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 (1934–2014), American football player
• Ali-Ollie Woodson (1951–2010), American musician
• André Woodson (born 1984), American quarterback
• Anthony Woodson (born 1988), Canadian football player
• Archelaus Marius Woodson (1854–1925), American judge
• Benjamin N. Woodson (1908–2001), American insurance CEO
• Bill Woodson (1917–2017), American voice artist
• Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), African-American historian, author, journalist
• Charles Woodson (born 1976) American football cornerback
• Chazz Woodson (born 1982), American Major League Lacrosse player
• Craig Woodson (born 2001), American football player
• Darren Woodson (born 1969), American, former NFL player
• David M. Woodson (1806–1877), American judge
• Dick Woodson (born 1945), American baseball player
• Harry Woodson (c. 1852–1887), American professional boxer
• Herbert Woodson, American engineer
• J. Belmont Woodson (1872–1963), American politician
• Jacqueline Woodson (born 1963), American author
• Jamie Woodson (born 1972), American politician from Tennessee

• John Woodson (burgess) American planter and legislator from Goochland County, Virginia

• John C. Woodson (1823-1875), American lawyer, Confederate officer and legislator from Rockingham County, Virginia
• John Woodson Jr. (1744-1821), American planter and politician from Cumberland County, Virginia

• Julie Woodson (born 1950), American model
• Lewis Woodson (1806–1878), American educator and minister
• Lloyd R. Woodson (born 1966), American public figure
• Marcus Woodson, American football coach
• Marie Woodson, American politician
• Mike Woodson (born 1958), American, former NBA player
• Randy Woodson (born 1957), American plant physiologist and university administrator
• Robert Everard Woodson (1904–1963), American botanist
• Robert Woodson (born 1937), American community development leader
• Rod Woodson (born 1965), American football defensive back
• Ruby Garrard Woodson (1931–2008), American educator and cultural historian
• Samuel H. Woodson (1777–1827), American politician
• Samuel H. Woodson (1815–1881), American politician
• S. Howard Woodson (1916–1999), American pastor, civil rights leader and politician
• Sean Woodson (born 1992), American mixed martial artist
• Shirley Woodson (born 1936), American artist, educator, mentor, and art collector
• Silas Woodson (1819–1896), American, Governor of Missouri
• Stony Woodson (born 1985), American football player
• Tracy Woodson (born 1962), American, Major League Baseball player
• Warren B. Woodson (1903–1998), American college football coach
• Waverly B. Woodson Jr. (1922–2005), American soldier and health professional

Given name

• James Woodson Bates (1788–1846), American lawyer, statesman
• Sarah Jane Woodson Early (1825–1907), American educator and author
• Woodson T. Slater, (1858–1928), American, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Jesse Woodson James (1847–1882), American outlaw

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