Woodroffe is a surname. * Woodroffe (Surrey cricketer), English cricket player (first name unknown) *

Alison Broinowski Alison Elizabeth Broinowski, ( Woodroffe; born 25 October 1941) is an Australian academic, journalist, writer and former Australian public servant. Biography Alison Woodroffe was born in Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of Sout ...

(née Woodroffe), Australian academic, journalist, writer and former diplomat. *

Colin Woodroffe Colin D. Woodroffe is an Australasian geographer and coastal geomorphologist currently serving as professorial fellow at the University of Wollongong. He is the coordinator of the GeoQuEST Research Centre. His international research focuses on the ...

, Australian geographer and geomorphologist *

John Woodroffe Sir John George Woodroffe (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-r ...

, a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in

Hindu philosophy Hindu philosophy encompasses the philosophies, world views and teachings of Hinduism that emerged in Ancient India which include six systems ('' shad-darśana'') – Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta.Andrew Nicholson (20 ...

and Yogic practices. * Kenneth Woodroffe (1892–1915), English cricketer and soldier *

Martyn Woodroffe Martyn John Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950) is a Welsh swimmer. Swimming career He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games. Woodroffe was born in Cardiff, Wales. He represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Game ...

, Welsh swimmer who won a Silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games * Sir

Nicholas Woodroffe Sir Nicholas Woodroffe (Woodruff, Woodrofe, etc.) (c. 1530–1598) was a London merchant of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers, who, through the English Reformation, rose in the Alderman class to become a Master Haberdasher, Lord Mayor of Lon ...

, English

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

in the Elizabethan period * Patricia Woodroffe, New Zealand fencer *

Patrick Woodroffe Patrick James Woodroffe (27 October 1940 – 10 May 2014) was an English artist, etcher and drawer, specialised in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that bordered on the surreal. His achievements include several collaborations with ...

, English artist, specialising in fantasy & science-fiction artwork. *

Paul Woodroffe Paul Vincent Woodroffe (25 January 1875 – 7 May 1954) was a British book illustrator and stained-glass artist. Early life Woodroffe was born in Madras (present-day Chennai), one of nine children of Francis Henry Woodroffe, a judge in the M ...

, British illustrator and stained glass artist * Sidney Clayton Woodroffe, British V.C. awardee (World War I)

Other

Mount Woodroffe Mount Woodroffe (dual-named as "Ngarutjaranya/Mount Woodroofe") is a mountain in the Australian state of South Australia, located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest. It is South Australia's highest peak, a ...

, a mountain in South Australia *

Woodroffe, Northern Territory Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 25 km southeast of the Darwin CBD and 2.1 km from Palmerston City. Its local government area is the City of Palmerston. This suburb is named after George Woodroffe Goyder, Surv ...

, a suburb of Darwin, Australia *

Woodroffe Avenue Woodroffe Avenue ( Ottawa Road #15) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Ma ...

, a road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *

Woodroffe North Woodroffe North (also known as just Woodroffe) is a neighbourhood in Bay Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the south by Richmond Road on the west by the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, on the north by the Ottawa Ri ...

, a neighbourhood in Ottawa * Woodroofe (surname), a similarly spelled surname *

Woodruff (surname) Woodruff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham O. Woodruff (1872–1904), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and son of Wilford Woodruff * Blake Woodruff (bor ...

, a similarly spelled surname {{surname, Woodroffe