Woods
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Woods is a common surname of English
and Irish
origin.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
and Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
origin.
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- Fictional characters
- See also
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- Alan Woods (disambiguation)
- Albert WoodsAlbert WoodsSir Albert William Woods, GCVO, KCB, KCMG, KGStJ, FSA was an English officer of arms. The Woods family has a firm tradition at the College of Arms. Albert Woods was the son of Sir William Woods, Garter Principal King of Arms from 1838 until his death in 1842...
- Albert H. WoodsAlbert H. WoodsAlbert Herman Woods , born Aladár Herman, was an American theatrical producer who sometimes worked with Sam H...
- Aubrey WoodsAubrey WoodsAubrey Woods is an English actor. He was born in London.His television credits include: Z-Cars, Up Pompeii!, Doctor Who , Blake's 7, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Ever Decreasing Circles...
- Ayiesha WoodsAyiesha WoodsAyiesha Woods is a contemporary Christian musician signed to Gotee Records. She has released two studio albums on Gotee: Introducing Ayiesha Woods and Love Like This . Woods is known for the hit songs "Happy" and "Big Enough" from her debut album...
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- Bambi WoodsBambi WoodsBambi Woods is a former pornographic actress best known for her appearance as the title character in the 1978 film Debbie Does Dallas. She was advertised on theater marquees and in advertising as a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, although this was not actually the case.Woods appeared in only a...
- Barbara Alyn WoodsBarbara Alyn WoodsBarbara Alyn Woods is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in One Tree Hill, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, and Striptease.-Filmography:...
- Belita WoodsBelita WoodsBelita Woods is a former lead singer of late 70's R&B group, Brainstorm. Brainstorm had a disco hit in 1977 called "Lovin' Is Really My Game". Their follow-up album, 1978's Journey To The Light featured a more soul-funk sound, anchored by the album tracks "We're On Our Way Home" and "If You Ever...
- Ben WoodsBen WoodsBen Woods is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership as an openside flanker....
, rugby union player - Bill WoodsBill WoodsWilliam "Bill" Woods is an Australian television broadcaster.Woods is currently the presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Sandra Sully.-Early Career:...
- Bobby Wayne Woods (1965-2009), American rapist, kidnapper and murderer
- Brian WoodsBrian WoodsBrian Woods is a BAFTA award-winning British documentary film-maker, who founded and currently runs True Vision, an independent production company, which concentrates mainly on human rights-related subjects...
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- Calum Woods (footballer)
- Charles WoodsCharles WoodsCharles Woods was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster, and aspiring politician. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II...
- Charles R. WoodsCharles R. WoodsCharles Robert Woods was a career United States Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War...
- Chris WoodsChris WoodsChristopher 'Chris' Charles Eric Woods is a former England international football goalkeeper, who played in the Football League and Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Southampton and Burnley, in the Scottish Football League for Rangers, and in Major...
- Christie Lee WoodsChristie Lee WoodsChristie Lee Woods is an American model, actress and the first woman from Texas to capture the Miss Teen USA crown ....
- Christine WoodsChristine WoodsChristine Woods is an American actress who has appeared in numerous television shows. More recently, she could be seen as part of the main cast in ABC's FlashForward, in which she portrayed FBI Special Agent Janis Hawk.-Biography:...
- Christy WoodsChristy WoodsChristy Woods is an arboretum and botanical garden located on the southwest corner of the Ball State University campus in Muncie, Indiana, and focusing on Indiana's native plants and ecosystems....
- Clinton WoodsClinton WoodsClinton Woods , is a retired professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He is the former IBF, European, British, & Commonwealth light heavyweight champion....
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- Dawn WoodsDawn WoodsDawn Woods is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Julia Mallam.-Storylines:Dawn came to Emmerdale in early 2003 as the fiance of Terry Woods. It was revealed that she is Bob Hope's daughter but she had not seen much of him since he left her, her mother Jean,...
, fictional character - Dean WoodsDean WoodsDean Anthony Woods, OAM is an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games...
- Don Woods, computer programmer
- Don Woods (meteorologist)Don Woods (meteorologist)Don Woods was an American meteorologist, and became Oklahoma's first television weatherman with a degree in meteorology. He started his Oklahoma career in 1954 on Tulsa's ABC affiliate television station, KTUL...
- Don Woods (NFL)
- Donald WoodsDonald WoodsDonald James Woods, CBE was a white South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist.As editor of the Daily Dispatch from 1965 to 1977, he befriended Steve Biko, leader of the anti-apartheid Black Consciousness Movement, and was banned by the government soon after Biko's death, which had been...
