Woodward is a surname.

People with the name

Notable people with the name Woodward include:

Actors

* Adam Woodward (born 1992), British actor *

Edward Woodward Edward Albert Arthur Woodward, OBE (1 June 1930 – 16 November 2009) was an English actor and singer. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he began his career on stage. Throughout his career, he appeared in productions ...

(1930–2009), British actor *

Joanne Woodward Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress. A star since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Woodward made her career breakthrough in the 1950s and earned esteem and respect playing complex women with a charact ...

(born 1930), American actress *

Jonathan M. Woodward Jonathan Mark Woodward (born November 20, 1973) is an American actor. He is the younger of two sons of an architect and a literacy teacher. He is a graduate of New York University at the Experimental Theatre Wing, 1998. He performed with Big D ...

(born 1973), American actor *

Morgan Woodward Thomas Morgan Woodward (September 16, 1925 – February 22, 2019) was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera ''Dallas'' and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sungla ...

(1925–2019), American actor *

Peter Woodward Peter Woodward (born 24 January 1956) is a British actor, stuntman and screenwriter. He is probably best known for his role as Galen in the ''Babylon 5'' spin-offs '' Babylon 5: A Call to Arms'', ''Crusade'' and '' Babylon 5: The Lost Tales''. ...

(born 1956), British actor *

Pollyanna Woodward Pollyanna Woodward (born 11 June 1982) is a British television presenter, best known for being a co-presenter on Channel 5's ''The Gadget Show''. Career The youngest of six children, aged 16 she was offered a place at the Carlton Television J ...

(born 1982), British television presenter *

Sarah Woodward Sarah Woodward (born 3 April 1963) is a British actress. She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in ''Tom & Clem'' by Stephen Churchett., directed by Richard Wilson, and was nominated for a Tony ...

(born 1963), British actress *

Shannon Woodward Shannon Woodward (born December 17, 1984) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom ''Raising Hope'' (2010–2014), Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series ''Westworld'' (2016� ...

(born 1984), American actress *

Tim Woodward Timothy Oliver Woodward (born 24 April 1953) is an English actor. Tim Woodward was born in Kensington, London, England, the son of actors Edward Woodward and Venetia Barrett. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. He is pr ...

(born 1953), British actor

Architects

Benjamin Woodward Benjamin Woodward (16 November 1816 – 15 May 1861) was an Irish architect who, in partnership with Sir Thomas Newenham Deane, designed a number of buildings in Dublin, Cork and Oxford. Life Woodward was born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Irela ...

(1816–1861), Irish architect *

Robert Woodward (architect) Robert Raymond (Bob) Woodward (5 June 1923 – 21 February 2010) was an Australian architect who gained widespread recognition for his innovative fountain designs. Background and early career Robert Raymond Woodward was born in Wentworthville ...

(1923–2010), Australian architect

Art, literature, music

Alice B. Woodward Alice Bolingbroke Woodward (1862–1951) was an English artist and illustrator. She was one of the most prolific illustrators at the turn of the 20th century and is known mainly for her work in children's literature, and secondarily for her scie ...

(1862–1951), British illustrator *

Alun Woodward Alun Woodward (born 11 December 1971), also known by the stage name Lord Cut-Glass, is a musician from Coatbridge, Scotland, and a founding member of influential Glasgow-based band The Delgados. The name Lord Cut-Glass comes from a character in ...

(born 1971), Scottish singer-songwriter known as Lord Cut-Glass * Anna Woodward (1868–1935), American painter * Antony Woodward (born 1963), British writer * Buddy Woodward (born 1963) American musician, composer, singer, actor, and anime voice performer; member of

The Dixie Bee-Liners The Dixie Bee-Liners are an American Bluegrass group, formed in New York City in 2002 by Buddy Woodward and Brandi Hart. Their music has been called Bluegrass, Americana, alt-country, Folk, and "Bible Belt Noir". The Bee-Liners have release ...

and

The Kingston Trio The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and ...

* Caroline Marshall Woodward (1828–1890), American author *

George Moutard Woodward George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765–1809) was an England, English caricaturist and humor writer. He was a friend and drinking companion of Thomas Rowlandson. Biography Woodward was born in Stanton Hall, in Stanton by Dale in Derbyshire, England ...

(1760–1809), British amateur painter and caricaturist *

George Ratcliffe Woodward George Ratcliffe Woodward (27 December 1848 – 3 March 1934) was an English Anglican priest who wrote mostly religious verse, both original and translated from ancient authors. The best-known of these were written to fit traditional melodies ...

