List of people with surname Wood

Wood is a common anglophone surname. Notable people with the surname Wood include:

A

 * Adam Wood (born 1955), British diplomat
 * Adrian H. Wood, American educator and writer
 * Aimee Lou Wood, English actress
 * Alan Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alan Muir Wood (1921–2009), British civil engineer
 * Alan Thorpe Richard Wood (born 1954), British public servant
 * Alan Wood Jr. (1834–1902), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * Alan Wood (Australian politician) (1927–2005), Victorian state politician
 * Alan Wood (engineer) (born 1947), British engineer and executive
 * Alan Wood (footballer, born 1941), Welsh football player
 * Alan Wood (footballer, born 1954), English football player
 * Alan Wood (military officer) (1922–2013), American naval officer
 * Albert Beaumont Wood (1890–1964), British physicist
 * Alex Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alex Wood (American football) (born 1955), college football coach
 * Alex Wood (baseball) (born 1991), baseball pitcher
 * Alex Wood (bishop) (1871–1937), Anglican bishop in India
 * Alex Wood (ice hockey) (1909–1979), ice hockey goaltender
 * Alex Wood (politician) (born 1950), former Labour leader of Edinburgh City Council in Scotland
 * Alexander Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alexander Wood, Lord Wood (1788–1864), Scottish judge
 * Alexander Wood (footballer) (1906–?), Scottish footballer
 * Alexander Wood (physician) (1817–1884), physician and inventor of the hypodermic needle
 * Alexander Wood (physicist) (1879–1950), university lecturer in the field of acoustics and experimental physics
 * Alexander Wood (merchant) (1772–1844), city magistrate forced to leave Upper Canada in 1810 following allegations of scandal
 * Alexander Wood (rugby union) (1848–1905), Scottish rugby union player
 * Alexander Wood (soccer) (1907–1987), member of the American Soccer Hall of Fame
 * Alexander Wood (surgeon) (1725–1807), Edinburgh surgeon
 * Alice Robinson Boise Wood (1846–1919), American classiest classicist and poet
 * Allan Singleton-Wood (born 1933), British musician and publisher who performed under the stage name Allan Wood
 * Allan Wood (1943–2022), Australian swimmer
 * Allen W. Wood (born 1942), American philosopher
 * Alson Wood (1828–1904), American politician
 * Andrew Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Andrew Trew Wood (1826–1903), Canadian businessman and parliamentarian
 * Andrew Wood of Largo (died 1515), Scottish admiral
 * Andrew Wood (bishop) (died 1695), Scottish prelate
 * Andy Wood (comedian) (born 1977), American comedian and producer
 * Andrew Wood (diplomat) (born 1940), British diplomat
 * Andy Wood (historian) (born 1967), British social historian
 * Andrew Wood (singer) (1966–1990), lead singer of Mother Love Bone and Malfunkshun
 * Andrew Wood (surgeon) (1810–1881), Scottish surgeon
 * Anne Wood (born 1937), English children's television producer, co-creator of Teletubbies
 * Anne Brancato Wood (1903–1972), American politician
 * Anson S. Wood (1834–1904), American lawyer and politician
 * Anthony Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Anthony Wood (antiquary) (1632–1695), English antiquary
 * Anthony Wood (artist) (1925–2022), British heraldic artist
 * Anthony Wood (businessman) (born 1965/66), British-born American billionaire businessman
 * Anthony Wood (historian) (1923–1987), British school teacher and historian
 * Ardeth Wood (1975–2003), graduate student at the University of Waterloo
 * Arthur Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Arthur Henry Wood (1875-1953), English composer and conductor

B

 * Barbara Wood (born 1947), American writer
 * Barbara Wood (cricketer) (1917–1998), English cricketer
 * Barbara Wood (politician), American politician
 * Barnabas Wood (1819–1875), American dentist and namesake of Wood's metal
 * Barry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Barry Wood (bishop) (1942–2017), South African Roman Catholic bishop
 * Barry Wood (cricketer) (born 1942), English former cricketer
 * Barry Wood (singer) (1909–1970), American singer and television producer
 * Barry Wood (American football) (1910–1971), American football player and medical educator
 * Barry Wood (interior designer), model, American television host, and interior decorator
 * Barry Wood (rugby league) (born 1950), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Basil Wood, (1900–1977), English footballer
 * Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), American artist
 * Benjamin Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Benjamin D. Wood (1894–1986), American educator, researcher, and director
 * Benjamin T. Wood, American architect
 * Benjamin Wood (American politician) (1820–1900), U.S. Representative from New York and publishing entrepreneur
 * Benjamin Wood (MP) (1787–1845), British Whig politician
 * Benjamin Wood (cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
 * Ben Wood (born 1980), British visual artist
 * Bernard Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bernard Wood (cricketer) (1886–1974), New Zealand cricketer, golfer and businessman
 * Bernard Wood (geologist), British geologist
 * Bernie Wood (1939–2013), New Zealand rugby league administrator and sports historian
 * Beth Wood (born 1954), North Carolina public official and accountant
 * Bill Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Bill Wood (American football) (1894–1966), American football player and coach
 * Bill Wood (Australian footballer) (1921–1989), Australian rules footballer
 * Bill Wood (footballer, born 1927), English footballer
 * Bill Wood (politician) (1935–2024), Australian politician
 * Bill Wood (baseball) (born 1941), baseball scout
 * Brandon Wood (born 1985), American baseball player
 * Brandon Wood (basketball) (born 1989), American basketball player

