Heywood (given name)

Heywood is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Heywood "Woody" Allen (born 1935), United States comedian, movie director, and jazz clarinetist
• Heywood Banks, United States comedian
• Heywood Broun (1888–1939), United States journalist
• Heywood Hale Broun (1918–2001), United States journalist
• Heywood L. Edwards (1905–1941), United States naval officer
• Heywood Gould (born 1942), United States screenwriter
• Heywood Sumner (1853–1940), an English painter and antiquary
• Heywood J. Ward, British writer, comedian and philanthropist