(1848–1934), English composer *

Gerard Woodward Gerard Woodward (born 1961) is a British novelist, poet and short story writer, best known for his trilogy of novels concerning the troubled Jones family, the second of which, '' I'll Go to Bed at Noon'', was shortlisted for the 2004 Man Booker ...

(born 1961), British novelist and poet * J. K. Woodward, American comic book artist *

John Douglas Woodward John Douglas Woodward (July 12, 1846 – June 5, 1924), usually simply J.D. or Douglas Woodward, was an American landscape artist and illustrator. He was one of the country's "best-known painters and illustrators". He produced hundreds of scenes ...

(1846–1924), American landscape artist *

Keren Woodward Keren Jane Woodward (born 2 April 1961) is an English singer and, with Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, a founding member of the girl group Bananarama. In 1986, the trio reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their version of "Ven ...

(born 1961), British singer and songwriter; member of Bananarama *

Lydia Woodward Lydia Woodward is an American television writer and producer. She has worked as both a writer and producer on the television series '' ER''. She signed a deal with the Warners in 2001. Positions held *''Pan Am'' (Co-Executive Producer, Writer) * ...

, American television writer and producer *

Lucy Woodward Lucy Woodward is an English-American singer-songwriter. She has recorded for Atlantic Records, Atlantic, Verve Records, Verve, and GroundUP Music, GroundUP and has sung background vocals for Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Snarky Puppy, Celine Di ...

(born 1977), English-American singer/songwriter * Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945), American painter and art educator *

Richard Woodward (organist) Richard Woodward the younger (c.1743/44 – 22 November 1777) was an Irish composer and organist, probably of English birth. Biography Woodward was probably born in Salisbury and became a choirboy of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, in 1751, fo ...

(1743–1777), organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin * Richard B. Woodward, arts critic for ''The New York Times'' *

Roger Woodward Roger Woodward (born 20 December 1942) is an Australian classical pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. Life and career Early life The youngest of four children, Roger Woodward was born in Sydney where he received first piano lessons ...

(born 1944), Australian pianist * Tom Jones (born 1940, birth name Thomas Jones Woodward), Welsh singer *

William Woodward (artist) William Woodward (May 1, 1859 – November 17, 1939) was a U.S. artist and educator, best known for his impressionist paintings of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of the United States. Biography Early life William Woodward was born on May 1, 18 ...

(1859–1939), American artist and educator

Business and finance

Allen Harvey Woodward Allan Harvey "Rick" Woodward (1876–1950) was an American businessman and baseball team owner. Woodward began serving as the general superintendent of the Woodward Iron Company in 1899. Following his father's death, he became the company's presi ...

(1876–1950), American businessman and baseball team owner *

Charles A. Woodward Charles A. Woodward (July 19, 1852 – June 2, 1937) was the founder of Woodward's Department Stores Limited and the father of William C. "Billy" Woodward, who became Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1941 to 1946, and grandfather of ...

(1852–1937), Canadian merchant, founder of the Woodward's Department Stores chain * Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward (1924–1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, son of William Culham Woodward and grandson of Charles A. Woodward, long-time owner of the Douglas Lake Ranch *

Ed Woodward Edward Gareth Woodward (born 9 November 1971) is an English accountant and investment banker who was the executive vice-chairman and effectively the chief executive of Manchester United from 2012 to 2022. Richard Arnold succeeded him in his ...

(born 1971), British Accountant and vice chairman of Manchester United F.C. * Emerson Francis Woodward (1879–1943), American oilman * James T. Woodward (1837–1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty *

William Woodward, Sr. William Woodward Sr. (April 7, 1876 – September 25, 1953) was an American banker and major owner and breeder in thoroughbred horse racing. __TOC__ Early life Woodward was born in New York City on April 7, 1876. He was a son of Sarah Abagail ( ...

(1876–1953), American banker and horse breeder *

William Woodward, Jr. William Woodward Jr. (June 12, 1920 – October 31, 1955) was the heir to the Hanover National Bank fortune (later Manufacturer's Hanover), the Belair Estate and stud farm and legacy, and a leading figure in racing circles before he was s ...

(1920–1955), American banker and "The Shooting of the Century" victim *

William Culham Woodward William Culham Woodward, also known as Billy Woodward and Willy Woodward, (April 24, 1885 – February 24, 1957) was a member of a successful merchandising family in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Heir to the Woodward's department store ...