C

 * Carl Wood (1929–2011), in vitro fertilization pioneer at Monash University
 * Casey Albert Wood (1856–1942), American ophthalmologist and zoologist
 * Cathy Wood, American serial killer of Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood
 * Charles Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Charles Carroll Wood (1876–1899), Canadian military officer
 * Charles Chatworthy Wood Taylor (1792–1856), English artist and engineer, designer of the coat of arms of Chile
 * Charles Erskine Scott Wood, American author, activist, and attorney
 * Charles H. Wood (c. 1837–1917), British chemist
 * Charles Osgood (1933-2024), a radio and television commentator, writer, and musician
 * Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852), English ornithologist
 * Charles Winter Wood (1869–1953), football coach for Tuskegee University Golden Tigers
 * Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), English politician
 * Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), English politician
 * Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980), British politician and peer
 * Charles Wood (actor) (1916–1978), American singer and actor in Broadway musicals
 * Charles Wood (businessman) (1914–2004), American businessman
 * Charles Wood (composer) (1866–1926), Irish composer and teacher
 * Charles Wood (footballer, born 1851), FA Cup winner for the Royal Engineers A.F.C.
 * Charlie Wood (footballer) (born 2002), English footballer
 * Charles Wood (ironmaster) (1702–1774), British chemist
 * Charles Wood (jockey) (1855–1945), British jockey
 * Charlie Wood (musician), American singer, songwriter and keyboardist
 * Charles Wood (playwright) (1932–2020), British playwright and screenwrite
 * Charles Wood (singer and actor) (1916–1978), on Broadway
 * Charlie Wood, cofounder of the Northern Cree Singers
 * Chris Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Chris Wood (actor) (born 1988), American actor
 * Chris Wood (cricketer) (born 1990), English Cricketer
 * Chris Wood (CIA), Counterterrorism officer of the CIA who hunted Osama Bin Laden
 * Chris Wood (diplomat) (born 1959), British diplomat
 * Chris Wood (folk musician), English folk singer and musician
 * Chris Wood (footballer, born 1955), English footballer who played for Huddersfield Town
 * Chris Wood (footballer, born 1987), English footballer who formerly played for Mansfield town, now Worksop Town
 * Chris Wood (footballer, born 1991), Burnley and New Zealand international footballer
 * Chris Wood (golfer) (born 1987), British golfer
 * Chris Wood (jazz musician) (born 1969), bassist with the trio Medeski Martin & Wood
 * Chris Wood (rock musician) (1944–1983), saxophonist, flautist with the rock band Traffic
 * Christopher Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Christopher Wood (art historian) (born 1961), professor at New York University
 * Christopher Wood (biologist), professor of biology at McMaster University
 * Christopher Wood (composer), Welsh composer
 * Christopher Wood (cricketer, born 1934) (1934–2006), English cricketer
 * Christopher Wood (financial analyst), managing director of the broking firm CLSA
 * Christopher Wood (painter) "Kit Wood" (1901–1930), English painter
 * Christopher Wood (socialite) (1900–1976), partner of Gerald Heard
 * Christopher Wood (writer) (1935–2015), English screenwriter and novelist
 * Christopher Wood, who killed his wife, children, and himself in 2009, followed by that of William Parente
 * Christopher Wood, American R&B singer better known by his stage name Brent Faiyaz
 * Clare Wood (born 1968), British pro tennis player
 * Connor Wood (basketball) (born 1993), Canadian basketball player
 * Corinne Wood (1954-2021), American politician,first female lieutenant governor of Illinois
 * Craig Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Craig Wood (film editor), film editor
 * Craig Wood (golfer) (1901–1968), professional golfer
 * Craig Wood (guitarist) (born 1978), guitarist for Avril Lavigne
 * Cynthia Wood, (born 1950), American model and actress

D

 * Daniel P. Wood (1819–1891), N.Y. senator and general
 * Darren Wood (born 1964), English football player
 * DaShaun Wood (born 1985), American basketball player
 * David Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * David Duffield Wood (1838–1910), American composer, educator, and musician
 * David Leonard Wood (born 1957), American serial killer
 * David Muir Wood (born 1949), author
 * David Wood (actor) (born 1944), English actor and playwright
 * David Wood (basketball) (born 1964), American professional basketball player
 * David Wood (British Army officer) (1923–2009), British Army officer
 * David Wood (cricketer) (born 1965), English cricketer
 * David Wood (Christian apologist) (born 1976), American YouTuber and evangelical apologist
 * David Wood (environmental campaigner) (1963–2006), Executive Director of the GrassRoots Recycling Network
 * David Wood (journalist), American journalist
 * David Wood (judge) (born 1948), British judge
 * David Wood (mathematician) (born 1971), Australian mathematician
 * David Wood (New Zealand musician), musician with Straitjacket Fits
 * David Wood (philosopher) (born 1946), professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University
 * David Wood (politician) (born 1961), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
 * Denis Wood, author and professor of Design at North Carolina State University
 * Dennis Wood (1934–2001), Welsh geologist
 * Doc Wood (1900–1974), American baseball player
 * Dominic Wood (born 1978), British actor
 * Donald Wood (1933–2015), Canadian politician, businessman and farmer
 * Donald Wood-Smith (born 1931), Australian-born Professor of Clinical Surgery
 * Doug Wood (athlete) (born 1966), Canadian pole vaulter
 * Dougie Wood (born 1940), Scottish athlete and football coach
 * Douglas Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Douglas Wood (actor) (1880–1966), American actor of stage and screen
 * Douglas Wood (engineer) (1941–2019), engineer taken hostage in Iraq in 2005
 * Douglas Wood (naturalist) (f. 1990-2000s), US author and musician.
 * Doug Wood (pole vaulter) (born 1966), Canadian athlete in pole-vault
 * Douglas Wood (writer), US actor, writer, producer of television shows and animated movies
 * Dougie Wood (born 1940), Scottish athlete and coach in football