- Donald Devereux WoodsDonald Devereux WoodsDonald Devereux Woods was a British microbiologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1952....
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- Earl WoodsEarl WoodsEarl Dennison Woods was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, but is best remembered as the father of professional golfer Tiger Woods...
- Edward WoodsEdward WoodsEdward Woods was an American actor best known for his extensive role in The Public Enemy opposite James Cagney.-Early life:...
(1903-1989), American actor - Edward Woods (engineer)Edward Woods (engineer)Edward Woods was a British civil engineer.- Early life and career :Woods was born in London on 28 April 1814, the son of Samuel Woods, a merchant. After education at private schools, and some training at Bristol, he became in 1834 an assistant to John Dixon, recently appointed chief engineer of...
(1814-1903), British civil engineer - Elle WoodsElle WoodsElle Woods is a fictional character who is the lead protagonist of most media revolving around the Legally Blonde universe. The character originated in the 2001 novel, Legally Blonde, by Amanda Brown. Woods was portrayed in both films by actress Reese Witherspoon...
- Eric Scott Woods
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- George Woods (disambiguation), various including:
- George David WoodsGeorge David WoodsGeorge David Woods was a U.S. banker. He served as President of World Bank from January 1963 to March 1968.-Biography:George Woods was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1901. After completing high school he was employed as an office boy at Harris, Forbes & Co., an underwriting firm...
, USA banker and World Bank President - George Lemuel WoodsGeorge Lemuel WoodsGeorge Lemuel Woods was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Woods served as the third Governor of Oregon from 1866–1870 and was then appointed Utah Territory Governor by President Ulysses S. Grant, serving from 1871–1875.-Early life:George Woods was born...
, USA Oregon State and Utah Territory governor
- George David Woods
- Georgie WoodsGeorgie WoodsGeorgie Woods was an American radio personality who was best known for his broadcasting career in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area....
- Grant WoodsGrant WoodsGrant Woods served as attorney general of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. A Republican, he was first elected in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He was selected by his fellow Attorneys General as the nation’s top Attorney General in 1995. He chaired the Civil Rights and Supreme Court committees for...
, Attorney General of Arizona 1991–1999 - Granville WoodsGranville WoodsGranville T. Woods , was an African-American inventor who held more than 60 patents. Most of his work was on trains and street cars. Woods also invented the Multiplex Telegraph, a device that sent messages between train stations and moving trains. Born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 23, 1856,...
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- Harriett WoodsHarriett WoodsHarriett Woods was an American politician and activist, a two-time Democratic nominee for the United States Senate from Missouri, and a former Lieutenant Governor of Missouri...
- Harry Woods (disambiguation), various including:
- Harry Woods (Australian politician)Harry Woods (Australian politician)Harry Francis Woods was an Australian politician. He was the member for Page, New South Wales in the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party from the March 1990 general election to his defeat in the March 1996 general election.Woods was elected as the Member...
- Harry Woods (footballer)Harry Woods (footballer)Harry Woods was an English footballer.Born in St Helens, Woods started out with his hometown club, non-league St Helens Town, before joining Norwich City in 1912...
- Harry Woods (Australian politician)
- Henry Woods (disambiguation), various including:
- Henry Felix WoodsHenry Felix WoodsSir Henry Felix Woods , KCVO, was an Admiral and a Pasha in the Imperial Ottoman Naval Service.A British naval officer, born in Jersey in 1843 and educated at the Upper School of Greenwich Hospital , which offered training for the Royal Navy. After finishing top of the year, he entered as a...
- Henry John WoodsHenry John WoodsHenry John Woods was a British molecular biologist who worked in the field of fibrous protein research. He was a pioneer in the field of low-angle X-ray investigations of a-keratins....
- Henry Felix Woods
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- Jake WoodsJake WoodsJacob Thomas Woods is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher who is a free agent.After attending Bakersfield College, a junior college, Woods was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 3rd round of the 2001 Major League Baseball Draft...
- James WoodsJames WoodsJames Howard Woods is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring in critically acclaimed films such as Once Upon a Time in America, Salvador, Nixon, Ghosts of Mississippi, Casino, and in the television legal drama Shark. He has won three Emmy Awards, and has gained...
, actor - James Park WoodsJames Park WoodsJames Park Woods VC, was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
- Jermaine WoodsJermaine WoodsRaynon Blackshire , better known as Jermaine Woods, is a Heavyweight boxer from Phoenix, Arizona, who has been described by many writers, including The Arizona Republic sports beat writers, as "the next Mike Tyson"...
