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John Wood may refer to:
[edit] Actors/TV
[edit] Architects and designers
- John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English architect best known for Queen Square and the Circus in Bath, England
- John Wood, the Younger (1728–1782), John Wood the Elder's son, also an architect and best known for the Royal Crescent in Bath, England
- John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer and archaeologist
- John Wood (design theorist), English design theorist
[edit] Military
- John Augustus Wood (1818–1878), British soldier, Victoria Cross recipient
- John Taylor Wood (1830–1904), officer in the U.S. Navy who became a captain in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War
[edit] Political
- John Wood (died 1458), MP for Worcester (UK Parliament constituency) and Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Wood (Ipswich MP) for Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency) in 1420
- John Wood (speaker) (died 1484), English MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
- John Wood (diplomat) (born 1944), New Zealand diplomat
- John Atwood (Assistant Governor) (1576–1644), also known as John Wood, Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony
- John Barrett Wood, former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
- Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet (1857–1951), former British member of Parliament
- John Wood (congressman) (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1859–1861
- John Wood (Florida politician) (born 1952), current member of the Florida House of Representatives
- John Wood (governor) (1798–1880), governor of Illinois, 1860–1861
- John F. Wood, Jr. (born 1936), Maryland House of Delegates, U.S.
- John Fisher Wood (1852–1899), former member of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of British far-right politics and member of the British Peoples Party
- John Stephens Wood (1885–1968), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee
- John Travers Wood (1878–1954), U.S. Representative from Idaho, 1951–1953
- John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
- John M. Wood (1813–1864), U.S. Representative from Maine
- John William Wood, Sr. (1855–1928), former North Carolina State Representative, founder of Benson, North Carolina
- John Wood (Isle of Man governor), governor of the Isle of Man, 1761–1777
- Jackie Wood (1919–1993), real name Edward John Wood, footballer
- Jon Wood (born 1981), NASCAR driver
- John Wood (Kent cricketer, born 1745) (1745–1816), English cricketer
- John Wood (Surrey cricketer, born 1744) (1744–1793), English cricketer
- John Wood (cricketer, born 1970), English cricketer
- John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
- John Wood (English footballer), British footballer
- John Wood (Scottish footballer) (1894–1971), Scottish football forward
- John Wood (soccer), English footballer
- John Wood (canoer) (born 1950), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
- John Wood (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1980s for Great Britain, and Leigh
- John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), 19th-century baseball player
- John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
- John Wood (millowner) (1758–?), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
- John Wood (music producer), English popular music producer
- John Wood (Room to Read), founder and executive chairman of Room to Read
- John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
- John B. Wood (1827–1884), U.S. journalist from Maine
- John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer
- John H. Wood, Jr. (1916–1979), judge whose assassination was the first murder of a sitting U.S. federal judge during the 20th century
- John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist
- John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
- John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
- John Philip Wood (died 1838), Scottish antiquary and biographer
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