Woodward

Woodward is a common English surname meaning "ward of the wood" or "guardian of the wood". [http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/browse.php?letter=w]

When used in isolation, the name Woodward usually refers to one of the following people:
* Bob Woodward (1943–), American journalist and author (of "Woodward and Bernstein" fame)
* Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist

People

* Alan Woodward (1946–), former British soccer player
* Alfred Woodward (1913–), American jurist, and father of Bob Woodward
* Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944), British paleontologist
* Augustus B. Woodward (1774–1827), first Chief Justice of the Michigan Territory
* Bob Woodward (1943–), American journalist and author
* C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999), American historian
* Chris Woodward (1976–), American Major League Baseball player
* Clive Woodward (1956–), British rugby coach
* Dani Woodward (1981–, or 1984–), American adult-film actress
* David Woodward (1961-), British carpenter
* Edward Woodward, Jr. (1847–1923), British druggist and chemist
* Edward Woodward (1930–), British actor
* Emma Woodward (1993–), British former child actress
* Eric Woodward (1899–1967), Governor of New South Wales (Australia)
* George Moutard Woodward (1760-1809), amateur British painter and caricaturist
* Gerard Woodward (1961–), British novelist and poet
* Harry M. Woodward, American geologist
* Henry Woodward (inventor), Canadian medical student and inventor
* Henry Woodward (geologist) (1832–1921), British geologist
* James G. Woodward (1840–1923), American newspaperman and politician, serving as a four-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
* James T. Woodward (1837–1910), American banker and owner of a major thoroughbred horse dynasty
* Joanne Woodward (1930–), American actress
* John Woodward (naturalist) (1665–1728), English naturalist and geologist
* John Woodward (footballer) (1949–), Scottish former footballer
* Jonathan M. Woodward (1973-), American actor
* Keren Woodward (1961–), British singer and songwriter; former member of Bananarama
* Llewellyn Woodward (1890–1971), British historian
* Louise Woodward (1978–), British "au pair" implicated in a baby-shaking death in the 1990s
* Lucy Woodward (1977–), singer/songwriter
* Pfc. Luther Woodward (???-???), World War II veteran. Awarded the bronze star during World War II. Highest decoration for an African American during World War II
* Mark R. Woodward (1952-), American academic
* Micky Woodward, chairman of Grays Athletic F.C.
* Peter Woodward (1956–), British actor (son of Edward Woodward)
* Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist
* Roger Woodward (1944–), Australian pianist
* Samuel Woodward (1790–1838), British geologist and antiquarian
* Sandy Woodward (1932–), British admiral
* Shannon Marie Woodward (1984-), American actress
* Shaun Woodward (1958–), British politician
* Vivian Woodward (1879–1954), British amateur football (soccer) player
* William Woodward, Sr. (1876–1953), American banker and horse breeder
* Woody Woodward (1942–), American Major League Baseball player

Places

;United States
* Woodward, Iowa
* Woodward, Oklahoma
* Woodward, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
* Woodward County, Oklahoma
* Woodward Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Woodward Township, Pennsylvania
* Woodward Avenue, a Michigan state highway

;United Kingdom
* Woodward, Witney

Businesses

* Woodward Governor Company, American maker of energy devices
* Woodward & Lothrop, American department store chain
* Woodward's, Canadian department store chain
** The Woodward's building in Vancouver, British Columbia

Education

* Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia (U.S.)
* Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio), the oldest public high school still in operation in the United States
* Dartmouth College v. Woodward, an 1819 U.S. Supreme Court case

Other uses

* Woodward Camp, a youth summer camp in Pennsylvania
* Woodward Dream Cruise, a classic car event held in Michigan
* Woodward-Hoffmann rules may predict the stereochemistry of pericyclic reactions
* Glazier-Higgins-Woodward tornadoes

ee also

* Woodard (note different spelling)