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
• Arthur Heywood (1849–1916), 3rd Baronet, experimental railway builder
• Arthur Heywood-Lonsdale (1835–1897), English rower and Canadian landowner
• Benjamin Heywood (1793–1865), 1st of the Heywood Baronets, English banker and philanthropist
• 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
• Frances Heywood (1902 – 1994) British metallurgist and engineer
• George Heywood (1907–1985), English footballer
• Herbert Heywood (footballer) (1913–unknown), English footballer
• Herbert Heywood (actor)
• Hugh Heywood (1896–1987), Anglican priest
• Jamie Heywood (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 (1921–2019), British actress
• Jeff Heywood (born 1951), United States racing driver
• Jeremy Heywood (1961–2018), British civil servant
• Joanne Heywood, British actress
• John Heywood, 16th century English writer
• John B. Heywood (photographer), 19th century United States photographer
• John B. Heywood, Engineer, Professor
• 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 Heywood (bishop) (1867–1955), Anglican Bishop
• Richard Heywood (MP) (by 1520 – 1570)
• 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
• Suzanne Heywood (born 1969), British business executive
• Thomas Heywood (died 1641), English actor and playwright
• Thomas Heywood (railway engineer) (died 1953) British locomotive engineer
• Thomas Percival Heywood (1823–1897), 2nd Baronet
• Thomas Heywood (antiquarian) (1797–1866), English member of the Chetham Society
• Thomas Heywood (organist) (born 1974)
• Tim Heywood (1914–2006), British soldier and farmer
• Vernon Heywood (1927–2022), British botanist