E

 * Easton Wood (born 1989), Australian footballer
 * Edmund Burke Wood (1820–1882), Canadian politician and judge
 * Ed Wood Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1924–1978), American film director
 * Elijah Wood (born 1981), American actor
 * Elisabeth Jean Wood, American political scientist
 * Elizabeth Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Boleyn (fl. 1530s), née Elizabeth Wood, witness against her niece, Anne Boleyn
 * Elizabeth Wood (director), American film director
 * Elizabeth Wood (executive) (1899–1993), executive director, Chicago Housing Authority
 * Elizabeth A. Wood (1912–2006), American crystallographer
 * Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966), Canadian sculptor
 * Ellen Wood (author) (1814–1887), wrote under the name Mrs Henry Wood, English novelist
 * Enoch Wood (1759–1840), English potter
 * Eric Wood, (born 1986), American football player
 * Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), American actress
 * Evelyn Wood British Army officer, Colonial wars 1855–1905
 * Evelyn Wood American educator known for speed reading

F

 * Fernando Wood (1812–1881), mayor of New York City
 * Francis C. Wood (1869–1951), American cancer researcher with Crocker Institute
 * Francis Marion Wood (1878–1943), American educator and school administrator
 * Frank Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Frank Bradshaw Wood (1915–1997), American astronomer
 * Frank C. Wood (1872–1912), American lawyer and politician from New York
 * Frank E. Wood (1891–1972), American football coach and mathematics professor
 * Frank Porter Wood (1882–1955), Canadian art collector
 * Frank W. Wood (1862–1953), Royal Navy officer and watercolorist
 * Frank Wood (actor) (born 1960), American actor
 * Frank Wood (Iowa politician) (born 1951)
 * Freeman Wood (1896–1956), American actor

G

 * G. Wood (1919–2000), American actor
 * Gaby Wood (born 1971), English journalist and literary critic
 * Garfield Wood, (1880–1971) American inventor, entrepreneur, motorboat builder and racer
 * Garth Wood (born 1978), Australian boxer and rugby league footballer
 * George Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Pseudonym for Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), German spy for the US during World War II
 * George Wood, founder of Wawa Food Markets
 * George Wood (actor) (born 1981), English actor, singer, and composer
 * George Wood (baseball) (1858–1924), Canadian baseball player and manager
 * George Wood (British Army officer) (1898–1982), during World War II
 * George Wood (Canadian politician) (1888–1966), member of Parliament, Brant, Ontario
 * George Wood (cricketer, born 1893) (1893–1971), English cricketer
 * George Wood (died 1558), MP for Flintshire
 * George Wood (footballer) (born 1952), Scottish footballer
 * George Wood (gymnast) (born 1999), British acrobatic gymnast
 * George Wood (judge) (1743–1824), English lawyer and politician
 * George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), New Zealand politician
 * George Wood (Radio Sweden) (born 1949), American journalist
 * George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), former mayor of North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand
 * George Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1865–1948), first-class cricketer who played three matches in 1893 and 1894
 * George Wood (Yorkshire cricketer) (1862–1948), first-class cricketer who played two matches for Yorkshire
 * George Adam Wood (1767–1831), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Era
 * George Arnold Wood (1865–1928), Australian historian
 * George Bacon Wood (1797–1879), American physician and writer
 * George Herbert Wood (1867–1949), Canadian businessman who co-founded Wood Gundy and Company
 * George Henry Wood (railway director) (born 1836), director of the Isle of Man Railway
 * George Henry Wood (statistician) (1874–1945), English labour statistician
 * George Ingersoll Wood (1814–1899), American clergyman
 * George O. Wood (1941–2022), current General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God
 * George Tyler Wood (1795–1858), governor of Texas
 * George W. Wood (1808–1871), US politician
 * George Warren Wood (1814–1901), Presbyterian minister and missionary
 * George William Wood (1781–1843), English businessman and MP
 * Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979), English actor
 * Gerald Wood (born 1926), Barbadian cricketer
 * Gloria Wood (1923–1995), American singer and cartoon voice actress
 * Gordon Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Gordon Wood (American football coach) (1914–2003), high school football coach in Texas
 * Gordon Wood (rugby union) (1931–1982), rugby union footballer
 * Gordon Eric Wood, Australian jailed then acquitted of the murder of Caroline Byrne
 * Gordon S. Wood (born 1933), American historian
 * Graeme Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Graeme Wood (businessman) (born 1947), Australian entrepreneur and environmentalist
 * Graeme Wood (cricketer) (born 1956), Australian former cricketer
 * Graeme Wood (journalist) (born 1979), American journalist and academic
 * Graham Wood (disambiguation), several people
 * Graham Charles Wood (1934—2016), British corrosion scientist
 * Graham Wood (field hockey) (born 1936), Australian former field hockey player
 * Graham Wood (musician) (1971–2017), Australian jazz pianist
 * Grant Wood (1891–1942), American painter