(1885–1957), Canadian merchant and former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, son of Charles A. Woodward and father of C.N. Woodward

Clergy, theologians, and religious figures

Richard Woodward (bishop) Richard Woodward (1726 – 12 May 1794) was Bishop of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland and the author of a vigorous defence of the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Origins and education Richard Woodward was the son of Francis Woodward, of Grimsb ...

(1726–1794), Bishop of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland *

Thomas Best Woodward Thomas Best Woodward (1814–1875), M.A. was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 19th century. Woodward was born in County Tipperary in 1814 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Protestant Chaplain in the County Gaol, Downpatrick ...

(1814–1875), Irish theologian *

Thomas Bullene Woodward Thomas Bullene Woodward is an Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopal priest and clown. Having graduated from Harvard University and the General Theological Seminary, he has served as a chaplain at universities including the Un ...

, American Episcopal priest *

Thomas E. Woodward Thomas E. Woodward was a research professor and department chair of the theology department at Trinity College of Florida/ Dallas Theological Seminary (Tampa Bay Extension) and a prominent Christian apologist. Biography Woodward has published work ...

, Christian apologist

Government, law, and military

* Alfred Woodward (1913–2007), American judge; father of Bob Woodward * Asa Woodward, (1830–1921), American politician from Connecticut *

Augustus B. Woodward Augustus Brevoort Woodward (born Elias Brevoort Woodward; November 1774 – June 12, 1827) was the first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory. In that position, he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of Detroit following a d ...

(1774–1827), first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory *

Benjamin Woodward (New York politician) Benjamin Woodward (February 28, 1780 – May 11, 1841 Beaver Brook, Sullivan County, New York) was an American politician from New York. Life He was the son of Hezekiah Woodward. In 1807, Benjamin Woodward removed to Mount Hope, and Woodward ...

(1780–1841), New York politician *

Charles Edgar Woodward Charles Edgar Woodward (December 1, 1876 – May 15, 1942) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education and career Born in New Salem, Pennsylvania, Woodward attended No ...

(1876–1942), US federal judge and former Attorney General of Illinois *

Edward Woodward (judge) Sir Albert Edward Woodward (6 August 1928 – 15 April 2010) was an Australian jurist. Woodward was born in Ballarat in to Eric Woodward (later as Lieutenant General Sir Eric Woodward, a Governor of New South Wales) and Amy Freame Weller. Aft ...

(1928–2010), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner *

Eric Woodward Lieutenant general (Australia), Lieutenant General Sir Eric Winslow Woodward (21 July 1899 – 29 December 1967) was an Australian military officer and viceroy. Following long service in the Australian Army, including terms as Deputy Chief of Ar ...

(1899–1967), Governor of New South Wales, Australia *

George Washington Woodward George Washington Woodward (March 26, 1809May 10, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W. Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He attended Geneva Seminary (now Hobart and William Sm ...

(1809–1875), US Representative from Pennsylvania * James G. Woodward (1840–1923), American newspaperman and politician, four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia * John Woodward (lawyer) (born 1934), Australian lawyer and Environmental Commissioner * Joseph A. Woodward (1806–1885), US Representative from South Carolina * Neil Woodward (born 1962), US Navy officer and former astronaut *

Oliver Woodward Oliver Holmes Woodward, (8 October 1885 – 24 August 1966) was an Australian metallurgist, mine manager, and soldier noted for his tunnelling activities at the Ypres Salient during the First World War. Early life Woodward was born in Tenterfi ...

(1885–1966), Australian metallurgist and World War I soldier * Orpheus S. Woodward (1837–1919), American Union Civil War brevet brigadier general *

Philip Woodward (judge) Philip Morgan Woodward (2 February 1912 – 10 November 1997) was an Australian judge. He chaired the Royal Commission into Drug Trafficking Royal may refer to: People * Royal (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name * ...

(1912–1997), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner *

Sandy Woodward Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War. Early life Woodward was born on 1 May 1932 at Penzance, Cornwall, to a bank clerk. He ...

(1932–2013), British admiral *

Shaun Woodward Shaun Anthony Woodward (born 26 October 1958) is a British politician who was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens South from 2001 to 2015. He served in the cabinet from 28 June 2007 to 11 May 2010 as Secretary of State for North ...

(born 1958), British politician *

Stanley Woodward Stanley Woodward Sr. (March 12, 1899 – August 17, 1992) was the White House Chief of Protocol under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and United States Ambassador to Canada under President Harry S. Truman. He was a favorite social com ...

