Woodford (surname)

Woodford is a surname originally referring to places located near a river crossing in a forest. The surname Woodforde is pronounced similarly.

The surname Woodford is shared by:

• Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford (1821–1887), pioneering historian of Freemasonry
• Arthur B. Woodford (1861–1946), American economist, university professor, grammar school rector, and football coach
• Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870), senior British Army officer and colonial administrator
• Charles Woodford (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Woodford (1915–1966), English footballer with Norwich City and Southampton
• Howard E. Woodford (1921–1945), United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• James Woodford (bishop) (1820–1885), Bishop of Ely (since 1873)
• James Woodford (1893–1976), English sculptor
• Jeanne Woodford, Executive Director of Death Penalty Focus, former Warden of San Quentin State Prison and Undersecretary and Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
• Josh Woodford (Singer-songwriter), Swan Levitt (1992-present)
• John Woodford several people, including:

• John Woodford (Australian cricketer) (1881–1949), Australian cricketer
• John Woodford (English cricketer) (born 1943), English cricketer
• John Woodford (MP) for Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)
• Jack Woodford (1894–1971), American writer
• John George Woodford (1785–1879), British Army officer

• Kevin Woodford (born 1950), British TV chef and actor
• Larry Woodford, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2010)
• Les Woodford (1897–1965), Australian rules footballer
• Matthew Woodford (1738–1807), Archdeacon of Winchester (1795–1807)
• Michael Woodford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Neil Woodford (born 1960), British fund manager
• Nina Woodford, Swedish song writer
• Sir Ralph James Woodford (1784–1828), Governor of Trinidad 1813-1828
• Oswald Langdon Woodford (1827–1870), American Congregationalist minister, teacher, and politician
• Rick Woodford (1948–2006), member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1985–2003), mayor of Cormack
• Robert Woodford (17th-century diarist) (1606–1654), English lawyer
• Robert J. Woodford (born 1936), expert on the Latter Day Saint movement
• Stewart L. Woodford (1835-1913), American politician
• William Woodford (politician) (1858–1944), Canadian politician from Newfoundland
• William Woodford (1734–1780), American general

• Edith Woodford-Grimes (also known as Dafo; 1887–1975), one of the earliest known English Wiccan
• Sue Woodford-Hollick, Lady Hollick (born 1945), British businesswoman
• Eluned Woodford-Williams (1913–1984), British geriatrician

The surname Woodforde is shared by:

• Anna Maria Woodforde (1757–1830), English housekeeper and diarist
• Christopher Woodforde (1907–1962), Anglican priest, Dean of Wells (1959–1962)
• James Woodforde (1740–1803), English author of The Diary of a Country Parson, published posthumously
• Dr John Woodforde (1808–1866), early settler of Adelaide, South Australia
• Mark Woodforde (born 1965), Australian professional tennis player
• Samuel Woodforde (1763–1817), English painter

• Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919), Chilean composer