Woodson (name)
Woodson is a patronymic surname. It is also used, less commonly, as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Abe Woodson, American football player
- Ali-Ollie Woodson, American musician
- André Woodson, American quarterback
- Anthony Woodson, Canadian football player
- Archelaus Marius Woodson, American judge
- Benjamin N. Woodson, American insurance CEO
- Bill Woodson, American voice artist
- Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist
- Charles Woodson American football cornerback
- Chazz Woodson, American Major League Lacrosse player
- Craig Woodson, American football player
- Darren Woodson, American, former NFL player
- David M. Woodson, American judge
- Dick Woodson, American baseball player
- Harry Woodson, American professional boxer
- Herbert Woodson, American engineer
- J. Belmont Woodson, American politician
- Jacqueline Woodson, American author
- Jamie Woodson, American politician from Tennessee
- John Woodson (burgess) American planter and legislator from Goochland County, Virginia
- John C. Woodson, American lawyer, Confederate officer and legislator from Rockingham County, Virginia
- John Woodson Jr., American planter and politician from Cumberland County, Virginia
- Julie Woodson, American model
- Lewis Woodson, American educator and minister
- Lloyd R. Woodson, American public figure
- Marcus Woodson, American football coach
- Marie Woodson, American politician
- Mike Woodson, American, former NBA player
- Randy Woodson, American plant physiologist and university administrator
- Robert Everard Woodson, American botanist
- Robert Woodson, American community development leader
- Rod Woodson, American football defensive back
- Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian
- Samuel H. Woodson, American politician
- Samuel H. Woodson, American politician
- S. Howard Woodson, American pastor, civil rights leader and politician
- Sean Woodson, American mixed martial artist
- Shirley Woodson, American artist, educator, mentor, and art collector
- Silas Woodson, American, Governor of Missouri
- Stony Woodson, American football player
- Tracy Woodson, American, Major League Baseball player
- Warren B. Woodson, American college football coach
- Waverly B. Woodson Jr., American soldier and health professional
Given name
- James Woodson Bates, American lawyer, statesman
- Sarah Jane Woodson Early, American educator and author
- Woodson T. Slater,, American, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
- Jesse Woodson James, American outlaw