H

 * Harold Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Harold D'Arcy Wood, minister, Uniting Church of Australia
 * Harold Kenneth Wood (1906–1972), US federal judge
 * Harold Wood (minister) (1896–1989), minister, Uniting Church of Australia
 * Harold Wood (weightlifter) (1889–1954), British Olympic weightlifter
 * Harry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Harry Blanshard Wood (1882–1924), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Harry E. Wood (1926–2009), United States federal judge
 * Harry Edwin Wood (1881–1946), English astronomer in South Africa
 * Harry Harvey Wood (1903–1977), co-founder of the Edinburgh International Festival
 * Harry O. Wood (1879–1958), American seismologist who updated the Mercalli Intensity Scale
 * Harry Wood (athlete) (1902–1975), British long-distance runner
 * Harry Wood (aviator) (1894–1959), World War I flying ace
 * Harry Wood (baseball) (1885–1955), baseball player
 * Henry Wood (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1919), Henry "Harry" Wood, English cricketer
 * Harry Wood (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1951), England international footballer
 * Harry Wood (footballer, born 2002), English footballer for Hull City and Scunthorpe United
 * Harry Wood (Manitoba politician),
 * Hart Wood (1880–1957), American architect
 * Henry Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Henry Alexander Wise Wood (1866–1939), American inventor
 * Henry Clay Wood (1832–1918), American Civil War general
 * Henry Conwell Wood (1840–1926), member of the Queensland Legislative Council
 * Henry Harvey Wood (1903-1977), founder of the Edinburgh Festival
 * Henry Moses Wood (1788–1867), architect based in Nottingham
 * Henry Walter Wood (1825–1869), English architect
 * Henry Wise Wood (1860–1941), Alberta politician
 * Henry Wood (cricketer, born 1853) (1853–1919), English cricketer
 * Henry Wood (minstrel) (19th-century), minstrel show manager in New York City
 * Henry Wood (scholar) (1849–1925), American Professor of German Studies
 * Henry Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1872–1950),
 * Sir Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) Henry Evelyn Wood (1838–1919), British field marshal and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Sir Henry Wood (1869–1944), orchestral conductor
 * Sir Henry Wood, 1st Baronet (1597–1671), Member of Parliament of England for Hythe 1661–1671
 * Horatio C. Wood Jr. (1841–1920), American physician and biologist
 * Hugh Wood (1932–2021), composer
 * Hugh Wood (cricketer) (1855–1941), English cricketer
 * Hugh Wood (priest) (1859–1941), Royal Navy chaplain
 * Hugh Wood (landowner) (1736–1814), British landowner

I

 * Ida Wood (1838–1932), American recluse
 * Issy Wood (born 1993), American artist
 * Ivor Wood (1932–2004), Anglo-French animator, director and producer of children's television series including Postman Pat and Paddington

J

 * Jack Wood (cricketer) (born 1994), English cricketer
 * James Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * James Athol Wood (1756–1829), British rear-admiral
 * James Edward Wood (1947–2004), American murderer
 * James Frederick Wood (1813–1883), Archbishop of Philadelphia
 * James Julius Wood (1800–1877), Scottish minister
 * James N. Wood (1941–2010), American director of the Art Institute of Chicago
 * James Roland Wood (born 1941), Australian Royal Commissioner and jurist
 * James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), American physician
 * James Sebastian Lamin Wood, Sebastian Wood (born 1961), British Ambassador to China
 * James W. Wood (1924–1990), US Air Force colonel and senior test pilot on the Dyna-Soar program
 * James Wood (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
 * James Wood (Canadian admiral) (born 1934), Canadian admiral
 * James Wood (composer), (born 1953), British composer, percussionist, and conductor
 * James Wood (critic) (born 1965), British literary critic and novelist
 * James Wood (encyclopaedist) (1820–1901), British editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
 * James Wood (engineer), American engineer
 * James Wood (governor) (1741–1813), Governor of Virginia and officer in the American Revolutionary War
 * James Wood (musician) (born 1953), British composer and percussionist
 * James Wood (New York politician) (1820–1892), New York politician and Union Army general
 * James Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1854–1937), New Zealand cricketer
 * James Wood (Irish politician) (1865–1936), Member of Parliament for East Down, 1902–1906
 * James Wood (footballer) (1893–?), professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool
 * James Wood (screenwriter), British screenwriter
 * James Wood (South African cricketer) (born 1985), South African cricketer, played for Durham UCCE
 * James Wood (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–1977), English cricketer for Lancashire 1954–56
 * James Wood (mathematician) (1760–1839), Dean of Ely 1820–1839
 * James Wood (minister) (1672–1759), English Presbyterian minister
 * James Wood Bush (c. 1844–1906), Hawaiian-American Civil War combatant
 * Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738), Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army
 * James Wood, Lord Irwin (born 1977), British courtesy peer
 * Jamie Wood (born 1978), footballer
 * Jason Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jason Wood (baseball) (born 1969), former Major League Baseball player
 * Jason Wood (comedian) (1972–2010), British comedian
 * Jason Wood (musician), lead singer of metalcore band It Dies Today
 * Jason Wood (politician) (born 1968), Australian politician
 * Jason Wood (writer), British writer
 * Jeff Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jeff Wood (footballer) (born 1954), English former football goalkeeper
 * Jeff Wood (racing driver) (born 1957), former race car driver
 * Jeff Wood (singer) (born 1968), country music artist
 * Jefferson Wood (born 1973), American Illustrator
 * Jeffery Lee Wood (born 1973), prisoner on Texas death row
 * Jeffery Wood (born 1986), American actor
 * Jeffrey Wood (born 1969), Canadian politician
 * Jim Wood (American football) (born 1936), American gridiron football player and coach
 * Jim Wood (Arkansas politician) (fl. late 20th century), State Auditor of Arkansas
 * Jim Wood (biathlete) (1952–2020), British Olympic biathlete
 * Jim Wood (California politician) (born 1960), member of the California State Assembly
 * Jim Wood (fiddler) (born 1964), American fiddler
 * Jim Wood (Sussex cricketer) (1914–1989), English cricketer, played for Sussex 1936–55
 * Jimmy Wood (1842–1927), American baseball player and manager
 * Joe Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Smoky Joe Wood (1889–1985), American baseball player
 * Joe T. Wood (1922–2019), American politician
 * Joe Wood (infielder) (1919–1985), American baseball player
 * Joe Wood (1944 pitcher) (1916–2002), American baseball player
 * Joe Wood (footballer) (1904–1972), Australian footballer for North Melbourne
 * Joe Wood (musician) (fl. c. 1980), singer among band T.S.O.L.'s second complement of musicians


