Godwin

Godwin is an Anglo-Saxon name. It means God's friend and is thus equivalent to Theophile

People[edit]

Abraham Godwin (1763–1835) New Jersey General Assembly 1802–1806, Elector for Andrew Jackson Presidential Election 1828.
Abraham Godwin Jr. (1791–1849) New Jersey General Assembly 1821–1832, Took vote to D.C. Presidential Election 1840
Godwin, Earl of Wessex (died 1053), earl in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (1873–1929), North Carolina Congressman
Mary Wollstonecraft, later Mary Godwin (1759–1797), author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mills E. Godwin Jr. (1914–1999), Governor of Virginia
Richard Godwin (1922–2005) First Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
William Godwin (1756–1836), English political philosopher

Catherine Grace Godwin (1798–1845), Scottish poet
Edward William Godwin (1833–1886), English architect
Elizabeth Ayton Godwin (1817–1889), English hymnwriter, religious poet
Fay Godwin (1931–2005), British photographer
Frank Godwin (1889–1959), American illustrator, creator of Connie comic strip
Frank Godwin (film producer) (1917–2012), English film producer
Gail Godwin (born 1937), American novelist and short story writer
George Stanley Godwin (1889–1974), English author
Jeff Godwin, American fundamentalist, former rock musician
Joscelyn Godwin (born 1945), English musicologist and translator
Mary Godwin (artist) (1887–1960), British artist
Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 1797–1851), author of Frankenstein
Parke Godwin (1929–2013), American writer
Parke Godwin (journalist) (1816–1904), American journalist
Paul Godwin (1902–1982), Polish violinist and bandleader
Peter Godwin (born 1957), Zimbabwean author and journalist
Peter Godwin (singer), English new wave musician
Robert Godwin (born 1958), British author
Ted Godwin (1933–2013), Canadian artist
Tom Godwin (1915–1980), American science fiction author

George Godwin (1813–1888), architect, town planner and journalist
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

Godwin Igwebuike (born 1994), American football player
Billy Godwin (born 1964), American college baseball coach
Chris Godwin (born 1996), American football player
John Godwin (baseball) (1877–1956), American baseball player
Neville Godwin (born 1975), South African tennis player
Terry Godwin (born 1996), American football player
Tommy Godwin (footballer) (1927–1996), Irish footballer
Tommy Godwin (cyclist, born 1912) (1912–1975), English cyclist and world record holder for miles covered in a year
Tommy Godwin (cyclist, born 1920) (1920–2012), British track cyclist active during the 1940s and 1950s
Verdi Godwin (1926–2013), English footballer
Wayne Godwin (born 1982), English rugby player

Captain Abraham Godwin (1724–1777), Captain of Marines on the USS Lady Washington American Revolutionary War
James Godwin, American admiral
James Gowing Godwin (1923–1995), New Zealand military aviator
John Godwin (Royal Navy officer) (1919–1945), British Naval Reserve officer during World War II

Becky Godwin (1954–1968), daughter of Virginia Governor Godwin, killed by lightning
Glen Stewart Godwin (born 1958), American murderer, former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive
Mike Godwin (born 1956), American lawyer, created Godwin's law of Internet discussions (mentioning Hitler)