Gooch

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Gooch is a surname. Gooch or the Gooch is also a nickname. It may refer to:

Surname

People

• See Gooch baronets for a list of baronets with the surname (some are listed below)
• Alexander Gooch (died 1558), English Protestant martyr
• Arthur Gooch (footballer) (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer
• Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937), English baronet and retired British Army officer
• Arthur Gooch (criminal) (died 1936), American criminal and the only person ever executed under the Lindbergh kidnapping law
• Barnabas Gooch (died c. 1626), English lawyer, academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Member of Parliament
• Brad Gooch (born 1952), American writer
• Brison D. Gooch (1925–2014), American historian
• Charmian Gooch (born 1965), British anti-corruption campaigner and activist
• Daniel Gooch (1816–1889), English chief mechanical engineer and chairman of the Great Western Railway
• Daniel Linn Gooch (1853–1913), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• Daniel W. Gooch (1820–1891), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• Edwin Gooch (1869–1964), British politician and trade union leader
• Frank Austin Gooch (1852–1929), American chemist and engineer
• George Peabody Gooch (1873–1968), British journalist, historian and politician
• Graham Gooch (born 1953), English cricketer
• Henry Gooch (Conservative politician)
  (1871–1959), British barrister, educationalist and politician
• Jeff Gooch (born 1974), American former National Football League player
• Jim Gooch (politician) (born 1951), American politician
• Jimmy Gooch (footballer) (1921–2001), English football goalkeeper
• Joe Gooch (born 1977), English singer and guitarist
• John Viret Gooch (1812–1900), locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway
• Johnny Gooch (1897–1975), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player, manager, pitching coach and scout
• Jon Gooch (born 1984), English musician, record producer and DJ
• Keith Gooch (born 1959), former Canadian Football League player
• Lee Gooch (1890–1966), American Major League Baseball player and college head coach
• Lynden Gooch (born 1995), American footballer in England
• Martin Gooch (born 1972), British filmmaker
• Nancy Gooch (1811–1901), African American settler in California
• Peter Gooch (born 1949), English former cricketer
• Robert Gooch (1784–1830), English physician
• Sir Robert Gooch, 11th Baronet (1903–1978), British Army colonel
• Robert Kent Gooch (1893–1982), American college football quarterback and political science professor
• Stan Gooch (1932–2010), British psychologist
• Steve Gooch (born 1967), American politician
• Talor Gooch (born 1991), American golfer
• Thomas Gooch (disambiguation)
• Tiny Gooch (1903–1986), American all-around college athlete, attorney, and politician
• U. L. Gooch (1923–2021), American aviator, aviation entrepreneur, and politician
• Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681–1751), colonial Governor of Virginia
• William Gooch (astronomer) (1770–1792), English astronomer on the Vancouver Expedition

Fictional characters

• Stephanie Gooch
  , on the television series Scrubs
• The Gooch, an unseen character on the television series Diff'rent Strokes
• The Gooch, an occasional character on the New Zealand television series Outrageous Fortune, portrayed by Karl Willetts.
• Steve "Gooch" Yamaguchi, an supporting character in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

Nickname

• Colm Cooper, nicknamed "The Gooch" senior Kerry GAA Gaelic football player
• Devin Setoguchi, nicknamed "The Gooch", NHL player for the Minnesota Wild
• Oguchi Onyewu, nicknamed "Gooch", association football player for the United States National Team and Sporting Portugal

See also

• Gooch crucible, a sintered glass crucible
• Gooch valve for steam locomotives
• Goochland (disambiguation)

Surname list

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