John Wood

John Wood or variants therefrom may refer to:

Actors/TV

• Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor in America along with her less notable husband John Wood
• John Wood (English actor) (born 1930), known for Shakespearean roles and his association with Tom Stoppard
• John Wood (Australian actor) (born 1946), star of the long-running police drama Blue Heelers
• Jack Wood, TV writer and director

Architects

• John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect best known for Queen Square and the Circus in Bath, England
• John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), John Wood the Elder's son, also an architect and best known for the Royal Crescent in Bath, England
• John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer and archaeologist

Military

• John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
• John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), officer in the U.S. Navy who became a captain in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War

Political

• John Wood (New Zealand diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
• John Atwood (Assistant Governor) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony
• Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), former British member of Parliament
• John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
• John Wood (politician) (born 1952), current member of the Florida House of Representatives
• John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois, 1860–1861
• John F. Wood, Jr. (born 1936), Maryland House of Delegates, U.S.
• John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), former member of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
• John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of British far-right politics and member of the British Peoples Party
• John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
• John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1951–1953
• John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
• John M. Wood (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
• John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), former North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
• John Wood (Isle of Man governor), governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777

Sport

• Jackie Wood, real name Edward John Wood, footballer
• Jon Wood, NASCAR driver
• John Wood (cricketer), two prominent 18th century English cricketers
• John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
• John Wood (driver), CART driver
• John Wood (footballer), British footballer
• John Wood (soccer), English footballer
• John Wood (canoer) (born 1950), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
• John Wood (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1980s for Great Britain, and Leigh

Other

• John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
• John Wood (millowner) (1758– ), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
• John Wood (music producer), English popular music producer
• John Wood (Room to Read), founder and executive chairman of Room to Read
• John B. Wood (1827–1884), U.S. journalist from Maine
• John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
• John H. Wood, Jr. (1916–1979), judge whose assassination was the first murder of a sitting U.S. federal judge during the 20th century
• John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist

See also

• Jonathan Wood, Australian actor

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