# 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
* Nancy Gooch (1811–1901), African American settler in California
* 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
* Vinnie the Gooch, the color commentator in the Backyard Baseball video game series

## 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