# Gould (name)

Gould is a surname, a variant of "Gold"

## Acting

* Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor
* Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
* Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress
* Elliott Gould (born 1938), American actor
* Harold Gould (1923–2010), American actor
* James Nutcombe Gould (1849–1899), English stage actor
* Jason Gould (born 1966), American actor, writer and director
* Julia Gould (1824–1893), English-born stage actress and singer
* Kelly Gould, American actress
* Mitzi Gould (born 1915), American actress
* Nolan Gould, (born 1998), American actor
* Peter Gould, American television drama screenwriter
* Sandra Gould (1916–1999), American actress and comedian

## Arts and letters

* Alan J. Gould (1898–1993), American newspaper editor
* Chester Gould, creator of popular comic book character Dick Tracy
* Edd Gould (1988–2012), British animator, creator of Eddsworld
* Edward Sherman Gould, 19th-century American author, translator and critic
* Elizabeth Porter Gould (1848–1906), American poet and author
* Emily Gould (born 1981), American author
* Francis Carruthers Gould, British caricaturist and political cartoonist
* Gerald Gould, English writer, journalist, reviewer, essayist and poet
* Hal Gould, American photographer and gallery curator
* Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865), American poet
* J. J. Gould, Canadian journalist
* Joan Gould (1927–2022), American author and journalist
* Karen L. Gould (born 1948) American scholar of French-Canadian literature, president of Brooklyn College
* Lewis L. Gould (born 1939) American historian
* Mary Gould Almy (1735–1808), diarist during the American Revolution
* Nat Gould, English journalist and writer of horse racing novels
* Rebecca Gould, American writer, translator, and Professor of Islamic Studies
* Steven Gould, American science fiction writer
* Thomas R. Gould, American sculptor
* Warwick Gould (born 1947), Australian literary scholar
* Manny Gould (1904–1975), American animator

## Business

* Andrew Gould (businessman) (born 1946), Schlumberger executive
* Erastus F. Gould (1822–1896), American businessman and banker
* George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) American railroad president
* Jay Gould (1836–1892), American financier
* James Childs Gould (1880–1944), British/American industrialist
* Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–2018), American businessman and diplomat
* Kingdon Gould Sr. (1887–1945), American businessman

## Math and science

* Alice Bache Gould (1868–1953), American mathematician, philanthropist, and historian
* Augustus Addison Gould, American conchologist
* Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer
* Elizabeth Gould (psychologist), professor of psychology at Princeton University
* Gordon Gould, American physicist, inventor of the laser
* Henry W. Gould, American mathematician
* Ian Gould (geologist), Australian geologist, chancellor of the University of South Australia
* John Gould (1804–1881), English ornithologist and artist
* John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
* Laurence McKinley Gould (1896–1995), American geologist, educator, polar explorer
* Rupert Gould (1890–1948), British horologist
* Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002), American paleontologist and science writer
* William Gould (naturalist), English naturalist and cleric

## Military

* Charles Gilbert Gould (1845–1916), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* Davidge Gould (1758–1847), Royal Navy admiral
* Herbert Gould, Royal Air Force World War I flying ace
* Michael C. Gould, 18th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy
* Thomas William Gould (1914–2001), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

## Music

* Billy Gould (born 1963), American musician and producer
* Boon Gould (1955–2019), English musician, member of the band Level 42
* Glenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianist
* Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor and arranger
* Phil Gould (musician) (born 1957), English musician, member of the band Level 42
* Stephen Gould (tenor) (1962–2023), American tenor

## Politics

* Arthur R. Gould (1857–1946), U.S. senator
* Basil Gould (1883–1956), British Political Officer
* Benjamin Gould (politician) (1849–1922), South Australian politician
* Bryan Gould (born 1939), British politician
* Georgia Gould (politician), British politician, daughter of Philip
* James Childs Gould (1880–1944) industrialist and British Member of Parliament
* James J. Gould (1823–1909), Michigan state representative
* John Gould (MP), British politician and Director of the East India Company
* John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
* Joseph Gould (politician, born 1808) (1808–1886), farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
* Joseph Gould (politician, born 1911) (1911–1965), Canadian politician
* Karina Gould (born 1987), Canadian politician
* Kenneth H. Gould (1938–2019), American politician
* Monica Gould (born 1957), Australian former politician
* Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728), British politician and Governor of the Bank of England
* Nathaniel Gould (died 1738), British politician
* Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (1950–2011), British political advisor

## Sports

* Al Gould (1888–1935), American baseball player
* Anthony Gould (cricketer) (born 2001), American football player
* Arthur Corbin Gould (1850–1903), American shooter and writer on guns
* Arthur Gould (rugby union) (1864–1919), Welsh rugby union player
* Bert Gould, Welsh international rugby player
* Bob Gould (rugby player), Welsh international rugby player
* Bobby Gould (ice hockey), former National Hockey League player
* Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
* Carol Gould (athlete), English long-distance runner
* Chad Gould, Philippines footballer, England beach soccer international
* Charlie Gould (1847–1917), American baseball player
* Donna Gould (born 1966), Australian cyclist
* Georgia Gould, mountain biker
* Horace Gould, English motor racing driver
* Ian Gould (born 1957), English former cricketer and umpire
* James Gould (rower), New Zealand rower
* Jay Gould II (1888–1935) champion tennis player
* Jonny Gould, English radio sports broadcaster
* Martin Gould, English snooker player
* Phil Gould (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and commentator
* Robbie Gould, placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers
* Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
* Wally Gould (1938–2018), English footballer

## Other

* Alfred Gould (surgeon) (1852–1922), British physician, Dean of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London
* Arthur L. Gould, American educator
* Bob Gould (activist) (1937–2011), Australian activist and bookseller
* Carl Freylinghausen Gould, American architect
* Cecil Gould, English art historian
* Ezra Palmer Gould, minister and biblical scholar
* Frederick James Gould, English teacher, writer and pioneer secular humanist
* Harry Gould (editor) (died 1974), editor of the Tribune, Australian Communist newspaper
* James Gould (jurist), American law school professor
* Jay Gould (1836–1892), railroad developer and speculator
* Louisa Gould, Jewish activist
* Matt Kennedy Gould (born 1975), American former television personality
* Matthew Gould (born 1971), British Ambassador to Israel
* Robert S. Gould (1826–1904), Texas Supreme Court justice and Confederate colonel
* Sara K. Gould, American feminist and philanthropist
* Steven B. Gould (born 1966), American lawyer and judge
* Thomas Gould (Baptist) (c. 1619–1675), first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts
* Todd Gould, American psychiatrist