Moody 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 ...

. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in

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Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

and

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and also in areas of northeast England. Retrieved 19 January 2014 There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular

Orkney Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...

, although this variant, ending "ie", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of Ireland settled by the early English. Although the most intensive areas of occurrence match areas of dense Anglo-Saxon habitation after 1066, it is difficult to determine if the name is Anglo-Saxon or Nordic/Viking in origin, since all Germanic countries used the word 'Modig' or 'Mutig' to indicate someone who was bold, impetuous or brave. Surnames were increasingly given through the early Middle Ages to assist taxation and an increasing incidence of the name can be followed in such documents as the

Hundred Rolls The Hundred Rolls are a census of England and parts of what is now Wales taken in the late thirteenth century. Often considered an attempt to produce a second Domesday Book, they are named after the hundreds by which most returns were recorded. Th ...

, early English charters and general medieval assizes associated with such actions as baronial struggles,

Crusades The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were in ...

Angevin Angevin or House of Anjou may refer to: *County of Anjou or Duchy of Anjou, a historical county, and later Duchy, in France **Angevin (language), the traditional langue d'oïl spoken in Anjou **Counts and Dukes of Anjou * House of Ingelger, a Frank ...

campaigns in France. In the Netherlands, there is a family name 'Mudde' derived from a Scottish immigrant Robert Moodie. There was a significant incidence of the name among early American immigrants from England in the 17th century. Some notable bearers of the Moody surname include:

Politics and government

Arthur Moody Arthur Seymour Moody (6 June 1891 – 12 December 1976Stenton and Lees' "Who's Who of British MPs" (Vol IV, p. 263) gives his year of death as 1971, but appears to be in error: "Who's Who" continued his entry until the 1977 edition and in 1978 gi ...

(1891–1976), British politician *

Blair Moody Arthur Edson Blair Moody (February 13, 1902 – July 20, 1954), known as Blair Moody, was a journalist and Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Background Moody was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Arthur Edson Blair Moo ...

(1902–1954), American politician * Blair Moody, Jr. (1928–1982), American judge, Served on Michigan's Supreme as a Justice. *

Charles Moody Charles Aaron Moody (1792 – 17 December 1867) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 1847 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for West Somerset, and held the seat until he resigned from the H ...

(1792–1867), British politician *

Dan Moody Daniel James Moody Jr. (June 1, 1893May 22, 1966), was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. Originally from Taylor, Texas, he served as the 30th governor of Texas between 1927 and 1931. At the age of 33, he was elected and took offic ...

(1893–1966), American politician *

David Moody (politician) David Moody (18 November 1834 – 4 May 1915) served three terms as a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the Electoral district of Light. Moody was initially elected on 12 June 1878 to fill the vacancy created by the resignat ...

, South Australian politician *

Gideon C. Moody Gideon Curtis Moody (October 16, 1832March 17, 1904) was an attorney and politician, elected in 1889 as a Republican United States Senator from South Dakota. He served two years. He also had served five years as an associate justice of the Dakota ...

(1832–1904), American politician * Bill Moody (judge), American judge * James M. Moody (1858–1901), American politician *

James Maxwell Moody James Maxwell Moody, Sr. (born February 15, 1940) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Education and career Moody was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He received a Bach ...

(born 1940), American judge *

James Moody (loyalist) James Moody ( – April 6, 1809) was a loyalist volunteer during the American Revolution who became a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1806. He wrote o ...

( – 1809), Canadian politician * James S. Moody, Jr. (born 1947), American judge *

James Tyne Moody James Tyne Moody (born June 6, 1938) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Education and career Born in LaCenter, Kentucky, Moody received an Artium Baccalaureus degree ...

(born 1938), American judge *

Jim Moody James Powers Moody (September 2, 1935March 22, 2019) was an American economist and Democratic politician. He served five terms as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (1983–1993). At the time, the 5th congre ...

(born 1935), American politician * John M. Moody (died 1884), American politician * Malcolm A. Moody (1854–1925), American politician *

Richard Moody Richard Clement Moody Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit of France (13 February 1813 – 31 March 1887) was a British governor, engineer, architect and soldier. He is best known for being the founder and the first Lieutenant ...

(1813–1887), first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia *

Thomas Moody (British Army officer) Colonel Thomas Moody (1779 – 1849) was a British geopolitical expert to the British Colonial Office; Commander of the Royal Engineers in the West Indies; Director of the British Royal Gunpowder Manufactory; Inspector of Gunpowder; and Dir ...

