William Wood may refer to:

Politicians

* William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, 1395 * William Wood (15th century MP), MP for

Winchester Winchester is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs Nation ...

, 1413 *

William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, PC (29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881) was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry. ...

(1801–1881), British statesman * William Wood (MP for Pontefract) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract *

William Wood (New Zealand politician) William Wood (1827 – 30 August 1884) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Biography He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he ...

(1827–1884), New Zealand politician from Invercargill & Mataura *

William Wood (Australian politician) William Herbert Wood (4 November 1869 – 30 May 1953) was an Australian politician. Born at Wallhollow, Victoria, to storekeeper Henry Gibson Wood, he attended schools in Victoria and Sydney before completing his secondary education at Sy ...

(1869–1953) * William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature * W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam * William Braucher Wood (born 1950), US diplomat * William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian manufacturer and political figure *

William R. Wood (Indiana politician) William Robert Wood (January 5, 1861 – March 7, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1915 to 1933. Biography Born in Oxford, Indiana, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. ...

(1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

William Thomas Wood William Thomas Wood (10 June 1854 – 10 June 1943) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Early life and family Born in Hobart, Tasmania, in June 1854, Wood was the son of Robert Wood and Charlotte Wood (née Watford). After ...

(1854–1943), New Zealand politician *

William Robertson Wood The Reverend William Robertson Wood (June 6, 1874—December 11, 1947) was a Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party. Wood wa ...

(1874–1947), Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada * William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English mill owner, Wesleyan Methodist preacher and mayor of Bradford, Yorkshire

Sportspeople

* William Wood (wrestler) (1888–?), British wrestler * William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist * William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke * William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender * William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer *

Will Wood (footballer) William Nicholas Wood (born 29 November 1996) is an English footballer who plays as a left back for Welling United. Early and personal life Wood grew up in Burgess Hill and attended Oakmeeds Community College. Career Wood joined Southampton ...

, English football defender, born 1996 * William Wood (footballer, born 1904), footballer, played for Manchester City, Newcastle United and Rochdale between 1926 and 1928. * William Wood (athlete) (1881–1940), Canadian track and field athlete * William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer * William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), college football coach * William Wood (diver), English diver

Other people

William Maxwell Wood William Maxwell Wood (May 27, 1809 – March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 19th century. He became the First Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore (USN), commod ...

(1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy * William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general * William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster, best known for a notorious issue of Irish coins and the 'Rosa Americana' British America coins *

William Wood (botanist) William Wood (29 May 1745 – 1 April 1808) was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts. Life Wood was born in Collingtre ...

(1745–1808), English Unitarian clergyman, botanist and activist *

William Wood (zoologist) William Wood Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Linnean Society of London, FLS (1774–1857), was an English surgeon, zoologist and entomologist. He was born in Kendal, Westmorland and trained in surgery at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He practised f ...

(1774–1857), English entomologist * William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian *

William Wood (trade unionist) William Wood (18 February 1873''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 3 March 1956) was a British trade union leader. Wood was born in Bolton, Lancashire.''1911 England Census'' He left school at the age of 11, and began working half-time at ...

(1872/73–1956), British trade union leader * William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), theatre manager and actor * William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858) * William B. Wood (builder), American builder/contractor in Kentucky * William H. Wood, president of the

National Association of Letter Carriers The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) is an American labor union, representing non-rural letter carriers employed by the United States Postal Service. It was founded in 1889. The NALC has 2,500 local branches representing letter c ...

, 1889–90 *

William Halsey Wood William Halsey Wood (April 24, 1855 – March 13, 1897) was an American architect. Early life Wood was the youngest of four sons born to Daniel Halsey Wood and Hannah Lippincott Wood. Shortly after his birth in 1855, the family relocated from ...

(1855–1897), American architect *

William Henry Wood William Henry Wood was a British trade union leader. Biography Wood was a compositor, and became the Secretary of the Manchester Typographical Society, serving until 1879. In 1864, he was elected as the first Secretary of the Manchester Trades ...

, British trade unionist, active in the 1860s * William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher *

William Madison Wood William Madison Wood (June 18, 1858 – February 2, 1926) was an American textile mill owner of Lawrence, Massachusetts who was considered to be an expert in efficiency. He made a good deal of his fortune through being hired by mill owners to tu ...

(1858–1926), mill owner from Massachusetts *

William McKenzie Wood William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...

, former Canadian ambassador to Israel * William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service * William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973 * William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947 *

William W. Wood William Willis Wiley Wood (May 30, 1818 – August 31, 1882) was an engineer of the United States Navy, who served as Engineer-in-Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering from 1873 until 1877. Biography Wood was born in Wake County, North ...

(1818–1882), head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1873–1877 *

William Wightman Wood William Wightman Wood ( ?1804 – ?) was an American journalist, businessman, naturalist and poet based in Macau and Canton, China. Biography He was the son of celebrated actors William B. Wood and Juliana Westray Wood. In 1827, W ...

(fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet *

William Wood (screenwriter) William Wood is an American screenwriter. Along with Mel Goldberg, He wrote for the 1964 film ''The Lively Set'', starring James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure and Joanie Summers. He also wrote for television programs including ''Mission: I ...

, writer of films such as ''

Death Car on the Freeway ''Death Car on the Freeway'' is a 1979 American made-for-television crime thriller film starring Shelley Hack. In a plot similar to Steven Spielberg's '' Duel'', this tells the story of an unseen driver who is dubbed "The Freeway Fiddler". The c ...

'' * William "Merlyn" Wood, a member of the band Brockhampton *

Will Wood (musician) Will Wood is an American singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker, comedian, and multimedia artist. Wood has released four studio albums: ''Everything Is A Lot'' in 2015; ''SELF-iSH'' in 2016, ''The Normal Album'' in 2020, and "''In case I make It ...

, American alternative singer/songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms *

William Wood (ventriloquist) William B. Wood (1861/1862 – January 20, 1908) was an American illusionist and ventriloquist who toured South America and Europe with his own company. Billed professionally as Will B. Wood and sometimes called "The Kellar of South America", in r ...

, illusionist and ventriloquist * William Wood (banker), Scottish-American banker *

, American screenwriter * Sir William Alan Wood, British civil servant * William Henry O’Malley Wood, Australian banker, public servant and surveyor

Ships

* USS ''William M. Wood'', the name of more than one United States Navy ship

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