List of Famous people with last name Wood
Aimee Lou Wood
Aimée Lou Wood is an English actress. She is best known for her debut role as Aimee Gibbs in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Sex Education.
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress, model, and musician. She is the recipient of a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as three Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations for her work in film and television.
L. Lin Wood
Lucian Lincoln "Lin" Wood Jr. is an American attorney and conspiracy theorist based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Lana Wood
Lana Wood is an American actress and film producer. She played Sandy Webber on the TV series Peyton Place and Plenty O'Toole in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. Her sister was film star Natalie Wood.
Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood is an American actor, voice actor, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).
Lauren Wood
Lauren Wood, also known as Chunky, is an American singer-songwriter, voice-over artist and producer. Her 1989 single "Fallen" was used in the 1990 movie Pretty Woman, even though it was recorded eight years earlier. In 1979 she recorded "Please Don't Leave", a duet with singer Michael McDonald.
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood is an English rock musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, artist, author and radio personality best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Alex Wood
Robert Alexander Wood is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds.
Kimba Wood
Kimba Maureen Wood is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Wood has presided over many high-profile cases involving such figures as "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken, Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate Dean Skelos, and Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen.
Bobby Wood
Bobby Shou Wood is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake.
Chris Wood
Christopher Charles Wood is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kai Parker in the sixth season of the CW's television series The Vampire Diaries in 2014, after previously appearing on The CW's The Carrie Diaries in the role of writer Adam Weaver in 2013. He also starred in the 2016 CW television series Containment in the leading role of Atlanta police officer Jake Riley. From 2016 to 2018, he played Mon-El on the CW superhero series Supergirl.
Christian Wood
Christian Marquise Wood is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UNLV Runnin' Rebels. He has also played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, and Detroit Pistons.
Chris Wood
Christopher Grant Wood is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Burnley and for the New Zealand national team, of which he is vice-captain.
Levison Wood
Major Levison James Wood is a British Army officer and explorer. He is best known for his extended walking expeditions in Africa, Asia and Central America.
Jake Wood
Jake Dylan Wood is an English actor, known for his roles as Jackson and Max Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He has also made guest appearances in series including Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf. In 2014, Wood competed on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dancer Janette Manrara. In the United States, he is known as the voice of the GEICO gecko. In 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver.
Cathie Wood
Catherine D. Wood is the founder, CEO, and CIO of ARK Investment Management LLC, an investment management firm that managed the largest actively-managed exchange-traded fund in 2020. Wood was named the best stock picker of 2020 by Bloomberg News editor-in-chief emeritus Matthew A. Winkler, and in January 2021, Wood's Ark Investment Management filed plans for ARK Space Exploration ETF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to "primarily track U.S. and global companies engaged in space exploration and innovation."
Roy Wood
Roy Wood is an English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the Move, Electric Light Orchestra and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands. Altogether he had more than 20 singles in the UK Singles Chart under various guises, including three UK No. 1 hits.
Jo Wood
Josephine Wood is an English model, television personality, and entrepreneur. She is the former wife of The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. She accompanied him regularly on tour, looking after his wardrobe and diet.
Mark Wood
Mark Andrew Wood is an English cricketer. Wood is a right-arm fast bowler who also bats right-handed. He represents England internationally in all forms of the game, and plays domestic cricket for Durham. Wood was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Danny Wood
Daniel William Wood is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor. He is also a member of the American boy band New Kids on the Block and also serves as one of the key choreographers.