Woodhouse is an English surname. It is of the same etymology, but to be distinguished from, the surname of the Wodehouse family of Norfolk.
The family of Woodhouse of Womburne Woodhouse originates with Benedict Wodehouse of Womburne (fl. 1550); the spelling Woodhouse was used from the 17th century. The modern surname may derive from any of several places called Woodhouse, Wodehouse in England and people who share the surname are not necessarily related to the Womburne Woodhouse family, or to one another.
Notable people with the surname include:
Barbara Woodhouse (1910–1988), British dog trainer and television personality
Brad Woodhouse, communications director of the United States Democratic National Committee
Charles Woodhouse (1893–1978), British admiral
Chase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984), Canadian educator and (United States) congresswoman
Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington (born 1946), British urologist
Curtis Woodhouse (born 1980), English footballer and boxer
Dallas Woodhouse, American political operative
Danielle Woodhouse (born 1969), Australian water polo player
Fred Woodhouse (born 1912), Australian athlete
George Woodhouse (1924–1988), English cricketer and brewer
Hall & Woodhouse, English brewery, owned by the above
Greg Woodhouse (born 1960), Australian footballer
Hedley Woodhouse (1920–1984), Canadian jockey
Henry Woodhouse (disambiguation)
James Woodhouse, (1770–1809), United States chemist
James Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington, (1852–1921), British politician
John Woodhouse (1884–1955), English bishop
Joyce Woodhouse (born 1944), American politician
Mark Woodhouse (basketball) (born 1982), British basketball player
Mark Woodhouse (cricketer) (born 1967), Zimbabwean cricketer
Martin Woodhouse (1932–2011), British author and scriptwriter
Michael Woodhouse (born c. 1965), New Zealand politician
Montague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington (1917–2001), British politician and writer
Owen Woodhouse (1916–2014), New Zealand judge
Robert Woodhouse (1773–1827), English mathematician
Rob Woodhouse (born 1966), Australian Olympic swimmer turned company director
Robyn Woodhouse (born 1943), Australian high jumper
Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904), American surgeon, explorer and naturalist
Stan Woodhouse (1899–1977), English footballer
Thomas Woodhouse (died 1573), English Roman Catholic martyr
Tristram Woodhouse (born 1974), Australian field hockey player
Vera Woodhouse (1889–1956), British politician
Violet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872–1951), acclaimed harpsichordist
William Woodhouse (cricketer) (1856–1938), English cricketer
William Woodhouse (artist) (1857–1939), English artist
William Woodhouse (MP) (before 1517-64), MP for Great Yarmouth, Norwich, and Norfolk
William Woodhouse (MP for Aldeburgh), MP for Aldeburgh 1604–1621
William John Woodhouse (1866–1937), English classical scholar and author
fictional characters
Emma Woodhouse, eponymous heroine of Jane Austen's novel Emma
Woodhouse, valet to the title character in the animated series Archer