(1779–1849), British expert aide-de-camp to the British Colonial Office, geopolitical theorist *

Tom Moody (politician) Tom Moody (November 26, 1929 – October 30, 2008) was the 49th mayor of Columbus, Ohio. A Republican, he served from 1972 to 1984. During his time in office, the Columbus Public School District was desegregated and the city's freeway system ...

(1930–2008), American politician *

William Henry Moody William Henry Moody (December 23, 1853 – July 2, 1917) was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States. He represented parts of Essex County, Massachusetts in the Unit ...

(1853–1917), American politician and jurist *

Zenas Ferry Moody Zenas Ferry Moody (May 27, 1832 – March 14, 1917) was the seventh Governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887. Early life Zenas Ferry Moody was born on May 27, 1832, in Granby, Massachusetts, to Thomas Hovey and Hannah Ferry.Corning, Howard M. ...

(1832–1917), American politician

Arts

Ben Moody Benjamin Robert Moody II (born January 22, 1981) is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as co-founder, former guitarist and co-songwriter of rock band Evanescence from its inception in 1995 to his departure in ...

(born 1981), American musician and songwriter * Charles E. Moody (1891–1977), American gospel songwriter and performer *

Clyde Moody Clyde Moody (September 19, 1915 – April 7, 1989), also known as the "Hillbilly Waltz King" and sometimes as "The Genial Gentleman of Country Music" was one of the great founders of American Bluegrass music. Early life and career Born in Che ...

(1915–1989), American musician *

Dave Moody (musician) David B. Moody is an artist, producer, songwriter and filmmaker from North Carolina. His instrumental proficiency has earned him two Grammy Award Nominations and three International CMA Awards as a member of The Moody Brothers. After becomin ...

(born 1962), American musician *

David Moody (writer) David Moody (born 19 November 1970) is an English horror writer. He first came to public attention with his book Autumn, published freely on-line in 2001. ''Autumn (2009 film), Autumn'' was made into a motion picture starring David Carradine and ...

(born 1970), English writer * Elizabeth Moody (actor) (1939–2010), New Zealand actress and director *

Elizabeth Moody Elizabeth Moody (1737 Kingston upon Thames - 1814) was a British poet, and literary critic. Life Elizabeth Greenly was the daughter of a wealthy lawyer, who died when she was 13, but left a legacy for her family. A book-lover from an early age, s ...

(1737–1814), British poet and literary critic *

Ivan Moody Ivan L. Moody (born Ivan Lewis Greening on January 7, 1980) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist of Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP). He performed for several other bands including Mo ...

(born 1980), American singer *

(born 1964), British composer *

James Moody (composer) James Moody (1907–1995) (not to be confused with American saxophonist James Moody) was a Belfast-born pianist, arranger and composer best known for his music for classical harmonica, including twenty-two works for harmonica and piano, three wor ...

(1907–1995), Irish musician *

James Moody (saxophonist) James Moody (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player and very occasional vocalist, playing predominantly in the bebop and hard bop styles. Moody had an unexpected hit with "Moody's Mood for Love," a ...

(1925–2010), American jazz musician *

Jim Moody (actor) James Moody (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film character actor. He played the tough-talking counselor/teacher Gene Daniels in '' Bad Boys''. His first feature film role was in the 1980 hit film '' Fame'', in which he pl ...

(born 1949), American actor *

King Moody Robert "King" Moody (December 6, 1929 – February 7, 2001) was an American actor, best known for playing Shtarker in the television series ''Get Smart'' and for his portrayal as Ronald McDonald in the McDonald's commercials from 1969 to 1985. ...

(1929–2001), American actor *

Laurence Moody Laurence Moody (born 28 January 1948) is an English people, English television director who, after reading English at Cambridge University, worked as a trainee at Granada Television, at this time directing a number of episodes of their top rated I ...

(born c1954), English television director *

Lynne Moody Emmalyn Paulette Moody (born February 17, 1950), known professionally as Lynne Moody, is an American film and television actress. Beginning her career in the early 1970s, Moody is best known her roles as Tracy Curtis–Taylor in the ABC televisio ...

(born 1950), American actress *

Micky Moody Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody (born 30 August 1950) is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden h ...

