Moody (surname)
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Moody is an English surname
. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. It is most commonly acknowledged as being of English origin. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter-where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and also in areas of north east England. There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular Orkney, although this variant, ending "ie", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of Ireland settled by the early English. Although the most intensive areas of occurrence match areas of dense Anglo-Saxon habitation post 1066, it is difficult to determine if the name is Anglo-Saxon or Nordic/Viking in origin, since all Germanic countries used the word 'Modig' or 'Mutig' to indicate someone who was bold, impetuous or brave. Surnames were increasingly given through the early Middle Ages to assist taxation and an increasing incidence of the name can be followed in such documents as the Hundred Rolls
, early English charters and general medieval assizes associated with such actions as baronial struggles, Crusades
or Angevin
campaigns in France.
There was a significant incidence of the name among early American immigrants from England in the 17th century.
Some notable bearers of the Moody surname include:
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"...
. It ranks in the top 200 most common surnames in English speaking nations. It is most commonly acknowledged as being of English origin. The earliest known example dates from the 12th century in a Devonshire early English charter-where the name Alwine 'Modig' is mentioned. Recent census research suggests that the surname has been most consistently populous in Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and also in areas of north east England. There is also a high incidence of the similar-sounding surname 'Moodie' in Scotland, in particular Orkney, although this variant, ending "ie", has possible Norse/Celtic origins. The surname Moody was also carried to areas of Ireland settled by the early English. Although the most intensive areas of occurrence match areas of dense Anglo-Saxon habitation post 1066, it is difficult to determine if the name is Anglo-Saxon or Nordic/Viking in origin, since all Germanic countries used the word 'Modig' or 'Mutig' to indicate someone who was bold, impetuous or brave. Surnames were increasingly given through the early Middle Ages to assist taxation and an increasing incidence of the name can be followed in such documents as the Hundred Rolls
Hundred Rolls
The Hundred Rolls are a census of England and parts of what is now Wales taken in the late thirteenth century. Often considered an attempt to produce a second Domesday Book, they are named for the hundreds by which most returns were recorded....
, early English charters and general medieval assizes associated with such actions as baronial struggles, Crusades
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
or Angevin
House of Plantagenet
The House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the...
campaigns in France.
There was a significant incidence of the name among early American immigrants from England in the 17th century.
Some notable bearers of the Moody surname include:
Politics and government
- Arthur MoodyArthur MoodyArthur Seymour Moody was a British joiner and politician. He was a low-profile backbench Labour Party Member of Parliament for nearly twenty years.-Early career:...
(1891–1976), British politician - Blair MoodyBlair MoodyArthur Edson Blair Moody , known as Blair Moody, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life:...
(1902–1954), American politician - Charles Moody (1792–1867), British politician
- Dan MoodyDan MoodyDaniel James Moody, Jr. , was a Democratic political figure, originally from Taylor, Texas, USA. He served as the 30th Governor of Texas between 1927 and 1931, and is best remembered as a reformer and an opponent of the Ku Klux Klan...
(1893–1966), American politician - Gideon C. MoodyGideon C. MoodyGideon Curtis Moody was an American Senator from South Dakota.-Biography:Born in Cortland, New York, he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. He studied law in Syracuse, New York and in 1852 moved to Indiana, gaining admission to the bar in 1853. He was appointed prosecuting...
(1832–1904), American politician - Bill MoodyBill MoodyJudge William E. "Bill" Moody has served as the presiding judge of the 34th District Court in El Paso since 1986.For the Professional wrestling manager William Alvin "Bill" Moody, see Paul Bearer.-2010 Election:...
, American judge - James M. MoodyJames M. MoodyJames Montraville Moody, a United States Representative from North Carolina; born near what is now Robbinsville, Graham County, N.C., February 12, 1858; moved with his parents to Haywood County; attended the common schools and Waynesville Academy, also Candler College, Buncombe County, N.C.;...
(1858–1901), American politician - James Maxwell MoodyJames Maxwell MoodyJames Maxwell Moody is a United States federal judge.Moody was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. He received a B.S.I.M. from the University of Arkansas in 1962. He received a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1964 and from...
(born 1940), American judge - James Moody (loyalist)James Moody (loyalist)James Moody was a loyalist volunteer during the American Revolution who became a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1806....
(c. 1744-1809), Canadian politician - James S. Moody, Jr.James S. Moody, Jr.James S. Moody, Jr. is an American lawyer and judge. He currently serves on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida....
(born 1947), American judge - James Tyne MoodyJames Tyne MoodyJames Tyne Moody is a United States federal judge.Born in LaCenter, Kentucky, Moody received an A.B. from Indiana University in 1960 and an LL.B. from Indiana University School of Law in 1963. He was in private practice in Hobart, Indiana from 1964 to 1972. He was a City attorney of Hobart and...
(born 1938), American judge - Jim MoodyJim MoodyJames Powers "Jim" Moody is an American economist, and former member of the U.S. Congress. Moody represented Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Congress from 1983 to 1993.- Background :...
(born 1935), American politician - John M. MoodyJohn M. MoodyJohn Monroe Moody was a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature beginning in 1859 and later along with his immediate family one of the original settlers of Thatcher, Arizona....
(died 1884), American politician - Malcolm A. MoodyMalcolm A. MoodyMalcolm Adelbert Moody was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.-Early life:Moody was born near Brownsville, Oregon in 1854, the eldest child of future Oregon governor Zenas Ferry Moody and his wife, Mary Stevenson Moody. The Moody family moved to Illinois the following year, and then back to...
(1854–1925), American politician - Richard MoodyRichard MoodyMajor-General Richard Clement Moody was a Lieutenant-Governor, and later Governor, of the Falkland Islands, and the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. While serving under this post, he selected the site of the new capital, New Westminster...
(1813–1887), first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of British Columbia - Tom Moody (politician) (1930–2008), American politician
- William Henry MoodyWilliam Henry MoodyWilliam Henry Moody was an American politician and jurist, who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.-Biography:...
(1853–1917), American politician and jurist - Zenas Ferry MoodyZenas Ferry MoodyZenas Ferry Moody was the seventh Governor of Oregon from 1882 to 1887.-Early life:Zenas Ferry Moody was born on May 27, 1832, in Granby, Massachusetts, to Thomas Hovey and Hannah Ferry. The family immigrated to Oregon Territory in 1851, traveling the Isthmus of Panama route...
(1832–1917), American politician
Arts
- Ben MoodyBen MoodyBenjamin Robert Moody is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. He is best known as co-founder, lead guitarist, and songwriter of Grammy Award-winning rock band Evanescence from 1995 to October 2003...
(born 1981), American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor - Clyde MoodyClyde MoodyClyde Moody , also known as the "Hillbilly Waltz King" and sometimes as "The Genial Gentleman of Country Music" was one the great founders of American Bluegrass music....
(1915–1989), American musician - David MoodyDavid MoodyDavid Moody is an English horror writer. He first came to public attention with his book Autumn, published freely on-line in 2001...
(born 1970), English writer - Elizabeth Moody (actor)Elizabeth Moody (actor)Elizabeth Moody was a New Zealand film, television and theatre actress and director.-Career:Moody first came to note nationally in New Zealand during the late 1970s and early 1980s as a regular panellist on the television show Beauty and the Beast hosted by Selwyn Toogood.Her first feature film...
(1939–2010), New Zealand actress and director - Elizabeth MoodyElizabeth MoodyElizabeth Moody was a British poet, and literary critic.-Life:Elizabeth Greenly was the daughter of a wealthy lawyer, who died when she was 13, but left a legacy for her family....
(1737–1814), British poet and literary critic - Ivan L. MoodyIvan L. MoodyIvan L. Moody, also known by the pseudonym Ghost, is the singer for American Heavy metal group Five Finger Death Punch from Sacramento, California. He had performed for several bands before settling down with FFDP...
(born 1980), American musician - Ivan MoodyIvan MoodyIvan Moody, British composer, was born in London in 1964, and studied composition with Brian Dennis at London University, William Brooks at York University and privately with John Tavener. He also studied Orthodox theology at the University of Joensuu, Finland...
(born 1964), British composer - James Moody (composer)James Moody (composer)James Moody composed a wealth of music for the classical harmonica, including twenty-two works for harmonica and piano, three works for harmonica and strings, eight works for harmonica and orchestra, and some two dozen other works for instrumental combinations such as harmonica and harp, harmonica...
(1907–1995), Irish musician - James Moody (saxophonist)James Moody (saxophonist)James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player. He was best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvised vocals for the tune.-Biography:James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia...
(born 1925-died 2010),was American jazz musician - Jim Moody (actor)Jim Moody (actor)Jim Moody is a television and film character actor. He played the tough talking counselor/teacher Gene Daniels in Bad Boys. His first feature film was in the 1980 hit film Fame, which he played Mr. Farrell, a drama teacher. Jim starred in the 1983 comedy film D.C. Cab as Arnie, a member of the...
(born 1949), American actor - King MoodyKing MoodyRobert "King" Moody was an American actor, best known for playing Ronald McDonald in commercials in the 1970s and 1980s...
(1929–2001), American actor - Laurence MoodyLaurence MoodyLaurence Moody is an English television director who, after reading English at Cambridge University, worked as a trainee at Granada Television, at this time directing a number of episodes of their top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street.Subsequently, he has originated and worked such...
(born c1954), English television director - Lynne MoodyLynne MoodyLynne Moody is an American actress who has made many appearances in television.Her most prominent roles include Tracy Curtis Taylor in That's My Mama from 1974–1975 and was replaced by Joan Pringle in the second season; she also played Irene Harvey in Roots, Polly Dawson in Soap, Nurse Julie...
(born 1950), American actress - Micky MoodyMicky MoodyMichael Joseph "Micky" Moody is an English guitarist, and a former member of the rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. He was also a founder-member of Snafu. Together with his former Whitesnake colleague Bernie Marsden he founded the Moody Marsden Band, and later, The Snakes...
(born 1950), English guitarist - Mootz MoodyMootz MoodyMootz Moody is an Oklahoma-born singer-songwriter.Moody has released two studio albums, The Closing Sky and Little World , his first solo recording and foray into Country music....
, American musician - Ralph Moody (author)Ralph Moody (author)Ralph Owen Moody was an American author who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies about the American West. He was born in East Rochester, New Hampshire in 1898 but moved to Colorado with his family when he was eight in the hopes that a dry climate would improve his father Charles's tuberculosis...
(1898–1982), American author - Rick MoodyRick MoodyRick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into a feature film of...
(born 1961), American author - Ron MoodyRon MoodyRon Moody is an English actor.- Personal life :Moody was born in Tottenham, North London, England, the son of Kate and Bernard Moodnick, a studio executive. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was a Lithuanian Jew. He is a cousin of director Laurence Moody and actress Clare...
(born 1924), English actor - Ronald MoodyRonald MoodyRonald Moody was a Jamaican born sculptor, specialising in wood carvings.Moody was born Ronald Clive Moody in 1900 in Kingston, Jamaica into a well-off professional family, moving to London in 1923 to study dentistry at King's College London. In London, he was inspired by the British Museum's...
(1900–1984), British sculptor - Ruth MoodyRuth MoodyRuth Moody is an Australian-born soprano singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys.-Biography:Moody grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her parents, Charles and Marcelline, and three siblings, older brother Richard , older sister Jane and younger sister Rachel...
, Canadian musician - Spencer MoodySpencer MoodySpencer Moody is the vocalist for Seattle-based noise rock group Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death. He was the lead vocalist for the Murder City Devils until their breakup in 2001, and returned to the band when they reformed in 2006....
