Woody (name)

Woody, also spelled Woodie, is a masculine given name in its own right or a pet form of Woodrow and other names such as Elwood or Heywood. It was especially popular in the US during and after the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. It is also a surname.

Woody may refer to:

Given name or nickname

People

• Woody Abernathy (outfielder) (1908–1961), American baseball player
• Woody Abernathy (pitcher) (1915–1994), American baseball player
• Woody Allen (born 1935), American screenwriter and actor
• Woody Austin (born 1964), American golfer
• Woody Bennett (born 1956), American football player
• Woody Blackburn (born 1951), American golfer
• Woody Bledsoe (1921–1995), American mathematician and computer scientist
• Woody Bowman (1941–2015), American politician
• Woody Bredell (1884–1976), British cinematographer and actor
• Woody Brown (actor) (born 1956), American actor
• Woody Brown (surfer) (1912–2008), American surfer and designer
• Woody Campbell (American football) (born 1944), American football player
• Woody Campbell (basketball) (1925–2004), Canadian basketball player
• Woody Crowson (1918–1947), American baseball player
• Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), Native American artist
• Woody Cunningham, American vocalist and drummer and member of Kleeer
• Woodrow Dantzler (born 1979), American football player
• Woody Davis (1913–1999), American baseball player
• Woody Deck (born 1983), American poker player
• Woody De Othello (born 1991), American ceramist, painter
• Woodie Dixon, General Counsel and Vice President of Business Affairs for the Pacific-10 Conference
• Woody Dumart (1916–2001), Canadian ice hockey player
• Woody Durham (1941–2018), American sports commentator
• Woody English (1906–1997), American baseball player
• Woody Erdman (1926–1997), American sportscaster and television producer
• Woody Evans (born 1977), American librarian and author
• Woody Fair (1914–2000), American baseball player
• Woodie Flowers (1943–2019), emeritus professor of mechanical engineering
• Woody Freeman (born 1946), American businessman and politician
• Woodie Fryman (1940–2011), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Woody Gelman (1915–1978), American cartoonist and publisher
• Woody Green (born 1951), American football player
• Woody Grimshaw (1919–1974), American basketball player and coach
• Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), American singer-songwriter and folk musician
• Woody Gwyn (born 1944), American artist
• Woody Harrelson (born 1961), American actor
• Woody Harris (1911–1985), American songwriter
• Woody Hayes (1913–1987), American football player and coach
• Woodie Held (1932–2009), Major League Baseball player
• Woody Herman (1913–1987), American jazz clarinetist
• Woody Holton, American historian
• Woody Huyke (born 1937), American baseball player and manager
• Woody Jackson, American musician
• Woody Jenkins (born 1947), American newspaper editor and politician
• Woody Jensen (1907–2001), American baseball player
• Woody Johnson (born 1947), American businessman and philanthropist
• Woody Jun, Korean business academic
• Woody Keeble (1917–1982), Native American U.S. Army veteran
• Woodie King Jr. (1937–2026), African-American director and producer of stage and screen
• Woody Kling (1925–1988), American television writer and producer
• Woody Lawrence, Dominican Olympic swimmer
• Woody Lee (born 1968), American singer-songwriter and country musician
• Woody Lowe (born 1954), American football player
• Woody Main (1922–1992), American baseball player
• Woody Mann, American guitarist and jazz musician
• Woody Milintachinda (born 1976), Thai radio and TV presenter
• Woody Myers (born 1954), American physician and politician
• Woody Paul (born 1949), American singer and fiddler
• Woody Paige (born 1946), American sports journalist
• Woody Peoples (1943–2010), American football player
• Woody Pirtle, American artist
• Woody Rich (1916–1983), American baseball player
• Woody Rock (born 1976), American R&B and gospel singer and member of Dru Hill
• Woodie Salmon (born 1952), American politician
• Woody Sauldsberry (1935–2007), American basketball player
• Woody Sedlacek (1919–2004), American racehorse trainer
• Woody Shaw (1944–1989), American trumpeter and jazz musician
• Woody Smith (1927–2005), American baseball player and manager
• Woody Spring (born 1944), United States Army colonel and astronaut
• Woody Stephens (1913–1998), American racehorse trainer
• Woody Strode (1914–1994), American sportsman and actor
• Woody Sullivan (born 1944), American physicist and astronomer
• Woody Upchurch (1911–1971), American baseball player
• Woody van Amen (born 1936), Dutch visual artist
• W. S. Van Dyke (1889–1943), American film director
• Woody Vasulka (1937–2019), Czech-American video artist
• Woody Wagenhorst (1863–1946), American football and baseball player and coach
• Woody Weatherman (born 1965), American guitarist and member of Corrosion of Conformity
• Woody Wheaton (1914–1995), American baseball player
• Woodie W. White (born 1935), United Methodist Church bishop
• Woody Widenhofer (born 1943), American football coach
• Woody Williams (born 1966), American baseball player
• Woody Williams (infielder) (1912–1995), American baseball player
• Woody Williams (pitcher, born 1918) (1918–1990), American Negro league baseball pitcher
• Woody Wilson, American bass guitar player and member of Alive N Kickin'
• Woody Woodard (c. 1917–1996), American football coach
• Woody Woodbury (born 1924), American comedian and actor
• Woody Woodmansey (born 1950), British drummer known for his work with David Bowie
• Woody Woodward (born 1942), American baseball player and general manager

Fictional characters

• Woody Woodpecker, in short cartoons by the Walter Lantz animation studio and Universal Pictures
• Sheriff Woody, protagonist of the Toy Story franchise
• Woody, anthropomorphic chunk of balsa wood from the animated web series Battle for Dream Island.
• Woodrow Wilson 'Woody' Hoyt, a police detective in the TV series Crossing Jordan
• Woody Boyd, in the TV series Cheers
• Woody Fink, in the TV show The Suite Life on Deck
• Woody Goodman, in the TV series Veronica Mars
• Larry "Woody" Woodhouse, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Lazarus Long, science-fiction character born Woodrow Wilson Smith and called "Woody" by his own family

Surname

• Alanah Woody (1956–2007), American archaeologist and anthropologist
• Allen Woody (1955–2000), American bass guitarist and member of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule
• Arthur Woody (1884–1946), American forest ranger
• Damien Woody (born 1977), American football player
• Elizabeth Woody (born 1959), Native American artist
• Frank H. Woody (1833–1912), American politician and judge
• Joey Woody (born 1973), American track and field athlete
• Larry Woody, American sports writer
• Russ Woody, American author and television producer