1940), Canadian track and field athlete
  • William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), Australian politician
  • William Wood (banker) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker
  • William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English Unitarian clergyman, botanist and activist
  • William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer
  • William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver
  • William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke
  • William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale
  • William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender
  • William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer
  • William Wood (footballer, born 1996), English football defender
  • William Wood (historian) (1864–1947), Canadian historian
  • William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and coin mintmaster
  • William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkshire, 1395
  • William Wood (MP for Pontefract) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract
  • William Wood (naturalist) (1822–1885), American physician and naturalist
  • William Wood (New Zealand politician) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician from Invercargill & Mataura
  • William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist
  • William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858),
  • William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter
  • William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature
  • William Wood (trade unionist) (1873–1956), British trade union leader
  • William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist
  • William Wood (wrestler) (1888–1971), British wrestler
  • William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist
  • William Wood-Sims (1858–1925), English cricketer
• Willie Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Willie Wood (American football) (1936–2020), American football player
  • Willie Wood (bowler) (born 1938), Scottish professional bowls player
  • Willie Wood (footballer) (1878–1947), scored for Bury F.C. in the 1900 and 1903 FA Cup finals
  • Willie Wood (golfer) (born 1960), American golfer
• Willis A. Wood (1921–2021), American microbiologist, inventor, and entrepreneur
• Wilson Wood (actor) (1915–2014), American character actor
• Wilson Wood (footballer) (1943–2017), Scottish footballer

Z

• Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player

See also

First name unknown

• Wood (baseball), baseball player

Fictional characters

• Oliver Wood, a character from the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling