Woodcock (surname)
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Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages
. These roots suggest interesting possibilities for what the name has meant and how it has been acquired.
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages was the period of European history lasting from the 5th century to approximately 1000. The Early Middle Ages followed the decline of the Western Roman Empire and preceded the High Middle Ages...
. These roots suggest interesting possibilities for what the name has meant and how it has been acquired.
Notable Woodcocks
- Anthony Woodcock, Renowned world traveler, and handsome teenager
- Ashley WoodcockAshley WoodcockAshley James Woodcock is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and one ODI in 1974.-See also:*One Test Wonder...
, former Australian cricketer - Bill WoodcockBill WoodcockBill Woodcock is research director of Packet Clearing House, a non-profit research institute dedicated to understanding and supporting Internet traffic exchange technology, policy, and economics...
, computer scientist - Bruce Woodcock (boxer)Bruce Woodcock (boxer)Bruce Woodcock was an English boxer. He was the British and Empire heavyweight champion 1945-1950, and European heavyweight champion 1946-1949. He had a large fanbase, and his participation in a competition often resulted in sellout crowds...
(1921-1997), English boxer - Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst) (b. 1970), computer games analyst
- Charles WoodcockCharles WoodcockCharles Burger Woodcock, created Freiherr Woodcock-Savage, later Charles Woodcock-Savage was a New Yorker who achieved notoriety as the lover of King Karl of Württemberg, by some decades his elder....
, lover of King Karl of WürttembergCharles I of WürttembergCharles was the third King of Württemberg, from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891.-Early life:He was born 6 March 1823 at Stuttgart, as HRH Charles Frederick Alexander, Crown Prince of Württemberg the son of William I, King of Württemberg and his third wife Pauline Therese of Württemberg .He... - George WoodcockGeorge WoodcockGeorge Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
(1912-1995), writer - George WoodcockGeorge WoodcockGeorge Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
(1904-1979), trade unionist - Jim WoodcockJim WoodcockProfessor Jim C. P. Woodcock FRSA FBCS FREng is a British computer scientist.Woodcock gained his PhD from the University of Liverpool. Until 2001 he was Professor of Software Engineering at the Oxford University Computing Laboratory, where he was also a Fellow of Kellogg College...
, British computer scientist - John A. Woodcock Jr.John A. Woodcock Jr.John Alden Woodcock Jr. is a United States federal judge.Born in Bangor, Maine, Woodcock received a B.A. from Bowdoin College in 1972, an M.A. from London School of Economics in 1973, and a J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law in 1976. He was in private practice in Maine from 1976 to 2003...
(born 1950), United States federal judge - John Woodcock (American football) (1954–1998), American football player
- John Woodcock (cricket writer)John Woodcock (cricket writer)John Charles Woodcock OBE is an English cricket writer and journalist.He was born at Longparish, Hampshire, where he still lives, and was dubbed "the Sage of Longparish" by Alan Gibson. He is a co-author of the Longparish Village Handbook. Woodcock attended Trinity College, Oxford, and won hockey...
(b. 1926), British cricket writer and journalist - John Woodcock (magistrate)John Woodcock (magistrate)Henry John Woodcock , is an Italian prosecutor in Naples, ItalyThe father of Henry John Woodcock was a British teacher working at the Naval Academy of Livorno while his mother was from Naples...
(b. 1967), Italian prosecutor - John Woodcock (martyr)John Woodcock (martyr)John Woodcock was born in Leyland, Lancashire, in England. His parents, Thomas and Dorothy Woodcock, the latter a Catholic, were of the middle class...
(1603–1646), English Franciscan Martyr - John Woodcock (UK politician)John Woodcock (UK politician)John Zak Woodcock is a British Labour Co-operative politician. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness in 2010.-Early and personal life:...
, British politician - Leonard F. Woodcock (1911-2001), trade union leader
- Luke Woodcock, NZ cricketer
- Kim Joanna Woodcock LukasKim LukasKim Lukas is a British pop singer and a dancer with a career based in Italy. She graduated at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts of London and is known for the song "All I Really Want" charting in several European countries.- Singles :* 1999 "All I Really Want" * 2000 "Let It Be the Night"* 2000...
, a British pop singer and a dancer with a career based in Italy. - O.P. WoodcockO.P. WoodcockOwen Preston Woodcock , most commonly known as O.P. Woodcock, was an American builder. Many of his works are associated with Marsh & Saxelbye, and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places....
, American architect - Peter WoodcockPeter WoodcockDavid Michael Krueger , best known by his birth name, Peter Woodcock, was a Canadian serial killer and child rapist who gained notoriety for the brutal murders of three young children in Toronto, Canada in 1956 and 1957 when he himself was still a teenager. He was subsequently diagnosed as a...
, (b. 1939) Canadian murderer - Steven WoodcockSteven WoodcockSteven Woodcock is a British actor, most famous for his role as Clyde Tavernier in the BBC soap opera EastEnders; a role that he played from July 1990 to July 1993....
(b. 1964), British actor - Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms)Thomas Woodcock, CVO, DL, FSA is Garter Principal King of Arms.Woodcock was educated at Eton College. He went up to University College, Durham, where he obtained a BA degree, and subsequently to Darwin College, Cambridge, where he received his LLB degree. Woodcock was called to the Bar at the...
, a British Officer of Arms - Thomas Woodcock (VC)Thomas Woodcock (VC)Thomas Woodcock VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
, a British recipient of the Victoria Cross - Tony WoodcockTony WoodcockAnthony Stewart "Tony" Woodcock is a retired English international footballer who played professionally in both England and Germany as a striker. He won the European Cup in 1979 with Nottingham Forest.-Early career:...
, a football player - Tony Woodcock (rugby player)Tony Woodcock (rugby player)Tony Dale Woodcock is a New Zealand rugby union player. His position is loosehead prop, and he has played 83 tests for the national team, the All Blacks. He plays for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup and for the Auckland Blues in the Super 14. He plays for North Harbour Marist in the North...
, NZ rugby player - William John Woodcock, An english clergyman, traveled to the Holy LandHoly LandThe Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
in 1848 and wrote a travel book