William Wood Explained

William Wood may refer to:

Banking

William Wood (banker, born 1808) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker
William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor

William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), American theatre manager and actor
William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist
Will Wood, American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms
Merlyn Wood (William Anku Kraka Mawuli Andoh Wood Jr., born 1996), American vocalist for the band Brockhampton

William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service
W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam
Sir William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant
William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel in 1965
William Braucher Wood (born 1950), American diplomat, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Colombia

William Wood (Berkshire MP), Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1395
William Wood (Winchester MP), MP for Winchester, 1413–1416
William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman and Lord Chancellor
William Wood (Pontefract MP) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract
William Wood (politician, born 1827) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician, MP for Invercargill and Mataura
William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature (1887–1888)
William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician
William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana
William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), member of the New South Wales Parliament
William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Canadian Presbyterian minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and mint master
William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English mill owner, Wesleyan Methodist preacher and mayor of Bradford
William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian mill owner and political figure in Ontario
William Madison Wood (1858–1926), American textile mill owner in Massachusetts
William B. Wood (builder) (fl. 1890s), American building contractor in Kentucky
Sir William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), Irish-born president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947

William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy
- USS William M. Wood, the name of three ships of the U.S. Navy (two canceled, one built)
William W. Wood (1818–1882), U.S. Navy engineer and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering
William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general

William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke
William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale
William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender for Burnley and Yeovil Town
William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer for several teams including Blackburn Rovers and Burnley
Will Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English football defender for several teams including Ebbsfleet United

William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer
William Wood (runner) (1881–1940), English-born Canadian marathon runner
William Wood (wrestler) (1886–1971), British wrestler
William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist
William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American gridiron football coach and United States Army officer
William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver

William Henry Wood (fl. 1860s), British trade union leader
William H. Wood, American labor union leader, first president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–1890
William Wood (trade unionist, born 1873) (1873–1956), British trade union leader

William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet
William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect
William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian
William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher
William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973
William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter