Hood (surname)

Hood is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Real people

Academics

• Alan Hood, astronomy professor at the University of St Andrews
• Christopher Hood (1947–2025), Oxford professor
• Hugh Hood (1928–2000), Canadian novelist and professor
• John Hood (born 1952), New Zealand businessman and administrator
• Joseph Douglas Hood (1889–1966), American entomologist
• Leroy Hood (born 1938), American biologist
• Paul Hood (academic administrator) (died 1668), English academic administrator
• Sinclair Hood (1917–2021), Irish archaeologist and academic
• William Hood, American art historian

Athletes

• Bruce Hood (1936–2018), Canadian author, businessman, politician, and NHL referee
• Colton Hood (born 2005), American football player
• Edmund Hood (1898–1990), Australian rules footballer
• Elijah Hood (born 1996), American football player
• Enoch Hood (1861–1940), English footballer
• Frank Hood (1908–1955), American football player
• Graham Hood (born 1972), Canadian middle-distance runner
• Leslie Hood (1876–1932), English rugby player
• Marjorie Hood (20th century), American baseball player
• Peter Hood, Chairman of the Bradford Bulls (an English rugby league club)
• Roderick Hood (born 1981), American football player
• Rodney Hood (born 1992), American basketball player

Entertainers

• Adam Hood (21st century), American musician
• Amber Hood (born 1970), American actress
• Calum Hood (born 1996), Australian bassist from the band 5 Seconds of Summer
• Darla Hood (1931–1979), American actress
• Dave Hood (born 1950), American actor
• David Hood (born 1943), American musician
• Dictynna Hood, British film director and screenwriter
• Florence Hood (1880–1968), Australian-born Canadian violinist
• Gavin Hood (born 1963), South African director
• Joey Hood (born 1976), voice actor
• Kate Hood, Australian actress
• Kit Hood (1943–2020), Canadian television director
• Morag Hood (1942–2002), Scottish actress
• Patterson Hood (born 1964), American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Rappin' Hood (born 1971), Brazilian rapper, singer, record producer and television presenter
• Robert Hood (born 1965), American music producer and DJ

Military personnel

• Admiral Hood (disambiguation), multiple people with the surname who were admirals
• Alexander Hood (1758–1798), English Royal Navy officer
• Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), English Royal Navy officer
• Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1824–1901), English Royal Navy officer
• Charles Hood (1826–1883), English British Army officer
• Francis Grosvenor Hood (1809–1855), English British Army officer
• Horace Hood (1870–1916), English Royal Navy admiral
• John Hood (naval officer) (1859–1919), American U.S. Navy admiral
• John Bell Hood (1831–1879), American Confederate general
• Michael John Hood (born 1967), Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant General, Commander RCAF
• Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724–1816), English Royal Navy officer
• Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet (1762–1814), English Royal Navy officer
• Washington Hood (1808–1840), American soldier and surveyor

Politicians

• Alexander Fuller-Acland-Hood, 1st Baron St Audries (1853–1917), British Conservative Party politician
• Clark L. Hood (1847–1920), American politician
• Dave Hood Jr. (1954–2019), American politician and judge
• Dennis Hood (born 1970), Australian politician
• Glenda Hood (born 1950), former secretary of state for Florida
• Jim Hood (born 1962), Attorney General of Mississippi
• Jimmy Hood (1948–2017), politician in the United Kingdom
• John Hood (Australian politician) (1817–1877), MP in Victoria, Australia
• Morris Hood Jr. (1934–1998), American politician
• Morris Hood III (1965–2020), American politician
• Nicholas Hood (1923–2016), American politician
• Raymond W. Hood (1936–2002), American politician
• Ron Hood (1969–2025), American politician
• Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868), British politician and peer

Writers

• Ann Hood (born 1956), American novelist and short story writer
• Basil Hood (1864–1917), British librettist and lyricist
• Daniel Hood, American novelist
• Sam Hood (1872–1953), Australian photographer and photojournalist
• Sean Hood (born 1966), American screenwriter
• Stuart Hood (1915–2011), Scottish novelist and former controller of the BBC
• Thomas Hood (1799–1845), British poet and humorist
• Tom Hood (1835–1874), English humorist and playwright

Others

• Archibald Hood (1823–1902), Scottish coalowner
• Cherry Hood (born 1959), Australian artist
• George Hood, (1891–1928), New Zealand pioneer aviator who perished attempting the first flight across the Tasman Sea.
• James Hood (1942–2013), one of the first black students to enroll in the University of Alabama
• Nora Hood (–1871), Aboriginal Australian religious figure
• Rance Hood (1941–2024), Comanche artist
• Raymond Hood (1881–1934), early twentieth-century architect
• William Charles Hood (1824–1870), English doctor

Fictional characters

• Baby Bonnie Hood, fictional character
• Little Red Riding Hood, fairytale character
• Red Hood, fictional character in DC Comics
• Robin Hood, English folk hero from medieval legends
• Fleet Admiral Lord Terrence Hood, a fictional character in the Halo video-game franchise