Underwood
Underwood is an English surname. It may refer to the following:
History
This name is of English and Scottish topographic origin, deriving from the Olde English "under" a preposition meaning "under" or "below", plus "wuda", a wood. The name was originally given to one dwelling at the foot of a wood or literally "below the trees of a forest". The name may also be locational from three places named with these elements i.e., Underwood in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and in the parish of Symington, Ayrshire. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 12th Century (see below). One William Underwude appears in the 1219 Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire, and a William under the Wode in the 1332 Subsidy Rolls of Staffordshire. On January 2nd 1634, one Joseph Underwood, aged 23 yrs., embarked from London on the ship "Bonaventure" bound for Virginia. He was one of the earliest recorded name bearers to enter America. No less than seven Coats of Arms were granted to families of this name and an interesting namebearer mentioned in the Dictionary of National Biography was one Michael Underwood (1737 - 1820) who practised in London as a surgeon and as a "male-midwife". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Underwode which was dated 1188, in the "Records of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk", during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.
People
Surname
Adin Ballou Underwood, American Civil War general
Antony Underwood, Australian scientist
Amy Underwood,English vet
Barbara D. Underwood (born 1944), American lawyer
Blair Underwood (1964–), American actor
Brittany Underwood (born 1988), American actress
Carrie Underwood (1983–), American singer and winner of the American Idol TV series in 2005
Cecil F. Underwood (1867-1943), British naturalist
Cecil H. Underwood (1922-2008), American politician
Cecilia Underwood, Duchess of Inverness (c.1785-1873), British peer
Charles Underwood (1791-1883), English architect
Cody Underwood (1983–), American Poet, Essayist.
Derek Underwood (born 1945), English cricketer
Dimitrius Underwood (born 1977), American football defensive end
E. J. Underwood (born 1983), American football cornerback
Edmund Beardsley Underwood (1853-1928), American naval officer
Elizabeth Underwood (c.1794-1858), Australian land owner
Eric Underwood (1905-1980), Australian scientist
Florence Ada Underwood (1872-1942), women's rights campaigner
Francis Henry Underwood (1825-1894), American biographer and diplomat
Frank Underwood, English musician
Fred Underwood (1868–1906), American baseball pitcher
George Allen Underwood (1793–1829), English architect
George Underwood (athlete) (1884-1943), American track and field athlete
George V. Underwood, Jr. (1913-1984), American army general
Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890-1960), American architect
Gordon Waite Underwood (1932-1978), American naval officer
Grant Underwood (born 1954), American Mormon historian
Henry Underwood (1863–1945), Australian politician
Henry Underwood (1787-1868), English architect
Henry Jones Underwood (1804-1852), English architect
Horace Grant Underwood (1859-1916), American missionary and founder of Yonsei University in Korea
Ian Underwood (born 1939), musician
James Underwood (born 1942), British pathologist
Jay Underwood (born 1968), American actor
Jim Underwood, American management professor
John C. Underwood (1840-1913), American politician and judge
John Curtiss Underwood (1809-1873), American politician
John Underwood (PR adviser), British public relation adviser
John W. H. Underwood (1816-1888), American politician
Joseph R. Underwood (1791-1876), American politician
Julie K. Underwood, American academic
Katie Underwood (1975–), Australian singer-songwriter
Kevin Ray Underwood (born 1979), American murder convict
Kianna Underwood (1992—), child actress
Lake Underwood (born 1926), American racecar driver
Larry Underwood (born 1966), American actor
Leon Underwood (1890–1975), British artist
Loyal Underwood (1893-1966), American actor
Matt Underwood (born 1968), American sports announcer
Marviel Underwood (born 1982), American football safety
Matthew Underwood (born 1990), American actor
Mell G. Underwood (1892-1972), American politician
Michael Underwood, British television presenter
Mick Underwood, British drummer
Olen Underwood, American football player and judge
Oscar Underwood (1862–1929), American politician
Pat Underwood (born 1957), American baseball pitcher
Paul Underwood (born 1973), English footballer
Peter Underwood (born 1937), Australian judge and government official
Peter Underwood (parapsychologist), English author, broadcaster and paranormalist
Rob Underwood, English radio presenter
Robert A. Underwood (1948–), American politician from Guam
Robin Underwood, former head of the Country Roads Board in Australia and regarded as the chief author of the controversial 1980 Lonie Report
Ron Underwood (1953–), American film director
Ron Underwood (musician)
Rory Underwood (1963–), English rugby union player
Ruth Underwood (born 1946), American musician
Sara Jean Underwood (1984–), American Playboy Playmate
Scott Underwood, American drummer
Sharon Underwood, American LGBT rights activist
Sheryl Underwood (born 1963), American comedian
Thomas Underwood (1863–1948), Canadian politician
Thomas R. Underwood (1898-1956), American politician
Tom Underwood (born 1953), American baseball pitcher
Tony Underwood (1969–), English rugby union player
Tony K. Underwood (1963- ),U.S.Army,9th Infantry Division,DMMC/DCSC.1985-86
Warner Underwood (1808-1872), American politician
Wilbur Underwood (1874-1935), American poet
William D. Underwood, American university preseident
William Lyman Underwood (1864-1929), American photographer
In fiction
Cody Underwood, a special effects technician played by Danny McBride in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder
Given name
Underwood Dudley (1937–), US mathematician
Places
United States
Underwood, Indiana
Underwood, Iowa
Underwood, Minnesota
Underwood, North Dakota
Underwood Township, Minnesota
Underwood-Petersville, Alabama
New Underwood, South Dakota
United Kingdom
Grendon Underwood, village in England
Weston Underwood, Derbyshire, village in England
Weston Underwood, Milton Keynes, village in England
Wotton Underwood, village in England
Underwood, Nottinghamshire, village in England
Underwood, Newport, village in Wales
Australia
Underwood, Queensland, a suburb of Logan City, Australia
Other uses
Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA
Underwood Typewriter Company, a typewriter manufacturer
Underwood tariff, a US tax law
USS Underwood, US Navy ship
William Underwood Company, a 19th- and 20th-century maker of condiments and packaged meat and fish
Underwood & Underwood, an early producer and distributor of stereoscopic images
Undervud
Translation
The word "Underwood" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Volapük.
Translation(s) in other languages: Korean: 언더우드, Russian: Ундервуд.
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