Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages.[citation needed]
Notable Woodcocks
edit- Ashley Woodcock (born 1947), Australian cricketer
- Bill Woodcock (born 1971), American computer scientist
- Bruce Woodcock (boxer) (1921–1997), English boxer
- Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst) (born 1970), computer games analyst
- Carla Woodcock (born 1998), English actress
- Charles Woodcock (1850–1923), lover of King Karl of Württemberg
- Cheryl Woodcock, American producer and TV personality
- George Woodcock (1912–1995), Canadian writer and historian
- George Woodcock (cricketer) (1894–1968), batsman
- George Woodcock (trade unionist) (1904–1979), English trade unionist
- Janet Woodcock (born 1948), American physician, acting Commissioner of the FDA
- Jim Woodcock, British computer scientist
- John A. Woodcock Jr. (born 1950), United States federal judge
- John Woodcock (American football) (1954–1998), American football player
- John Woodcock (cricket writer) (1926–2021), British cricket writer and journalist
- John Woodcock (magistrate) (born 1967), Italian prosecutor
- John Woodcock (martyr) (1603–1646), English Franciscan martyr
- John Woodcock (politician) (born 1978), British politician
- Jonathan Woodcock (born 1962), Royal Navy officer
- Kim Joanne Woodcock Lukas (born 1977), British-Italian pop singer known as Kim Lukas
- Leonard F. Woodcock (1911–2001), trade union leader, American diplomat
- Leslie V. Woodcock (born 1945), chemistry professor at the University of Manchester
- Luke Woodcock (born 1982), New Zealand cricketer
- Peter Woodcock (1939–2010), Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Richard Woodcock (born 1928), developed Woodcock–Johnson tests of cognitive abilities
- Steven Woodcock (born 1964), British actor
- Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms) (born 1951), British Officer of Arms
- Thomas Woodcock (VC) (1888–1918), a British recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Tommy Woodcock (1905–1985), Australian strapper of champion horse Phar Lap
- Tony Woodcock (footballer) (born 1955), English (soccer) football player
- Tony Woodcock (rugby player) (born 1981), New Zealand rugby player
- William John Woodcock (c. 1808–1868), Anglican priest in South Australia
References
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