Woods (surname)

Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin.[1][2]

Woods
Origin
Region of originEngland, Scotland, Ireland

People with this surname
  • Calum Woods (born 19987), English (soccer) footballer
  • Charles Woods (disambiguation), several people including:
  • Jerome Woods (born 1973), NFL football player with Kansas City Chiefs
  • Jessie E. Woods (1909–2001), one of first American woman pilots
  • John E. Woods, American translator of German literature
  • John Joseph Woods (1849–1934), composer of music for national anthem of New Zealand
  • John Woods, real name John Levene, British actor in Dr. Who TV series
  • John Crawford Woods (1824–1906), first minister of the Unitarian Church of Adelaide, South Australia
  • Jon Woods (born 1977), American politician, record producer and musician
  • Joseph Woods, several people including:
  • Mimi Woods American voice actress known primarily for voice-overs in Japanese anime
  • 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
  • Paul Woods (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey player, later color commentator for Detroit Red Wings of NHL
  • Pauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949), Australian indigenous painter
  • Pete Woods, American comic book artist
  • Peter Woods (disambiguation) various people, including
  • Phil Woods (1931–2015), jazz saxophonist
  • Pinky Woods Philip Wells Woods (1931–2015), American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, and composer
  • Qyntel Woods Qyntel Deon Woods (born 1981), American professional basketball player
  • Randy Woods Randolph Woods (born 1970), American professional basketball player
  • Rashaun Woods (born 1980), pro football player
  • Ray Woods (1895–1965), American college basketball standout for Illinois in the 1910s
  • Ray Woods (footballer) (born 1965), (soccer) 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
  • Robert Woods (disambiguation), various people including:
  • Rose Mary Woods (1917–2005), Richard Nixon's secretary from 1951, through the end of his political career
  • Samuel Woods (disambiguation)
  • Sean Woods (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
  • Shelly Woods Rochelle "Shelly" Woods (born 1986), British woman wheelchair racer competed in two Paralympic Games
  • 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 (soccer) footballer with Chesterfield, Plymouth Argyle, Stoke City and Torquay United
  • Stevie Woods (musician) (1951–2014), American singer
  • Stuart Woods (born 1938), 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
  • Taryn Woods (born 1975), Australian woman water polo player
  • Terry Woods Terence Woods (born 1947), Irish folk musician
  • Thomas Woods (disambiguation) various people including:
  • Thomas Woods (born 1972), American historian
  • Thomas H. Woods (1836–1910), American politician and judge in Mississippi
  • Thomas Woods (Irish politician) (1923–1961), Irish writer and politician
  • Thomas Woods (rugby) (active 1920–1924), rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s
  • Tiger Woods (born 1975), American golfer
  • Tim Woods real name George Burrell Woodin (1934–2002), American professional wrestler
  • Tony Woods, Australian rules footballer
  • 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
  • Vincent Woods (born 1960), Irish poet, playwright and RTÉ Radio 1 arts show host
  • Wendy Woods (1941-2013), South African educator and anti-apartheid activist
  • William Woods (disambiguation) several people, including

Institutions

Fictional characters
  • Alexx Woods, on CSI: Miami
  • Babs Woods, on the British soap opera Family Affairs
  • 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
  • T.J. Woods, on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale
  • Tanya Woods, on the British soap opera Family Affairs
  • Terry Woods (Emmerdale), self explanatory
  • Twin Woods, in Nintendo's Kirby series of video game
  • Whispy Woods, in Nintendo's Kirby series of video game
  • Willona Woods, in the American sitcom Good Times

See also

References
  1. Woods at Internet Surname Database. Accessed 8 September 2011
  2. Irish Ancestors: Woods at Irish Times. Accessed 8 September 2011
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