Sherwood (surname)
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Sherwood is a surname, and may refer to
- Adrian SherwoodAdrian SherwoodAdrian Sherwood is an English record producer best known for his work with dub music as well as for remixing a number of popular acts such as Coldcut, Depeche Mode, The Woodentops, Primal Scream, Pop Will Eat Itself, Sinéad O'Connor, and Skinny Puppy...
- Alf SherwoodAlf SherwoodAlfred Thomas "Alf" Sherwood was a Welsh international footballer. Between 1947 and 1957, he gained a total of 41 Caps....
, Welsh footballer - Bill SherwoodBill SherwoodWilliam Charles Patrick Sherwood, better known as Bill Sherwood was an American musician, screenwriter and film director.Sherwood was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan...
- Billy SherwoodBilly SherwoodWilliam "Billy" Wyman Sherwood is a musician, record producer, and engineer.-Family:Sherwood comes from a musical family which includes his father Bobby Sherwood, who was an actor, musician, and big band leader, his mother Phyllis, a singer and drummer, and brother Michael, a keyboardist and...
, musician and one-time member of the band Yes - Brad SherwoodBrad SherwoodBradley "Brad" Sherwood is an American actor and comedian. He has worked in entertainment as an actor, comedian, singer, writer, and producer.- Early life and career:...
- Brandi SherwoodBrandi SherwoodBrandi Sherwood is an American model and pageant winner. She was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She was Miss USA 1997 and Miss Teen USA 1989 and was a frequent rotating Barker's Beauty model on the US daytime television game show The Price Is Right from 2002-2009.-Pageant history:In 1997, she won...
, former Miss USA and Miss Teen USA and a model on The Price is Right - Carlton SherwoodCarlton SherwoodCarlton Sherwood is an American journalist who produced the anti-John Kerry film Stolen Honor. Sherwood served on two news teams which were responsible for the award of the Pulitzer Prize and the Peabody Award to their organizations....
- Charles Sherwood
- Christine Sherwood, Actress TLC's Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed. Lover's Lane episode.
- Davetta SherwoodDavetta SherwoodDavetta Sherwood is an American actress and musician. Sherwood first worked as a child model before venturing into an acting career including appearing in music videos and guest appearances...
- David SherwoodDavid SherwoodDavid Sherwood is a British tennis player.Sherwood is from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. In March 2005 he played with Andrew Murray in the Davis Cup, beating the Israeli doubles team....
- Don SherwoodDon SherwoodDonald L. "Don" Sherwood is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district, from 1999 to 2007...
, a former Congressman from Pennsylvania - Dougan Sherwood, director of the National Youth Leadership Forum
- George Sherwood (Canadian politician)
- George Sherwood (actor)
- George Sherwood (sculptor)George Sherwood (sculptor)George Sherwood is an American kinetic and environmental sculptor.-Biography:Sherwood was born on February 6, 1954 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He grew up in the Connecticut coastal town of Fairfield...
- Grace SherwoodGrace SherwoodGrace Sherwood was a woman tried and convicted of witchcraft in the Princess Anne County court of the U.S. state of Virginia in 1705–1706, in one of the most notable witch trials in the folklore of Virginia...
, convicted of witchcraft in Colonial Virginia - Henry SherwoodHenry SherwoodHenry Sherwood, QC was a lawyer and Tory provincial politician, moved to municipal politics and was alderman of St. David's Ward when chosen as Toronto's 7th mayor from 1842 to 1844. Sherwood was appointed QC on 23 January 1838...
- Henry Burr SherwoodHenry Burr SherwoodHenry Burr Sherwood was an inventor, miller, and farmer in Westport, Connecticut.He played a notable role in the 19th century economy of the Westport Connecticut area, including owning & operating the Compo Tide Mill , inventing a farming implement important for...
, inventor, miller, farmer of Westport, CTWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices.... - Holly SherwoodHolly SherwoodHolly Sherwood is an American rock vocalist, best known for her work with Jim Steinman, providing both lead and backing vocals.-Acting Career:...
