John Wood may refer to:

Architecture

John Wood, the Elder John Wood, the Elder (1704 – 23 May 1754) was an English architect, working mainly in Bath. In 1740 he surveyed Stonehenge and the Stanton Drew stone circles. He later wrote extensively about Bladud and Neo-Druidism. Because of some ...

(1704–1754), English architect * John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), English architect * J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect

Education

John Wood (mathematician) John Wood (c. 1775–1822) was a professor of mathematics at the College of William & Mary, political writer, and cartographer, who tutored the grandchildren of Thomas Jefferson. Life A native of Scotland, Wood spent much of his early years in F ...

(c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics *

John Wood (design theorist) John Wood, DipAD, ADF(Manc), FRSA (b. 25 August 1945) is Emeritus Professor of Design at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He taught many Young British Artists when he was Deputy Head of the Fine Art Department at Goldsmiths between 197 ...

(born 1945), British professor of design *

John C. Wood Professor John C. Wood (born 1949) is a British mathematician working at the University of Leeds. He is one of the leading experts on harmonic maps and harmonic morphisms in the field of differential geometry. Wood is a coauthor of the monograph: ...

(born 1949), British professor of mathematics * John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics *

John Wood (activist) John J. Wood (born January 29, 1964) is the Founder of two global education charities: ''Room to Read anU-Go'' Wood started Room to Read in 2000 after quitting his executive position as Microsoft's Director of Business Development for the Greate ...

(born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft * Sir

John Wood (professor of law) Sir John Crossley Wood (1932–2014) was formerly professor of law and Dean of the School of Law at the University of Sheffield. For his work as an industrial arbitrator and conciliator he was appointed a CBE and then granted a knighthood. Caree ...

(1932–2014), British law professor

Entertainment

Acting

John Wood (actor, born 1909) John Wood (11 November 19091 March 1965)National Archives of Australia, Service Record, Signalman John Wood, NX6581/ref> was an Australian who acted on the stage and briefly became a film star in Hollywood and Britain in the late 1930s. Early ...

, Australian actor * John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor who appeared in the police drama ''Blue Heelers'' * John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), Shakespearean actor *

Mrs. John Wood Mrs. John Wood (6 November 1831 (baptised 28 November), Liverpool – 11 January 1915, Birchington-on-Sea), born Matilda Charlotte Vining, was an English actress and theatre manager. Biography Born into a theatrical family, Matilda Charlotte ...

(1831–1915), British actor * John Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune

Other entertainment

John Wood (artist) John Cheney Wood (July 10, 1922 – July 20, 2012) was an American artist and educator who challenged traditional photography and often incorporated other mediums into his work. He was born in California in 1922. In 1943 he volunteered for the Ar ...

(1922–2012), American artist *

John Wood (director) Joan Bosch Palau (31 May 1925 - 17 November 2015) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. In 1946 he travelled to Morocco to work as military at the same time he was directing ''Las aventuras del capitán Guido'' (1946). He returned to Madr ...

(1925–2015), pseudonym of Spanish director Juan Bosch *

John Wood (poet) John Wood (January 2, 1947-May 4, 2022) was an American poet, historian of photography, scholar and critic. Wood is Professor Emeritus of English literature and photographic history at McNeese State University, where he founded and directed its ...

(born 1947), American poet and historian of photography * John Wood (record producer), English record producer * John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer * John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer * John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer *

John Warrington Wood John Warrington Wood (9 September 1839 - 26 December 1886) was a British sculptor of mythological subjects and portrait busts. He exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1868 to 1874. Biography Born in Warrington, Lancashire, Wood trained as a ...

, British sculptor * John Wood (painter) (1801–1870), English history and portrait painter, see Thomas Stothard

Military

John M. Wood (general) John M. Wood is a major general (United States), major general in the United States Air Force. He commanded the Third Air Force at Ramstein Air Base from 2018 until 2020. He has over 4,000 flight hours. Air Force career John Wood graduated with ...

, United States Air Force major general *

John Augustus Wood Colonel John Augustus Wood VC (10 June 1818 – 23 January 1878) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ...

(1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient * John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general * John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy

Politics

United States

* John Atwood (colonial administrator) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, assistant governor of the Plymouth Colony * John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives * John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois * John F. Wood Jr. (born 1936), member of the Maryland House of Delegates *

John J. Wood John Jacob Wood (February 16, 1784 – May 20, 1874) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1831. Biography Born in Clarkstown, New York, Wood was its first town clerk, serving from ...

