Fred or Frederick Woods may refer to: Frederick S. Woods (1864–1950), American mathematician. Fred Woods (trade unionist) (died 1961), British trade union leader. Fred Woods (historian) (born 1956), professor at Brigham Young University. Frederick Newhall Woods IV (born c. 1952), kidnapper behind the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping. See also. Fred Woods Trail, a hiking trail in Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Woods