, boxer - Jerome WoodsJerome WoodsJerome Harlan Woods is a retired American football safety who played his entire ten-year career with the Kansas City Chiefs....
- Jessie E. WoodsJessie E. WoodsJessie E. Woods , also known as Jessie Woods, was one of the first women air pilots in the United States.Woods was a native of Wichita, Kansas, where she garnered a love for aviation since she was a child...
- John Woods (New Zealand) (1849–1934), composer of music for national anthem of New Zealand
- John E. WoodsJohn E. WoodsJohn E. Woods is a translator who specializes in translating German literature, since about 1978. His work includes much of the fictional prose of Arno Schmidt and the works of contemporary authors such as Ingo Schulze and Christoph Ransmayr...
- John Joseph WoodsJohn Joseph WoodsJohn Joseph Woods was a New Zealand teacher and songwriter. He is best known for winning a competition to set "God Defend New Zealand", a poem by Thomas Bracken, to music. By doing this, he composed the tune to what later became New Zealand's national anthem...
- John Woods, the actor John LeveneJohn LeveneJohn Levene is an English actor. His most famous role was that of Sergeant Benton of UNIT on the television series Doctor Who.He was born John Anthony Woods in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England....
- Jon WoodsJon WoodsJon Woods is an Arkansas legislator and musician. He is currently the bassist in Fayetteville rock band, A Good Fight.-Biography:Woods came to Northwest Arkansas early in life...
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- Margaret Louisa WoodsMargaret Louisa WoodsMargaret Louisa Woods was an English writer, known for novels and poetry. She was the daughter of the scholar George Granville Bradley and sister to fellow writer Mabel Birchenough...
- Mark Kenneth WoodsMark Kenneth WoodsMark Kenneth Woods is a Canadian writer, actor, producer and director.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Woods is a prolific media artist, writer and actor who works in film, video and television...
- Martin WoodsMartin WoodsMartin Paul Woods is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Doncaster Rovers. He is an attacking left-sided midfield player noted for his long range shooting and free kicks. He is also a former Scotland U21 international.-Leeds United:Woods started his career at the Leeds United academy,...
- Mary Lee WoodsMary Lee WoodsMary Lee Woods, now Mrs C M Berners-Lee is a British mathematician and computer programmer who worked in a team that developed programs for the Manchester University Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and Mark 1 Star computers. She is married to Conway Berners-Lee, also in the team...
- Michael Woods (disambiguation), various including:
- Michael Woods (footballer)Michael Woods (footballer)Michael James Woods is an English professional footballer who last played for Chelsea F.C. as a midfielder.-Club career:...
- Michael Woods (politician)
- Michael Woods (footballer)
- Mimi WoodsMimi WoodsMimi J. Woods is a retired voice actress who had acted primarily in anime dubs. She is best known for being the English voice of Motoko Kusanagi in the original Ghost in the Shell film and video game. She also acted in anime films such as, The Wings of Honneamise, El Hazard, Macross Plus,...
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- Paul WoodsPaul WoodsPaul William Woods is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1977 through 1984. He currently serves as a color commentator for the Detroit Red Wings on radio station 97.1 FM The Ticket.-Career:Woods spent his...
- Penny Gordon Woods
- Pete WoodsPete WoodsPeter "Pete" Woods is a comic book artist, illustrator and penciller. He is best known for his work on titles such as Backlash, Deadpool, Robin, Catwoman, Amazons Attack and Action Comics.-Biography:...
- Peter Woods (disambiguation)Peter Woods (disambiguation)Peter Woods may refer to:* Pete Woods, American comic book artist* Peter Woods * Peter Woods -a member of the new wave band, Romeo Void...
- Phil WoodsPhil WoodsPhilip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
- Pinky WoodsPinky WoodsGeorge Rowland "Pinky" Woods was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox from 1943 to 1945. A native of Waterbury, Connecticut, the right-hander stood 6'5" and weighed 225 lbs....
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- Randy WoodsRandy WoodsRandolph Woods is a retired American professional basketball player.-La Salle:...
- Rashaun WoodsRashaun WoodsRashaun Dorrell Woods is a professional football player who recently played in the Canadian Football League prior to his release by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on June 22, 2008...
, pro football player - Ray WoodsRay WoodsRay James Woods was an American college basketball standout for Illinois in the 1910s. A guard, Woods helped lead the Fighting Illini to two Big Ten Conference championships in 1915 and 1917, with the former being an undefeated 16–0 season that resulted in a retroactive national championship...
