Woodford (surname)
Introduction '''Woodford''' is a surname originally referring to places located near a river crossing in a forest. The surname '''Woodforde''' is pronounced similarly. Notable people with these surnames include:
Woodford *Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford (1821–1887), British historian of Freemasonry*Arthur B. Woodford (1861–1946), American economist, university professor, grammar school rector, and football coach*Field Marshal Sir Alexander George Woodford (1782–1870), senior British Army officer and colonial administrator*Charles Woodford (disambiguation), several people*Chauncey Woodford (1783–1841), American merchant*George Woodford (1915–1966), English footballer with Norwich City and Southampton*Howard E. Woodford (1921–1945), United States Army soldier, Medal of Honor recipient*Jake Woodford (born 1996), American baseball player*James Woodford (bishop) (1820–1885), Bishop of Ely from 1873*James Woodford (1893–1976), English sculptor*Jeanne Woodford, American former prison officer, executive director of Death Penalty Focus*John Woodford several people*Kevin Woodford (born 1950), British TV chef and actor*Larry Woodford, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (2010)*Les Woodford (1897–1965), Australian rules footballer*Matthew Woodford (1738–1807), Archdeacon of Winchester 1795–1807*Michael Woodford (disambiguation), several people*Neil Woodford (born 1960), British fund manager*Nina Woodford, Swedish songwriter*Sir Ralph Woodford (1784–1828), Governor of Trinidad 1813–1828*Oswald Langdon Woodford (1827–1870), American Congregationalist minister, teacher, and politician*Rick Woodford (1948–2006), member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (1985–2003), mayor of Cormack*Robert Woodford (17th-century diarist) (1606–1654), English lawyer*Robert J. Woodford (1936–2019), American expert on the Latter Day Saint movement*Stewart L. Woodford (1835–1913), American politician*William Woodford (politician) (1858–1944), Canadian politician from Newfoundland*William Woodford (1734–1780), American general*Edith Woodford-Grimes (also known as ''Dafo''; 1887–1975), one of the earliest known English Wiccan*Sue Woodford-Hollick (born 1945), British businesswoman and campaigner*Eluned Woodford-Williams (1913–1984), British geriatrician
Woodforde *Anna Maria Woodforde (1757–1830), English housekeeper and diarist*Christopher Woodforde (1907–1962), Anglican priest, Dean of Wells 1959–1962*James Woodforde (1740–1803), English author of ''The Diary of a Country Parson'', published posthumously*Dr John Woodforde (1808–1866), early British settler of Adelaide, South Australia*Mark Woodforde (born 1965), Australian professional tennis player*Samuel Woodforde (1763–1817), English painter*Amy Woodforde-Finden (1860–1919), Chilean composer
See also *The Woodford baronets*Woodford (disambiguation)