(1899–1992), American diplomat * William Woodward (South Carolina politician), US Representative from South Carolina (1815–1817); father of Joseph A. Woodward * William G. Woodward (1808–1871), Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court *

Barbara Woodward Dame Barbara Janet Woodward (born 29 May 1961) is a British diplomat and China expert. She is the current Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, having previously served as British Ambassador to China from 2015 t ...

(born 1961), British diplomat and China expert

Science and academia

Biology, geography, and geology

Arthur Smith Woodward Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS (23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944) was an English palaeontologist, known as a world expert in fossil fish. He also described the Piltdown Man fossils, which were later determined to be fraudulent. He is not relate ...

(1864–1944), British paleontologist involved with the Piltdown Man * Bernard Barham Woodward (1853–1930), British malacologist *

Bernard Henry Woodward Bernard Henry Woodward FGS (31 January 1846 – 14 October 1916) was an English-born Australian museum director and naturalist, associated with the Western Australian Museum from its beginnings in 1889 until 1914. Born in Islington, London ...

(1846–1916), British-born naturalist and director of the Western Australian Museum *

David Woodward (cartographer) David Woodward (29 August 1942 – 25 August 2004) was an English-born American historian of cartography and cartographer. Biography Woodward was born in Royal Leamington Spa, England. After receiving a bachelor's degree from the Swansea Un ...

(1942–2004), English-American cartographer *

Henry Woodward (geologist) Henry Bolingbroke Woodward (24 November 1832 – 6 September 1921) was an English geologist and paleontologist known for his research on fossil crustaceans and other arthropods. Woodward was born Norwich, England on 24 November 1832 and was ...

(1832–1921), British geologist and invertebrate paleontologist * Henry Page Woodward (1858–1917), British-born Australian geologist *

Horace Bolingbroke Woodward Horace Bolingbroke Woodward , (20 August 1848 – 6 February 1914) was a British geologist who participated in the Geological Survey of England and Wales from 1867 until his retirement in 1908. He was vice-president of the Geological Society, wh ...

(1848–1914), British geologist, awarded the Wollaston Medal *

John Woodward (naturalist) John Woodward (1 May 1665 – 25 April 1728) was an English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist, and founder by bequest of the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at the University of Cambridge. Though a leading supporter of observation an ...

(1665–1728), English naturalist and geologist *

Joseph Janvier Woodward Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833–1884), commonly known as J. J. Woodward, was an American surgeon. Biography Woodward served in the U.S. Civil War as Army Assistant Surgeon and produced several publications on war-related d ...

(1833–1884), American Civil War surgeon *

Samuel Woodward Samuel Woodward (3 October 1790 – 14 January 1838), English geologist and antiquary, was born at Norwich. He was for the most part self-educated. Apprenticed in 1804 to a manufacturer of camlets and bombazines, a taste for serious study was ...

(1790–1838), British geologist and antiquarian *

Samuel Pickworth Woodward Samuel Pickworth Woodward (17 September 1821 – 11 July 1865) was an English geologist and malacologist. Biography He was the son of the geologist Samuel Woodward. In 1845, S. P. Woodward became the professor of geology and natural history in ...

(1821–1865), British geologist and malacologist with the British Museum and Royal Agricultural College *

Theodore Woodward Theodore Englar Woodward (March 22, 1914 – July 11, 2005) was an American medical researcher in the field of medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. In 1948, he received a Nobel Prize nomination for his role in finding cures for typh ...

(1914–2005), American medical researcher *

Thomas Jenkinson Woodward Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820) was an English botanist. Life Born 23 Feb 1745, he was a native of Huntingdon. His parents died when he was quite young, leaving him, however, financially independent. He was educated at Eton College and Cla ...

(1745–1820), English botanist * The Woodward brothers, John D. S. and Richard B. (c. 1848 – 1905), English missionaries and ornithologists

Medicine

* Alice Woodward Horsley (1871–1957), New Zealand doctor, the first registered woman doctor in Auckland

Chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics

* Carol S. Woodward, American computational mathematician *

Foster Neville Woodward Foster Neville Woodward FRSE FRIC (1905–1985) was a 20th-century British chemist involved in the creation of chemical weapons in the Second World War. Life He was born on 2 May 1905 the son of Foster Woodward. He studied chemistry at the Un ...

