Joseph Wood may refer to: Joseph Wood (congressman) (1712–1791), American planter and Continental Congressman for Georgia Joseph Wood (Wisconsin politician) (1809–1890), American pioneer and Wisconsin state legislator Joseph Wood (schoolmaster) (1841–1923), English headmaster of Harrow and other schools Joseph Garnett Wood (1900–1959), Australian professor of botany Joseph M. Wood, head coach of the University of Virginia college football program, 1914 Joseph R. Wood (1915–2000), American composer Joseph Rudolph Wood (1958–2014), American murderer whose prolonged execution has created some controversy