Hood (people)
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Hood is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Alan HoodAlan HoodAlan W. Hood is a professor in the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.He is best known for his wave heating theory involving the Coronal heating problem of the Sun's atmosphere.-External links:*...
, professor at the University of St Andrews - Adam HoodAdam HoodAdam Hood is a singer-songwriter from Opelika, Alabama, who has released studio albums, "The Shape of Things" , Adam Hood" EP , "6th Street " EP , 21 to Enter and Different Groove . He had played as a musician for years before his breakthrough around 2001...
, musician - Admiral HoodAdmiral HoodAdmiral Hood may refer to::* Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood * Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport * Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet * Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon...
, any of several officers (of that name) of the Royal Navy - Alan HoodAlan HoodAlan W. Hood is a professor in the Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.He is best known for his wave heating theory involving the Coronal heating problem of the Sun's atmosphere.-External links:*...
, a professor at St. Andrews University in Scotland - Alex HoodAlex HoodAlex Hood, also called Alex Hodd, is a Canadian actor who is known as the voice of Kenny in Beyblade.Hood has featured in other cartoons such as Arthur and Peep and the Big Wide World ....
, aka Alex Hodd, a Canadian actor - Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount BridportAlexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport|-...
- Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer), an 18th century Royal Navy officer
- Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St AudriesAlexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St AudriesAlexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries PC , known as Sir Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, Bt, until 1911, was a British Conservative Party politician...
, a British Conservative Party politician - Archibald HoodArchibald HoodArchibald Hood was a Scottish engineer and coalowner who became an important figure in the industrial growth of the Rhondda Valley. Born in Kilmarnock and brought up by his widower father, Hood received a limited education and was working in the local mine by the time he was a teenager.The son of...
, Scottish coalowner - Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of AvalonArthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of AvalonAdmiral Arthur William Acland Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon GCB , was an officer of the Royal Navy who held command during the Crimean War and later served as First Naval Lord.- Early life :...
- Baby Bonnie Hood, fictional character
- Basil HoodBasil HoodBasil Willett Charles Hood was a British librettist and lyricist, perhaps best known for writing the libretti of half a dozen Savoy Operas and for his English adaptations of operettas, including The Merry Widow. He embarked on a career in the British army, writing theatrical pieces in his spare...
, a British librettist and lyricist - Bruce HoodBruce HoodBruce Hood was born in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. He has been an author, businessman, politician, and a professional ice hockey referee in the National Hockey League .-Officiating record:...
, a former NHL referee - Cherry HoodCherry HoodCherry Hood is an Australian artist, and sometimes a portraitist. She won the 2002 Archibald Prize for her portrait, Simon Tedeschi Unplugged.- Biography :...
, an Australian artist - Christopher HoodChristopher HoodChristopher Cropper Hood CBE FBA is Gladstone Professor of Government at Oxford University, and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. From 2004–2010 he was director of the ESRC Research Programme Public Services: Quality, Performance and Delivery...
, an Oxford professor - Daniel HoodDaniel HoodDaniel Hood is an American writer of fantasy novels.He was born in Pelham, a small town just north of the Bronx. He wrote his first book in 1991, which was published in 1994.-Fanuilh series :...
, a modern American novelist - Darla HoodDarla HoodDarla Jean Hood was an American child actress, best known as the leading lady in the Our Gang series from 1935 to 1941. She was born in Leedey, Oklahoma, the only child of James Claude Hood and Elizabeth Davner...
, late child starlet, known best as Darla from Our Gang - Dave HoodDave HoodDave Hood is a writer, director, producer, and actor. Best known for his award winning entertaining and educational children's productions. He has been host of many travel oriented programs including "PM Magazine" and "Tourific Destinations" on the Discovery Channel. Hood is most recognized as the...
, - David HoodDavid HoodDavid Hood , is a bassist from Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He also plays the trombone and is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame....
, an Alabama Music Hall of Fame inductee - Dennis HoodDennis HoodDennis Garry Edward Hood is an Australian politician. He is a member of the South Australian Legislative Council, and the South Australian leader of the Family First Party.-Early life and career:...
, an Australian politician - Enoch HoodEnoch HoodEnoch "Tubby" Hood was a founder member of Port Vale F.C. and was the first recorded team captain . His brothers Jack and Harry, and nephew Edgar also played for Port Vale.-Football career:...
, English footballer - Gavin HoodGavin HoodGavin Hood is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and directing the Academy Award-winning Foreign Language Film Tsotsi...
, a South African director - George HoodMoncrieff and HoodLieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood were two New Zealanders who vanished on 10 January 1928 while attempting the first trans-Tasman flight from Australia to New Zealand...
, (1891-1928), a New Zealand pioneer aviator who perished attempting the first flight across the Tasman Sea. - Glenda HoodGlenda HoodGlenda Evans Hood is a U.S. politician, who was Secretary of State of Florida, from 2003 to 2005, and the first woman to serve as Mayor of Orlando ....
, former secretary of state for Florida - Graham HoodGraham HoodGraham Hood is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events.Hood represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992...
, Canadian middle-distance runner - Horace HoodHorace HoodRear Admiral the Honourable Sir Horace Lambert Alexander Hood KCB, DSO, MVO was a British Royal Navy admiral of the First World War, whose lengthy and distinguished service saw him engaged in operations around the world, frequently participating in land campaigns as part of a shore brigade...