 * John Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect
 * John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
 * John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
 * John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics
 * John C. Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune
 * John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics
 * John F. Wood Jr. (1936–2023), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
 * John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
 * John George Corry Wood (1869–1943), English-born political figure in British Columbia
 * John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
 * John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of the British far right and member of the British Peoples Party
 * John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
 * John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
 * John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist
 * John M. Wood (general), United States Air Force major general
 * John M. Wood (politician) (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
 * John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist known for sugarcane work
 * John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer
 * John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
 * John Page Wood (1796–1866), English cleric and baronet
 * John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
 * John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
 * John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
 * John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy
 * John Thomas Archer Wood (c. 1872–1954), English footballer
 * John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho
 * John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist
 * John Warrington Wood (1839–1886), British sculptor
 * John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
 * John Wood (activist) (born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft
 * John Wood (actor, born 1909) (1909–1965), Australian actor
 * John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor
 * John Wood (artist) (1922–2012), American artist
 * John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player
 * John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
 * John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
 * John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
 * John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
 * John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
 * John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) (1790–1856), British civil servant
 * John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer and civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
 * John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * John Wood (cormorant keeper), servant of James VI and I
 * John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
 * John Wood (design theorist) (born 1945), British professor of design
 * John Wood (died 1458), English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire
 * John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
 * John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), known for Shakespearean roles and his association with Tom Stoppard
 * John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
 * John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
 * John Wood (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1916), English footballer
 * John Wood (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1959), English footballer
 * John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer
 * John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois 1860–1861
 * John Wood (Isle of Man governor) (1722–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
 * John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
 * John Wood (mathematician) (c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics
 * John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
 * John Wood (MP for Bossiney) (died 1623), English MP for Bossiney
 * John Wood (MP for Ipswich), English MP for Ipswich in 1420
 * John Wood (MP for Preston) (1789–1856), British MP for Preston
 * John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer
 * John Wood (photographer), Civil War photographer for Union Army
 * John Wood (poet) (1947–2022), American poet and historian of photography
 * John Wood (professor of law) (1932–2014), British law professor
 * John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
 * John Wood (record producer), English record producer
 * John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), Great Britain and Leigh
 * John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray
 * John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish forward
 * John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
 * John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
 * John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
 * John Wood I of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
 * John Wood II of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
 * John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect, known for Queen Square and The Circus in Bath
 * John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), English architect (son of John Wood), known for the Royal Crescent in Bath
 * Jon Wood (born 1981), NASCAR driver
 * Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor
 * Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
 * Julia A. Wood (1840-1927), American writer, composer
 * Julia Amanda Sargent Wood (1825–1903), American author
 * Juston Wood (born 1979), American football player

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 * Keith Wood, (born 1972), rugby union player for Ireland, Harlequin F.C. and Munster Rugby
 * Keith Porteous Wood (born 1947), Executive Director of the National Secular Society (UK)
 * Kerry Wood (born 1977), American baseball player
 * Kimba Wood (born 1944), American Federal judge

L

 * Leonard Wood (1860-1927), US Army Chief of Staff and Governor General of the Philippines
 * Leon Wood (born 1962), American basketball player and basketball game official
 * Leon J. Wood (1918–1977), American theologian
 * Lynn Faulds Wood (1948–2020), Scottish television presenter and journalist
 * Levison James Wood (1982–present), British author, explorer and television presenter

