John Woods may refer to:
Education
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John Woods (logician) (born 1937), Canadian professor of logic
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John Woods (oceanographer) (born 1939), British professor of oceanography
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John E. Woods (historian) (active since 1970), American professor of Iranian and Central Asian history
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John E. Woods (translator) (active since 1978), translator of literature from German to English
Entertainment
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John Joseph Woods
John Joseph Woods (1849 – 9 June 1934) was a New Zealand teacher and songwriter. He is best known for winning a competition to set "God Defend New Zealand", a poem by Thomas Bracken, to music. By doing this, he composed the tune to what l ...
(1849–1934), composer of music for national anthem of New Zealand
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Johnny Silvo (John Woods, 1936–2011), British folk and blues singer
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John Levene
John Levene (born John Anthony Woods; 24 December 1941) is an English actor, producer, entertainer and singer. Although he has appeared in a large number of films and television series, Levene's best-known role is that of Sergeant Benton, of UNI ...
(born John Woods in 1941), British actor
* John Woods, a Scottish showman who exhibited the
Tay Whale around Britain in the 1880s
Politics
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John Woods (Pennsylvania politician) (1761–1816), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
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John Woods (Ohio politician) (1794–1855), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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John M. Woods (1839–1927), American politician in Massachusetts
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John Woods (Australian politician)
John Woods (5 November 1822 – 2 April 1892) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), Minister of Railways.
Woods was the second son of Richard Woods, a Liverpool railwayman, and his wife Mary, ''née'' Cave.
After being trained as ...
(1822–1892), Minister of Railways in colonial Victoria
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John Woods (Canadian politician)
John Woods (February 20, 1876 – June 15, 1957) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or ...
(1876–1957), in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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John Woods (civil servant) (1895–1962), British civil servant
Sports
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John Thomas Archer Woods (active 1895–1896), English cricketer and footballer
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John Woods (baseball) (1898–1946), MLB player for the Boston Red Sox
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John Woods (athlete) (born 1955), Irish long-distance runner
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John Woods (footballer) (active 1954–1967), Scottish-Canadian footballer
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John Woods (rugby league) (born 1956), English footballer 1970s–1990s, coached in the 1980s
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Jack Woods (rugby league)
John Tesseyman Woods (4 September 1907 – 7 April 1965), also known by the nickname of "Tank", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and ...
(1907–1965), English footballer in the 1930s
Other
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John Crawford Woods
John Crawford Woods (8 April 1824 – 10 May 1906), generally referred to as J. Crawford Woods, was the first minister of the Adelaide Unitarian Christian Church, South Australia, serving from 1855 to 1889.
History
Woods was born in Woodville, a m ...
(1824–1906), Australian minister
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John Grieve Woods (1900–1980), Australian doctor and soldier
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John C. Woods (1911–1950), American executioner at the Nuremberg Trials
See also
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Jon Woods (born 1977), U.S. politician from Arkansas
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John Wood (disambiguation)
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