Woodford (surname)

Woodford is a surname originally referring to places located near a river crossing in a forest. The surname Woodforde is pronounced similarly. Notable people with these surnames include:

Woodford

 * Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford (1821–1887), British historian of Freemasonry
 * Arthur B. Woodford (1861–1946), American economist, university professor, grammar school rector, and football coach
 * Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870), senior British Army officer and colonial administrator
 * Charles Woodford (disambiguation), several people
 * Chauncey Woodford (1783–1841), American merchant
 * George Woodford (1915–1966), English footballer with Norwich City and Southampton
 * Howard E. Woodford (1921–1945), United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Jake Woodford (born 1996), American baseball player
 * James Woodford (bishop) (1820–1885), Bishop of Ely from 1873
 * James Woodford (1893–1976), English sculptor
 * Jeanne Woodford, American former prison officer, executive director of Death Penalty Focus
 * John Woodford several people
 * Kevin Woodford (born 1950), British TV chef and actor
 * Larry Woodford, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2010)
 * Les Woodford (1897–1965), Australian rules footballer
 * Matthew Woodford (1738–1807), Archdeacon of Winchester 1795–1807
 * Michael Woodford (disambiguation), several people
 * Neil Woodford (born 1960), British fund manager
 * Nina Woodford, Swedish songwriter
 * Sir Ralph Woodford (1784–1828), Governor of Trinidad 1813–1828
 * Oswald Langdon Woodford (1827–1870), American Congregationalist minister, teacher, and politician
 * Rick Woodford (1948–2006), member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1985–2003), mayor of Cormack
 * Robert Woodford (17th-century diarist) (1606–1654), English lawyer
 * Robert J. Woodford (1936–2019), American expert on the Latter Day Saint movement
 * Stewart L. Woodford (1835–1913), American politician
 * William Woodford (politician) (1858–1944), Canadian politician from Newfoundland
 * William Woodford (1734–1780), American general
 * Edith Woodford-Grimes (also known as Dafo; 1887–1975), one of the earliest known English Wiccan
 * Sue Woodford-Hollick (born 1945), British businesswoman and campaigner
 * Eluned Woodford-Williams (1913–1984), British geriatrician
 * Helen Woodford Ruth (1897–1929), American socialite, first wife of Babe Ruth

Woodforde

 * Anna Maria Woodforde (1757–1830), English housekeeper and diarist
 * Christopher Woodforde (1907–1962), Anglican priest, Dean of Wells 1959–1962
 * James Woodforde (1740–1803), English author of The Diary of a Country Parson, published posthumously
 * Dr John Woodforde (1808–1866), early British settler of Adelaide, South Australia
 * Mark Woodforde (born 1965), Australian professional tennis player
 * Samuel Woodforde (1763–1817), English painter
 * Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919), Chilean composer