John Wood

John Wood may refer to:

Architecture

Education

  • John Wood (mathematician) (c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics
  • John Wood (design theorist) (born 1945), British professor of design
  • John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics
  • John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics
  • John Wood (activist) (born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft
  • Sir John Wood (professor of law) (1932–2014), British law professor

Entertainment

Acting

  • John Wood (actor, born 1909) (1909–1965), Australian actor
  • John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor who appeared in the police drama Blue Heelers
  • John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), Shakespearean actor
  • Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor
  • John Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune

Other entertainment

  • John Wood (artist) (1922–2012), American artist
  • John Wood (director), pseudonym of Spanish film director Juan Bosch (1925–2015)
  • John Wood (poet) (1947–2022), American poet and historian of photography
  • John Wood (record producer), English record producer
  • John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
  • John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer
  • John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
  • John Warrington Wood (1839–1886), British sculptor
  • John Wood (painter) (1801–1870), English history and portrait painter; see Commons:Category:John Wood (painter)

Military

  • John M. Wood (general), United States Air Force major general
  • John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
  • John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
  • John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy

Politics

United States

  • John Atwood (colonial administrator) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, assistant governor of the Plymouth Colony
  • John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
  • John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
  • John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois
  • John F. Wood Jr. (1936–2023), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
  • John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
  • John M. Wood (politician) (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
  • John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho
  • John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), North Carolina state representative

United Kingdom

  • John Wood (MP for Ipswich), English MP for Ipswich in 1420
  • John Wood (died 1458), English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire
  • John Wood I of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • John Wood II of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Sir John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
  • John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray
  • John Wood (MP for Bossiney) (died 1623), English MP for Bossiney
  • John Wood (Isle of Man governor) (1722–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
  • John Wood (MP for Preston) (1789–1856), British MP for Preston
  • John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) (1790–1856), British civil servant
  • Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
  • John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), British Peoples Party
  • Sir John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

Elsewhere

  • John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
  • John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
  • John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
  • John Barrett Wood, Canadian politician in the province of Alberta in Alberta general election, 1948
  • John George Corry Wood (1869–1943), English-born political figure in British Columbia

Science

Sports

Cricket

  • John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
  • John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
  • John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer
  • John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
  • John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer
  • John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer

Football

  • John Thomas Archer Wood (c. 1872–1954), English footballer
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1916), English footballer
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1959), English footballer
  • John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer
  • John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish forward
  • John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player
  • Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer

Other sports

  • John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
  • John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
  • John Wood (racing driver, born 1952), CART driver
  • John Wood (racing driver, born 1962), American racing driver
  • John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), Great Britain, and Leigh

Other

  • John Wood (cormorant keeper), servant of James VI and I
  • John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
  • John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
  • John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
  • John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
  • John Page Wood (1796–1866), English cleric and baronet
  • John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
  • John Wood (photographer) (dates unknown), Civil War photographer for Union Army
  • John Wood, subject of Finders Keepers (2015 film)
  • John D Wood & Co., a UK estate agents

See also

  • Jonathan Wood (disambiguation)
  • John Woods (disambiguation)
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