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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 (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
  • 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
  • Thomas Gooch (disambiguation)
  • Tiny Gooch (1903-1986), American all-around college athlete, attorney and politician
  • U. L. Gooch (born 1923), 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

Nickname

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

See also

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