John Wood

John Wood may refer to:

Actors/stage, screen and TV

• Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor in America along with her less notable husband John Wood.
• John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), 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 (1924–2007), TV writer and director
• John Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune
• John Wood (Australian actor, 1909–1965)

Architects and designers

• 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), his son, also an architect and best known for the Royal Crescent in Bath, England
• John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer and archaeologist
• John Wood (design theorist), English design theorist
• John Wood (painter), English history and portrait painter (1801–1870), see Thomas Stothard

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
• John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general

Political

• John Wood (died 1458), English Member of Parliament for Worcester and Worcestershire
• John Wood (Ipswich MP), English Member of Parliament Ipswich in 1420
• 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 Atwood (Assistant Governor) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony
• John Wood (Isle of Man governor), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
• John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Wood (died 1856) (1788–1856), British Member of Parliament for Preston
• John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), U.S. politician, governor of Illinois, 1860–1861
• John M. Wood (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
• John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
• John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), member of the Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
• John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament, from Ontario
• John William Wood, Sr. (1855–1928), U.S. politician, North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
• Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
• John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1951–1953
• John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
• John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of British far-right politics and member of the British Peoples Party
• John F. Wood, Jr. (born 1936), U.S. politician, Maryland House of Delegates
• John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
• John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
• John Barrett Wood, Canadian politician in the province of Alberta in Alberta general election, 1948

Sport

• Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer
• Jon Wood (born 1981), NASCAR driver
• John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
• John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
• John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
• John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
• John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
• John Wood (English footballer), British footballer
• John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish football forward
• John Wood (soccer) (1884–1959), English footballer
• John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
• John Wood (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1980s for Great Britain, and Leigh
• John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), 19th-century baseball player
• John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player