Dodd (surname)

The surname Dodd is one of the first names recorded and is of Anglo-Saxon origin, stemming from a description of something round or plump.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

Government:

• Christopher Dodd (born 1944), American politician and lobbyist
• Cyril Dodd (1844–1913), British politician
• Jabez Edward Dodd (1867–1928), Western Australian politician
• Thomas J. Dodd (1907–1971), American politician and prosecutor
• William Dodd (ambassador) (1869–1940), historian and diplomat

Performing and modelling:

• Carl Nicholas Henty-Dodd (born 1935), British TV and radio presenter Simon Dee
• Cathal J. Dodd, voice actor
• Claire Dodd (1908–1973), American actress
• Dick Dodd (1945–2013), American actor and musician
• James William Dodd (1740–1796), English actor
• Jimmie Dodd (James William Dodd, 1910–1964), American actor, singer and songwriter
• Ken Dodd (1927–2018), British comedian
• Marcie Dodd, (born 1978), American stage actress and singer
• Mikyla Dodd (born 1978), British actress
• Molly Dodd (1921–1981), American actress
• Rory Dodd, singer
• Steve Dodd, Australian actor

Sports figures:

• Bobby Dodd (1908–1988), American college football coach
• Brad Dodd (born 1977), Australian Rules footballer
• Jason Dodd (born 1970), English footballer
• Jimmie Dodd (1910–1964), Mickey Mouse Club MC
• Jimmy Dodd (footballer) (born 1933), English footballer
• Joe Dodd, English pro darts player
• Karl Dodd (born 1980), Australian soccer player
• Marjorie Dodd, tennis player
• Mark Dodd (born 1965), American soccer player
• Robert Dodd (baseball) (born 1973), American baseball player
• Robert Dodd (footballer), English association footballer
• Sean Dodd (born 1984), British boxer
• Stephen Dodd (born 1966), Welsh golfer
• Steven Dodd (born 1983), Australian Rules footballer
• Travis Dodd (born 1980), Australian soccer player

Creators of expressive works:

• Anna Bowman Dodd (1858–1929), American author
• Bella Dodd (1904–1969), author
• Derrick Dodd, the pen-name of Frank Harrison Gassaway, American humorist and poet
• Ed Dodd (1902–1991), American cartoonist
• Francis Dodd (1874–1949), artist
• James Dodd (artist), Australian artist
• Lamar Dodd (1909–1996), American painter
• Lynley Dodd (born 1941), New Zealand children's writer
• Maurice Dodd (1922–2005), English cartoonist
• Robert Dodd (artist) (1748–1815), British marine painter

Academics and educators:

• A. H. Dodd (1891–1975), Welsh historian
• C. H. Dodd (1884–1973), Welsh Bible scholar
• Charles Dodd (c.1671–1743), pseudonym of British historian Hugh Tootell
• David Dodd (1895–1988), economist and educator
• P. W. Dodd (1889–1931), Welsh classicist
• Sandra Dodd (born 1953), American unschooling advocate
• Stuart C. Dodd (1900–1975), sociologist

Others:

• Clifford Dodd, Australian radio executive
• Coxsone Dodd (1932–2004), Jamaican record producer
• Dana Dodd (1985–2006), American murder victim, formerly known as "Lavender Doe"
• David Owen Dodd (1846–1864), hanged as a Confederate spy in the American Civil War
• James Dodd (disambiguation), several people, including

• James Jonas Dodd (1863–1925), English political activist
• James Munro Dodd (1915–1986), marine biologist

• Josiah Eustace Dodd (1856–1952), South Australian pipe organ builder
• Martha Dodd (1908–1990), American spy
• Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899), American publisher
• Ralph Dodd (1756—1822), English civil engineer and marine painter.
• Robert Dodd (disambiguation), several people, including

• Robert F. Dodd (1844–1903), Canadian soldier who fought in the American Civil War

• Sonora Smart Dodd (1882–1978), American activist and founder of Father's Day
• Townsend F. Dodd (1886–1919), American aviator, first US pilot to receive the Distinguished Service Medal
• Westley Allan Dodd (1961–1993), American serial killer
• William Dodd (clergyman) (1729–1777), British religious leader, scholar and forger