title: Goebbels (surname)
text: # Goebbels (surname)
  
  Goebbels is a German surname, normally found in the western areas of Germany. It is probably derived from the Low German word gobelet. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Heiner Goebbels (born 1952), German composer and music director
  * Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945), Propaganda Minister of Nazi Germany
     * Magda Goebbels (1901–1945), wife of Joseph Goebbels
     * Joseph and Magda Goebbels' 6 Children (murdered 1945)
  * Matthias Goebbels (1836–1912), German historicist painter and priest
  * Robert Goebbels (born 1944), Luxembourg socialist and vice president of the European Left
  