M

 * Mark Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mark Wood (bishop) (1919–2014), Bishop of Matabeleland and Bishop of Ludlow
 * Mark Wood (businessman) (born 1953), British businessman
 * Mark Wood (cricketer) (born 1990), English cricketer
 * Mark Wood (explorer) (born 1967), British Arctic and Antarctic explorer
 * Mark Wood (footballer) (born 1972), English professional footballer
 * Mark Wood (Medal of Honor) (1839–1866), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
 * Mark Wood (violinist), electric violinist and former string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
 * Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet (1750–1829), British Member of Parliament for Newark, Milborne Port and Gatton
 * Marshall Wood, English sculptor
 * Marshall Wood, vocalist for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
 * Martin Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Martin Wood (director), Canadian television director
 * Martin Wood (engineer) (1927–2021), co-founder of Oxford Instruments
 * Martin Wood (rugby league) (born 1970), English former Rugby League footballer
 * Martin B. Wood (1807–1881), American farmer, banker, telegraph installer and shareholder
 * Mary Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Mary Antonia Wood (born 1959), American painter and sculptor
 * Mary C. F. Hall-Wood (died 1899), poet, editor, and author
 * Mary Christina Wood (born 1962), professor of law and author
 * Mary Elizabeth Wood (1861–1931), American librarian and missionary
 * Mary Evelyn Wood (1900–1978), politician and nurse in the Cayman Islands
 * Mary Inez Wood (1866–1945), American writer
 * Mary Knight Wood (1857–1944), American pianist, music educator, and composer
 * Mary Myfanwy Wood (1882–1967), British missionary in China
 * Mary Ramsey Wood (died 1908), American pioneer
 * Mary Wood-Allen (1841–1908), American doctor, social reformer, lecturer, and writer
 * Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax (1807–1884), English noblewoman
 * Mary Wood (baseball), AAGPBL player
 * Matthew Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Matthew Wood, killed in the January 2013 Vauxhall helicopter crash
 * Matthew W. Wood (1879–1969), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
 * Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1977), English cricketer with Glamorgan CCC
 * Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1980), English cricketer with Nottinghamshire, previously played for Somerset
 * Matthew Wood (cricketer, born 1985), English cricketer
 * Matthew Wood (ice hockey) (born 2005), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Matthew Wood (musician) (born 1979), drummer with British Sea Power
 * Matthew Wood (rugby league) (born 1969), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Matthew Wood (sound editor) (born 1972), American sound editor and voice actor
 * Sir Matthew Wood, 1st Baronet (1768–1843), MP and Lord Mayor of London
 * Sir Matthew Wood, 4th Baronet (1857–1908), English cricketer
 * Merlyn Wood (stage name of William Wood), member of Brockhampton (band)
 * Michael Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Michael M. Wood (21st century), American diplomat and ambassador
 * Michael Wood (academic) (active since 1971), former chair of the Princeton University English Department
 * Michael Wood (cryptographer), American author The Jesus Secret 2010
 * Michael Wood (doctor) (1918–1987), British doctor in East Africa
 * Michael Wood (historian) (born 1948), British historian and television presenter
 * Michael Wood (lawyer) (born 1947), British lawyer and former chief advisor to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
 * Michael Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1980), New Zealand member of parliament
 * Michael Wood (rugby union) (born 1999), Australian rugby union player
 * Michael Wood (special effects artist), American special effects artist
 * Mick Wood (footballer, born 1952), English association footballer
 * Mick Wood (footballer, born 1962), English association footballer
 * Mike Wood (American football) (1954–2009), American football player
 * Mike Wood (baseball) (born 1980), American baseball player
 * Mike Wood (Conservative politician) (born 1976), MP for Dudley South since May 2015
 * Mike Wood (curler) (born 1968), Canadian curler
 * Mike Wood (fencer) (born 1971), South African épée fencer
 * Mike Wood (Labour politician) (born 1946), British MP for Batley and Spen from 1997 to 2015
 * Miles Wood (born 1995), American ice hockey player

N

 * Naomi Wood (born 1983), British writer
 * Natalie Wood (1938–1981), American actress
 * Nick Wood (rugby union) (born 1983), English rugby union player
 * Norman Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Norman Barton Wood (1857–1933), American author, minister, and lecturer
 * Norman Wood (badminton), English badminton player
 * Norman Wood (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1916), English footballer
 * Norman Wood (footballer, born 1932), English footballer for Sunderland
 * Norman Wood (golfer) (1947–2023), Scottish golfer
 * Norman Wood (politician) (1891–1988), member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

O

 * Otto Wood (1894–1930), American criminal

P

 * Paul Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Paul Hamilton Wood (1907–1962), Australian cardiologist
 * Paul Wood (footballer) (born 1964), English former footballer
 * Paul Wood (journalist), correspondent for the BBC
 * Paul Wood (rugby league) (born 1981), English rugby league footballer
 * Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (born 1944), British peer
 * Peggy Wood (1892–1978), American actress
 * Pete Wood (1867–1923), Canadian-American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Peter Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Peter H. Wood (born 1943), American historian and author
 * Peter Hill-Wood (1936-2018), English businessman
 * Peter K. Wood (born 1984), American entertainer and magician
 * Peter Van Wood (1927–2010), Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor, and astrologer
 * Peter W. Wood, American anthropologist; president of the National Association of Scholars
 * Peter Wood, Australian businessman and founding partner G. Wood, Son & Co.
 * Peter Wood (businessman), founder of insurance companies Direct Line and Esure
 * Peter Wood (cricketer) (1951–2022), English cricketer
 * Peter Wood (director) (1925–2016), English theatre director
 * Peter Wood (footballer, born 1939), Australian rules football player for Footscray
 * Peter Wood (footballer, born 1946), Australian rules football player for Fitzroy
 * Peter Wood (politician) (1935–2010), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