, American singer - Susan MoodySusan MoodySusan Moody is the principal nom de plume of Susan Elizabeth Donaldson, née Horwood, a British novelist best known for her suspense novels...
(born 1940), English novelist - Thomas Moody (musician) (born 1970), American musician
- Tom Moody (artist)Tom Moody (artist)Tom Moody is a visual artist, critic and blogger based in New York City. He began his career as a painter, using traditional materials, but became sensitive to the chemicals...
, American visual artist - William Vaughn MoodyWilliam Vaughn MoodyWilliam Vaughn Moody was a United States dramatist and poet. Author of The Great Divide, first presented under the title of The Sabine Woman at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906...
(1869–1910), American dramatist and poet
Sports
- Andrea MoodyAndrea MoodyAndrea Moody is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics for her native country. She finished in seventh place with the Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay, swimming the third leg, alongside Shannon Shakespeare, Julie Howard, and Marianne Limpert...
(born 1978), Canadian swimmer - Chris MoodyChris MoodyChris Moody is an English professional golfer.Moody turned professional in 1973 and joined the European Tour in 1979. He made the top one hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit twelve times between 1980 and 1992, with a best ranking of nineteenth in 1988. It was in 1988 that he collected his...
(born 1953), English golfer - Emmanuel MoodyEmmanuel MoodyEmmanuel Moody is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2011...
(born 1987), American football running back - Eric Moody (baseball)Eric Moody (baseball)Eric Lane Moody is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the Texas Rangers. He was drafted by the Rangers in the 24th round of the 1993 amateur draft...
(born 1971), American baseball pitcher - Frank MoodyFrank MoodyFrank Moody was a Welsh boxer who fought between 1914 and 1936. He is most notable for winning the British and Empire middleweight boxing championship in 1927 and 1928 and the light-heavyweight title from 1927 to 1929....
(1900–1963), Welsh boxer - Glenn MoodyGlenn MoodyGlenn Moody is an English darts player.Glenn had tried to qualify for the Lakeside nine times before finding success in the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship. He has been described as a "geek" by the press but he is received warmly by the crowds...
(born 1964), English darts player - Heather MoodyHeather MoodyHeather Moody is an American water polo player, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was team captain of the US Women's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and the only member of the team not from California...
(born 1973), American water polo player - Helen Wills MoodyHelen Wills MoodyHelen Newington Wills Roark , also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player. She has been described as "the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete."-Biography:...
(1905–1998), American tennis player - John Moody (badminton)John Moody (badminton)John Moody is a male badminton player from New Zealand.In 2002 and 2004 he won the Fiji International, in 2005 the Ballarat Eureka International and the Waikato International, and in 2006 the North Harbour International and the Waikato International....
, New Zealand badminton player - John Moody (footballer)John Moody (footballer)John Moody was an English football player. His regular position was as a goalkeeper.Moody was born in Heeley, Sheffield and first played in local football in the Sheffield Amateur League. He was signed by Herbert Chapman's Arsenal in August 1925 but was initially fourth-choice goalkeeper behind...
(1904–1963), English footballer - Keith MoodyKeith MoodyKeith M. Moody is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 10th round of the 1976 NFL Draft. He played college football at Syracuse....
(born 1953), American football defensive back - Lewis MoodyLewis MoodyLewis Walton Moody MBE is an English rugby union rugby player who currently plays for Bath Rugby and was part of the 2003 World Cup winning side. He is renowned for his commitment to the physical aspects of the game....
(born 1978), English rugby player - Matthew MoodyMatthew MoodyMatthew Moody is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 23 draft pick in the 2003 AFL Draft from South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League...
(born 1985), Australian rules footballer - Mick MoodyMick MoodyMick Moody was an Irish soccer player during the 1980s and 1990s.-Career:Moody was a tough defender who began his career in 1979 at Shelbourne...