(1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York *

John M. Wood (politician) John M. Wood (November 17, 1813 – December 24, 1864) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Born in Minisink, New York, Wood attended the common schools. He engaged in railroad construction in New Jersey and moved to Portland, Maine, in 1846. ...

(1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine *

John Stephens Wood John Stephens Wood (February 8, 1885 – September 12, 1968) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia, United States. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, 1931–1935 and 1945–1953. ...

(1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee * John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho *

John William Wood Sr. John William Wood Sr. (December 28, 1855 – October 31, 1928) was one of the founders of Benson, North Carolina. Wood rode to Benson early each morning on a mule and wagon from his home place near Peacocks Crossroads, North Carolina (formerly ...

(1855–1928), North Carolina state representative

United Kingdom

John Wood (MP for Ipswich) John Wood was one of the two MPs for Ipswich in the English parliaments of 1420. References {{15thC-England-MP-stub Wood ...

, English MP for Ipswich in 1420 *

John Wood (died 1458) John Wood (died 1458) was an English politician. Wood was evidently a close relative of John Atte Wode , perhaps his son (perhaps illegitimate). Upon Atte Wode's death in 1391, his properties were inherited by Sir John Beauchamp , but after Bea ...

, English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire *

John Wood I of Keele John Wood of Keele was an English politician. He was elected MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1425, served in the parliaments of 1427/8, 1431, 1432 and 1433, and was Escheator for Staffordshire in 1437. Wood's son John Wood was also MP for New ...

, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme *

John Wood II of Keele John Wood of Keele was an English politician. Wood was born , the son and heir of John Wood . Wood served as a JP in Staffordshire 1465–1474, and as MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme ( RP: , ) is a market town and the ...

, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme * Sir

John Wood (speaker) Sir John Wood (died 20 August 1484) was Speaker of the House of Commons of England between January 1483 and February 1483. He was probably born in Sussex, the son of another John Wood. In 1444, he began a long career in the Treasury, holding th ...

(died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons * John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray *

John Wood (MP for Bossiney) John Wood (died 24 December 1623) was an English politician, elected MP for Bossiney Bossiney ( kw, Boskyny, meaning ''Cyni's dwelling'') is a village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is north-east of the larger village of Tintage ...

(died 1623), English MP for Bossiney *

John Wood (Isle of Man governor) John Wood (1722 - 30 April 1777) was a military officer in the British Army and Governor of the Isle of Man from 1761 until his death in 1777. Wood was born in 1722 at Carse near Dumfries in Scotland. He was a captain in the British Army before ...

, Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777 *

John Wood (MP for Preston) John Wood (4 November 1789 – 10 October 1856) was a British Whig politician, MP for Preston 1826–1832. Early life Wood was the son of Ottiwell Wood (1759–1847), a Manchester fustian manufacturer and Unitarian, and his wife Grace Grundy. H ...

(1789–1856), British MP for Preston *

John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) John Wood (1790–1856)Wood, John (1790-1856) Chairman ...

(1790–1856), British civil servant * Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament *

John Graeme Wood John Graeme Wood (27 December 1933 – 22 November 2007) was an English politician who was prominent on the far-right political scene from the late 1950s until his death. Career Wood was a member of Sir Oswald Mosley's Union Movement and became a ...

(1933–2007), British Peoples Party * Sir John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

Elsewhere

* John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies *

John Fisher Wood John Fisher Wood, (October 12, 1852 – March 14, 1899) was an Ontario businessman, lawyer and politician. He represented Brockville in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative from 1882 to 1899. He was born in Addison i ...

(1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario *

John Wood (diplomat) Lionel John Wood (born 1944) is a former New Zealand diplomat and a former Chancellor (education), chancellor of the University of Canterbury. He was Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand), Foreign Affairs, and ...

(born 1944), New Zealand diplomat *

John Barrett Wood John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

, Canadian politician in the province of Alberta in

Alberta general election, 1948 The 1948 Alberta general election was held on August 17, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning led the Social Credit to a fourth term in government, increasing its share of the popular vote further abo ...

John George Corry Wood John George Corry Wood (June 29, 1869 – December 28, 1943) was an English-born political figure in British Columbia. He represented Alberni from 1912 to 1916 as a Conservative. He was born in London, the son of Samuel Wood and Henriet ...

, English-born political figure in British Columbia

Science

John Wood (surgeon) John Wood, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS, Royal Society#Fellows, FRS (12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891) was a British surgeon at King's College Hospital. He was an expert on hernias, and an early investigator of the antisep ...

