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 personalityBrad Woodhouse, communications director of the United States Democratic National CommitteeCharles Woodhouse (1893–1978), British admiralChase G. Woodhouse (1890–1984), Canadian educator and (United States) congresswomanChristopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington (born 1946), British urologistCurtis Woodhouse (born 1980), English footballer and boxerDallas Woodhouse, American political operativeDanielle Woodhouse (born 1969), Australian water polo playerFred Woodhouse (born 1912), Australian athleteGeorge Woodhouse (1924–1988), English cricketer and brewerHall & Woodhouse, English brewery, owned by the aboveGreg Woodhouse (born 1960), Australian footballerHedley Woodhouse (1920–1984), Canadian jockeyHenry Woodhouse (disambiguation)James Woodhouse, (1770–1809), United States chemistJames Woodhouse, 1st Baron Terrington, (1852–1921), British politicianJohn Woodhouse (1884–1955), English bishopJoyce Woodhouse (born 1944), American politicianMark Woodhouse (basketball) (born 1982), British basketball playerMark Woodhouse (cricketer) (born 1967), Zimbabwean cricketerMartin Woodhouse (1932–2011), British author and scriptwriterMichael Woodhouse (born c. 1965), New Zealand politicianMontague Woodhouse, 5th Baron Terrington (1917–2001), British politician and writerOwen Woodhouse (1916–2014), New Zealand judgeRobert Woodhouse (1773–1827), English mathematicianRob Woodhouse (born 1966), Australian Olympic swimmer turned company directorRobyn Woodhouse (born 1943), Australian high jumperSamuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904), American surgeon, explorer and naturalistStan Woodhouse (1899–1977), English footballerThomas Woodhouse (died 1573), English Roman Catholic martyrTristram Woodhouse (born 1974), Australian field hockey playerVera Woodhouse (1889–1956), British politicianViolet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872–1951), acclaimed harpsichordistWilliam Woodhouse (cricketer) (1856–1938), English cricketerWilliam Woodhouse (artist) (1857–1939), English artistWilliam Woodhouse (MP) (before 1517-64), MP for Great Yarmouth, Norwich, and NorfolkWilliam Woodhouse (MP for Aldeburgh), MP for Aldeburgh 1604–1621William John Woodhouse (1866–1937), English classical scholar and authorfictional characters
Emma Woodhouse, eponymous heroine of Jane Austen's novel EmmaWoodhouse, valet to the title character in the animated series Archer