William Wood may refer to: Politicians William Wood (MP for Berkshire), Member of Parliament (MP) for Berkshire, 1395 William Wood (15th century MP), MP for Winchester, 1413 William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman William Wood (MP for Pontefract) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract William Wood (New Zealand politician) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician from Invercargill & Mataura William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953) William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam William Braucher Wood (born 1950), US diplomat William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian manufacturer and political figure William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English mill owner, Wesleyan Methodist preacher and mayor of Bradford, Yorkshire Sportspeople William Wood (wrestler) (1888–?), British wrestler William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer Will Wood (footballer), English football defender, born 1996 William Wood (footballer, born 1904), footballer, played for Manchester City, Newcastle United and Rochdale between 1926 and 1928. William Wood (athlete) (1881–1940), Canadian track and field athlete William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), college football coach William Wood (diver), English diver Other people William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster, best known for a notorious issue of Irish coins and the 'Rosa Americana' British America coins William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English Unitarian clergyman, botanist and activist William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian William Wood (trade unionist) (1872/73–1956), British trade union leader William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), theatre manager and actor William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858) William B. Wood (builder), American builder/contractor in Kentucky William H. Wood, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–90 William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect William Henry Wood, British trade unionist, active in the 1860s William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher William Madison Wood (1858–1926), mill owner from Massachusetts William