John Wood

John Wood may refer to:

Architecture

• John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect
• John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), English architect
• J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect

Education

• John Wood (mathematician) (c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics
• John Wood (design theorist) (born 1945), British professor of design
• John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics
• John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics
• John Wood (activist) (born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft
• Sir John Wood (professor of law) (1932–2014), British law professor

Entertainment

Acting

• John Wood (actor, born 1909) (1909–1965), Australian actor
• John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor who appeared in the police drama Blue Heelers
• John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), Shakespearean actor
• Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor
• John Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune

Other entertainment

• John Wood (artist) (1922–2012), American artist
• John Wood (director), pseudonym of Spanish film director Juan Bosch (1925–2015)
• John Wood (poet) (1947–2022), American poet and historian of photography
• John Wood (record producer), English record producer
• John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
• John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer
• John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
• John Warrington Wood (1839–1886), British sculptor
• John Wood (painter) (1801–1870), English history and portrait painter; see Commons:Category:John Wood (painter)

Military

• John M. Wood (general), United States Air Force major general
• John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
• John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
• John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy

Politics

United States

• John Atwood (colonial administrator) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, assistant governor of the Plymouth Colony
• John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
• John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois
• John F. Wood Jr. (1936–2023), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
• John M. Wood (politician) (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
• John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
• John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho
• John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), North Carolina state representative

United Kingdom

• John Wood (MP for Ipswich), English MP for Ipswich in 1420
• John Wood (died 1458), English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire
• John Wood I of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
• John Wood II of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Sir John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
• John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray
• John Wood (MP for Bossiney) (died 1623), English MP for Bossiney
• John Wood (Isle of Man governor) (1722–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
• John Wood (MP for Preston) (1789–1856), British MP for Preston
• John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) (1790–1856), British civil servant
• Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
• John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), British Peoples Party
• Sir John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

Elsewhere

• John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
• John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
• John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
• John Barrett Wood, Canadian politician in the province of Alberta in Alberta general election, 1948
• John George Corry Wood (1869–1943), English-born political figure in British Columbia

Science

• John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
• John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
• John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist
• John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist
• John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
• John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist

Sports

Cricket

• John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
• John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
• John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer
• John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
• John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer
• John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer

Football

• John Thomas Archer Wood (c. 1872–1954), English footballer
• John Wood (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1916), English footballer
• John Wood (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1959), English footballer
• John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer
• John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish forward
• John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player
• Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer

Other sports

• John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
• John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
• John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
• John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), Great Britain, and Leigh

Other

• John Wood (cormorant keeper), servant of James VI and I
• John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
• John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
• John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
• John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
• John Page Wood (1796–1866), English cleric and baronet
• John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
• John Wood (photographer) (dates unknown), Civil War photographer for Union Army
• John Wood, subject of Finders Keepers (2015 film)
• John D Wood & Co., a UK estate agents

See also

• Jonathan Wood (disambiguation)
• John Woods (disambiguation)