(born 1950), English guitarist *

Ralph Moody (author) Ralph Owen Moody (December 16, 1898 – June 28, 1982) was an American writer who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about the American West, though a few are set in New England. He was born in East Rochester, New Hampshire and moved to ...

(1898–1982), American author *

Rick Moody Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel ''The Ice Storm'', a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 19 ...

(born 1961), American author *

Ron Moody Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in ''Oliver!'' (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe ...

(1924–2015), English actor *

Ronald Moody Ronald Moody (12 August 1900 – 6 February 1984) was a Jamaican-born sculptor, specialising in wood carvings. His work features in collections including the National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain in London, as well as the National Gallery ...

(1900–1984), British sculptor *

Ruth Moody Ruth Moody is an Australian-born soprano singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys. Biography Moody grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with her parents, Charles and Marcelline, and three siblings, older brothe ...

, Canadian musician *

Spencer Moody Spencer Moody is the American vocalist for Seattle-based noise rock group Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death. He was the lead vocalist for the Murder City Devils until their breakup in 2001, and returned to the band when they reformed in ...

, American singer *

Susan Moody Susan Moody (born 1940 in Oxford) is the principal pen name of Susan Elizabeth Horwood, an English novelist best known for her suspense novels. After marrying Professor John Dalgleish Donaldson in Oxford, Oxfordshire, on 5 September 2001, sh ...

(born 1940), English novelist * Tom Moody (artist), American visual artist *

William Vaughn Moody William Vaughn Moody (July 8, 1869 – October 17, 1910) was an American dramatist and poet. Moody was author of ''The Great Divide'', first presented under the title of ''The Sabine Woman'' at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906. Hi ...

(1869–1910), American dramatist and poet

Sports

Andrea Moody Andrea Moody (born February 20, 1978) is a former freestyle swimming, freestyle swimming (sport), swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the women's 4×100-metre f ...

(born 1978), Canadian swimmer *

Bailey Moody Bailey Moody (born November 16, 2001) is an American wheelchair basketball player and a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Moody repr ...

(born 2001), American wheelchair basketball player * Chris Moody (born 1953), English golfer *

Christian Moody Mark Christian Daniel Moody (born December 28, 1983) is an American former basketball player who played four seasons of college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and one season in Australia for the Lakeside Lightning of the State Basketball Le ...

(born 1983), American basketball player * Emmanuel Moody (born 1987), American football running back * Eric Moody (baseball) (born 1971), American baseball pitcher *

Frank Moody Frank Moody (27 August 1900 – 29 July 1963) was a Welsh boxer who fought between 1914 and 1936. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire middleweight boxing championship in 1927 and 1928 and the light-heavyweight title from 1927 ...

(1900–1963), Welsh boxer *

Glenn Moody Glenn Moody (born 19 June 1964 in Middlesbrough) is a former English professional darts player. Career Glenn had tried to qualify for the Lakeside nine times before finding success in the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship. He has been descr ...

(born 1964), English darts player * Harold Moody (athlete) (1915-1986), British shot putter *

Heather Moody Heather Moody (born August 21, 1973 in Rexburg, Idaho) is an American water polo player, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2004 S ...

(born 1973), American water polo player *

Helen Wills Moody Helen Newington Wills (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known by her married names Helen Wills Moody and Helen Wills Roark, was an American tennis player. She won 31 Grand Slam tournament titles (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) du ...

(1905–1998), American tennis player *

Jake Moody Jake Moody (born ) is an American football placekicker for the Michigan Wolverines. He won the 2021 Lou Groza Award and was the consensus first-team placekicker on the 2021 college football All-America team. Early years Moody attended Northvill ...

, American football player *

Joe Moody (rugby union) Joseph Paul Tamatea Moody (born 18 September 1988) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer who plays as a prop for the Crusaders in Super Rugby and Canterbury in the Bunnings NPC. He made his debut for New Zealand in 2014 and has 57 internation ...

All Black Rugby player *

John Moody (badminton) John David Moody (born 21 February 1983) is a New Zealand badminton player. In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and ...

, New Zealand badminton player *

John Moody (footballer) John Moody (1 November 1904 – 23 April 1963) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a goalkeeper. Moody was born in Heeley, Sheffield and first played in local football in the Sheffield Amateur League. He was signed by Herbert ...

