# Hood (surname)

Hood is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

## Real people
### Academics

* Alan Hood, professor at the University of St Andrews
* Christopher Hood (born 1947), Oxford professor
* Hugh Hood (1928–2000), Canadian novelist and professor
* John Hood (born 1952), New Zealand businessman and administrator
* Joseph Douglas Hood (1889–1966), American entomologist
* Leroy Hood (born 1938), American biologist
* Paul Hood (died 1668), English academic administrator
* Sinclair Hood (1917–2021), Irish archaeologist and academic
* William Hood, American art historian

### Athletes

* Bruce Hood (1936–2018), Canadian author, businessman, politician, and NHL referee
* Edmund Hood (1898–1990), Australian rules footballer
* Elijah Hood (born 1996), American football player
* Enoch Hood (1861–1940), English footballer
* Frank Hood (1908–1955), American football player
* Graham Hood (born 1972), Canadian middle-distance runner
* Leslie Hood (1876–1932), English rugby player
* Marjorie Hood (20th century), American baseball player
* Peter Hood, Chairman of the Bradford Bulls (an English rugby league club)
* Roderick Hood (born 1981), American football player
* Rodney Hood (born 1992), American basketball player

### Entertainers

* Adam Hood (21st century), American musician
* Amber Hood (born 1970), American actress
* Calum Hood (born 1996), Australian bassist from the band 5 Seconds of Summer
* Darla Hood (1931–1979), American actress
* Dave Hood (born 1950), American actor
* David Hood (born 1943), American musician
* Dictynna Hood, British film director and screenwriter
* Florence Hood (1880–1968), Australian-born Canadian violinist
* Gavin Hood (born 1963), South African director
* Joey Hood (born 1976), voice actor
* Kate Hood, Australian actress
* Kit Hood (1943–2020), Canadian television director
* Morag Hood (1942–2002), Scottish actress
* Patterson Hood (born 1964), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Robert Hood (born 1965), American music producer and DJ

### Military personnel

* Admiral Hood (disambiguation), multiple people with the surname who were admirals
* Alexander Hood (1758–1798), English Royal Navy officer
* Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), English Royal Navy officer
* Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824–1901), English Royal Navy officer
* Charles Hood (1826–1883), English British Army officer
* Francis Grosvenor Hood (1809–1855), English British Army officer
* Horace Hood (1870–1916), English Royal Navy admiral
* John Hood (naval officer) (1859–1919), American U.S. Navy admiral
* John Bell Hood (1831–1879), American Confederate general
* Michael John Hood (born 1967), Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant General, Commander RCAF
* Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), English Royal Navy officer
* Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762–1814), English Royal Navy officer
* Washington Hood (1808–1840), American soldier and surveyor

### Politicians

* Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician
* Clark L. Hood (1847–1920), American politician
* Dave Hood Jr. (1954–2019), American politician and judge
* Dennis Hood (born 1970), Australian politician
* Glenda Hood (born 1950), former secretary of state for Florida
* Jim Hood (born 1962), Attorney General of Mississippi
* Jimmy Hood (1948–2017), politician in the United Kingdom
* John Hood (Australian politician) (1817–1877), MP in Victoria, Australia
* Morris Hood Jr. (1934–1998), American politician
* Morris Hood III (1965–2020), American politician
* Nicholas Hood (1923–2016), American politician
* Raymond W. Hood (1936–2002), American politician
* Ron Hood (born 1969), American politician
* Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868), British politician and peer

### Writers

* Basil Hood (1864–1917), British librettist and lyricist
* Daniel Hood, American novelist
* Sam Hood (1872–1953), Australian photographer and photojournalist
* Sean Hood (born 1966), American screenwriter
* Stuart Hood (1915–2011), Scottish novelist and former controller of the BBC
* Thomas Hood (1799–1845), British poet and humorist
* Tom Hood (1835–1874), English humorist and playwright

### Others

* Archibald Hood (1823–1902), Scottish coalowner
* Cherry Hood (born 1959), Australian artist
* George Hood, (1891–1928), New Zealand pioneer aviator who perished attempting the first flight across the Tasman Sea.
* James Hood (1942–2013), one of the first black students to enroll in the University of Alabama
* Rance Hood (1941–2024), Comanche artist
* Raymond Hood (1881–1934), early twentieth-century architect
* William Charles Hood (1824-1870), English doctor

## Fictional characters

* Baby Bonnie Hood, fictional character
* Red Hood, fictional character in DC Comics
* Robin Hood, English folk hero from medieval legends
* Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, a fictional character in the Halo video-game franchise