Godwin
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Godwin is an Anglo-Saxon name. It may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Arts and entertainment
- Godwin Mercado, Computer Scientist, Professional Dota Player
- Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), English architect
- Fay Godwin (1931-2005), British photographer
- Frank Godwin (1889-1959), American illustrator, creator of Connie comic strip
- Gail Godwin (born 1937), American novelist and short story writer
- George Godwin, architectural journalist
- George Stanley Godwin, author
- Jeff Godwin, American fundamentalist, former rock musician
- Joscelyn Godwin (born 1945), English musicologist and translator
- Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 1797–1851), author of Frankenstein
- Parke Godwin (born 1929), American writer
- Parke Godwin (journalist) (1816-1904), American journalist
- Paul Godwin (1902-1982), Polish violinist and bandleader
- Peter Godwin (writer)
- Peter Godwin (singer)
- Ted Godwin (born 1933), Canadian artist
- Tom Godwin (writer)
- Politics and governance
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (1873-1929), North Carolina Congressman
- Mills E. Godwin Jr. (1914-1999), Virginia Governor
- William Godwin, political philosopher
- Religion
- Saint Godwin of Stavelot
- Francis Godwin (1562-1633), English bishop
- Godwin (bishop), a bishop of Lichfield
- Jeff Godwin, American fundamentalist, former rock musician
- Thomas Godwin (bishop)
- Science
- Harry Godwin (1901-1985), English botanist
- Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834-1923), English geologist and ornithologist
- Linda M. Godwin (born 1952), American astronaut
- Robert Alfred Cloynes Godwin-Austen (1808-1884), English geologist
- Sport
- John Godwin (baseball), American baseball player
- John Godwin (rower), British rower at the 1924 Olympics
- Neville Godwin (born 1975), South African tennis player
- Tommy Godwin (footballer)
- Tommy Godwin (cyclist)
- Wayne Godwin (born 1982), English rugby player
- Other people
- Becky Godwin (1954-1968), daughter of Virginia Governor Godwin, killed by lightning
- Glen Stewart Godwin (born 1958), American murderer, FBI Ten Most Wanted
- James Godwin, admiral in US Navy
- John Godwin (Royal Navy officer), British Naval Reserve officer during World War II
- Mike Godwin (born 1956), American lawyer, created Godwin's Law of Internet discussions
[edit] Fictional people
- Neil Godwin, fictional character from The Office
[edit] Places
[edit] Other
- General Godwin, convict ship
[edit] See also
- Godwin's Law on Nazi comparisons in Internet discussions
- Goodwin (disambiguation)
- List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames
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