William Wood Explained

William Wood may refer to one of the following notable people:

Bankers

William Wood (banker) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker
William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor

William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English Unitarian minister and botanist
William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Canadian Presbyterian minister and politician
William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English Wesleyan Methodist preacher, mill owner, and mayor of Bradford, Yorkshire

Will Wood (musician), American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms
William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist
William "Merlyn" Wood, American vocalist for the band Brockhampton
William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), American theatre manager and actor

Sir William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant
W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam
William Braucher Wood (born 1950), American diplomat, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Colombia
William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel in 1965
William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service

William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkshire, 1395
William Wood (15th century MP), MP for Winchester, 1413
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
William Wood (MP for Pontefract) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract
William Wood (New Zealand politician) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician for Invercargill and Mataura
William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), member of the New South Wales Parliament
William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature (1887–1888)
William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana
William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician

William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian mill owner and political figure in Ontario
William Madison Wood (1858–1926), American textile mill owner in Massachusetts
William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), Irish-born president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947

William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general
William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy
- USS William M. Wood, the name of three ships of the U.S. Navy (two canceled, one built)
William W. Wood (1818–1882), U.S. Navy engineer and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering

Will Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English football defender for several teams including Ebbsfleet United
William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke
William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender for Burnley and Yeovil Town
William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer for several teams including Blackburn Rovers and Burnley
William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale

William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer
William Wood (athlete) (1881–1940), English-born Canadian track and field athlete
William Wood (wrestler) (1886–1971), British wrestler
William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist
William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver
William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American gridiron football coach and United States Army officer
William Wood-Sims (1858–1925), English cricketer

William Wood (trade unionist) (1873–1956), British trade union leader
William H. Wood, American labor union leader, first president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–1890
William Henry Wood (fl. 1860s), British trade union leader

William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and mint master
William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858), Scottish surgeon
William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter
William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist
William B. Wood (builder) (fl. 1890s), American building contractor in Kentucky
William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian
William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect
William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher
William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973
William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet
William Wood (naturalist) (1822–1885), American physician and naturalist