(1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital *

John Henry Wood John Henry Wood (14 April 1841 – 29 August 1914) was an England, English entomologist. Wood was a physician (Royal College of Surgeons of England, M.B.C.S), practising in Tarrington, Herefordshire. He wrote 45 scientific papers on Microlepidopter ...

(1841–1914), English entomologist *

John L. Wood John L. Wood (born December 4, 1961) is a Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas Scholar; and Associate Editor for the Americas, Tetrahedron Letters at Baylor University ...

(born 1964), American chemist *

John Medley Wood John Medley Wood (1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 26 August 1915 Durban) was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of sugarcane mosa ...

(1827–1915), South African botanist *

John Nicholas Wood John Nicholas Wood FRS is a British neurobiologist, and Head of the Molecular Nociception Group, at University College London. Life He earned a Ph.D. in virology at the University of Warwick in 1975. He studied with Luc Montagnier at the Past ...

, British neurobiologist * John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist

Sports

Cricket

* John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer *

John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) John Wood (1745 – July 1816 at Seal, Kent) was an English cricketer who played for Kent. His career began in the 1760s before first-class statistics began to be recorded and his known first-class career spans the 1772 to 1783 season ...

(1745–1816), English cricketer * John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer * John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer * John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer * John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer

Football

John Thomas Archer Wood John Thomas Archer Wood ( – 1954) was an English footballer who played right wing for Old Castle Swifts before joining Thames Ironworks, the team that became West Ham United, in their very first season of 1895–96. Woods is featured in Th ...

(c. 1872–1954), English footballer *

John Wood (footballer, born 1880) John Wood (1880–1916) was a professional footballer who played for Manchester City, Plymouth Argyle, Huddersfield Town and Aberdeen. He enlisted in the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and died ...

(1880–1916), English footballer *

John Wood (footballer, born 1884) John W. Wood (1884–1959) was an English people, English association football player, referee and coach who was briefly head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. He was born in Nottingham, England. Upon emigrating to the US, Wo ...

(1884–1959), English footballer * John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer *

John Wood (Scottish footballer) John Wood (17 February 1894 – 9 September 1971) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a forward for a number of Scottish League clubs. He also played in the Football League for Manchester United Manchester () is a city ...

(1894–1971), Scottish forward *

John Wood (American football) John Curtis Wood (born January 20, 1951) is a former professional American football player. He played defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints for one season, in 1973 Events January * January ...

(born 1951), American football player * Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer

Other sports

John Wood (baseball) John B. Wood (May 1872 – January 30, 1929) was a professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in one game in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Browns (NL), St. Louis Browns on May 9, 1896. He faced four batters without retiring any, giving u ...

(1872–1929), baseball player *

John Wood (canoeist) John Joseph Wood (June 7, 1950 – January 23, 2013) was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the later 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the C-1 500 m event at Montreal in 1976. The ...

(1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer *

John Wood (racing driver) John J. Wood (born January 23, 1952 in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American former racing driver. He began his career in sports car racing, then ventured briefly into open wheel racing from 1978 to 1980, then returned to sports cars. After fini ...

(born 1952), CART driver *

John Wood (rugby league) John Wood is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Widnes (two spells), Wigan, Fulham RLFC, Leigh and Salford, as a ...

(born 1956), Great Britain, and Leigh *

Jon Wood Jonathan Wood (born October 25, 1981) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is the grandson of Glen Wood, one of the famous Wood Brothers who founded what has become the NASCAR Cup Series' longest continuously active t ...

(born 1981), NASCAR driver

Other

John Wood (cormorant keeper) John Wood was an English royal servant as keeper of cormorants for James VI and I from 1611. King James became interested in keeping cormorants which could be trained to fish for his amusement. He may have been inspired by the traveller's accounts ...

, servant of James VI and I *

John Wood (millowner) John Wood of Marsden came to Glossop from Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east ...

(1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England * John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer * John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia *

John B. Wood John B. Wood (December 7, 1827 – January 28, 1884) was a 19th-century American journalist from Lebanon, Maine. At various times he was employed by ''The New York Times'', the ''New York Tribune'', '' The Sun'', the ''New York Herald'', and t ...

(1827–1884), American journalist * John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge *

John Wood (photographer) John Wood was the U.S. government's first official photographer. He took the photograph of Lincoln's First Inauguration as well as the inauguration of James Buchanan in 1857, thought to be the first known photograph of a Presidential inaugurat ...

(dates unknown), Civil War photographer for Union Army * John Wood, subject of Finders Keepers (2015 film) * John D Wood & Co., a UK estate agents