title: Woodcock (surname)
text: # Woodcock (surname)
  
  Woodcock is a relatively uncommon English surname that seems to have originated from varied roots in the Early Middle Ages.
  
  ## Notable Woodcocks
  
  * 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
  