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

(1905–1985), British chemist working on chemical weapons *

Henry Woodward (inventor) Henry Woodward was a Canadian inventor and a major pioneer in the development of the incandescent lamp. He was born in 1832.Library and Archives CanadIncredible Inventions: Light Bulb www.collectionscanada.ca On July 24, 1874, Woodward and his pa ...

(fl. 1874), Canadian inventor involved with the incandescent bulb *

James F. Woodward James F. Woodward (born 1941) is a professor emeritus of history and an adjunct professor of physics at California State University, Fullerton. He is best known for a physics hypothesis that he proposed in 1990, later expanded, that predicts several ...

(born 1941), American physicist and historian of science *

Philip Woodward Philip Mayne Woodward (6 September 1919 – 30 January 2018) was a British mathematician, radar engineer and horologist. He achieved notable success in all three fields. Before retiring, he was a Deputy Chief Scientific Officer at the Royal Si ...

(1919–2018), British mathematician, radar engineer, and horologist *

Robert Burns Woodward Robert Burns Woodward (April 10, 1917 – July 8, 1979) was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the most preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contributions to the subject, e ...

(1917–1979), American organic chemist; Nobel Prize winner *

Robert Simpson Woodward Robert Simpson Woodward (July 21, 1849 – June 29, 1924) was an American civil engineer, physicist and mathematician. Biography He was born at Rochester, Michigan on July 21, 1849, to Lysander Woodward and Peninah A. Simpson.

(1849–1921), American physicist and mathematician

Other academics

* Amanda Woodward, American psychologist and professor at University of Chicago * C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian * Calvin M. Woodward (1837–1914), American educator * Donald Woodward Lee, (1910–1977), American philologist *

F. L. Woodward Frank Lee Woodward (1871–1952) was an English educationist, Pali scholar, author and theosophist. Woodward studied and researched on Theravada Buddhism and wrote numerous work based on them. He is admired among the Pali scholars for compiling ...

(born 1871), English educator, Pali scholar and theosophist * Joan Woodward (1916–1971), British sociologist *

Llewellyn Woodward Sir Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, FBA (1890–1971) was a British historian. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and after the First World War became a lecturer in Modern History and fellow of All Souls C ...

(1890–1971), British historian *

Mark R. Woodward Mark R. Woodward is an American academic and author of ''Islam in Java''. He conducted ethnographic research in the Yogyakarta Indonesia region in the New Order era. Critical response ''Islam in Java'' elicited a range of responses due to its di ...

(born 1952), American academic

Sports

Alan Woodward Alan Woodward (7 September 1946 – 21 May 2015) was a professional footballer who played in the position of outside right for Sheffield United over a 16-year period between 1962 and 1978. Woodward or ''Woody'' as he was nicknamed, will be be ...

(born 1946), British soccer player *

Alex Woodward Alex Woodward (born 11 June 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He attended Mazenod College. Football career He was drafted by Hawthorn Footbal ...

(born 1993), Australian rules footballer *

Andy Woodward Andrew Woodward (born 23 September 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Sheffield United, Scunthorpe United (two loan spells) and Halifax Town. Later a serving ...

(born 1973), English footballer *

Bethy Woodward Bethany "Bethy" Woodward (born 26 December 1992) is a former British Paralympic athlete who competed in sprint events in T37 events. She competed at the highest level of her sport, representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Great ...

(born 1992), British Paralympic athlete * Brian Woodward (born 1929), English professional footballer *

Cameron Woodward Cameron Jackson Woodward (born 8 January 1985 in Mildura, Victoria) is an Australian speedway rider who has won the Victorian State Championship on three occasions. Career A product of junior speedway at the Olympic Park Speedway in Mildura ...

(born 1985), Australian motorcycle speedway rider *

Chris Woodward Christopher Michael Woodward (born June 27, 1976) is an American former professional baseball utility player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners, ...

(born 1976), American Major League Baseball player *

Clive Woodward Sir Clive Ronald Woodward (born 6 January 1956) is an English former rugby union player and coach. He was coach of the team from 1997 to 2004, managing them to victory in the 2003 Rugby World Cup. He also coached the 2005 British & Irish Lions ...

(born 1956), Rugby union World Cup winning coach *

Danielle Woodward Danielle Anne Woodward APM OAM (born 20 March 1965 in Melbourne) is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a silver medal in the K1 event at the 199 ...

