Godwin

Godwin is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name is nowadays most common - on a worldwide base - in Nigeria, Africa. It may refer to:

People

Politics and governance

• 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
• 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, English political philosopher

Religion

• Godwin of Stavelot, English saint
• Francis Godwin (1562–1633), English bishop and historian
• Godwin (bishop), a bishop of Lichfield c. 1003 – 1017
• Jeff Godwin, American fundamentalist, former rock musician
• Thomas Godwin (bishop) (1517–1590), a bishop of Bath and Wells

Arts and entertainment

• 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 Godwin, architectural journalist
• George Stanley Godwin, author
• Jeff Godwin, American fundamentalist, former rock musician
• Joscelyn Godwin (born 1945), English musicologist and translator
• Mary Godwin; 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 (writer)
• Peter Godwin (singer)
• Robert Godwin author/editor
• Ted Godwin (1933–2013), Canadian artist
• Tom Godwin (writer)

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

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

Military

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

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
• Mike Godwin (born 1956), American lawyer, created Godwin's law of Internet discussions (mentioning Hitler)

Fictional people

• Neil Godwin, fictional character from The Office

Places

• Godwin, North Carolina

Other

• General Godwin, convict ship
• Godwin's law on comparison with Nazis - named after the family name of American lawyer Mike Godwin ; by extension, the use of a Godwin point on an internet forum
• "Godwin" (Korede Bello song), title of a song by Nigerian artiste Korede Bello

See also

• Goodwin (disambiguation)
• List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames