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Woodward is a surname.

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Notable people with the name Woodward include:

Biology, geology, and geography

  • Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944), British paleontologist involved with the Piltdown Man
  • Bernard Barham Woodward (1853–1930), British malacologist
  • Bernard Henry Woodward (1846–1916), British-born naturalist and director of the Western Australian Museum
  • David Woodward (born 1961), British cartographer
  • Henry Woodward (geologist) (1832–1921), British geologist and invertebrate paleontologist
  • Henry Page Woodward (1858–1917), British-born Australian geologist
  • Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1848-1914), British geologist, awarded the Wollaston Medal
  • John Woodward (naturalist) (1665–1728), English naturalist and geologist
  • Joseph Janvier Woodward (1833–1884), American Civil War surgeon
  • Samuel Woodward (1790–1838), British geologist and antiquarian
  • Samuel Pickworth Woodward (1821–1865), British geologist with the British Museum and Royal Agricultural College
  • Theodore Woodward (1914 – 2005), American medical researcher
  • The Woodward brothers, John D. S. and Richard B. (c. 1848-1905), English missionaries and ornithologists
  • Physics, math, engineering, chemistry

  • James F. Woodward (born 1944) American physicist and historian
  • Philip Woodward (born 1919), British mathematician, radar engineer and horologist
  • Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist
  • Robert Simpson Woodward (1849-1921), American physicist and mathematician
  • Henry Woodward (inventor), Canadian inventor involved with the incandescent bulb
  • Other academics

  • Amanda Woodward, American psychologist and professor at University of Chicago
  • Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816–1869), English minister, antiquarian, and royal librarian at Windsor Castle
  • C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian
  • Calvin M. Woodward (1837-1914), American educator
  • Daphne Woodward, French - English translator
  • F. L. Woodward (born 1871), English educator, Pali scholar and theosophist
  • Joan Woodward (1916–1971), British sociologist
  • Llewellyn Woodward (1890–1971), British historian
  • Mark R. Woodward (born 1952), American academic
  • Government, law, and military

  • Alfred Woodward (1913-2007), American judge, and father of Bob Woodward
  • Asa Woodward, (1830-1921), American politician from Connecticut
  • Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory
  • Benjamin Woodward (New York) (1780–1841), New York politician
  • Charles Edgar Woodward (1876–1942), US federal judge and former Attorney-General of Illinois
  • Edward Woodward (judge) (1928–2010), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner
  • Eric Woodward (1899–1967), Governor of New South Wales, Australia
  • George Washington Woodward (1809-1875), American congressman from Pennsylvania
  • James G. Woodward (1840–1923), American newspaperman and politician, four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
  • John Woodward (lawyer) (1934– ), Australian lawyer and Environmental Commissioner
  • Joseph A. Woodward (1806 - 1885), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  • M. B. Woodward, second mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana, 1910-1919
  • Neil Woodward (born 1962), American Naval officer and former astronaut
  • Oliver Woodward (1885-1966), Australian metallurgist and World War I soldier
  • Orpheus S. Woodward (1837-1919), American Union Civil War brevet brigadier general
  • Philip Woodward (judge) (1912–1997), Australian judge and Royal Commissioner
  • Sandy Woodward (1932-2013), British admiral
  • Shaun Woodward (born 1958), British politician
  • Stanley Woodward (1899-1992), American politician
  • William Woodward (South Carolina), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  • Art, literature, music

  • Alice B. Woodward (1862–1951), British illustrator
  • Alun Woodward, Scottish singer-songwriter known as Lord Cut-Glass
  • Anna Woodward (1868–1935), American painter
  • Antony Woodward (born 1963), British writer
  • Buddy Woodward (born 1963) American musician, composer, singer, actor and anime voice performer; member of The Dixie Bee-Liners
  • George Moutard Woodward (1760–1809), amateur British painter and caricaturist
  • George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934), English composer
  • Gerard Woodward (born 1961), British novelist and poet
  • J. K. Woodward, comic book artist
  • John Douglas Woodward (1846–1924), American landscape artist
  • Keren Woodward (born 1961), British singer and songwriter; member of Bananarama
  • Lydia Woodward, American television writer and producer
  • Lucy Woodward (born 1977), singer/songwriter
  • Mabel May Woodward (1877–1945), U.S. painter and art educator from Providence, Rhode Island
  • Richard Woodward (organist) (1743–1777), organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin
  • Richard B. Woodward, arts critic for The New York Times
  • Roger Woodward (born 1944), Australian pianist
  • Thomas Jones Woodward, birth name of singer Tom Jones
  • William Woodward (artist) (1859–1939) U.S. artist and educator
  • Sports

