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Woods (surname)

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Woods
Origin
Region of originEngland, Scotland, Ireland

Woods is a common surname of English, Scottish and Irish origin.[1][2]

People with this surname include:

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  • Ickey Woods (born 1966), American football player
  • Ilene Woods (1929–2010), American actress and singer, voice of Disney's Cinderella

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  • Nan Woods (born Susan Nan Woods, 1966), American actress in the ABC television series China Beach
  • Ngaire Woods (born 1962/1963), New Zealand-born founding dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford
  • Nic Woods Nicholas Woods (born 1995), New Zealand field hockey player

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  • Oscar "Buddy" Woods (born c.1900-1903–1955), American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

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  • Qyntel Woods (born 1981), American professional basketball player

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  • Randy Woods Randolph Woods (born 1970), American professional basketball player
  • Rashaun Woods (born 1980), American pro football player
  • Ray Woods (1895–1965), American college basketball standout for Illinois in the 1910s
  • Ray Woods (footballer) (born 1965), footballer with Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Coventry City and Shrewsbury Town
  • Renn Woods (previously Ren Woods, born 1958), American film, television and stage actress, vocalist and songwriter
  • Robin Woods (1914–1997), English bishop
  • Robert Woods (disambiguation), several people
  • Rose Mary Woods (1917–2005), Richard Nixon's secretary from 1951 through the end of his political career
  • Roy Woods (born 1996), Canadian singer, rapper and songwriter

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  • Samuel Woods (disambiguation), several people
  • Seamus Woods, 1920s Irish Republican Army leader
  • Sean Woods (born 1970), American basketball player and coach
  • Shelly Woods (Rochelle "Shelly" Woods) (born 1986), British wheelchair racer, competed in two Paralympic Games
  • Simeon Woods Richardson (born 2000), American baseball player
  • Simon Woods (born 1980), English actor in the British-American TV series Rome and the BBC1 series Cranford
  • Skip Woods (born 1970), American screenwriter, producer and film director
  • Sparky Woods (born 1953), American football coach
  • Stacey Grenrock-Woods (born 1968), American writer, actress, and correspondent on The Daily Show
  • Stanley Woods (1903–1993), Irish motorcycle racer in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Steve Woods (Stephen John Woods) (born 1976), English footballer with Chesterfield, Plymouth Argyle, Stoke City and Torquay United
  • Stevie Woods (musician) (1951–2014), American R&B singer
  • Stuart Woods (1938–2022), American novelist
  • Sydney Woods (1853 – after 1895), merchant and politician in Newfoundland
  • Sydney S. Woods Sidney Sterling Woods (1917–1989), American fighter ace of World War II
  • Symere Woods (born 1994), American rapper known professionally as Lil Uzi Vert

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  • Vincent Woods (born 1960), Irish poet, playwright and RTÉ Radio 1 arts show host

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References

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  1. ^ Woods at Internet Surname Database. Accessed 8 September 2011
  2. ^ Irish Ancestors: Woods at Irish Times. Accessed 8 September 2011