C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian

Woodward Avenue, a major street in Detroit, Michigan, and Oakland County

Robert Burns Woodward(1917–1979), Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist

Bob Woodward (1943–), American journalist and author

Woodward, Oklahoma

Louise Woodward (1978–), British au pair implicated in a baby-shaking death in the 1990s

Isaac Woodward incident

Clive Woodward (1956–), British rugby coach

Woodward & Lothrop (American department store chain)

Joanne Woodward (1930–), American actress

Woodward Avenue, a Michigan state highway

Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory

David Woodward (1961-), British carpenter

Woodward's building

Henry Woodward, Canadian medical student and inventor

Edward Woodward (1930–), British actor

Dartmouth College v. Woodward

Woodward County, Oklahoma

Shaun Woodward (1958–), British politician

Woodward's (Canadian department store chain)

William Woodward, Sr. (1876–1953), American banker and horse breeder

Woodward Dream Cruise

Woodward Career Technical High School, the oldest public high school still in operation in the United States

Woodward, Iowa

Alan Woodward (1946–), former British Soccer Player

Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia (U.S.)

John Woodward (1665–1728), English naturalist and geologist

Woodward, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place

Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes

Peter Woodward (1956–), British actor (son of Edward Woodward)

Woodward Governor Company is the world's oldest and largest independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of energy control solutions for aircraft engines, industrial engines and turbines, power generation and mobile industrial equipment. Its headquarters is located in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Keren Woodward (1961–), British singer and songwriter; former member of Bananarama

Lucy Woodward (1977–), singer/songwriter

Dani Woodward (1981–, or 1984–), American adult-film actress

Chris Woodward (1976–), American Major League Baseball player

Samuel Woodward (1790–1838), British geologist and antiquarian

Roger Woodward (1944–), Australian pianist

James Woodward (1840–1923), former mayor of Atlanta (U.S.)

William "Woody" Woodward (1942–), American Major League Baseball player

Woodward Camp, a youth summer camp in Pennsylvania

Vivian "Viv" Woodward (1879–1954), British amateur football (soccer) player

George Moutard Woodward (1760-1809), amateur British painter and caricaturist

Shannon Marie Woodward (1984-), American actress

Jonathan M. Woodward (1973-), American actor

Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944), British paleontologist

Sandy (John) Woodward (1932–), British Admiral

Roger Woodward (1953–), American known for surviving an accidental plunge over Niagara Falls as a child

Llewellyn Woodward (1890–1971), British historian

Woodward Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Gerard Woodward (1961–), British novelist and poet

Henry Woodward (1832–1921), British geologist

Emma Woodward (1993–), British former child actress

Woodward Township, Pennsylvania

Eric Woodward (1899–1967), Governor of New South Wales (Australia)

Mark R. Woodward (1952-), American academic

Harry M. Woodward, American geologist

Woodward is a common English surname meaning "ward of the wood" or "guardian of the wood". [1] When used in isolation, the name Woodward usually refers to one of the following people: