# Heywood (surname)

Heywood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abel Heywood (1810–1893), English politician
* Angela Heywood (1840–1935), United States suffragist, socialist, abolitionist
* Anne Heywood (born 1932), British film actress
* Arthur Heywood (1849–1916), 3rd Baronet, experimental railway builder
* Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1835–1897), English rower and Canadian landowner
* Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865), 1st of the Heywood Baronets, English banker and philanthropist
* Bernard Heywood (1871–1960), English bishop
* Charles Heywood (1803–1853), a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, who had distinguished himself in the Mexican–American War and father of Charles Heywood (1839–1915).
* Charles Heywood (1839–1915), United States general
* Charles D. Heywood (1881–1957), minor United States businessman
* Doug Heywood (1924–2002), Australian rules footballer
* Eddie Heywood (1915–1989), United States jazz musician
* Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), United States radical
* Frances Heywood (1902 – 1994) British metallurgist and engineer
* George Heywood (1907–1985), English footballer
* Herbert Heywood (footballer) (1913–unknown), English footballer
* Herbert Heywood (actor)
* Hugh Heywood (1896–1987), Anglican priest
* Jamie Heywood (born 1966), United States engineer, and director of ALS Therapy Development Foundation
* James Heywood (philanthropist) (1810–1897), British politician
* Jasper Heywood (1535–1598), English scholar and translator
* Jean Heywood (1921–2019), British actress
* Jeff Heywood (born 1951), United States racing driver
* Jeremy Heywood (1961–2018), British civil servant
* Joanne Heywood, British actress
* John Heywood, 16th century English writer
* John B. Heywood (photographer), 19th century United States photographer
* John B. Heywood, Engineer, Professor
* John D. Heywood, 19th century United States photographer
* Joseph L. Heywood (1815–1910), bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* Joseph Lee Heywood (1837–1876), victim of bank robbery
* Matthew Heywood (born 1979), English footballer
* Neil Heywood (1970–2011), British businessman murdered in China
* Oliver Heywood (1825–1892), English banker and philanthropist
* Oliver Heywood (minister) (1630–1702), English nonconformist minister
* Pat Heywood (born 1927), British actress
* Paul Heywood, British academic
* Peter Heywood (1772–1831), British naval officer
* Phil Heywood, United States musician
* Ralph Heywood (1921–2007), American football player and marine
* Richard Heywood (bishop) (1867–1955), Anglican Bishop
* Richard Heywood (MP) (by 1520 – 1570)
* Samuel Heywood (Berkeley) (1833–1903), minor United States businessman
* Samuel Heywood (chief justice) (1753–1828), British lawyer
* Stephen Heywood (1969–2006), United States architect and ALS campaigner
* Suzanne Heywood (born 1969), British business executive
* Thomas Heywood (died 1641), English actor and playwright
* Thomas Heywood (railway engineer) (died 1953) British locomotive engineer
* Thomas Percival Heywood (1823–1897), 2nd Baronet
* Thomas Heywood (antiquarian) (1797–1866), English member of the Chetham Society
* Thomas Heywood (organist) (born 1974)
* Tim Heywood (1914–2006), British soldier and farmer
* Vernon Heywood (1927–2022), British botanist