The surname Dodd is one of the first names recorded and is of Ancient Welsh Celtic origin in the West of England. It may also have Germanic origins if found in the East of England, stemming from a description of something "round or plump" as a surname based on nicknames. The surname Dodd may also be derived from the Old English word "dydrian", in East England which means deceiver or rascal, or from the word "dod", which means to make bare or to cut off. The application of the name Dodd is obvious in the former case, while the nickname would denote a bald person in the latter case. Notable people with the surname include: ;Government * Charles J. Dodd (New York politician) (1873–1947), American lawyer, politician, and judge *

Christopher Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's histor ...

(born 1944), American politician and lobbyist *

Cyril Dodd Cyril Joseph Settle Dodd (1844 - 29 January 1913) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Maldon in Essex in the 25th Parliament between 1892 and 1895. Dodd was first elected at the 1892 general election. ...

(1844–1913), British politician * Jabez Edward Dodd (1867–1928), Western Australian politician * Thomas J. Dodd (1907–1971), American politician and prosecutor *

William Dodd (ambassador) William Edward Dodd (October 21, 1869 – February 9, 1940) was an American historian, author and diplomat. A liberal Democrat, he served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937 during the Nazi era. Initially a holder o ...

(1869–1940), historian and diplomat ;Performing and modelling *

Cal Dodd Cathal J. Dodd (born 23 May 1956) is an Irish-Canadian voice actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of the Marvel Comics character Wolverine in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'' and the '' Marvel vs. Capcom'' series of video games. Ca ...

(born 1956), voice actor *Carl Nicholas Henty-Dodd (1935–2009), British TV and radio presenter better known as

Simon Dee Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd (28 July 1935 – 29 August 2009), better known by his stage name Simon Dee, was a British television interviewer and radio disc jockey who hosted a twice-weekly BBC TV chat show, ''Dee Time'', in the late 1960s. Af ...

Claire Dodd Claire Dodd (born Dorothy Arlene Dodd; December 29, 1911 – November 23, 1973) was an American film actress. Life and work Dorothy Arlene Dodd was born on December 29, 1911, in Baxter, Iowa, to Walter Willard Dodd, a farmer whose family ...

(1908–1973), American actress *

Dick Dodd Joseph Richard Dodd Jr. (October 27, 1945 – November 29, 2013) was an American actor and musician who was a cast member of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' starting in its first season, and later a member of several musical groups including The Stande ...

(1945–2013), American actor and musician *

Hannah Dodd Hannah Dodd (born 27 April 1992) is an Australian Grade IV equestrian and 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who represented Australia in equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, coming 11th and 12th in her events. Switching ...

(born 1995), English actress * James William Dodd (1740–1796), English actor *

Jimmie Dodd James Wesley Dodd (March 28, 1910 – November 10, 1964) was an American actor, singer and songwriter best known as the master of ceremonies for the popular 1950s Walt Disney television series ''The Mickey Mouse Club,'' as well as the write ...

(James Wesley Dodd, 1910–1964), American actor, singer and songwriter *

Ken Dodd Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer", and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances. A lifel ...

(1927–2018), British comedian *

Marcie Dodd Marcie Dodd (born March 10, 1978) is an American musical theatre actress, who is best known for playing Elphaba and Nessarose in various U.S. companies of the smash-hit musical ''Wicked''. Early life and career Dodd was born in Yuba City, Ca ...

, (born 1978), American stage actress and singer *

Mikyla Dodd Mikyla Dodd (born 1978, in Blackburn) is an English actress who is most famous for playing the role of Chloe Bruce in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2000 until 2004. In 2006, she appeared in the ITV Reality TV show ''Celebrity Fit ...

(born 1978), British actress * Molly Dodd (1921–1981), American actress *

Rory Dodd Rory Dodd (born Port Dover, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rock vocalist who has performed many songs written by Jim Steinman. He is probably best known for singing as the duet voice (the "Turn around, bright eyes" lyrics) on Bonnie Tyler's vers ...

, singer *

Steve Dodd Steve Dodd (1 June 1928 – 10 November 2014) was an Indigenous Australian actor, notable for playing indigenous characters across seven decades of Australian film. After beginning his working life as a stockman and rodeo rider, Dodd was g ...

(1928–2014), Australian actor *Sue Anna Dodd (born 1996), Filipino actress better known as Sue Ramirez ;Sports figures *

Bobby Dodd Robert Lee Dodd (November 11, 1908 – June 21, 1988) was an American college football player and coach, college baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Georgia Tech from 1945 to 1966, compil ...

(1908–1988), American college football coach *

Brad Dodd Brad Dodd (born 23 March 1977) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). Dodd was originally rookie drafted by the Fremantle Football Club in 1997 AFL Draft from East Fremantle in the West Australian Fo ...

(born 1977), Australian Rules footballer * Jason Dodd (born 1970), English footballer *

Jimmy Dodd (footballer) James Edward Dodd (12 December 1933 – December 2017) was an English footballer, who played as a forward in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from Engl ...

(1933–2017), English footballer *

Joe Dodd Joseph "Joe" Dodd is an English former professional darts player who has competed members in the 1980s, reaching a highest world ranking of number 8. Career Dodd started playing darts at age 23. Towards the end of the 1970s, he had begun t ...

(born 1946), English pro darts player *

Karl Dodd Karl Dodd (born 13 November 1980, in Southport, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian former professional soccer player, who is currently head coach at NPL Queensland club Brisbane City. Club career He played for the Brisbane Strikers ...

