# John Wood

John Wood may refer to:

## Architecture

* John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect
* John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), English architect
* J. A. Wood (1837–1910), American architect

## Education

* John Wood (mathematician) (c.1775–1822), American professor of mathematics
* John Wood (design theorist) (born 1945), British professor of design
* John C. Wood (born 1949), British professor of mathematics
* John Cunningham Wood (born 1952), Australian professor of economics
* John Wood (activist) (born 1964), education activist, marketing director at Microsoft
* Sir John Wood (professor of law) (1932–2014), British law professor

## Entertainment
### Acting

* John Wood (actor, born 1909) (1909–1965), Australian actor
* John Wood (actor, born 1946), Australian actor who appeared in the police drama Blue Heelers
* John Wood (English actor) (1930–2011), Shakespearean actor
* Mrs. John Wood (1831–1915), British actor
* John Wood, birth name of actor John Fortune

### Other entertainment

* John Wood (artist) (1922–2012), American artist
* John Wood (director), pseudonym of Spanish film director Juan Bosch (1925–2015)
* John Wood (poet) (1947–2022), American poet and historian of photography
* John Wood (record producer), English record producer
* John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
* John Muir Wood (1805–1892), Scottish musician, piano manufacturer, and photographer
* John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
* John Warrington Wood (1839–1886), British sculptor
* John Wood (painter) (1801–1870), English history and portrait painter; see Commons:Category:John Wood (painter)

## Military

* John M. Wood (general), United States Air Force major general
* John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
* John Shirley Wood (1888–1966), United States Army general
* John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), U.S. Navy, Confederate Navy

## Politics
### United States

* John Atwood (colonial administrator) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, assistant governor of the Plymouth Colony
* John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
* John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), member of the Florida House of Representatives
* John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois
* John F. Wood Jr. (1936–2023), member of the Maryland House of Delegates
* John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
* John M. Wood (politician) (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
* John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
* John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho
* John William Wood Sr. (1855–1928), North Carolina state representative

### United Kingdom

* John Wood (MP for Ipswich), English MP for Ipswich in 1420
* John Wood (died 1458), English MP for Worcester and Worcestershire
* John Wood I of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
* John Wood II of Keele, English MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
* Sir John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
* John Wood (Scottish courtier) (died 1570), secretary to Regent Moray
* John Wood (MP for Bossiney) (died 1623), English MP for Bossiney
* John Wood (Isle of Man governor) (1722–1777), Governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
* John Wood (MP for Preston) (1789–1856), British MP for Preston
* John Wood (civil servant, born 1790) (1790–1856), British civil servant
* Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), British Member of Parliament
* John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), British Peoples Party
* Sir John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

### Elsewhere

* John Wood (Australian politician) (1829–1914), Victorian and Tasmanian Legislative Assemblies
* John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
* John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
* John Barrett Wood, Canadian politician in the province of Alberta in Alberta general election, 1948
* John George Corry Wood (1869–1943), English-born political figure in British Columbia

## Science

* John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
* John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
* John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist
* John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist
* John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
* John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist

## Sports
### Cricket

* John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
* John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
* John Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1839–1909), New Zealand cricketer
* John Wood (Australian cricketer) (1865–1928), Australian cricketer
* John Wood (civil servant, born 1870) (1870–1933), English cricketer
* John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer

### Football

* John Thomas Archer Wood (c. 1872–1954), English footballer
* John Wood (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1916), English footballer
* John Wood (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1959), English footballer
* John Wood (footballer, born 1948), English footballer
* John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish forward
* John Wood (American football) (born 1951), American football player
* Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer

### Other sports

* John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
* John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
* John Wood (racing driver, born 1952), CART driver
* John Wood (racing driver, born 1962), American racing driver
* John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), Great Britain, and Leigh

## Other

* John Wood (cormorant keeper), servant of James VI and I
* John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
* John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
* John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
* John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
* John Page Wood (1796–1866), English cleric and baronet
* John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
* John Wood (photographer) (dates unknown), Civil War photographer for Union Army
* John Wood, subject of Finders Keepers (2015 film)
* John D Wood & Co., a UK estate agents