title: Gooch
text: # Gooch
  
  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
  * 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
  