(born 1980), Australian soccer player * Marjorie Dodd (1894–1968), tennis player * Mark Dodd (born 1965), American soccer player * Robert Dodd (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player *

Robert Dodd (footballer) Robert Dodd was an English professional association footballer who played as a half back. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire and played five games in the Football League for Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre o ...

, English association footballer * Sean Dodd (born 1984), British boxer * Stephen Dodd (born 1966), Welsh golfer *

Steven Dodd Steven Dodd (born 20 June 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who primarily played as a backman for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted with the 51st selection in the 2003 AFL Rookie Draft ...

(born 1983), Australian Rules footballer * Travis Dodd (born 1980), Australian soccer player ;Creators of expressive works *

Anna Bowman Dodd Anna Bowman Dodd (, Blake; January 21, 1858 - January 1929) was an American author from New York. Her first book was ''Cathedral Days'' (Boston, 1887), and her second '' The Republic of the Future'' (New York, 1887), was also successful. She publi ...

(1858–1929), American author * Bella Dodd (1904–1969), author *

Derrick Dodd Frank Harrison Gassaway was a noted American humorist and poet who often wrote under the pseudonym Derrick Dodd. Dodd is perhaps most well known for his travel letters ''Summer Saunterings'' published under this pseudonym. Although little is known ...

, the pen-name of Frank Harrison Gassaway, American humorist and poet * Ed Dodd (1902–1991), American cartoonist * Emma Dodd (born 1969), British children's author and illustrator * Francis Dodd (1874–1949), artist *James Dodd (born 1977), Australian artist better known as Dlux * Lamar Dodd (1909–1996), American painter *

Lynley Dodd Dame Lynley Stuart Dodd (born 5 July 1941) is a New Zealand children's book author and illustrator. She is best known for her '' Hairy Maclary and Friends'' series, and its follow-ups, all of which feature animals with rhyming names and have so ...

(born 1941), New Zealand children's writer * Mary Ann Hanmer Dodd (1813–1878), American poet *

Maurice Dodd Maurice Dodd (25 October 1922 – 31 December 2005) was an English writer and cartoonist best known for his years spent working on ''The Perishers'' comic strip published in the ''Daily Mirror''. Biography Dodd was born in Hackney. During the ...

(1922–2005), English cartoonist *

Robert Dodd (artist) Robert Dodd (1748–1815) was a British marine painter and aquatint engraver. He is known for his works on the French Revolutionary Wars. Life and family Born as one of three sons of Alexander Dodd, his younger brother was the engineer and ...

(1748–1815), British marine painter ;Academics and educators * A. H. Dodd (1891–1975), Welsh historian *

C. H. Dodd Charles Harold Dodd (1884–1973) was a Welsh New Testament scholar and influential Protestant theologian. He is known for promoting "realized eschatology", the belief that Jesus' references to the kingdom of God meant a present reality rathe ...

(1884–1973), Welsh Bible scholar *

Clarence Orvil Dodd Clarence Orohrelle Dodd (February 5, 1899 – December 25, 1955), often known as Clarence Orvil Dodd and C. O. Dodd, was an American author and magazine editor and an elder of a particular Church of God (Seventh Day) denomination church in Salem ...

(1899–1955), American writer and church elder *Charles Dodd (c.1671–1743), pseudonym of British historian Hugh Tootell * David Dodd (1895–1988), economist and educator * Percy Dodd (1889–1931), Welsh classicist *

Sandra Dodd Sandra Adams Dodd (born July 24, 1953, Augusta, Georgia) is an unschooling advocate. Her articles have been published in homeschooling journals (particularly, Home Education Magazine), in her books "Moving a Puddle" and "Sandra Dodd's Big Book o ...

(born 1953), American unschooling advocate * Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), sociologist ;Others * Clifford Dodd, Australian radio executive * Coxsone Dodd (1932–2004), Jamaican record producer * Dana Dodd (1985–2006), American murder victim, formerly known as "Lavender Doe" * David Owen Dodd (1846–1864), hanged as a Confederate spy in the American Civil War * R. Fielding Dodd (c.1890–1958), Scottish architect * James Dodd (disambiguation), several people, including :* James Jonas Dodd (1863–1925), English political activist :*

James Munro Dodd Prof James Munro Dodd FRS FRSE FZS (1915–1986) was a British marine biologist. He was Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the University College of North Wales in Bangor. He was generally known as Jimmie Dodd. He specialised in Comparative Endoc ...

(1915–1986), marine biologist * Josiah Eustace Dodd (1856–1952), South Australian pipe organ builder * Martha Dodd (1908–1990), American spy * Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899), American publisher * Phillip James Dodd (born 1971), English-American architect *

Ralph Dodd Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

(1756—1822), English civil engineer and marine painter. * Robert Dodd (disambiguation), several people, including :* Robert F. Dodd (1844–1903), Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War * Sonora Smart Dodd (1882–1978), American activist and founder of Father's Day * Townsend F. Dodd (1886–1919), American aviator, first US pilot to receive the Distinguished Service Medal *

Westley Allan Dodd Westley Allan Dodd (July 3, 1961 – January 5, 1993) was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. He was arrested later that year after a failed ...

(1961–1993), American serial killer *

William Dodd (clergyman) William Dodd (29 May 1729 – 27 June 1777) was an English Anglican clergyman and a man of letters. He lived extravagantly, and was nicknamed the " Macaroni Parson". He dabbled in forgery in an effort to clear his debts, and was caught and c ...

(1729–1777), British religious leader, scholar and forger ;Fictional characters * William Dodd, a villain in the ''Richard Sharpe'' book series and its TV adaptation

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