Woodcock (surname)
Woodcock is an English-language surname. It is derived from the bird of the same name. It may have been an occupational surname given to people who bought or sold woodcocks, or as a nickname for a person who was gullible like the bird, which was easy to catch. It may also be a variant of the toponymic surname Woodcott created by confusion between the Middle English -cock and -cot. Notable people with the surname include:
- Ashley Woodcock, Australian cricketer
- Bill Woodcock, American computer scientist
- Bruce Woodcock (boxer), English boxer
- Bruce Woodcock (computer games analyst), American computer games analyst
- Carla Woodcock, English actress
- Charles Woodcock, lover of King Karl of Württemberg
- George Woodcock, Canadian writer and historian
- George Woodcock (cricketer), batsman
- George Woodcock (trade unionist), English trade unionist
- Janet Woodcock, American physician, acting Commissioner of the FDA
- Jim Woodcock, British computer scientist
- John A. Woodcock Jr., United States federal judge
- John Woodcock (American football), American football player
- John Woodcock (cricket writer), British cricket writer and journalist
- John Woodcock (magistrate), Italian prosecutor
- John Woodcock (martyr), English Franciscan martyr
- John Woodcock (politician), British politician, also known as Lord Walney
- Jonathan Woodcock, Royal Navy officer
- Kim Joanne Woodcock Lukas, British-Italian pop singer known as Kim Lukas
- Leonard F. Woodcock, trade union leader, American diplomat
- Leslie V. Woodcock, chemistry professor at the University of Manchester
- Luke Woodcock, New Zealand cricketer
- Patrick Woodcock, Canadian writer and poet
- Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer, rapist, and necrophile
- Richard Woodcock, developed Woodcock–Johnson tests of cognitive abilities
- Steven Woodcock, British actor
- Thomas Woodcock (officer of arms), British Officer of Arms
- Thomas Woodcock (VC), a British recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Tommy Woodcock, Australian strapper of champion horse Phar Lap
- Tony Woodcock (footballer), English football player
- Tony Woodcock (rugby player), New Zealand rugby player
- William John Woodcock, Anglican priest in South Australia