Eastwood is an English

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

originally derived from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

words ''east'' and ''wudu'', meaning "eastwood". The family would have originally lived to the east of a wood, in an eastern wood or in a place called Eastwood. According to one account, Eastwood was an English

landed gentry The landed gentry, or the ''gentry'', is a largely historical British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. While distinct from, and socially below, the British peerage, th ...

family originating from Nottingham, to which belonged the mayor of Dublin in the Seventeenth Century, during the reign of Charles II.

Notable people sharing the surname "Eastwood"

* Alice Eastwood * Alison Eastwood *

Arthur Eastwood Arthur Henry Eastwood (12 July 1905 – 8 November 1934) was a New Zealand jockey and rowing coxswain who competed at the 1930 British Empire Games. Early life and family Born in the Christchurch suburb of Addington, Eastwood was the son o ...

, New Zealand rower *

Bob Eastwood Robert Fred Eastwood (born February 9, 1946) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous amateur and professional tournaments. Eastwood was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent most of his youth in north-central California. H ...

Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series '' Rawhide'', he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "''Doll ...

, American film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and composer * Colum Eastwood (born 1983), Northern Irish politician * Dina Eastwood *

Francesca Fisher-Eastwood Francesca Ruth Fisher-Eastwood (born August 7, 1993) is an American television personality, socialite and actress. She starred with her family in '' Mrs. Eastwood & Company'', a reality series broadcast on E!. She is also known for her appearan ...

* Freddy Eastwood (born 1983), Welsh international footballer *

Greg Eastwood Greg Eastwood (born 10 March 1987) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international forward, he played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the Super League for the Le ...

, New Zealand rugby league footballer * Jayne Eastwood * Jim Eastwood, Northern Irish businessman *

John S. Eastwood John Samuel Eastwood (1857, in Minnesota – 1924, in California) was an American engineer who built the world's first reinforced concrete multiple-arch dam on bedrock foundation at Hume Lake, California, in 1908, and was one of California's p ...

* Kathy Eastwood, American astronomer * Ken Eastwood * Kyle Eastwood *

Mark Eastwood Mark Simon Eastwood (born 14 March 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury in the 2019 general election. Early life Eastwood grew up in Thornhill Lees, before moving to t ...

, British politician * Mike Eastwood, NHL ice hockey player * Paul Eastwood, British rugby league footballer * Ralph Eastwood, British army general during World War II * Scott Eastwood, American actor and son of Clint Eastwood * Simon Eastwood (born 1989), English footballer * Sorcha Eastwood (born 1986), Northern Irish politician *

Tom Eastwood Thomas Hugh Eastwood (12 March 1922 – 25 October 1999) was a British composer. He was born in Hawley, Hampshire, the son of General Sir Thomas Ralph Eastwood and Lady Mabel Vivian Temperley Eastwood. His grandmother was Ellinor Hall Smyth (mar ...

(1922–1999), English composer

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