(born 1965), Australian slalom canoer * Frank Woodward (baseball) (1894–1961), American baseball pitcher *

Frank Woodward (rugby league) Francis "Frank" William Woodward (1885−1941) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand (List of New Zeal ...

(1885–1941), New Zealand rugby player * Fred Woodward (footballer) (1899–1963), British footballer * Gabe Woodward (born 1979), American swimmer * Harry Woodward (footballer, born 1887) (1887 – after 1909), English footballer *

Jason Woodward Jason Christopher Woodward (born 17 May 1990 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a professional rugby union player who plays for Sale Sharks in the Premiership Rugby. Early career Woodward played for the Upper Hutt Premier team, and was a regular ...

(born 1990), New Zealand rugby player * John Woodward (footballer, born 1947), English footballer * John Woodward (footballer born 1949), Scottish former footballer *

Johnny Woodward Horace John "Johnny" Woodward (16 January 1924 – 8 August 2002) was an English professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Tonbridge, Snowdown Colliery Welfare, Walsall, Stourbridge and Horsham. Playing ...

(1924–2002), English footballer *

Nathan Woodward Nathan Woodward (born 17 October 1989) is a British track and field athlete, competing in the 400 metre hurdles. Born in Solihull, he attended Water Orton Primary School and The Coleshill Secondary School. At age 11 he took up athletics and e ...

(born 1989), British track and field athlete *

Rob Woodward Robert John Woodward (born September 28, 1962) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) in parts of the 1985 through 1988 seasons, for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 3", 185 lb., he ba ...

(born 1962), American baseball pitcher *

Steve Woodward Stephen John Woodward (born 1947) is a New Zealand cricket umpire who stood in 24 Test matches and 30 ODIs.Vivian Woodward Vivian John Woodward (3 June 1879 – 31 January 1954) was an English footballer who enjoyed the peak of his career from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War. He played for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. He capta ...

(1879–1954), British amateur football (soccer) player * Viv Woodward (born 1914), Welsh professional footballer * William Woodward (cricketer) (died 1862), English cricketer *

Woody Woodward William Frederick "Woody" Woodward (born September 23, 1942) is an American former professional baseball player, college baseball coach, and general manager. He played in Major League Baseball, primarily as a shortstop from 1963 to 1971 for the ...

(born 1942), American Major League Baseball player

Other fields

Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (2 May 1816 – 12 October 1869) was an English Nonconformist (Protestantism), nonconformist minister, antiquarian, and Royal Librarian (United Kingdom), Royal Librarian at Windsor Castle. Life The eldest son of Sam ...

(1816–1869), English minister, antiquarian, and royal librarian at Windsor Castle *

Bob Woodward Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for ''The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for ''The Washingto ...

(born 1943), American journalist, author, and Watergate reporter * Caroline M. Clark Woodward (1840–1924), American activist, writer *

Daphne Woodward Daphne Woodward was a translator of French literature into the English language. In particular, she was responsible for translating eight books in the Inspector Maigret series by the Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon. These were commission ...

, French–English translator *

Ella Woodward Eleanor Laura Davan Mills (''née'' Woodward; born 31 May 1991) is a British food writer and businesswoman, best known for the 'Deliciously Ella' food blog and brand. Early life and family Woodward was born on 31 May 1991 in Rugby, Warwickshire ...

(born 1991), British food writer * Grace Woodward (born 1976), English fashion stylist and television presenter *

Indiana Woodward Indiana Woodward (born ) is a French ballet dancer. She joined the New York City Ballet in 2012, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2021. Early life and training Woodward was born in Paris, to a French filmmaker father and a South African d ...

(born 1993 or 1994), French ballet dancer *

Louise Woodward Louise Woodward (born 1978) is a British former au pair, who at the age of 18 was accused of second degree murder but subsequently convicted of the involuntary manslaughter (reduced from the jury trial verdict) of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen ...

(born 1978), British ''au pair'' implicated in a baby-shaking death in the 1990s *

Stanley Woodward (editor) Rufus Stanley Woodward (June 5, 1895 – November 29, 1965) was an American newspaper editor and sportswriter. He worked for the ''New York Herald Tribune'' from 1930 to 1948 and from 1959 to 1962. Woodward is a member of the National Sportscast ...

(1895–1965), American newspaper editor and sportswriter

Fictional characters

* Amanda Woodward (''Melrose Place''), fictional television character played by Heather Locklear * Anthony "Tony" Woodward a.k.a. Girder, supervillain from the DC Comics universe and enemy of the Flash (Wally West)