(born 1960), Irish footballer - Orville MoodyOrville MoodyOrville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying....
(1933–2008), American golfer - Patricia MoodyPatricia MoodyPatricia Moody is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s. She finished seventh in the K-1 500 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.-References:*...
(born 1934), British canoeist - Paul Moody (footballer)Paul Moody (footballer)Paul Moody is a retired English football forward.-References:*...
(born 1967), English footballer - Ralph MoodyRalph MoodyRalph Moody was one of early drivers of NASCAR. However, he eventually became the most famous as team co-owner of Holman Moody.-Background:...
(1917–2004), American racecar driver and owner - Rick Moody (coach)Rick Moody (coach)Rick Moody is currently an assistant women's basketball coach at Syracuse University, arriving in 2007. He previously served as the head coach for Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball from 1990 to 2005. He is Alabama's all-time leader in basketball games won among basketball coaches at Alabama...
, American basketball coach - Tera MoodyTera MoodyTera Moody is an American athlete, who competes in the marathon and other long distance running events. Moody represented the United States at the 2009 World Championships in the marathon....
(born 1980), American runner - Toby MoodyToby MoodyToby Moody is a British sports commentator focused on motor racing. He is the worldwide voice of the MotoGP series on Eurosport TV.2011 is his 16th season as trackside TV commentator for the MotoGP series. Many American racing fans would know him as the man who provided nightly, half-hour reports...
, British motorsport announcer - Tom MoodyTom MoodyThomas Masson Moody is a former Australian cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Today he is the coach for the IPL team Kings XI Punjab...
(born 1965), Australian cricketer and coach - William Moody (Paul Bearer) (born 1954), American professional wrestler and wrestling manager
Academics
- Ernest Addison MoodyErnest Addison MoodyErnest Addison Moody was a noted philosopher, medievalist, and logician as well as a musician and scientist. He served as professor of philosophy at University of California, Los Angeles , where he also served as department chair, and Columbia University. He has an in his name on the subject of...
(1903–1975), American philosopher - Lewis Ferry MoodyLewis Ferry MoodyLewis Ferry Moody 1880 - 1953, was an American engineer and professor and is known for the Moody Diagram, which is in non-dimensional form and relates the friction factor, Reynolds number and relative roughness for fully developed flow in a circular pipe....
(1880–1953), American engineer and professor - Paul Dwight MoodyPaul Dwight MoodyPaul Dwight Moody , son of famed evangelical minister Dwight L. Moody, served as pastor at South Congregational Church in St. Johnsbury, VT from 1912 to 1917 and as the 10th president of Middlebury College from 1921 until 1943...
(1879–1947), American college president - Robert MoodyRobert MoodyRobert Vaughan Moody, OC, FRSC is a Canadian mathematician. He is the co-discover of Kac-Moody algebra, a Lie algebra, usually infinite-dimensional, that can be defined through a generalized root system....
(born 1941), Canadian mathematician - Theodore William MoodyTheodore William MoodyTheodore William Moody was an Irish historian. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's University Belfast. In 1930 he went to the Institute of Historical Research in London, and graduated with a PhD in 1934. He was Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin,...
(1907–1984), Irish historian
Business
- John Moody (financial analyst) (1868–1958), American financial analyst
- Sewell Moody (1834–1875), Canadian businessman
- Shearn Moody, Jr.Shearn Moody, Jr.Shearn Moody Jr. was an American financier, entrepreneur and philanthropist from Galveston, Texas. He was heir to a financial empire, as well as a convicted felon and originator of the Moody Gardens resort complex....
(1933–1996), American financier - William Lewis Moody, Jr.William Lewis Moody, Jr.William Lewis Moody Jr. was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, who founded a private bank, an insurance company, and one of the largest charitable foundations in the United States. Moody was active in the day-to-day operations of his companies until two days before his...
