Hood (surname)

Hood is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics

 * Alan Hood, professor at the University of St Andrews
 * Christopher Hood (born 1947), Oxford professor
 * Hugh Hood (1928–2000), Canadian novelist and professor
 * John Hood (born 1952), New Zealand businessman and administrator
 * Joseph Douglas Hood (1889–1966), American entomologist
 * Leroy Hood (born 1938), American biologist
 * Paul Hood (died 1668), English academic administrator
 * Sinclair Hood (1917–2021), Irish archaeologist and academic
 * William Hood, American art historian

Athletes

 * Bruce Hood (1936–2018), Canadian author, businessman, politician, and NHL referee
 * Edmund Hood (1898–1990), Australian rules footballer
 * Elijah Hood (born 1996), American football player
 * Enoch Hood (1861–1940), English footballer
 * Frank Hood (1908–1955), American football player
 * Graham Hood (born 1972), Canadian middle-distance runner
 * Leslie Hood (1876–1932), English rugby player
 * Marjorie Hood (20th century), American baseball player
 * Peter Hood, Chairman of the Bradford Bulls (an English rugby league club)
 * Roderick Hood (born 1981), American football player
 * Rodney Hood (born 1992), American basketball player

Entertainers

 * Adam Hood (21st century), American musician
 * Amber Hood (born 1970), American actress
 * Calum Hood (born 1996), Australian bassist from the band 5 Seconds of Summer
 * Darla Hood (1931–1979), American actress
 * Dave Hood (born 1950), American actor
 * David Hood (born 1943), American musician
 * Dictynna Hood, British film director and screenwriter
 * Florence Hood (1880–1968), Australian-born Canadian violinist
 * Gavin Hood (born 1963), South African director
 * Joey Hood (born 1976), voice actor
 * Kate Hood, Australian actress
 * Kit Hood (1943–2020), Canadian television director
 * Morag Hood (1942–2002), Scottish actress
 * Patterson Hood (born 1964), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * Robert Hood (born 1965), American music producer and DJ

Military personnel

 * Admiral Hood (disambiguation), multiple people with the surname who were admirals
 * Alexander Hood (1758–1798), English Royal Navy officer
 * Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), English Royal Navy officer
 * Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824–1901), English Royal Navy officer
 * Charles Hood (1826–1883), English British Army officer
 * Francis Grosvenor Hood (1809–1855), English British Army officer
 * Horace Hood (1870–1916), English Royal Navy admiral
 * John Hood (naval officer) (1859–1919), American U.S. Navy admiral
 * John Bell Hood (1831–1879), American Confederate general
 * Michael John Hood (born 1967), Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant General, Commander RCAF
 * Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), English Royal Navy officer
 * Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762–1814), English Royal Navy officer

Politicians

 * Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician
 * Clark L. Hood (1847–1920), American politician
 * Dave Hood Jr. (1954–2019), American politician and judge
 * Dennis Hood (born 1970), Australian politician
 * Glenda Hood (born 1950), former secretary of state for Florida
 * Jim Hood (born 1962), Attorney General of Mississippi
 * Jimmy Hood (1948–2017), politician in the United Kingdom
 * John Hood (Australian politician) (1817–1877), MP in Victoria, Australia
 * Morris Hood Jr. (1934–1998), American politician
 * Morris Hood III (1965–2020), American politician
 * Nicholas Hood (1923–2016), American politician
 * Raymond W. Hood (1936–2002), American politician
 * Ron Hood (born 1969), American politician
 * Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868), British politician and peer

Writers

 * Basil Hood (1864–1917), British librettist and lyricist
 * Daniel Hood, American novelist
 * Sam Hood (1872–1953), Australian photographer and photojournalist
 * Sean Hood (born 1966), American screenwriter
 * Stuart Hood (1915–2011), Scottish novelist and former controller of the BBC
 * Thomas Hood (1799–1845), British poet and humorist
 * Tom Hood (1835–1874), English humorist and playwright

Others

 * Archibald Hood (1823–1902), Scottish coalowner
 * Cherry Hood (born 1959), Australian artist
 * George Hood, (1891–1928), New Zealand pioneer aviator who perished attempting the first flight across the Tasman Sea.
 * James Hood (1942–2013), one of the first black students to enroll in the University of Alabama
 * Raymond Hood (1881–1934), early twentieth-century architect
 * William Charles Hood (1824-1870), English doctor

Fictional characters

 * Baby Bonnie Hood, fictional character
 * Red Hood, fictional character in DC Comics
 * Robin Hood, English folk hero from medieval legends
 * Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, a fictional character in the Halo video-game franchise