R

 * Ralph Wood (1715–1772) and his son and grandson of same name, English potters
 * Ray Wood (1931–2002), English footballer, goalkeeper for Manchester United
 * Rex Wood (1909–1970), South Australian artist in Portugal
 * Robert Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Robert B. Wood (1836–1878), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Robert Coldwell Wood (1923–2005), American political scientist and academic
 * Robert E. Wood (1879–1969), American soldier and businessman
 * Robert E. Wood (painter, born 1971) (born 1971), Canadian landscape artist
 * Robert J. Wood (1905–1986), US Army general
 * Robert James Wood (1886–1954), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
 * Robert S. Wood (born 1936), American military leader and Mormon leader
 * Robert Stanford Wood (1886–1963), civil servant and educational administrator
 * Robert W. Wood (1868–1955), American physicist and writer
 * Robert Watson Wood (1923-2018), American clergyman, LGBT rights activist, and author
 * Robert William Wood (1889–1979), American landscape artist
 * Robert Wood (American politician) (1885– 1964), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
 * Robert Wood (antiquarian) (1717–1771), English civil servant and politician
 * Robert Wood (artist), accused and acquitted of the Camden Town murder
 * Robert Wood (Australian politician) (born 1949), senator for New South Wales
 * Robert Wood (Australian rugby player) (born 1948), rugby union player for Australia
 * Robert Wood (mayor), English politician, mayor of Norwich
 * Robert Wood (mathematician) (1622–1685), English mathematician
 * Robert Wood (psychologist) (born 1941), British psychologist and writer
 * Robert Wood (roboticist), Harvard University professor and innovator in robotics
 * Robert Wood (rugby) (1872–1928), rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s
 * Robert Wood (sailor) (1926–2004), American Olympic sailor
 * Robert Wood (timber merchant) (1792–1847), claimed to be the son of Prince Edward Augustus of the UK
 * Robert Wood (television executive) (1925–1986), American television executive
 * Robert Wood (timber merchant) (1792–1847), Canadian who claimed to be son of Prince Edward Augustus
 * Robin Wood (1944–2021), Paraguayan comic book writer and author
 * Roger Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roger Leigh-Wood (1906–1987), English Olympic athlete
 * Roger Wood (governor) (died 1654), governor of Bermuda, 1629–1637
 * Roger Wood (journalist) (1925–2012), Belgian-born British editor
 * Ron Wood (Australian footballer) (1923–1978), Australian rules footballer with Geelong
 * Ronnie Wood (born 1947), musician, member of The Rolling Stones
 * Ronnie Wood (ice hockey) (born 1960), Scottish professional ice hockey player
 * Roy Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Roy Wood (born 1946), musician with The Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard
 * Roy Wood Jr. (1978), American comedian and actor
 * Roy Wood Sr. (1915-1995), American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur
 * Roy Wood (baseball) (1892–1974), baseball player
 * Royden Wood (born 1930), English footballer

S

 * S. A. M. Wood (1823–1891), Confederate Civil War General
 * Samuel Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Samuel H. Wood, US scientist who cloned himself
 * Samuel Newitt Wood (1825–1891), American populist politician from Kansas
 * Samuel Peploe Wood (1827–1873), English artist
 * Sam Wood (1884–1949), American film director
 * Sam Wood (artist), game artist
 * Sam Wood (archaeologist), archaeologist and TV presenter
 * Sam Wood (cricketer) (born 1993), English cricketer
 * Sam Wood (footballer) (born 1986), English footballer
 * Sam Wood (rugby league, born 1994), English rugby league player
 * Sam Wood (rugby league, born 1997), English rugby league player
 * Samuel Wood (Lower Canada politician) (1787–1848), farmer and political figure in Lower Canada
 * Samuel Wood (Ontario politician) (1830–1913), Canadian politician
 * Samuel Wood (philanthropist) (fl. 1831), a founder of the New York Institute for the Blind
 * Sandra Scarr Sandra Wood Scarr (1936–2021), American psychologist
 * Sara Anne Wood (born 1981), American girl (Disappearance of Sara Anne Wood) who disappeared in 1993
 * Scott Wood (born 1990), American basketball player
 * Scott Wood (American football) (born 1968), American football player
 * Sebastian Wood (born 1961), British Ambassador to China
 * Sidney Wood (1911–2009)), American tennis player
 * Sidney Wood (phonetician) (born 1934), British-born retired Swedish phonetician and Research Fellow
 * Silas Wood (1769–1847), US Congressman from New York State
 * Smoky Joe Wood, (1889–1985) American baseball player
 * Spencer S. Wood (1861–1940), US Navy rear admiral
 * Stan Wood, (1905–1967) English football player
 * Steve Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Steven Wood (1961–1995), Australian canoeist
 * Stephen Mosher Wood, Kansas politician
 * Stephen W. Wood, Republican assemblyman from North Carolina
 * Stephen Wood (ice hockey) (born 1981), American ice hockey coach and player
 * Steve Wood (bishop) (born 1963), American first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas
 * Steve Wood (footballer, born February 1963), English football player for Reading
 * Steve Wood (footballer, born June 1963), English football player
 * Steve Wood (tennis) (born 1962), Australian tennis player
 * Steven Wood, founder of Northern Cree Singers
 * Sue Wood (Suzanne Wood, born 1948), New Zealand politician
 * Susan Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Susan Buxton Wood (1918–2006), British writer, philanthropist
 * Susan F. Wood, American public health professor
 * Susan Selina Wood (1888–1979), birth name of the New Zealand administrator known as Mimie Wood,
 * Susan Wood (New Zealand writer) (1836–1880)
 * Susan Wood (pharmacologist) (1952–1998), British pharmacologist and medical regulator
 * Susan Wood (poet) (born 1946), professor at Rice University
 * Susan Wood (science fiction) (1948–1980), Canadian professor, critic, and science fiction fan
 * Susan Wood (television presenter), former news presenter from New Zealand

