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Hood is an
English and
Scottish
surname . Notable people with the surname include:
Real people
Academics
Athletes
Bruce Hood (1936–2018), Canadian author, businessman, politician, and NHL referee
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
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
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 (born 1969), American politician
Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868), British politician and peer
Writers
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
Raymond Hood (1881–1934), early twentieth-century architect
William Charles Hood (1824-1870), English doctor
Fictional characters