, - Hugh HoodHugh HoodHugh John Blagdon Hood, OC was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor....
, a Canadian novelist and professor - James HoodJames HoodJames Hood was one of the first African Americans to enroll at the University of Alabama in 1963 and was made famous when Alabama Governor George Wallace blocked him from enrolling at the all-white university....
, one of the first blacks to enroll in the University of Alabama - Jim HoodJim HoodJames Matthew "Jim" Hood is the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Mississippi. A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, having defeated the Republican nominee Scott Newton. A former District Attorney, Hood succeeded Mike Moore....
, Attorney General of Mississippi - Jimmy HoodJimmy HoodJames "Jimmy" Hood is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East since 2005...
, a politician in the United Kingdom - Joey HoodJoey HoodJoey Hood is an actor and voice actor from Austin, TX. He mostly did roles for anime that were owned by ADV Films.-Anime Roles:*Dai-Guard - Shunsuke Akagi*Devil Lady - Takeshi Maki*Getbackers - Kyouji Kagami*Jing, King of Bandits - Jing...
, a voice actor - John HoodJohn HoodJohn Hood was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 5 October 2004 until 30 September 2009. He was the first Vice-Chancellor to be elected from outside Oxford's academic body, and the first to have addressed the scholars' congregation via a webcast...
, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford - John Hood (naval officer)John Hood (naval officer)John Hood was an rear admiral of the United States Navy during World War I. He was also a veteran of the Spanish-American War.-Biography:...
- John Bell HoodJohn Bell HoodJohn Bell Hood was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness...
(1831–1879), a Confederate general during the American Civil War - Kate HoodKate HoodKate Hood is an Australian actress, best known to international audiences for her role in the cult television drama Prisoner as the misunderstood mercy killer Kath Maxwell during the final year of the series....
, an Australian actress - Kit HoodKit HoodKit Hood is a Canadian television director, writer and producer. Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler created a production company called Playing With Time which was established in 1976. The name was inspired by their first educational documentary called Jimmy-Playing With Time . They worked together in...
, a Canadian television director - Leroy HoodLeroy HoodLeroy Hood is an American biologist. He won the 2011 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize “for automating DNA sequencing that revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science” and the 2003 Lemelson-MIT Prize for inventing "four instruments that have unlocked much of the mystery of human biology" by...
, an American biologist involved in sequencing the human genome - Morag HoodMorag HoodMorag Hood was a Scottish actress described by many commentators as "a celebrated beauty," who featured in numerous British programmes, stage productions, and audio presentations from the 1960s up to the late 1990s....
(1942–2002), a Scottish actress - Peter HoodPeter Hood-References:...
, Chairman of the Bradford Bulls - a rugby team - Paul HoodPaul HoodPaul Hood D.D. was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.Hood was elected Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford in 1621, a post he held until 1668....
, English academic administrator at the University of Oxford - Raymond HoodRaymond HoodRaymond Mathewson Hood was an early-mid twentieth century architect who worked in the Art Deco style. He was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, educated at Brown University, MIT, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. At the latter institution he met John Mead Howells, with whom Hood later partnered...
, an early twentieth-century architect - Red HoodRed HoodRed Hood is the alias used by several fictional characters, usually antagonists for Batman in the DC Universe.-Joker:The Red Hood first appeared in Detective Comics #168 "The Man Behind the Red Hood" . In the original continuity, the man later known as the Joker was a master criminal going by the...
, fictional character in DC Comics - Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
, an English folk hero from medieval legends - Roderick HoodRoderick HoodRoderick "Rod" Hood is an American football cornerback for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2003...
, an NFL cornerback playing for the Cardinals - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount HoodSamuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
- Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron BridportSamuel Hood, 2nd Baron BridportSamuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport succeeded his great-uncle Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport as Baron Bridport....
(1788–1868), a former Baron Bridport - Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet
- Sean HoodSean HoodSean Hood is an American screenwriter best known for horror films, and more recently, action/thrillers.-Early life:Hood graduated from Brown University, with a double major in pure mathematics and studio art, and then spent several years working in Hollywood as a set dresser, prop assistant and...
, an American screenwriter - Stuart HoodStuart HoodStuart Hood is a Scottish novelist, translator and a former British television producer and Controller of the BBC's most popular television network, BBC One. He was born in Edzell, Angus, Scotland.-Life:...
, a Scottish novelist and former controller of the BBC - Thomas HoodThomas HoodThomas Hood was a British humorist and poet. His son, Tom Hood, became a well known playwright and editor.-Early life:...
, British poet and humorist - Tom HoodTom HoodTom Hood , was an English humorist and playwright, son of the poet and author Thomas Hood. A prolific author, he was appointed, in 1865, editor of the magazine Fun. He also founded Tom Hood's Comic Annual in 1867....
(1835–1874), an English humorist and playwright - William HoodWilliam HoodWilliam Hood is an art historian and the Mildred C. Jay Professor of Art Emeritus at Oberlin College, where he taught from 1974 through 2007. Since January 2008 Professor Hood has been teaching this history of Italian Renaissance Art in Columbia University's Department of Art History and...
, US-american art historian