Woods (surname)

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Woods
Origin
Region of originEngland, Scotland, Ireland

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

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 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
  • 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[]

E[]

F[]

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

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 (born 1934), 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

K[]

L[]

M[]

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

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

S[]

  • Samuel Woods (disambiguation), several people
  • Sean Woods (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
  • Shelly Woods (Rochelle "Shelly" Woods) (born 1986), British 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 footballer with Chesterfield, Plymouth Argyle, Stoke City and Torquay United
  • Stevie Woods (musician) (1951–2014), American R&B 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

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[]

Z[]

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, supporting character in Call of Duty: Black Ops
  • 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[]

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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