Woods (surname)

Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin.

Woods

Origin
Region of origin	England, Scotland, Ireland

People with this surname include:

A

• Aaron Woods (born 1991), Australian rugby league footballer
• Al Woods (American football) (born 1987), American football player
• Alan Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Albert Woods (1816–1904), English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London
• Albert Woods (footballer), English footballer
• Albert H. Woods (1870–1951), born Aladore Herman, American theatrical producer
• Alice Woods (1849–1941), British educationist
• Andrew Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Aubrey Woods (1928–2013), English actor
• Ayiesha Woods (born 1979), contemporary Christian musician

B

• Bambi Woods (born 1955), American pornographic actress
• Barbara Alyn Woods (born c. 1965), American actress
• Belita Woods (1948–2012), lead singer of R&B groups, Brainstorm and Parliament-Funkadelic
• Ben Woods (born 1982), rugby union footballer
• Bill Woods (disambiguation), also Billy Woods, several people
• Bobby Wayne Woods (1965–2009), American rapist, kidnapper and murderer
• Brian Woods (disambiguation), several people

C

• Calum Woods (born 1987), English (soccer) footballer
• Cary Woods, American film producer
• Charles Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Chevy Woods (born 1981), American rapper and songwriter
• Chris Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Christie Lee Woods (born 1977), American model and actress
• Christine Woods (born 1983), American actress in the HBO series Hello Ladies
• Clare Woods (artist) (born 1972), British artist
• Clinton Woods (born 1972), British professional boxer
• Clinton Edgar Woods (1863–1930), electrical, mechanical engineer and automotive engineer

D

• D. Woods (born 1985), American singer
• Danny Woods (1942–2018), American singer, member of Chairmen of the Board
• Darren Woods (born 1964/1965), American businessman
• Darren Keith Woods (born 1958), American opera director and operatic tenor
• Dean Woods (1966–2022), Australian racing cyclist
• D. J. Woods (born 1989), American gridiron player
• Don Woods (American football) (born 1951), American football player
• Don Woods (meteorologist) (1928–2012), American meteorologist and cartoonist
• Don Woods (programmer) (born 1954), computer games programmer
• Donald Woods (1933–2001), South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist
• Donald Woods (actor) (1906–1998), Canadian-American film and television actor
• Donald Devereux Woods (1912–1964), British microbiologist

E

• E. J. Woods (1839–1916), architect in South Australia
• Earl Woods (1932–2006), US Army officer, father of Tiger Woods
• Edward Woods (1903–1989), American actor
• Edward Woods (engineer) (1814–1903), British civil engineer
• Eliza Woods (1872–1961), American composer

F

• Frederick S. Woods (1864–1950), American mathematician
• Fronza Woods, American filmmaker

G

• George Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Georgie Woods (1927–2005), American radio personality
• Grant Woods (1954–2021), Attorney General of Arizona 1991–1999
• Granville Woods (1856–1910), African-American inventor of tram and railway equipment
• Gurdon Woods (1915–2007), American sculptor, academic administrator

H

• Harriett Woods (1927–2007), American politician and activist
• Harry Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Henry Woods (disambiguation), several people

I

• Ickey Woods (born 1966), American football player
• Ilene Woods (1929–2010), American actress and singer, voice of Disney's Cinderella

J

• Jake Woods (born 1981), American baseball pitcher
• James Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Jelani Woods (born 1998), American football player
• Jerome Woods (born 1973), American football player
• Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), one of the first American woman pilots
• Jim Woods (1916–1988), American sportscaster
• Jim Woods (baseball) (born 1939), American baseball player
• Jimmy Woods (1934–2018), American jazz musician
• John Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Jon Woods (born 1977), American politician, record producer and musician
• Joseph Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Josh Woods (American football) (born 1996), American football player
• Josie Alma Woods (1889–1983), American politician
• JT Woods (born 2000), American football player

K

• K. Woods, West Indian cricket umpire
• Kate Woods, Australian film and television director
• Kate Woods (field hockey) (born 1981), South African hockey player
• Kristine Woods, American sculptor and textile artist

L

• Lebbeus Woods (1940–2012), American architect and artist known unconventional designs
• Leonard Woods (theologian) (1774–1854), American theologian, supporter of orthodox Calvinism
• Leonard Woods (college president) (1807–1878), fourth president of Bowdoin College
• Loren Woods (born 1978), American-Lebanese professional basketball player
• Louis E. Woods (1895–1971), aviator with American Marine Corps

