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Elwood


Elwood may refer to the following:

Places

In Australia

  • Elwood, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne

In the United States

  • Elwood, Illinois, a village
  • Elwood, Indiana, a city
  • Elwood, Kansas, a city
  • Elwood, Missouri, an unincorporated community
  • Elwood, Nebraska, a village
  • Elwood, New Jersey, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
  • 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 Engel (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 (1904–1993), American Air Force lieutenant general
  • Elwood Wherry, American Presbyterian missionary
  • Elwood Higginbotham (died 1935), African American murdered by lynching

Surname

  • Augustus R. Elwood (1819–1881), American politician
  • Brian Elwood (born 1933), New Zealand public servant
  • Courtney Simmons Elwood (born 1968), American attorney
  • Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier
  • Eric Elwood (born 1969), Irish rugby union player
  • James Elwood (c. 1921–2021), British physician
  • Jimmy Elwood (1901–1936), Irish footballer
  • Joey Elwood, one of the founders of Gotee Records
  • Marie Elwood (1932–2012), Canadian museum curator
  • Paul Elwood (born 1958), American composer and banjo player
  • Roger Elwood (1943–2007), American science fiction writer
  • Sheri Elwood, Canadian screenwriter
  • Thomas Elwood (disambiguation), various people

Arts and entertainment

  • Elwood Blues, a fictional character portrayed by Dan Aykroyd in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers
  • Elwood P. Dowd, main character from the play and movie Harvey
  • Elwood (American musician), 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), 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, Rochester, New York, United States
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