Heywood (surname)

Heywood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Abel Heywood (1810–1893), English politician
 * Angela Heywood (1840–1935), United States suffragist, socialist, abolitionist
 * Anne Heywood (born 1932), British film actress
 * Arthur Heywood (1849–1916), 3rd Baronet, experimental railway builder
 * Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1835–1897), English rower and Canadian landowner
 * Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865), 1st of the Heywood Baronets, English banker and philanthropist
 * Bernard Heywood (1871–1960), English bishop
 * Charles Heywood (1803–1853), a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, who had distinguished himself in the Mexican–American War and father of Charles Heywood (1839–1915).
 * Charles Heywood (1839–1915), United States general
 * Charles D. Heywood (1881–1957), minor United States businessman
 * Doug Heywood (1924–2002), Australian rules footballer
 * Eddie Heywood (1915–1989), United States jazz musician
 * Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), United States radical
 * Frances Heywood (1902 – 1994) British metallurgist and engineer
 * George Heywood (1907–1985), English footballer
 * Herbert Heywood (1913–unknown), English footballer
 * Hugh Heywood (1896–1987), Anglican priest
 * Jamie Heywood (born 1966), United States engineer, and director of ALS Therapy Development Foundation
 * James Heywood (philanthropist) (1810–1897), British politician
 * Jasper Heywood (1535–1598), English scholar and translator
 * Jean Heywood (1921–2019), British actress
 * Jeff Heywood (born 1951), United States racing driver
 * Jeremy Heywood (1961–2018), British civil servant
 * Joanne Heywood, British actress
 * John Heywood, 16th century English writer
 * John B. Heywood (photographer), 19th century United States photographer
 * John B. Heywood, Engineer, Professor
 * John D. Heywood, 19th century United States photographer
 * Joseph L. Heywood (1815–1910), bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Joseph Lee Heywood (1837–1876), victim of bank robbery
 * Matthew Heywood (born 1979), English footballer
 * Neil Heywood (1970–2011), British businessman murdered in China
 * Oliver Heywood (1825–1892), English banker and philanthropist
 * Oliver Heywood (minister) (1630–1702), English nonconformist minister
 * Pat Heywood (born 1927), British actress
 * Paul Heywood, British academic
 * Peter Heywood (1772–1831), British naval officer
 * Phil Heywood, United States musician
 * Ralph Heywood (1921–2007), American football player and marine
 * Richard Heywood (bishop) (1867–1955), Anglican Bishop
 * Richard Heywood (MP) (by 1520 – 1570)
 * Samuel Heywood (Berkeley) (1833–1903), minor United States businessman
 * Samuel Heywood (chief justice) (1753–1828), British lawyer
 * Stephen Heywood (1969–2006), United States architect and ALS campaigner
 * Suzanne Heywood (born 1969), British business executive
 * Thomas Heywood (died 1641), English actor and playwright
 * Thomas Heywood (railway engineer) (died 1953) British locomotive engineer
 * Thomas Percival Heywood (1823–1897), 2nd Baronet
 * Thomas Heywood (antiquarian) (1797–1866), English member of the Chetham Society
 * Thomas Heywood (organist) (born 1974)
 * Tim Heywood (1914–2006), British soldier and farmer
 * Vernon Heywood (1927–2022), British botanist