Goddard (surname)
Goddard is a surname of Norman origin, found in England and France. It is derived from the personal name "Golhard". Recorded variants include Godard and Godart in England; Goudard and Godar in France; Gotthard, Godehard and Goddert in Germany; and Goedhard and Goedhart in Holland.[1]
The surname Goddard may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
In film, television, and theater
- Charles W. Goddard (1879–1951), American playwright and screenwriter
- Jim Goddard (1936–2013), English film and television director
- Liza Goddard (born 1950), British television presenter
- Paulette Goddard (1911–1990), American actress
- Trisha Goddard (born 1957), British television presenter
In music
- Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard, 1954), British pop singer
- Alexa Goddard (born 1988), British R&B singer
- Geoff Goddard (1938–2000), English musician and songwriter
- George 'Sonny' Goddard, former president of the Steelband Association and enthusiast
Others in arts and entertainment
- Anna-Marie Goddard (born 1970), Dutch-born model for adult publications
- George William Goddard (1889–1987), aerial photography pioneer
- Robert Goddard (novelist) (born 1954), British novelist
In politics
- F. Norton Goddard, New York City Republican politician, c. 1900
- Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (1877–1971), former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
- Robert Hale Ives Goddard (1837–1916), industrialist and Rhode Island politician
- Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr. (1919–2006), 12th Governor of Arizona
- Theodore Goddard, British solicitor to Wallis Simpson during the Edward VIII abdication crisis
In science and engineering
- Cliff Goddard, Australian professor in linguistics
- David R. Goddard (1908-1985) American plant physiologist and scientific administrator, son of Pliny Earle Goddard
- Dick Goddard (born 1931), meteorologist at WJW-TV in Cleveland
- Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957), prominent American psychologist and eugenicist
- Ives Goddard (1941–), American linguist
- Peter Goddard (physicist) (born 1945), British mathematical physicist
- Pliny Earle Goddard, early American linguist, father of David R. Goddard
- Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), "the father of modern US rocketry"
- William Goddard (engineer), IBM engineer
- William Andrew Goddard III, American theoretical chemist
In sports
- Brendon Goddard (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
- Hope Goddard Iselin (1868–1970), American sportswoman
- Jamie Goddard, Australian rugby league footballer
- Joe Goddard (boxer)
- Jordan Goddard, English footballer
- Paul Goddard (born 1959), English footballer
- Peter Goddard (motorcycle racer) (born 1964), Australian motorcycle road racer
- Tom Goddard (1900–1966), English cricketer; fifth highest first-class wicket-taker
- Trevor Goddard (1962–2003), actor and former professional boxer
- Trevor Goddard (cricketer) (b. 1931), South African cricketer
Others
- Goddard family, in the English counties of Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Berkshire, between the Tudor period and the late modern era
- John Goddard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nichola Goddard (1980–2006), Canadian army captain who was killed during Canadian operations in Afghanistan
References
- ↑ "Last name: Goddard". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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