(1865–1954), American financier
Other
- Alexander Moody StuartAlexander Moody StuartAlexander Moody Stuart was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland.He was born Alexander Moody at Paisley. On 9 September 1839 he married Jessie Stuart , eldest daughter of Kenneth Bruce Stuart of Annat...
(1809–1898), Scottish minister - Anne MoodyAnne MoodyAnne Moody is an African-American author who has written about her experiences growing up poor and black in rural Mississippi, joining the Civil Rights Movement, and fighting racism against blacks in the United States beginning in the 1960s-Life:Born Essie Mae Moody, she was the oldest of nine...
(born 1940), American author and civil rights activist - Brian Moody (born 1965), American automotive writer
- Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. MoodyDwight Lyman Moody , also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts , the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.-Early life:Dwight Moody was born in Northfield, Massachusetts to a large...
(1837–1899), American evangelist and publisher - Glyn MoodyGlyn MoodyGlyn Moody is a technology writer. He is best known for his book Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution . It describes the evolution and significance of the free software and open source movements with many interviews of all the notable hackers.- Selective bibliography :* Digital Code of...
, technology writer - Harold MoodyHarold MoodyHarold Arundel Moody was a physician in London who established the League of Coloured Peoples in 1931 with the support of the Quakers.Moody was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1882, the son of a pharmacist...
(1882–1947), British doctor - James Bradfield MoodyJames Bradfield MoodyJames Bradfield Moody is Executive Director, Development at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. He is also a panel member of the ABC Television show “The New Inventors” and co-author of The Sixth Wave with Bianca Nogrady.From 2004 to 2009 he held various roles at...
(born 1976), Australian engineer - James Paul MoodyJames Paul MoodyJames Paul Moody was the Sixth Officer of the and the only junior officer of the ship to die in the disaster.-Early life:...
(1887–1912), British sailor and only officer to die in the Titanic disaster - Jimmy MoodyJimmy MoodyJames Alfred 'Jimmy' Moody was a British gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the Provisional IRA....
(died 1993), English mobster - John Moody (journalist)John Moody (journalist)John Moody is Chief Executive Officer of NewsCore, the internal wire service of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. He was previously Senior Vice President, News Editorial for the Fox News Channel.-Early life, education and career:...
, American journalist - Ludlow MoodyLudlow MoodyLudlow Murcott Moody CBE a qualified doctor, was the son of Charles Ernest Moody, and, like his brother Harold Moody also studied medicine in London at King's College London Medical School, winning the Warneford scholarship, the Huxley Prize for physiology, the Warneford Prize and the Todd Prize...
(1892–1981), Jamaican doctor - Maryon PearsonMaryon PearsonMaryon Elspeth Pearson, née Moody was the wife of Lester Bowles Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada.Maryon and Lester Pearson married on August 22, 1925. They met at the University of Toronto, where he was a teacher and she was a student.Maryon Pearson was also known for her sharp tongued wit...
née Moody (1902–1991), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson - Michael F. MoodyMichael F. MoodyMichael F. Moody was the Chairman of the General Music Committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1977 to 2005.- Biography :...
(born 1941), American hymnwriter - Patrick MoodyPatrick MoodyPatrick Lane Moody was a convicted killer, put to death by lethal injection in Raleigh's Central Prison.On September 16, 1994, Moody, who was of marginal intelligence, shot and killed his girlfriend's husband...
(1966–2006), American convicted killer - Paul Moody (inventor) (1779–1831), American inventor
- Raymond MoodyRaymond MoodyRaymond Moody is a psychologist and medical doctor. He is most famous as an author of books about life after death and near-death experiences , a term that he coined in 1975. His best-selling title is Life After Life.-Life:...
(born 1944), American parapsychologist - Ross Moody, American journalist
Fictional
- Mad-Eye Moody, a character in the Harry Potter books
- Hank MoodyHank MoodyHenry James "Hank" Moody, portrayed by David Duchovny, is a fictional character who serves as the protagonist of the Showtime television series Californication...
, a character from the television series Californication