William Wood

• William Wood (banker, born 1808) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker • William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor ==Entertainment==

• William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), American theatre manager and actor • William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist • Will Wood, American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms • Merlyn Wood (William Anku Kraka Mawuli Andoh Wood Jr., born 1996), American vocalist for the band Brockhampton ==Government==

Civil servants • William P. Wood (1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service • W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam • Sir William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant • William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel in 1965 • William Braucher Wood (born 1950), American diplomat, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Colombia Politicians • William Wood (Berkshire MP), Member of Parliament for Berkshire, 1395 • William Wood (Winchester MP), MP for Winchester, 1413–1416 • William Wood (Virginia politician) (fl. 1830–1844), member of the Virginia House of Delegates • William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman and Lord Chancellor • William Wood (Pontefract MP) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract • William Wood (politician, born 1827) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician, MP for Invercargill and Mataura • William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature (1887–1888) • William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician • W. D. Wood (William D. Wood, 1858–1917), mayor of Seattle • William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana • William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), member of the New South Wales Parliament • William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Canadian Presbyterian minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ==Industry==

• William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and mint master • William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English mill owner, Wesleyan Methodist preacher and mayor of Bradford • William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian mill owner and political figure in Ontario • William Madison Wood (1858–1926), American textile mill owner in Massachusetts • William B. Wood (builder) (fl. 1890s), American building contractor in Kentucky • Sir William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), Irish-born president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947 ==Military==

• William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy • USS William M. Wood, the name of three ships of the U.S. Navy (two canceled, one built) • William W. Wood (1818–1882), U.S. Navy engineer and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering • William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general ==Science and medicine==

• William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English botanist and Unitarian minister • William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist • William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858), Scottish surgeon • William Wood (naturalist) (1822–1885), American physician and naturalist ==Sports==

Football (soccer) • William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke • William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale • William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender for Burnley and Yeovil Town • William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer for several teams including Blackburn Rovers and Burnley • Will Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English football defender for several teams including Ebbsfleet United Other sports • William Wood (toxophilite) (1609–1691), English archer • William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer • William Wood (runner) (1881–1940), English-born Canadian marathon runner • William Wood (wrestler) (1886–1971), British wrestler • William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist • William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American gridiron football coach and United States Army officer • William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver ==Trade unions==

• William Henry Wood (fl. 1860s), British trade union leader • William H. Wood, American labor union leader, first president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–1890 • William Wood (trade unionist, born 1873) (1873–1956), British trade union leader ==Others==

• William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet • William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect • William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian • William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher • William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973 • William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter ==See also==