(1904–1963), English footballer * Keith Moody (born 1953), American football defensive back * Kurtis Moody (born 1993), American basketball player *

Lewis Moody Lewis Walton Moody MBE (born 12 June 1978 in Ascot) is an English retired rugby union player. He played for Leicester Tigers and Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. Moody is known for the enthusiasm with which he play ...

(born 1978), English rugby player *

Matthew Moody Matthew Moody (born 23 September 1985) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 23 draft pick in the 2003 AFL draft from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League. He ma ...

(born 1985), Australian rules footballer *

Mick Moody Mick Moody (born 24 February 1960) was an Irish soccer player during the 1980s and 1990s. Career Moody was a tough defender who began his career in 1979 at Shelbourne. After a couple of years at Tolka Park, he moved to Bray Wanderers who we ...

(born 1960), Irish footballer *

Orville Moody Orville James Moody (December 9, 1933 – August 8, 2008) was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the U.S. Open in 1969, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qu ...

(1933–2008), American golfer * Patricia Moody (born 1934), British canoeist *

Paul Moody (footballer) Paul Moody (born 13 June 1967) is an English former football forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward ( ...

(born 1967), English footballer *

Ralph Moody Ralph Moody (September 10, 1917 – June 9, 2004) was an American stock car racer. He eventually became a team co-owner of Holman Moody. Background He built his first Model T Ford race car in 1935, and ran it on nights and weekends. He served i ...

(1917–2004), American racecar driver and owner * Rick Moody (coach), American basketball coach * Tera Moody (born 1980), American runner *

Toby Moody Toby Moody is a British sports commentator focused on motor racing. He was for many years the worldwide voice of the MotoGP series on Eurosport TV, and in 2012, lead commentator on the British Touring Car Championship for ITV4. In 2014 he will com ...

, British motorsport announcer *

Tom Moody Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965) is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of Sri Lanka Cricket. He ended his long tenure with the Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad in August 2022 and ...

(born 1965), Australian cricketer and coach *William Moody (

Paul Bearer William Alvin Moody (April 10, 1954 – March 5, 2013) was an American professional wrestling manager and licensed funeral director. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) where he performed under t ...

) (1954–2013), American professional wrestler and wrestling manager

Academics

Ernest Addison Moody Ernest Addison Moody (1903–1975) was a noted philosopher, medievalist, and logician as well as a musician and scientist. He served as professor of philosophy at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also served as department ch ...

(1903–1975), American philosopher *

Lewis Ferry Moody Lewis Ferry Moody (5 January 1880 – 21 February 1953) was an American engineer and professor, best known for the Moody chart, a diagram capturing relationships between several variables used in calculating fluid flow through a pipe. He has 23 ...

(1880–1953), American engineer and professor * Nancy B. Moody, American college president *

Paul Dwight Moody Paul Dwight Moody (April 11, 1879 – August 18, 1947), son of famed evangelical minister Dwight L. Moody, served as pastor at South Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury, Vermont from 1912 to 1917 and as the 10th president of Middlebury Co ...

(1879–1947), American college president *

Robert Moody Robert Vaughan Moody, (; born November 28, 1941) is a Canadian mathematician. He is the co-discover of Kac–Moody algebra, a Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined through a generalized root system. "Almost simultaneou ...

(born 1941), Canadian mathematician *

Theodore William Moody Theodore William Moody (26 November 1907 – 11 February 1984) was a historian from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Background Early life Moody was born in Belfast, to a poor family who made their living from dressmaking and iron turning and wa ...

(1907–1984), Irish historian

Business

John Moody (financial analyst) John Moody (May 2, 1868 – February 16, 1958) was an American financial analyst, businessman and investor. He pioneered the rating of bonds and founded Moody's Investors Service. Moody's Manuals are still issued, carrying on the tradition begun ...

(1868–1958), American financial analyst *

Maxey Dell Moody Maxey Dell "Max" Moody Sr. (December 12, 1883 – July 27, 1949), also known as M. D. Moody, was the founder of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. in 1913 and the patriarch of the Moody family of Jacksonville, Florida. His business, M. D. Moody, became the ...