  • Alan Woodward (born 1946), British soccer player
  • Alex Woodward (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
  • Andy Woodward (born 1973), English footballer
  • Bethy Woodward, British Paralympic athlete
  • Brian Woodward (born 1929), English professional footballer
  • Cameron Woodward, Australian motorcycle speedway rider
  • Chris Woodward (born 1976), American Major League Baseball player
  • Clive Woodward (born 1956), Rugby union World Cup winning coach
  • Danielle Woodward, Australian slalom canoer
  • Frank Woodward (1894-1961), American baseball pitcher
  • Frank Woodward (rugby league), New Zealand rugby player
  • Fred Woodward (1899-1963), British footballer
  • Gabe Woodward, American swimmer
  • Harry Woodward (footballer) (1887-?), English footballer
  • Jason Woodward, New Zealand rugby player
  • John Woodward (footballer, born 1947), English footballer
  • John Woodward (footballer born 1949), Scottish former footballer
  • Johnny Woodward (1924–2002), English footballer
  • Micky Woodward, chairman of Grays Athletic FC
  • Nathan Woodward (born 1989), British track and field athlete
  • Rob Woodward (born 1962), American baseball pitcher
  • Steve Woodward (born 1947), New Zealand cricket umpire
  • Vivian Woodward (1879–1954), British amateur football (soccer) player
  • William Woodward (cricketer) (?-1862), English cricketer
  • Woody Woodward (born 1942), American Major League Baseball player
  • Business and finance

  • Allen Harvey Woodward (1876–1950), American businessman and baseball team owner
  • Charles A. Woodward (1852–1937), Canadian merchant, founder of the Woodward's Department Stores chain
  • Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward (1924–1990), Canadian merchant and rancher, son of William Culham Woodward and grandson of Charles A. Woodward, long-time owner of the Douglas Lake Ranch
  • Ed Woodward (born 1971), British Accountant and vice chairman of Manchester United F.C.
  • Emerson Francis Woodward (1879 –1943), American oilman
  • James T. Woodward (1837–1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty
  • William Woodward, Sr. (1876–1953), American banker and horse breeder
  • William Woodward, Jr. (1920-1955), American banker and "The Shooting of the Century" victim
  • William Culham Woodward, Canadian merchant and former Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, son of Charles A. Woodward and father of C.N. Woodward
  • Actors

  • Edward Woodward (1930–2009), British actor
  • Joanne Woodward (born 1930), American actress
  • Jonathan M. Woodward (born 1973), American actor
  • Morgan Woodward, (born 1925), American actor
  • Peter Woodward (born 1956), British actor
  • Pollyanna Woodward (born 1982), British television presenter
  • Sarah Woodward (born 1963), British actress
  • Shannon Woodward (born 1984), American actress
  • Tim Woodward (born 1953), British actor
  • Other

  • Amanda Woodward (Melrose Place), fictional television character played by Heather Locklear
  • Benjamin Woodward (1816–1861), Irish architect
  • Bob Woodward (born 1943), American journalist, author and Watergate reporter
  • Grace Woodward, English fashion stylist and television presenter
  • Louise Woodward (born 1978), British au pair implicated in a baby-shaking death in the 1990s
  • Richard Woodward, Bishop of Cloyne in the Church of Ireland
  • Robert Woodward (architect), Australian architect
  • Thomas Best Woodward, 19th-century Irish theologian
  • Thomas Bullene Woodward, American Episcopal minister
  • Thomas E. Woodward, Christian apologist
  • References

    Woodward (surname) Wikipedia