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Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard (; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including four Primetime Emmy Awards (tying the record for the most acting Emmys won by an African-American performer, along with Regina King), ...

(born 1952), American actress *

Beulah Woodard Beulah Ecton Woodard (November 11, 1895 – July 13, 1955) was an African-American sculptor and painter based in California. Woodard was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and ...

(1895–1955), American sculptor *

Brandon Woodard Brandon Woodard is an American politician currently serving in the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 30th House District as a member of the Democratic Party. Openly gay, he was elected alongside Susan Ruiz as one of the state's ...

(born 1990), American politician * Charlayne Woodard (born 1953), American playwright and actress * Charles F. Woodard (1848–1907), Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court * Colin Woodard (born 1968), American journalist and writer * David Woodard (born 1964), American conductor and writer * Dick Woodard (1926–2019), American football player * Duane Woodard (born 1938), 34th Colorado Attorney General *

Dustin Woodard Dustin Woodard (born March 8, 1998) is an American football center who is a free agent. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft after playing college football at Memphis. High school career Woodard ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Frederick Augustus Woodard Frederick Augustus Woodard (February 12, 1854 – May 8, 1915) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1893 and 1897. Born near Wilson, North Carolina, Woodard attended private schools in Wilson County and studied law ...

(1854–1915), American politician *

George Woodard George Woodard (born June 18, 1952) is an actor, musician, and dairy farmer in Waterbury Center, Vermont. He experimented with acting in high school, taking part in high school and local summer stock plays and musicals, while rebuilding the fami ...

, American actor and dairy farmer * Horace Woodard (1904–1973), American cinematographer and producer *

Isaac Woodard Isaac Woodard Jr. (March 18, 1919 – September 23, 1992) was an American soldier and victim of racial violence. An African-American World War II veteran, on February 12, 1946, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army, ...

(1919–1992), American World War II veteran and police brutality victim * Jonathan Woodard (born 1993), American football player *

Lyman Woodard Lyman Woodard (March 3, 1942 – February 25, 2009) was a Detroit-based jazz organist known for fusing his music with Latin and Afro-Cuban-inspired rhythms. From the late 1960s, Woodard recorded with Motown acts, and served as musical direct ...

(1942–2009), American jazz organist * Lynette Woodard (born 1959), American basketball player and coach *

Marc Woodard Marc Fionn Woodard (born February 21, 1970) is a former American football linebacker who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 1993 NF ...

(born 1970), American football player * Michael J. Woodard (born 1997), American singer and voice actor *

Mike Woodard (baseball) Michael Cary Woodard (born March 2, 1960 in Melrose Park, Illinois) is an American former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1985 through 1988, for the San Francisco Giants (19 ...

(born 1960), American baseball player *

Mike Woodard (politician) Mike Woodard (born February 20, 1959) is an American politician who has served in the North Carolina Senate from the 22nd district since 2013. He represents areas of Durham, Granville, and Person counties. Before being elected to the state Sena ...

(born 1959), American politician *

Milt Woodard Milton P. Woodard (June 4, 1911 – March 3, 1996) was an American sports writer and sport executive. He was the President of the American Football League until it merged with the NFL in 1970. Woodard served from July 1966 to March 1970, succ ...

(1911–1996), American sportswriter and football executive * Nathaniel Woodard (1811–1891), English Anglican priest and educator *

Pamela Woodard Pamela K. Woodard is an American cardiovascular physician who is the Hugh Monroe Wilson Professor of Radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 20 ...

, American cardiovascular physician * Ray Woodard (born 1961), American football player and coach *

Ray Woodard (soccer coach) Raymond "Ray" Woodard (July 20, 1936 – July 16, 2009) was an American soccer player and longtime coach at Indian Springs School in Shelby County, Alabama, and has been called the "father of soccer in Alabama". He was the "first 'A' licensed coa ...

, (1936–2009), American soccer player and coach *

Robert Woodard Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Nathaniel Woodard, KCVO, DL (; born 13 January 1939) is a former Commander of the Royal Yacht Britannia. Naval career Educated at Lancing College, the school founded by his great-grandfather, Rev Nathaniel Woodard, Woo ...

(born 1939), English educator *

Robert Woodard II Robert Anthony Woodard II (born September 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for Mississippi State, and has appeared in 25 NBA games for the Sacrame ...

(born 1999), American basketball player *

Stacy Woodard Stacy Robert Woodard (June 11, 1902 in Salt Lake City, Utah – January 27, 1942 in New York City) was a producer, cinematographer, and editor of nature films, who with his brother Horace Woodard edited Frank Buck's film ''Fang and Claw''. ...

(1902–1942), American producer and cinematographer *

Steve Woodard Steven Larry Woodard (born May 15, 1975) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He played all or parts of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1997 until 2003, for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Boston Red ...

(born 1975), American baseball pitcher * Wayne Francis Woodard (1914–1964), American artist and writer *

Willard Woodard Willard Woodard (December 12, 1824 – March 19, 1891) was an American politician, publisher, and parks advocate from Massachusetts. Raised in Hopkinton, Woodard founded a store there and rose to several local political positions. After a move t ...

(1824–1891), American politician, publisher, and parks advocate *

Woodard Schools Woodard Schools is a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation (formerly the Society of St Nicolas) which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, a Church of England priest in the Anglo-C ...

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