title: Goethals
text: # Goethals
  
  Goethals is a Dutch surname originating in Flanders. It seems to be derived from Goedaels, meaning "good ale", and, equivalent to the English and German surnames Goodale and Gutbier, would have referred to a brewer. People with the surname include:
  
  * Angela Goethals (born 1977), American actress
  * Auguste Goethals (1812–1888), Belgian lieutenant general and minister of war
  * Christian Goethals (1928–2003), Belgian racing driver
  * Félix Goethals (1891–1962), French road bicycle racer
  * Félix Victor Goethals (1798–1872), Belgian historian, librarian and genealogist
  * George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), United States Army officer and civil engineer
  * Guy Goethals (born 1952), Belgian football referee
  * Henry Goethals (c.1217–1293), Flemish scholastic philosopher
  * Lucien Goethals (1931–2006), Belgian composer
  * Paul Goethals (1832–1901), Belgian Jesuit priest, first Catholic archbishop of Calcutta.
  * Pieter Goethals (1826–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error, beheaded for a murder he did not commit
  * Raymond Goethals (1921–2004), Belgian football coach
  * Robert Goethals (1922–2011), Belgian football coach
  * Thomás Goethals (born 1983), Dutch/Mexican DJ
  
  ## Named after George Washington Goethals
  
  * Goethals Bridge in New York City
  * Goethals Medal, awarded by the Society of American Military Engineers
  * USS General G. W. Goethals and USNS George W. Goethals, US Navy ships
  * Goethals (dredge) US Army ocean-going hopper dredger
  
  ## Named after Paul Goethals
  
  * Goethals Memorial School, administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India
  