Woodcock (surname) explained

Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages.

Notable Woodcocks

• Ashley Woodcock (born 1947), Australian cricketer
• Bill Woodcock (born 1971), American computer scientist
• Bruce Woodcock (boxer) (1921–1997), English boxer
• Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst) (born 1970), computer games analyst
• Carla Woodcock (born 1998), English actress
• Charles Woodcock (1850–1923), lover of King Karl of Württemberg
• Cheryl Woodcock, American producer and TV personality
• George Woodcock (1912–1995), Canadian writer and historian
• George Woodcock (cricketer) (1894–1968), batsman
• George Woodcock (trade unionist) (1904–1979), English trade unionist
• Janet Woodcock (born 1948), American physician, acting Commissioner of the FDA
• Jim Woodcock, British computer scientist
• John A. Woodcock Jr. (born 1950), United States federal judge
• John Woodcock (American football) (1954–1998), American football player
• John Woodcock (cricket writer) (1926–2021), British cricket writer and journalist
• John Woodcock (magistrate) (born 1967), Italian prosecutor
• John Woodcock (martyr) (1603–1646), English Franciscan martyr
• John Woodcock (politician) (born 1978), British politician
• Jonathan Woodcock (born 1962), Royal Navy officer
• Kim Joanne Woodcock Lukas (born 1977), British-Italian pop singer known as Kim Lukas
• Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001), trade union leader, American diplomat
• Leslie V. Woodcock (born 1945), chemistry professor at the University of Manchester
• Luke Woodcock (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer
• Peter Woodcock (1939–2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
• Richard Woodcock (born 1928), developed Woodcock–Johnson tests of cognitive abilities
• Steven Woodcock (born 1964), British actor
• Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms) (born 1951), British Officer of Arms
• Thomas Woodcock (VC) (1888–1918), a British recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Tommy Woodcock (1905–1985), Australian strapper of champion horse Phar Lap
• Tony Woodcock (footballer) (born 1955), English (soccer) football player
• Tony Woodcock (rugby player) (born 1981), New Zealand rugby player
• William John Woodcock (c. 1808–1868), Anglican priest in South Australia