Goody is both a surname and an honorific analogous to modern-day “Mrs,” as well as a nickname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Gordon Goody (1930–2016), British criminal, involved in the Great Train Robbery
• Jack Goody (1919–2015), British social anthropologist
• Jade Goody (1981–2009), British reality television star
• Joan E. Goody (1935–2009), American architect
• Laila Goody (born 1971), Norwegian actress
• Lancelot John Goody (1908–1992), Roman Catholic bishop then archbishop of Perth
• Nick Goody (born 1991), American baseball player
• Richard Goody (1921–2023), emeritus professor of planetary physics at Harvard University
• Roger S Goody (born 1944), English biochemist

Honorific:

• Goody Cole or Eunice Cole, only woman convicted of witchcraft in New Hampshire
• Goody Osborne or Sarah Osborne, woman accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692 biochemist

Nickname:

• Goody Petronelli, (1923–2012), American boxing trainer and co-manager
• Goody Rosen, (1912–1994), Canadian Major League Baseball All Star outfielder

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