Goodman (surname)
Goodman is an English and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, formerly a polite term of address, used where Mister (Mr.) would be used today. Compare Goodwife. Notable people with the surname include:
People
- Abraham Goodman, known as Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
- Al Goodman, Ukrainian-American conductor and composer
- Alan Goodman, designer for MTV
- Albert Goodman, British politician
- Alice Goodman, American poet
- Alison Goodman, Australian writer
- Allegra Goodman, American writer
- Alyssa A. Goodman, American astronomer, founding director of the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing
- Amy Goodman, American broadcast journalist and author
- André Goodman, American football player
- Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist
- Anthony Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, British lawyer and political adviser
- Barbara Goodman, New Zealand politician
- Benny Goodman, American jazz clarinetist and band leader
- Billy Goodman, American baseball player with the Boston Red Sox
- Bobby Goodman, American Army captive in Lebanon
- Brian Goodman, American actor
- Brian P. Goodman (died 2013), Canadian lawyer
- Cameron Goodman, American actress
- Carolyn Goodman (psychologist), American civil rights advocate
- Carolyn G. Goodman, educator, Las Vegas, Nevada mayor
- Charles M. Goodman, American architect
- Charles "Rusty" Goodman, American singer and songwriter
- Clive Goodman, British royal reporter
- David Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dic Goodman (1920–2013), Welsh poet
- Dickie Goodman, composer
- Dody Goodman, American actress
- Don Goodman, English football player
- E. Urner Goodman, leader in the Boy Scouts of America
- Edmund Goodman, British football manager
- Edwin A. Goodman, Canadian politician
- Elinor Goodman, British journalist, formerly Political Editor of Channel 4 News
- Ellen Goodman, American columnist
- Felicitas Goodman, Hungarian linguist and anthropologist
- Francis Adam Goodman, German-American politician
- Frank Goodman, American theatre publicist
- Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster
- Geoffrey Goodman (1922–2013), English journalist
- George Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Godfrey Goodman, British Anglican bishop
- Helen Goodman, British politician
- Henry Goodman, British theatre actor
- Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer
- Ival Goodman, American baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
- Jack Goodman, American politician
- James Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jerry Goodman, American violinist
- John Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jon Goodman, British footballer
- Joseph Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Julia Goodman, British portrait painter
- Julian Goodman, CEO of NBC
- Ken Goodman, educational researcher
- Leisa Goodman, Scientologist
- Len Goodman, dance judge, best known as a panel member on Strictly Come Dancing
- Linda Goodman, American astrologer and poet
- Lizbeth Goodman, British academic
- Louise Goodman, British television presenter
- Mariama Goodman, British singer
- Mark Goodman, DJ and MTV VJ
- Martin Goodman (disambiguation)
- Morris Goodman, American scientist
- Murray H. Goodman (born 1925), real estate developer
- Nelson Goodman, philosopher
- Norman Goodman, American politician
- Oscar Goodman, American politician
- Paul Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Percy Goodman, West Indian cricketer
- Richard Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rick Goodman, video game developer
- Roy Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ruth Goodman (born 1961), American romance novelist who wrote as Meagan McKinney
- Ruth Goodman (historian) (born 1963), British social historian
- Samuel Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Saul Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Scott Goodman, Australian swimmer
- Shirley Goodman, American R&B singer
- Steve Goodman, American folk artist
- Steven M. Goodman (born 1957), American conservation biologist
- Tamir Goodman, American basketball player
- Vestal Goodman, American gospel singer, wife of Howard
- Walter Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- William Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
- Billy Goodman (1926–1984), baseball infielder
- William Ernest Goodman (1879–1949), American cricketer
- William Meigh Goodman (1847–1928), British Colonial Judge
- Sir William George Toop Goodman known as W. G. T. Goodman (1872–1961), tramways engineer in South Australia
Fictional characters
- Cyrus Goodman, Disney Channel’s first gay main character from Andi Mack
- Judge Goodman, character from the Judge Dredd comics
- Woody Goodman, character in the TV series Veronica Mars
- Goodman Brown, protagonist in the short story Young Goodman Brown.
- Goodman (NGBC), a fictional boss in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
- Saul Goodman, character from the Breaking bad and Better call saul
- Goodman Family, main characters in Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner
See also
This page lists people with the surname Goodman.
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