(1883–1949), American businessman * Maxey Dell Moody Jr. (1913–1987), American businessman * Maxey Dell Moody III (1944 - ), American businessman *

Sewell Moody Sewell Prescott "Sue" Moody (1834 – November 4, 1875) was a lumberman and Yankee trader from Hartland, Maine, Maine, United States, the son of Joshua Moody and Amy Kendall Bowley. With his brother Thomas, Moody arrived in New Westminster, Br ...

(1834–1875), Canadian businessman * Shearn Moody, Jr. (1933–1996), American financier * William Lewis Moody, Jr. (1865–1954), American financier

Other

* Alexander Moody Stuart (1809–1898), Scottish minister *

Anne Moody Anne Moody (September 15, 1940 – February 5, 2015) was an American author who wrote about her experiences growing up poor and black in rural Mississippi, and her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement through the NAACP, CORE and SNCC. Moody ...

(1940–2015), American author and civil rights activist * Charles Amadon Moody (?-1910), American author and book reviewer *

Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massa ...

(1837–1899), American evangelist and publisher *

Glyn Moody Glyn Moody is a London-based technology writer. He is best known for his book '' Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution'' (2001). It describes the evolution and significance of the free software and open source movements with interviews ...

, technology writer * Harold Moody (physician) (1882–1947), British doctor *

James Bradfield Moody James Chin Moody (born James Bradfield Moody in 1976) is the CEO of Sendle, an Australian package delivery company he co-founded in 2014. Moody was previously Executive Director, Development at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Resear ...

(born 1976), Australian engineer *

James Paul Moody James Paul Moody (21 August 1887 – 15 April 1912) was the sixth officer of the and the only junior officer to die when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Early life James Paul Moody was born in Scarborough, England, on 21 August 1887, t ...

(1887–1912), British sailor and only junior officer to die in the ''Titanic'' disaster *

Jimmy Moody James Alfred Moody (27 February 1941 – 1 June 1993) was an English gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the Provi ...

(died 1993), English mobster *

John Moody (journalist) John Moody is an American journalist. He served as the executive editor and the executive vice president of Fox News. He was previously the chief executive officer of NewsCore, the former internal wire service of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation ...

, American journalist *

Juanita Moody Juanita Moody (née Morris; May 29, 1924 – February 17, 2015) was an American cryptographer, intelligence analyst and National Security Agency (NSA) executive. She worked for the Signals Intelligence Service (SIS) and NSA from 1943 until 1976. ...

(born 1924), American cryptographer * Ludlow Moody (1892–1981), Jamaican doctor *

Mary Blair Moody Mary Jane Blair Moody (August 8, 1837August 18, 1919) was an American physician, anatomist and editor. She was the first woman to receive a degree from Buffalo Medical College, the first woman to be a member of the American Association of Anato ...

(1837–1919), American physician *

Maryon Pearson Maryon Elspeth Pearson (née Moody; December 13, 1901 – December 26, 1989) was the wife of Lester B. Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada."Maryon Pearson spoke her mind". ''Toronto Star'', December 18, 1989. It was reportedly also at Ma ...

née Moody (1902–1991), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson *

Paul Moody (inventor) Paul Moody (May 23, 1779 – July 5, 1831) was a U.S. textile machinery inventor born in Byfield, Massachusetts (Town of Newbury). He is often credited with developing and perfecting the first power loom in America, which launched the first succe ...

(1779–1831), American inventor *

Raymond Moody Raymond A. Moody Jr. (born June 30, 1944) is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975 in his best-selling book '' ...

(born 1944), American parapsychologist * Slomon Moody (1834-1898), American physician

Fictional

Mad-Eye Moody The Order of the Phoenix is a secret organisation in the '' Harry Potter'' series of fiction books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to th ...

, a character in the Harry Potter books *

Hank Moody Henry James "Hank" Moody, portrayed by David Duchovny, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Showtime television series ''Californication''. Moody is an esteemed but erratic writer who frequently becomes embroiled in bizarre, and ...

, a character from the television series ''Californication'' * Joss Moody, the main character in ''Trumpet'' by Jackie Kay *

Judy Moody Megan Jo McDonald is an American children's literature author. Her most popular works is the series of books which concern a third grade girl named Judy Moody (written for grades 2–4). McDonald has also written many picture books for younger c ...

, the main character of a book series by

Megan McDonald Megan Jo McDonald is an American children's literature author. Her most popular works is the series of books which concern a third grade girl named Judy Moody (written for grades 2–4). McDonald has also written many picture books for younger c ...

References

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