T

 * Theresa Wood, American politician in Vermont
 * Thomas Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * E. Thomas Wood (born 1963), American journalist and author
 * Leslie Wood (footballer) (Thomas Leslie Wooborn, 1932–2005), English footballer
 * Thomas Harold Wood (1889–1965), Canadian politician
 * Thomas J. Wood (1823–1906), Union General during the American Civil War
 * Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844–1908), US Representative from Indiana
 * Thomas McKinnon Wood (1855–1927), British Liberal politician
 * Thomas Mills Wood (born 1963), American film and television character actor
 * Thomas Peploe Wood (1817–1845), English artist
 * Thomas Waterman Wood (1823–1903), American painter
 * Thomas Wood (1708–1799), British MP for Middlesex
 * Thomas Wood (1777–1860), British MP for Breconshire
 * Thomas Wood (1815–98) (1815–1898), Canadian politician
 * Thomas Wood (bishop of Bedford) (1885–1961), Anglican suffragan bishop
 * Thomas Wood (bishop of Lichfield and Coventry) (1607–1692), Anglican diocesan bishop
 * Thomas Wood (British Army officer) (1804–1872), British MP for Middlesex
 * Thomas Wood (composer) (1892–1950), English composer and author
 * Thomas Wood (Derbyshire cricketer) (born 1994), English cricketer
 * Thomas Wood (died 1502) judge (died 1502), English judge and politician
 * Thomas Wood (mayor) (1792–1861), mayor of Columbus, Ohio
 * Thomas Wood (priest) (c. 1499 – c. 1588), Roman Catholic chaplain to Queen Mary of England
 * Thomas Wood (reverend) (1711–1778), minister in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
 * Thomas Wood (Somerset cricketer) (1861–1933), English cricketer
 * Tom Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tom Wood (author), British author of thriller novels
 * Tom Wood (ice hockey) (1927–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Tom Wood (photographer) (born 1951)
 * Tom Wood (rugby union) (born 1986), English rugby union player
 * Tom Wood (visual effects), visual effects supervisor

U

 * Ursula Wood (artist), (1868–1925) English artist

V

 * Victor Wood (1946-2021), Filipino singer
 * Victoria Wood (1953–2016), British comedian
 * Virginia Hargraves Wood (c. 1872–1941), American painter and illustrator
 * Virginia Hargraves Wood (1906–?), American painter and WPA muralist

W

 * W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam
 * Wallace Wood, (1927–1981), American writer-illustrator
 * Walter Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Walter A. Wood (1815–1892), New York politician
 * Walter Bertram Wood (1898–1917), World War I flying ace
 * Walter Childs Wood (1864–1953), American surgeon and politician
 * Walter Quarry Wood (1888–1958), Scottish surgeon
 * Walter W. Wood (1894–1980), American football player and a football, basketball, and baseball coach
 * Walter Wood (athlete) (1914–1972), American Olympic athlete
 * Walter Wood (freestyle skier) (born 1992), American freestyle skier
 * Walter Wood (producer) (1921–2010), American film producer
 * Walter Wood (Scouting) (1876–1981), Canadian active in the Boy Scouts
 * Warren L. Wood (1910–1980), American politician
 * Wilbur Wood (born 1941), American pro baseball player
 * Wilfred Wood, (1897–1982) British soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
 * Wilfred Wood (bishop) (born 1936), first Black bishop in the Church of England
 * Wilfrid Wood (1888–1976), English artist
 * William Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Will Wood (musician), American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms
 * William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant
 * William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), theatre manager and actor
 * William B. Wood (builder), American builder/contractor in Kentucky
 * William Braucher Wood (born 1950), US diplomat
 * William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian manufacturer and political figure
 * William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general
 * William H. Wood, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–90
 * William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American athlete and football coach
 * William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect
 * William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor
 * William Henry Wood, British trade unionist, active in the 1860s
 * William Holmes Wood (1900–1988), college football coach
 * William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher
 * William Madison Wood (1858–1926), mill owner from Massachusetts
 * William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel
 * William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), first Surgeon General of the US Navy
 * William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service
 * William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), US Representative from Indiana
 * William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973
 * William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada
 * William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician
 * William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), President of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947
 * William W. Wood (1818–1882), head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1873–1877
 * William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet
 * William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English Wesleyan Methodist preacher, mill owner, and mayor of Bradford, Yorkshire
 * William Wood (15th century MP), MP for Winchester, 1413
 * William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman
 * William Wood (athlete) (1881–1940), Canadian track and field athlete
 * William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), Australian politician
 * William Wood (banker) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker
 * William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English Unitarian clergyman, botanist and activist
 * William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer
 * William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver
 * William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke
 * William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale
 * William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender
 * William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer
 * William Wood (footballer, born 1996), English football defender
 * William Wood (historian) (1864–1947), Canadian historian
 * William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and coin mintmaster
 * William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkshire, 1395
 * William Wood (MP for Pontefract) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract
 * William Wood (naturalist) (1822–1885), American physician and naturalist
 * William Wood (New Zealand politician) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician from Invercargill & Mataura
 * William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist
 * William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858),
 * William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter
 * William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature
 * William Wood (trade unionist) (1873–1956), British trade union leader
 * William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist
 * William Wood (wrestler) (1888–1971), British wrestler
 * William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist
 * William Wood-Sims (1858–1925), English cricketer
 * Willie Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Willie Wood (American football) (1936–2020), American football player
 * Willie Wood (bowler) (born 1938), Scottish professional bowls player
 * Willie Wood (footballer) (1878–1947), scored for Bury F.C. in the 1900 and 1903 FA Cup finals
 * Willie Wood (golfer) (born 1960), American golfer
 * Willis A. Wood (1921–2021), American microbiologist, inventor, and entrepreneur
 * Wilson Wood (actor) (1915–2014), American character actor
 * Wilson Wood (footballer) (1943–2017), Scottish footballer

Z

 * Zach Wood (born 1993), American football player

First name unknown

 * Wood (baseball), baseball player

Fictional characters

 * Oliver Wood, a character from the Harry Potter novel series by J. K. Rowling