Elwood may refer to the following:

Places

In Australia

Elwood, Victoria Elwood is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip Local government areas of Victoria, ...

, a suburb of Melbourne

In the United States

Elwood, Illinois Elwood is a village in rural Will County, Illinois, United States, approximately 45 miles southwest of Chicago. The population was 2,229 at the 2020 United States census, down from 2,279 in 2010. History Elwood was founded in 1854 and incorpo ...

, a village *

Elwood, Indiana Elwood is a city in Madison County, Indiana, Madison and Tipton County, Indiana, Tipton counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. The Madison County portion, which is nearly all of the city, is part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area, Indianapoli ...

, a city * Elwood, Kansas, a city *

Elwood, Missouri Elwood or Elwood Siding is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern regi ...

, an unincorporated community * Elwood, Nebraska, a village *

Elwood, New Jersey Elwood is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Mullica Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Elwood, New York, a census-designated place * Elwood, Utah, a town

People

First name

* Elwood Balderston (died 1921), American politician * Elwood Thomas Baker (1854–1938), co-inventor of the card game gin rummy * Elwood Barker (1878–1953), American politician * Elwood Blues, a fictional character portrayed by

Dan Aykroyd Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Nigh ...

in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers'' *

Elwood Engel Elwood Paul Engel (February 10, 1917 – June 24, 1986) was Chrysler Corporation's design chief from 1961 until 1974. Early days Engel first joined General Motors as a student under Harley Earl's watchful eye at GM's school of design. In 1939 ...

(1917–1986), Chrysler Corporation's design chief from 1961 until 1974 * Elwood Francis, a member of the American rock group ZZ Top * E. Gordon Gee (born 1944), American academic administrator, President of West Virginia University * Elwood V. Jensen (1920–2012), American molecular biologist *

Elwood Richard Quesada Elwood Richard Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, 1904 – February 9, 1993), nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force Lt. General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in Major League Baseball. Early years Elwood Richard Quesada was ...

(1904–1993), American Air Force lieutenant general * Elwood Wherry, American Presbyterian missionary

Surname

* Augustus R. Elwood (1819–1881), American politician *

Brian Elwood Sir Brian George Conway Elwood (born 5 April 1933) is a former New Zealand lawyer, politician, and public servant. He served as mayor of Palmerston North from 1971 to 1985, and was the Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand from December 1994 to June 2 ...

(born 1933), New Zealand public servant *

Courtney Simmons Elwood Courtney Simmons Elwood (born June 6, 1968) is an American attorney who served as the general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Trump administration between 2017 and 2021. Early life and education Elwood was born in Bet ...

(born 1968), American attorney *

Edwin L. Elwood Edwin L. Elwood (1847 – September 13, 1907) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He took part in campaigns against Cochise and the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory in ...

(1847–1907), American soldier *

Eric Elwood Eric Elwood is a former Irish rugby union player from Galway. He played as a fly-half. He played for Ireland internationally, and provincially for Connacht. He was on the Coláiste Iognáid team that won the Connacht Schools Rugby Senior Cup ...

(born 1969), Irish rugby union player *

James Elwood James Stanley Elwood ( December 1921 – 13 December 2021) was a British pathologist who was responsible for 222 cancer misdiagnoses between 1995 and 2000. During the period concerned he was practising as a locum at four NHS trusts: the Princess ...

(c. 1921–2021), British physician *

Jimmy Elwood Jimmy Elwood (12 June 1901 – 30 November 1936) was an rish footballer who played as a centre-half. Career He played for Glentoran FC, Manchester City FC, Chesterfield FC, Bradford Park Avenue and Derry City FC. He was capped twice for Ir ...

(1901–1936), Irish footballer *

Joey Elwood Joey Elwood is an American Christian music producer and former recording artist. Career Elwood is one of the co-founders of Gotee Records, along with the other Gotee Brothers, Toby McKeehan and Todd Collins. The record label was created whe ...

, one of the founders of Gotee Records *

Paul Elwood Paul Iserman Elwood (born 1958) was a composer and banjo player from Greeley, Colorado. He received his B.M.E. at Wichita State University and his M.M. in composition from Southern Methodist University and his Ph.D. in Composition from the St ...

(born 1958), American composer and banjo player *

Roger Elwood Roger Elwood (January 13, 1943 – February 2, 2007) was an American science fiction author and editor, who edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers during the early to mid-1970s. Biography Born and ...

(1943–2007), American science fiction writer *

Sheri Elwood Sheri Elwood is an LA-based Canadian-born television producer, director and screenwriter, working in film and television. She is most known for her work on smash hit ''Lucifer'', a dark comedy procedural about the devil in LA. She is also known ...

, Canadian screenwriter *

Thomas Elwood (disambiguation) Thomas Elwood may refer to: * Thomas Ellwood (1639–1714), English religious writer * Thomas Elwood (MP) (died 1612), English politician {{hndis, Elwood, Thomas ...

, various people

Arts and entertainment

* Elwood Blues, a fictional character in the film ''

The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers (formally, The Fabulous Blues Brothers’ Show Band and Revue) are an American blues and soul music, soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast ...

'' * Elwood P. Dowd, main character from the

play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * P ...

and

movie A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

''Harvey'' *

Elwood (American musician) Elwood is the musical project/collaboration of singer-songwriter Prince Elwood Strickland III (born in North Carolina) and co-producer and songwriter Brian Boland. Strickland worked as a recording engineer at SoHo's Greene St. Recording facil ...

, a hip-hop/rock duo

Schools

* Elwood College, a co-educational state high school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * Elwood Jr/Sr High School, a public high school located in Elwood, Indiana

Other uses

* Elwood (horse), 1904 Kentucky Derby winner *

Elwood (dog) Elwood (2005 – November 28, 2013) was the 2007 winner of the World's Ugliest Dog Contest. In the prior year, 2006, he came in second in the contest. His owner was Karen Quigley, a resident of Sewell, New Jersey. He was a two-year-old Chine ...

, winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest * ''Elwood'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat that operated in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia * Elwood Staffing, an American-based corporation offering staffing and payroll services *

Elwood Building The Elwood Building was built in 1879 for a Rochester lawyer Frank W. Elwood, whose family owned the property. The Elwood Building was the first building to have a mail chute, which was installed in 1884 by James Goold Cutler, the inventor of the ...

, Rochester, New York, United States