Heywood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Abel Heywood (1810âÂÂ1893), English politician
- Andrew Heywood, British political scientist
- Angela Heywood (1840âÂÂ1935), American suffragist, socialist, abolitionist
- Anne Heywood (born 1932), British film actress
- Arthur Heywood (1849âÂÂ1916), 3rd Baronet, experimental railway builder
- Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1835âÂÂ1897), English rower and Canadian landowner
- Benjamin Heywood (1793âÂÂ1865), first of the Heywood Baronets, English banker and philanthropist
- Bernard Heywood (1871âÂÂ1960), English bishop
- Charles Heywood (1803âÂÂ1853), American naval officer
- Charles Heywood (1839âÂÂ1915), American general, son of the above
- Charles D. Heywood (1881âÂÂ1957), American businessman
- Doug Heywood (1924âÂÂ2002), Australian footballer
- Eddie Heywood (1915âÂÂ1989), American jazz musician
- Ezra Heywood (1829âÂÂ1893), American radical
- Frances Heywood (1902âÂÂ1994) British metallurgist and engineer
- George Heywood (1907âÂÂ1985), English footballer
- Herbert Heywood (footballer) (1913âÂÂunknown), English footballer
- Herbert Heywood (actor)
- Hugh Heywood (1896âÂÂ1987), Anglican priest
- Jamie Heywood (born 1966), American engineer
- James Heywood (philanthropist) (1810âÂÂ1897), British politician
- Jasper Heywood (1535âÂÂ1598), English scholar and translator
- Jean Heywood (1921âÂÂ2019), British actress
- Jeff Heywood (born 1951), United States racing driver
- Jeremy Heywood (1961âÂÂ2018), British civil servant
- Joanne Heywood, British actress
- John Heywood, 16th century English writer
- John B. Heywood (photographer), 19th century American photographer
- John B. Heywood, engineer
- John D. Heywood, 19th century American photographer
- Joseph L. Heywood (1815âÂÂ1910), American Mormon bishop
- Joseph Lee Heywood (1837âÂÂ1876), victim of bank robbery
- Matthew Heywood (born 1979), English footballer
- Neil Heywood (1970âÂÂ2011), British businessman murdered in China
- Oliver Heywood (1825âÂÂ1892), English banker and philanthropist
- Oliver Heywood (minister) (1630âÂÂ1702), English nonconformist minister
- Pat Heywood (born 1927), British actress
- Paul Heywood, British academic
- Peter Heywood (1772âÂÂ1831), British naval officer
- Phil Heywood, American musician
- Ralph Heywood (1921âÂÂ2007), American football player and marine
- Richard Heywood (bishop) (1867âÂÂ1955), Anglican bishop
- Richard Heywood (MP) (by 1520 â 1570)
- Samuel Heywood (Berkeley) (1833âÂÂ1903), American businessman
- Samuel Heywood (chief justice) (1753âÂÂ1828), British lawyer
- Samuel R. Heywood (1821âÂÂ1913), American businessman
- Stephen Heywood (1969âÂÂ2006), American architect and ALS campaigner
- Suzanne Heywood (born 1969), British business executive
- Thomas Heywood (died 1641), English actor and playwright
- Thomas Heywood (railway engineer) (died 1953) British locomotive engineer
- Thomas Percival Heywood (1823âÂÂ1897), 2nd Baronet
- Thomas Heywood (antiquarian) (1797âÂÂ1866), English member of the Chetham Society
- Tim Heywood (1914âÂÂ2006), British soldier and farmer
- Vernon Heywood (1927âÂÂ2022), British botanist