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* [[N. N. Greenwood]], author of ''[[Chemistry of the Elements]]'' |
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* Roger H. Greenwood (born 1940), Brigadier General (Retired), Wisconsin Army National Guard |
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* [[Ron Greenwood]] (1921–2006), manager of the English national football team |
* [[Ron Greenwood]] (1921–2006), manager of the English national football team |
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* [[Ross Greenwood (footballer)]] (1985–), English footballer |
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* [[Walter Greenwood]] (1903–1974), English novelist |
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* [[Will Greenwood]] (born 1972), English rugby footballer, son of Dick Greenwood |
* [[Will Greenwood]] (born 1972), English rugby footballer, son of Dick Greenwood |
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* David Greenwood, a character from J. G. Ballard's ''[[Super-Cannes]]'' |
* David Greenwood, a character from J. G. Ballard's ''[[Super-Cannes]]'' |
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* Deputy Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, a regular cast character from the television show ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' |
* Deputy Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, a regular cast character from the television show ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' |
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Revision as of 01:36, 15 October 2007
Greenwood is an English surname, believed to be derived from the Greenwood or Greenwode settlement near Heptonstall in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It was the homestead of Wyomarus de Greenwode, believed to be the principal ancestor of English Greenwoods.[1]
People with the surname Greenwood
- Al Greenwood, former keyboarder of the rock band Foreigner
- Anthony Greenwood, English Minister of Overseas Development (1965–1966)
- Arthur Greenwood (1880–1954), British politician
- Arthur H. Greenwood (1880–1963), American politician
- Bob Greenwood (1928–1994), Mexican Major League Baseball player
- Bruce Greenwood (born 1956), Canadian film actor
- Caleb Greenwood, trapper, guide, and early pioneer of the American West
- Charlotte Greenwood, actress from the 1910s to the 1950s
- Chester Greenwood (1858–1937), American inventor of earmuffs
- Clarence Greenwood, American musician, leader of the band Citizen Cope
- Clint Greenwood, founder of Clint Greenwood Soccer Academy and the "Greenwood Method"
- Colin Greenwood (born 1969), British musician, bassist for Radiohead (brother of Jonny Greenwood)
- Dick Greenwood (born 1940), English rugby footballer
- Don Greenwood, co-creator of the board game Age of Renaissance
- Ed Greenwood (born 1959), Canadian library clerk, inventor of the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting
- Francis William Pitt Greenwood (1797–1843), American clergyman, pastor of King's Chapel, associate editor of the Christian Examiner
- Frederick Greenwood (1830–1909), English journalist
- Greenwood LeFlore, an American Indian, Chief of the Choctaw tribe
- Harry Greenwood (1881–1948), English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Sir Hamar Greenwood, Irish Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1920 to 1922
- Hunphry Greenwood (1927–1995), ichithyolist
- Isaac Greenwood, mathematician (1702–1745), first chair of mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College
- Ivor Greenwood, Senator and Attorney General of Australia (1971, 1972, and 1975)
- Jack Greenwood, (born 1926)Track and field athlete, world record holder in many Masters, over 40 yrs old, catigories. Inducted into the Track And Field Hall of fame, Masters Division.
- Jacob Greenwood, American Biology instructor and black humorist.
- James C. Greenwood (born 1951), American politician from the state of Pennsylvania
- James M. Greenwood (1836–?), American educator, late 19th century superintendent of schools in Kansas City, Missouri
- Joan Greenwood (1921-1987), British actress
- John Greenwood (died 1593), English Puritan and Separatist
- John Greenwood (1760-1819) (1760-1819), George Washington's dentist, the "Father of Modern Dentistry" and Revolutionary War patriot
- John Greenwood, pseudonym of John Buxton Hilton, British crime writer
- John DH Greenwood (1889–1975), English film score composer
- John Ormerod Greenwood (1907–1989), Quaker
- Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), English musician, guitarist for Radiohead (brother of Colin Greenwood)
- Joseph Greenwood, 19th century New Zealand politician and soldier
- Kathy Greenwood (born 1962), Canadian comedienne
- Kerry Greenwood, Australian author of the Phryne Fisher mystery series
- Lee Greenwood (born 1942), American singer and composer
- Leigh Greenwood, author
- Major Greenwood (1880–1949), English epidemiologist and statistician
- Miles Greenwood (1807–1885), manufacturer, established Eagle Ironworks, co-founder of Ohio Mechanics Institute
- Morlon Greenwood - linebacker for the Houston Texans during the 2007 NFL season
- N. N. Greenwood, author of Chemistry of the Elements
- Roger H. Greenwood (born 1940), Brigadier General (Retired), Wisconsin Army National Guard
- Ron Greenwood (1921–2006), manager of the English national football team
- Ross Greenwood (footballer) (1985–), English footballer
- Ross Greenwood (journalist) (19??–), Australian journalist
- Theophilus Greenwood, brother of Chicago, Illinois mayor James Hutchinson Woodworth
- Thomas Greenwood, alias of Thomas Green, one of the Fourth Group of Carthusian Martyrs
- Thomas B. Greenwood, American residential and commercial architect.
- Trevor Greenwood, co-producer of Academy Award-winning Short Subject Documentary in 1967
- Walter Greenwood (1903–1974), English novelist
- Will Greenwood (born 1972), English rugby footballer, son of Dick Greenwood
Fictional
- David Greenwood, a character from J. G. Ballard's Super-Cannes
- Deputy Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, a regular cast character from the television show Gunsmoke
Footnotes
- ^ Greenwood, Frederick. "Chapter 3: English History of the Family and Origin of the Name". Greenwood genealogies, 1154-1914 : the ancestry and descendants of Thomas Greenwood of Newton Massachusetts, Nathaniel and Samuel Greenwood of Boston, Massachusetts, John Greenwood of Virginia, and many later arrivals in America, also the early history of the Greenwoods in England, and the arms they used. New York: The Lyons Genealogical Company. pp. 15–23.
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