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Goddard is a surname of
Norman origin,[
citation needed ] found in England and France.[
citation needed ] It is derived from the personal name "Golhard"[
citation needed ] . 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.
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Notable people with the name include:
Arts and entertainment
Film, television, and theater
Literature and journalism
Music
Goddard. (born Andrew Goddard, 1998), British musician
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 (1924–1988), Trinidadian steelpan enthusiast and President of the Steelband Association
Joe Goddard (born 1979), British indie musician (Hot Chip) and composer
Other arts and entertainment
Politics and law
Ambrose Goddard (c. 1727–1815), MP for Wiltshire
Ambrose Goddard (born 1819) (1819–1898), MP for Cricklade
Daniel Ford Goddard (1850–1922), MP for Ipswich
F. Norton Goddard (1861–1905), New York City Republican politician
Guybon Goddard (1612–1671), English lawyer, Member of Parliament, and diarist
Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (1877–1971), 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 (1879–1952), British solicitor to Wallis Simpson during the Edward VIII abdication crisis
Thomas Goddard (jurist) (1937–2019), New Zealand jurist
Thomas Goddard (MP) (1777–1814), MP for Cricklade
Science and engineering
Andrew Goddard (born 1967), British doctor
Calvin Hooker Goddard (1891–1955), American scientist, "the father of forensic ballistics"
Cliff Goddard (born 1953), Australian professor in linguistics
David R. Goddard (1908–1985), American plant physiologist and scientific administrator, son of Pliny Earle Goddard
Dick Goddard (1931–2020), meteorologist at WJW-TV in Cleveland
Ebenezer Goddard (1816–1882), British businessman and engineer
Ernest James Goddard (1883–1948), Australian professor of biology
Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957), American psychologist and eugenicist
Ives Goddard (born 1941), American linguist
Lisa Goddard (1966–2022), American climatologist
Michael Goddard , Australian animal genetics researcher
Peter Goddard (physicist) (born 1945), British mathematical physicist
Pliny Earle Goddard (1869–1928), early American linguist, father of David R. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), "the father of modern US rocketry"
Stacie E. Goddard , American political scientist
William Goddard (engineer) (1913–1997), IBM engineer
William Andrew Goddard III (born 1937), American theoretical chemist
Sports
Brendon Goddard (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
Dicky Goddard (1879–1949), English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s
Hope Goddard Iselin (1868–1970), American sportswoman
Jamie Goddard (born 1972), Australian rugby league footballer
Joe Goddard (boxer) (1857–1903), Australian boxer
John Goddard (cricketer) (1919–1987), Barbadian cricketer
John Goddard (footballer) (born 1993), English Footballer
Jordan Goddard (born 1993), English footballer
Paul Goddard (footballer) (born 1959), English footballer
Peter Goddard (motorcyclist) (born 1964), Australian motorcycle road racer
Richard Goddard (footballer) (born 1978), Trinidad and Tobago football goalkeeper
Richard Goddard (rugby league) (born 1974), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s
Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 1978), British semi-professional association football midfielder
Spike Goddard (Richard Goddard, born 1992), Australian racing driver
Tom Goddard (1900–1966), English cricketer; fifth highest first-class wicket-taker
Tracy Goddard (born 1969), British runner
Trevor Goddard (cricketer) (1931–2016), South African cricketer
Trevor Goddard (1962–2003), English actor and former professional boxer
Others
See also
References