The surname Dodd is one of the first names recorded and is of Anglo-Saxon origin, stemming from a description of something round or plump.
Notable people with the surname include:
Government:
Christopher Dodd (born 1944), American politician and lobbyist
Thomas J. Dodd (1907–1971), American politician and prosecutor
William Dodd (ambassador) (1869–1940), historian and diplomat
William Dodd (Congressional candidate), son of William Dodd (ambassador)
Performing and modelling:
Carl Nicholas Henty-Dodd (born 1935), British TV and radio presenter Simon Dee
Cathal J. Dodd, voice actor
Claire Dodd (1908–1973), American actress
Dick Dodd (1945–2013), American actor and musician
Jimmie Dodd (1910–1964), actor
Ken Dodd, (born 1927), British comedian
Marcie Dodd, (born 1978), American stage actress and singer
Mikyla Dodd (born 1978), British actress
Molly Dodd (1921–1981), American actress
Rory Dodd, singer
Steve Dodd, Australian actor
Sports figures:
Bobby Dodd (1908–1988), American college football coach
Brad Dodd (born 1977), Australian Rules footballer
Jason Dodd (born 1970), English footballer
Jimmie Dodd (1910–1964), Mickey Mouse Club MC
Joe Dodd, English pro darts player
Karl Dodd (born 1980), Australian soccer player
Marjorie Dodd, tennis player
Mark Dodd (born 1965), American soccer player
Robert Dodd (baseball player) (born 1973), American baseball player
Stephen Dodd (born 1966), Welsh golfer
Steven Dodd (born 1983), Australian Rules footballer
Travis Dodd (born 1980), Australian soccer player
Creators of expressive works:
Bella Dodd (1904–1969), author
Ed Dodd (1902–1991), American cartoonist
Francis Dodd (1874–1949), artist
Lamar Dodd (1909–1996), American painter
Lynley Dodd (born 1941), New Zealand children's writer
Maurice Dodd (1922–2005), English cartoonist
Robert Dodd (disambiguation), a number of people of the same name, including an American football coach, an American baseball player, a British marine painter and an English association footballer
Academics and educators:
A. H. Dodd (1891–1975), Welsh historian
C. H. Dodd (1884–1973), Welsh Bible scholar
Charles Dodd (c.1671–1743), pseudonym of British historian Hugh Tootell
David Dodd (1895–1988), economist and educator
P. W. Dodd (1889–1931), Welsh classicist
Sandra Dodd (born 1953), American unschooling advocate
Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), sociologist
Others:
Clifford Dodd, Australian radio executive
Coxsone Dodd (1932–2004), Jamaican record producer
David Owen Dodd (1846–1864), "Boy Martyr of the Confederacy", hanged as a Confederate spy in the American Civil War
Martha Dodd (1908–1990), American spy
Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899), American publisher
Norman Dodd (1899–1997), Chief investigator for U.S. Congressman B. Carroll Reece Special Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations (Reece Committee)
Ralph Dodd (1756—1822), English civil engineer and marine painter.
Sonora Smart Dodd (1882–1978), American activist and founder of Father's Day
Townsend F. Dodd (1886-1919), American Aviator, Colonel in the Army Air Service, first US Pilot to receive the Distinguished Service Medal in World War I
William Dodd (clergyman) (1729–1777), British religious leader, scholar and forger
Westley Allan Dodd (1961–1993), American serial killer