- Ren WoodsRen WoodsRen Woods is an American film and television actress/singer, best known for her role as Fanta in Roots, and also as the girl with flowers in her hair who sang "Aquarius" in the film version of Hair. Ren Woods began her singing career as a child and released two solo albums before returning her...
- Robert Woods (disambiguation), various including:
- Robert Henry WoodsRobert Henry WoodsSir Robert Henry Woods was an Irish Independent Unionist Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament. He was born at Tullamore. He was knighted in 1913....
- Robert S. WoodsRobert S. WoodsRobert Sosebee Woods is an American actor best known for playing Bo Buchanan on the ABC soap One Life to Live, a role for which he won a 1983 Daytime Emmy Award for Lead Actor.-Early life:...
- Robert Henry Woods
- Rose Mary WoodsRose Mary WoodsRose Mary Woods was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in the Congress in 1951, through his Vice Presidency, Presidency, and until the end of his political career. Before H.R...
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- Samuel Woods (disambiguation)
- Sean WoodsSean WoodsSean Woods is an American former basketball player who is currently serving as thehead coach of the Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball team. He had previously been an assistant coach at Texas Christian University....
- Shelly WoodsShelly WoodsShelly Woods is an elite British Paralympic athlete from the suburb of Layton in Blackpool, Lancashire.Shelly started using a wheelchair at the age of 11 after a heavy fall which injured her spinal cord...
- Simon WoodsSimon WoodsSimon Woods is an English actor best known for his role as Octavian in Season 2 of the British-American television series Rome and the 2005 Pride & Prejudice as Mr. Charles Bingley...
- Skip WoodsSkip WoodsSkip Woods, is an American screenwriter, producer and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for Swordfish and the film adaptation of the Hitman video game series...
- Sparky WoodsSparky Woods-External links:*...
(born 1953), American football coach - Stacey Grenrock-WoodsStacey Grenrock-WoodsStacey Grenrock-Woods is an American writer, actress, and former correspondent on The Daily Show...
- Stanley WoodsStanley WoodsStanley Woods Dublin, an Irish motorcycle racer famous for 29 motorcycle Grand Prix wins and winning the Isle of Man TT races 10 times in his career. He was a past pupil of The High School, Dublin. Stanley started racing in 1921 on a Harley Davidson...
- Steve WoodsSteve WoodsStephen John 'Steve' Woods is an English professional footballer.-Early career:Woods was born in Davenham, Cheshire and began his career as a trainee with Stoke City, turning professional in August 1994. He made his league debut in March 1998, coming on as first half substitute for Ally Pickering...
- Stuart WoodsStuart Woods-Early life:Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, Georgia and graduated in 1959 from the University of Georgia, with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. After graduation he enrolled in the Air National Guard, spending two months in basic training before moving to New York, where he began a career in...
- Sydney S. WoodsSydney S. WoodsSidney Sterling Woods was an American fighter ace of World War II with 7 victories in Europe and the Pacific theater.-Early years:...
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- Tanya WoodsTanya WoodsTanya Barbara Magarita Woods was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Carol Starks from 2003 until 2005 several months before the end of the series.-Character Information:...
- Taryn WoodsTaryn WoodsTaryn Woods is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.Woods attended Fort Street High School. She is the daughter of David Woods and the sister of water polo international Gavin Woods.-External links:*...
- Terry WoodsTerry WoodsTerence 'Terry' Woods , is an Irish folk musician, specialising in playing the mandolin and cittern. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks and, briefly, Dr. Strangely Strange. Prior to being a founder member of...
- Terry Woods (Emmerdale)Terry Woods (Emmerdale)Terence "Terry" Woods is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Billy Hartman. He was one of the longest-serving characters in the show when he was killed off in early 2011, after 16 years.-1995–2003:...
- Thomas WoodsThomas WoodsThomas E. "Tom" Woods, Jr. is an American historian, economist, political analyst, and New York Times-bestselling author. He has written extensively on the subjects of American history, contemporary politics, and economic theory...
- Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
(born 1975), American golfer - Tim WoodsTim WoodsGeorge Burrell "Tim" Woodin was an American former professional wrestler. He was best known under his ring name Mr. Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...
- Tony WoodsTony WoodsTony Woods is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who commenced his career with Fitzroy in 1988. In 1992 he moved to Collingwood, playing 18 games before moving to Hawthorn in 1995...
- Tyrone WoodsTyrone WoodsTyrone Woods is a Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He was the 5th pick of the Montreal Expos in the MLB draft as a high school third baseman. His debut year showed no indication of the heights he would reach as a pro player...
, Nippon Professional Baseball player