, singer who performed mostly in the 1980s with Jim Steinman - Isaac R. SherwoodIsaac R. SherwoodIsaac Ruth Sherwood was an American politician and newspaper editor from Toledo, Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union army during the Civil War. He served nine terms in the United States Congress, and was a noted pacifist during World War I.-Early life and career:Sherwood was born in...
- John Sherwood (disambiguation)
- John Sherwood-KellyJohn Sherwood-KellyJohn Sherwood Kelly VC CMG DSO was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
- Justus Sherwood, United Empire Loyalist who, after the American Revolution, fled to Canada
- Leonid SherwoodLeonid SherwoodLeonid Vladimirovich Sherwood was a Russian sculptor. Sherwood was of English descent, his grandfather Joseph Sherwood was an English engineer who emigrated to Russia. His father was the architect Vladimir Osipovich Sherwood and his brother was the architect Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood...
, Russian sculptor and architect - Levi Sherwood, freestyle motocross
- Levius Peters SherwoodLevius Peters SherwoodLevius Peters Sherwood was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at St. Johns in Lower Canada, the son of Justus Sherwood. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1803. In 1804, he was appointed registrar for Grenville, Leeds, and Carleton and customs inspector...
- Madeleine SherwoodMadeleine SherwoodMadeleine Sherwood is a Canadian actress of stage, film and television. She is widely known for her portrayals of Mae/Sister Woman and Miss Lucy in both the Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth...
- Mary Martha SherwoodMary Martha SherwoodMary Martha Sherwood was a prolific and influential writer of children's literature in 19th-century Britain...
- Michael SherwoodMichael SherwoodMichael Sherwood is a U.S. keyboardist and singer.-Biography:Michael Sherwood comes from a musical family which includes his father Bobby Sherwood, who was an actor, musician, and big band leader, his mother Phyllis and younger brother Billy...
- Phyllis Sherwood
- Raymond A. Sherwood, lyricist for the Tin Pan AlleyTin Pan AlleyTin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century...
genre - Robert E. SherwoodRobert E. SherwoodRobert Emmet Sherwood was an American playwright, editor, and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was a son of Arthur Murray Sherwood, a rich stockbroker, and his wife, the former Rosina Emmet, a well-known illustrator and portrait painter known as Rosina E. Sherwood...
, American playwright, editor, and screenwriter - Samuel Sherwood (Canadian politician)Samuel Sherwood (Canadian politician)Samuel Sherwood was a lawyer and political figure in early Canada.He was born in the Thirteen Colonies, the son of Justus Sherwood, a United Empire Loyalist who settled in Augusta Township in Upper Canada. He studied law in Montreal and was admitted to the Upper Canada bar. He served as a scout...
- Sheila SherwoodSheila SherwoodSheila Sherwood is a former international Long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh...
- Thomas Sherwood (disambiguation)
- Tim SherwoodTim SherwoodTimothy "Tim" Sherwood is an English former professional footballer who was captain of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership title-winning side...
(born 1969), English international footballer - Vladimir Osipovich SherwoodVladimir Osipovich SherwoodVladimir Osipovich Sherwood was a Russian architect who worked in Moscow. He was an Eclectics and Russian Revival practitioner, author of the State Historical Museum in Moscow. He was the son of Joseph Sherwood, an English engineer hired to build canals in Russia; the father died when Vladimir...
, Russian architect - Vladimir Vladimirovich SherwoodVladimir Vladimirovich SherwoodVladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood , was a Russian architect who worked in Moscow in 1895-1914 in Art Nouveau style and modernized classics variant of Russian neoclassical revival that predated modernist architecture of 1920s.-Biography:...
, Russian architect (son of Vadimir Osipovich) - William of SherwoodWilliam of SherwoodWilliam of Sherwood was a medieval English Scholastic philosopher, logician and teacher.Little is known of his life, but he is thought to have studied in Paris, as a master at Oxford in 1252, treasurer of Lincoln from 1254/8 onwards, and a rector of Aylesbury.He was the author of two books which...
, medieval logician - Winfield S. SherwoodWinfield S. SherwoodWinfield Scott Sherwood was one of the original signers of the 1849 California Constitution. On July 14, 1849 Sherwood was elected delegate to Constitutional Convention. He ran against Peter H. Burnett in the first statewide election for California Governor after Mexican rule in 1849, but he lost...