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Underwood is an English surname. It may refer to the following:

History

This name is of English and Scottish topographic origin, deriving from the Olde English "under" a preposition meaning "under" or "below", plus "wuda", a wood. The name was originally given to one dwelling at the foot of a wood or literally "below the trees of a forest". The name may also be locational from three places named with these elements i.e., Underwood in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and in the parish of Symington, Ayrshire. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 12th Century (see below). One William Underwude appears in the 1219 Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire, and a William under the Wode in the 1332 Subsidy Rolls of Staffordshire. On January 2nd 1634, one Joseph Underwood, aged 23 yrs., embarked from London on the ship "Bonaventure" bound for Virginia. He was one of the earliest recorded name bearers to enter America. No less than seven Coats of Arms were granted to families of this name and an interesting namebearer mentioned in the Dictionary of National Biography was one Michael Underwood (1737 - 1820) who practised in London as a surgeon and as a "male-midwife". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Underwode which was dated 1188, in the "Records of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

People

Surname

• Adin Ballou Underwood, American Civil War general
• Antony Underwood, Australian scientist
• Barbara D. Underwood (born 1944), American lawyer
• Blair Underwood (1964–), American actor
• Brittany Underwood (born 1988), American actress
• Carrie Underwood (1983–), American singer and winner of the American Idol TV series in 2005
• Cecil F. Underwood (1867–1943), British naturalist
• Cecil H. Underwood (1922–2008), American politician
• Cecilia Underwood, 1st Duchess of Inverness (c.1785–1873), British peer
• Charles Underwood (1791–1883), English architect
• Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
• Dimitrius Underwood (born 1977), American football defensive end
• E. J. Underwood (born 1983), American football cornerback
• Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853–1928), American naval officer
• Elizabeth Underwood (c.1794–1858), Australian land owner
• Eric Underwood (1905–1980), Australian scientist
• Florence Ada Underwood (1872–1942), women's rights campaigner
• Francis Henry Underwood (1825–1894), American biographer and diplomat
• Frank Underwood, English musician
• Fred Underwood (1868–1906), American baseball pitcher
• George Underwood (athlete) (1884–1943), American track and field athlete
• George Allen Underwood (1793–1829), English architect
• George V. Underwood, Jr. (1913–1984), American army general
• Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890–1960), American architect
• Gordon Waite Underwood (1932–1978), American naval officer
• Grant Underwood (born 1954), American Mormon historian
• Henry Underwood (1863–1945), Australian politician
• Henry Underwood (architect) (1787–1868), English architect
• Henry Jones Underwood (1804–1852), English architect
• Horace Grant Underwood (1859–1916), American missionary and founder of Yonsei University in Korea
• Ian Underwood (born 1939), musician
• James Underwood (born 1942), British pathologist
• Jay Underwood (born 1968), American actor
• Jim Underwood, American management professor
• John Underwood (PR adviser), British public relation adviser
• John C. Underwood (1840–1913), American politician and judge
• John Curtiss Underwood (1809–1873), American politician
• John W. H. Underwood (1816–1888), American politician
• Joseph R. Underwood (1791–1876), American politician
• Julie K. Underwood, American academic
• Katie Underwood (1975–), Australian singer-songwriter
• Kevin Ray Underwood (born 1979), American murder convict
• Kianna Underwood (1992–), child actress
• Lake Underwood (born 1926), American race car driver
• Larry Underwood (born 1966), American actor
• Leon Underwood (1890–1975), British artist
• Loyal Underwood (1893–1966), American actor
• Lucien Marcus Underwood (1853–1907), American botanist and mycologist
• Marviel Underwood (born 1982), American football safety
• Matt Underwood (born 1968), American sports announcer
• Matthew Underwood (born 1990), American actor
• Mell G. Underwood (1892–1972), American politician
• Michael Underwood, British television presenter
• Mick Underwood, British drummer
• Olen Underwood, American football player and judge
• Oscar Underwood (1862–1929), American politician
• Pat Underwood (born 1957), American baseball pitcher
• Paul Underwood (born 1973), English footballer
• Peter Underwood (born 1937), Australian judge and government official
• Peter Underwood (parapsychologist), English author, broadcaster and paranormalist
• Robert A. Underwood (1948–), American politician from Guam
• Robin Underwood, former head of the Country Roads Board in Australia and regarded as the chief author of the controversial 1980 Lonie Report
• Ron Underwood (1953–), American film director
• Ron Underwood (musician)
• Rory Underwood (1963–), English rugby union player
• Ruth Underwood (born 1946), American musician
• Sara Jean Underwood (1984–), American Playboy Playmate
• Scott Underwood, American drummer
• Sharon Underwood, American LGBT rights activist
• Sheryl Underwood (born 1963), American comedian
• Thomas Underwood (1863–1948), Canadian politician
• Thomas R. Underwood (1898–1956), American politician
• Tom Underwood (born 1953), American baseball pitcher
• Tony Underwood (1969–), English rugby union player
• Warner Underwood (1808–1872), American politician
• Wilbur Underwood (1874–1935), American poet
• William D. Underwood, American university president
• William Lyman Underwood (1864–1929), American photographer

Given name

• Underwood Dudley (1937–), US mathematician

Places

United States

• Underwood, Indiana
• Underwood, Iowa
• Underwood, Minnesota
• Underwood, North Dakota
• Underwood Township, Redwood County, Minnesota
• Underwood-Petersville, Alabama
• New Underwood, South Dakota

United Kingdom

• Underwood, Newport, village in Wales
• Underwood, Nottinghamshire, village in England
• Grendon Underwood, village in England
• Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, village in England
• Weston Underwood, Derbyshire, village in England
• Wotton Underwood, village in England

Australia

• Underwood, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Australia

Other uses

• Underwood & Underwood, early producer and distributor of stereoscopic images
• Underwood-Memorial Hospital, Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
• Underwood tariff (see Revenue Act of 1913), US tax law
• Underwood Typewriter Company, typewriter manufacturer
• USS Underwood (FFG-36), US Navy ship
• William Underwood Company, 19th- and 20th-century maker of condiments and packaged meat and fish

See also

• Undervud

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