Heywood (surname)

Heywood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abel Heywood (1810–1893), English politician
• Angela Heywood (1840-1935), United States suffragist, socialist, abolitionist
• Anne Heywood (born 1932), British film actress
• Sir Arthur Heywood, 3rd Baronet (1849–1916), experimental railway builder
• Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1835–1897), English rower and Canadian landowner
• Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865), 1st Baronet, English banker and philanthropist
  • See also Heywood Baronets
• Bernard Heywood (1871–1960), English bishop
• Charles Heywood (1803 - 1853), a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, who had distinguished himself in the Mexican American War and father of Charles Heywood (1839–1915).
• Charles Heywood (1839–1915), United States general
• Charles D. Heywood (1881–1957), minor United States businessman
• Doug Heywood (1924–2002), Australian rules footballer
• Eddie Heywood (1915–1989), United States jazz musician
• Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), United States radical
• George Heywood (1907–1985), English footballer
• Herbert Heywood (born 1913), English footballer
• Hugh Christopher Lempriere Heywood (1896–1987), Anglican priest
• James Heywood (chief executive) (born 1966), United States engineer, and director of ALS Therapy Development Foundation
• James Heywood (philanthropist) (1810–1897), British politician
• Jasper Heywood (1535–1598), English scholar and translator
• Jean Heywood (born 1921), British actress
• Jeff Heywood (born 1951), United States racing driver
• Jeremy Heywood (born 1961), British Civil Servant
• Joanne Heywood, British actress
• John Heywood, 16th century English writer
• John B. Heywood, 19th century United States photographer
• John D. Heywood, 19th century United States photographer
• Joseph L. Heywood (1815–1910), bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Joseph Lee Heywood (1837–1876), victim of bank robbery
• Matthew Heywood (born 1979), English footballer
• Neil Heywood (1970–2011), British businessman murdered in China
• Oliver Heywood (1825–1892), English banker and philanthropist
• Oliver Heywood (minister) (1630–1702), English nonconformist minister
• Pat Heywood (born 1927), British actress
• Paul Heywood, British academic
• Peter Heywood (1772–1831), British naval officer
• Phil Heywood, United States musician
• Ralph Heywood (1921–2007), American football player and marine
• Richard Stanley Heywood (1867–1955), Anglican Bishop
• Samuel Heywood (Berkeley) (1833–1903), minor United States businessman
• Samuel Heywood (chief justice) (1753–1828), British lawyer
• Stephen Heywood (1969–2006), United States architect and ALS campaigner
• Thomas Heywood (died 1641), English actor and playwright
• Tim Heywood (1914–2006), British soldier and farmer
• Vernon Heywood (born 1927), British botanist
• W. Scott Heywood (1872–1950), Louisiana politician