M

• Margaret Louisa Woods (née Bradley; 1855–1945), English writer, married Henry George Woods
• Marilyn Warren Woods (1914–1998), American activist and community leader
• Marjorie Curry Woods, American historian
• Mark Kenneth Woods, Canadian comedy writer, actor, producer, director and TV host.
• Martin Woods (born 1986), Scottish (soccer) footballer.
• Mary Lee Woods (1924–2017), English mathematician and computer scientist
• Megan Woods (born 1973), New Zealand politician
• Mehitable E. Woods (1813–1891), hero of the American Civil War
• Michael Woods (disambiguation), also Mike Woods, several people
• Mimi Woods, American voice actress known primarily for voice-overs in Japanese anime
• Mitch Woods (born 1951), American boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist and singer

N

• Nan Woods (born Susan Nan Woods, 1966), American actress in the ABC television series China Beach
• Ngaire Woods (born 1962/1963), New Zealand-born founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford
• Nic Woods Nicholas Woods (born 1995), New Zealand field hockey player

O

• Oscar "Buddy" Woods (born c.1900-1903–1955), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

P

• Paul Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Pauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949), Australian indigenous painter
• Pete Woods, American comic book artist
• Peter Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Phil Woods (1931–2015), jazz saxophonist
• Pinky Woods (Philip Wells Woods) (1931–2015), American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer

Q

• Qyntel Woods (born 1981), American professional basketball player

R

• Randy Woods Randolph Woods (born 1970), American professional basketball player
• Rashaun Woods (born 1980), American pro football player
• Ray Woods (1895–1965), American college basketball standout for Illinois in the 1910s
• Ray Woods (footballer) (born 1965), footballer with Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Coventry City and Shrewsbury Town
• Renn Woods (previously Ren Woods, born 1958), American film, television and stage actress, vocalist and songwriter
• Robin Woods (1914–1997), English bishop
• Robert Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Rose Mary Woods (1917–2005), Richard Nixon's secretary from 1951 through the end of his political career
• Roy Woods (born 1996), Canadian singer, rapper and songwriter

S

• Samuel Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Seamus Woods, 1920s Irish Republican Army leader
• Sean Woods (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
• Shelly Woods (Rochelle "Shelly" Woods) (born 1986), British wheelchair racer, competed in two Paralympic Games
• Simeon Woods Richardson (born 2000), American baseball player
• Simon Woods (born 1980), English actor in the British-American TV series Rome and the BBC1 series Cranford
• Skip Woods (born 1970), American screenwriter, producer and film director
• Sparky Woods (born 1953), American football coach
• Stacey Grenrock-Woods (born 1968), American writer, actress, and correspondent on The Daily Show
• Stanley Woods (1903–1993), Irish motorcycle racer in the 1920s and 1930s
• Steve Woods (Stephen John Woods) (born 1976), English footballer with Chesterfield, Plymouth Argyle, Stoke City and Torquay United
• Stevie Woods (musician) (1951–2014), American R&B singer
• Stuart Woods (1938–2022), American novelist
• Sydney Woods (1853 – after 1895), merchant and politician in Newfoundland
• Sydney S. Woods Sidney Sterling Woods (1917–1989), American fighter ace of World War II
• Symere Woods (born 1994), American rapper known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert

T

• Taryn Woods (born 1975), Australian water polo player
• Terry Woods (born 1947), Irish folk musician
• Thomas Woods (disambiguation), several people
• Tiger Woods (born 1975), American golfer
• Tim Woods (George Burrell Woodin) (1934–2002), American professional wrestler
• Tom Woods (disambiguation), also Tommy Woods, several people
• Tony Woods (Australian rules footballer)
• Tony Woods (comedian), American comedian
• Tyler Woods (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
• Tyrone Woods (Walter Tyrone Woods) (born 1969), professional baseball player with Nippon
• Tyrone S. Woods (Tyrone Snowden Woods) (1971–2012), American CIA security officer killed in 2012 Benghazi attack

V

• Vincent Woods (born 1960), Irish poet, playwright and RTÉ Radio 1 arts show host

W

• Wendy Woods (1941–2013), South African educator and anti-apartheid activist
• William Woods (disambiguation) several people

X

• Xavier Woods (born 1986), ring name of American professional wrestler Austin Watson
• Xavier Woods (American football) (born 1995), American football player

Z

• Zach Woods (born 1984), American actor

Fictional characters

• Alexx Woods, on CSI: Miami
• Babs Woods, on the British soap opera Family Affairs
• Darren Woods, a character in the 1985 American science fantasy movie Explorers
• Dawn Woods (also Hope), on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Elle Woods, in the novel, film and Broadway adaptation Legally Blonde
• Nancy Woods, in Archie Comics
• Penny Gordon Woods, in the American sitcom Good Times
• Frank Woods, main supporting character in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
• T.J. Woods, on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Tanya Woods, on the British soap opera Family Affairs
• Terry Woods (Emmerdale), on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale
• Whispy Woods, in Nintendo's Kirby series of video games
• Willona Woods, in the American sitcom Good Times

See also

• Wood (surname)