William Wood may refer to:
Banking William Wood (banker, born 1808) (1808–1894), Scottish-American banker William Henry O'Malley Wood (1856–1941), Australian banker, public servant and surveyor
Entertainment William B. Wood (actor) (1779–1861), American theatre manager and actor William Wood (ventriloquist) (c. 1861–1908), American illusionist and ventriloquist Will Wood, American alternative singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Tapeworms Merlyn Wood (William Anku Kraka Mawuli Andoh Wood Jr., born 1996), American vocalist for the band Brockhampton
Government Civil servants William P. Wood (1820–1903), first director of the United States Secret Service W. A. R. Wood (William Alfred Rae Wood) (1878–1970), British diplomat in Siam Sir William Alan Wood (1916–2010), British civil servant William McKenzie Wood, Canadian ambassador to Israel in 1965 William Braucher Wood (born 1950), American diplomat, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Colombia
Politicians William Wood (Berkshire MP), member of parliament for Berkshire, 1395 William Wood (Winchester MP), MP for Winchester, 1413–1416 William Wood (Virginia politician) (fl. 1830–1844), member of the Virginia House of Delegates William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801–1881), British statesman and Lord Chancellor William Wood (Pontefract MP) (1816–1872), British MP for Pontefract William Wood (politician, born 1827) (1827–1884), New Zealand politician, MP for Invercargill and Mataura William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas Legislature (1887–1888) William Thomas Wood (1854–1943), New Zealand politician W. D. Wood (William D. Wood, 1858–1917), mayor of Seattle William R. Wood (Indiana politician) (1861–1933), U.S. representative from Indiana William Wood (Australian politician) (1869–1953), member of the New South Wales Parliament William Robertson Wood (1874–1947), Canadian Presbyterian minister and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Industry William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster and mint master William Willis Wood (mayor) (1844–1905), English mill owner, Wesleyan Methodist preacher and mayor of Bradford William Bruce Wood (1848–1928), Canadian mill owner and political figure in Ontario William Madison Wood (1858–1926), American textile mill owner in Massachusetts William B. Wood (builder) (fl. 1890s), American building contractor in Kentucky Sir William Valentine Wood (1883–1959), Irish-born president of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947
Military William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy USS William M. Wood, the name of three ships of the U.S. Navy (two canceled, one built) William W. Wood (1818–1882), U.S. Navy engineer and head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering William D. Wood (1822–1867), American Union brevet brigadier general William T. Wood (1854–1943), officer in the United States Army
Science and medicine William Wood (botanist) (1745–1808), English botanist and Unitarian minister William Wood (zoologist) (1774–1857), English entomologist William Wood (Scottish surgeon) (1782–1858), Scottish surgeon William Wood (naturalist) (1822–1885), American physician and naturalist William Barry Wood III (1938–2024), American molecular and developmental biologist
Sports Football (soccer) William Wood (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English football player for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke William Wood (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English footballer, goalkeeper for Rochdale William Wood (footballer, born April 1910) (1910–?), English football defender for Burnley and Yeovil Town William Wood (footballer, born June 1910) (1910–1958), English footballer for several teams including Blackburn Rovers and Burnley Will Wood (footballer) (born 1996), English football defender for several teams including Ebbsfleet United
Other sports William Wood (toxophilite) (1609–1691), English archer William Wood (cricketer) (1849–1924), Australian cricketer William Wood (runner) (1881–1940), English-born Canadian marathon runner William Wood (wrestler) (1886–1971), British wrestler William Wood (rower) (1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist William H. Wood (American football) (1900–1988), American gridiron football coach and United States Army officer William Wood (diver) (1946–2000), English competition diver
Trade unions William Henry Wood (fl. 1860s), British trade union leader William H. Wood, American labor union leader, first president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, 1889–1890 William Wood (trade unionist, born 1873) (1873–1956), British trade union leader
Others William Wightman Wood (fl. 1804–1833), American journalist, businessman and poet William Halsey Wood (1855–1897), American architect William Charles Henry Wood (1864–1947), Canadian historian William J. Wood (1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher William Ransom Wood (1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973 William Wood (screenwriter), American screenwriter
See also Bill Wood (disambiguation) Willie Wood (disambiguation) William Woods (disambiguation) William Wood-Sims (1858–1925), English cricketer