Goodman (surname)

Goodman

Language	English
Origin
Meaning	1. as an Anglo-Scottish surname, good + man 2. Anglicized from German: Gutmann, Guttmann (Guttman), Guthmann (Guthman), Spanish: Guzmán , Yiddish: Gutman, Gitman
Region of origin	Scotland, England, United States, Ukraine, Russia, Spain
Other names
Related names	Guidman (Old English); German: Gutmann, Guttmann (Guttman), Guthmann (Guthman), Yiddish: Gutman, Gitman

Goodman is a Scottish, 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 (1890–1972), Ukrainian-American conductor and composer
• Alan Goodman, designer for MTV
• Albert Goodman (1880–1937), British politician
• Alice Goodman (born 1958), American poet
• Alison Goodman (born 1966), Australian writer
• Allegra Goodman (born 1967), American writer
• Alyssa A. Goodman (born 1962), American astronomer, founding director of Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing
• Amy Goodman (born 1957), American broadcast journalist and author
• André Goodman (born 1978), American football player
• Andrew Goodman (1943–1964), American civil rights activist
• Anthony Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman (1913–1995), British lawyer and political adviser
• Barbara Goodman (1932–2013), New Zealand politician
• Benny Goodman (1909–1986), American jazz clarinetist and band leader
• Billy Goodman (1926–1984), American baseball player with the Boston Red Sox
• Bobby Goodman (born 1956), American Army captive in Lebanon
• Brian Goodman (born 1963), American actor
• Brian P. Goodman (died 2013), Canadian lawyer
• Cameron Goodman (born 1984), American actress
• Carolyn Goodman (psychologist) (1915–2007), American civil rights advocate
• Carolyn G. Goodman (born 1939), educator, Las Vegas, Nevada mayor
• Charles M. Goodman (1906–1992), American architect
• Charles "Rusty" Goodman (1933–1990), American singer and songwriter
• Chloe Goodman (boorn 1993), British reality television series participant
• Clive Goodman (born 1957), British royal reporter
• David Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dic Goodman (1920–2013), Welsh poet
• Dickie Goodman (1934–1989), composer
• Dody Goodman (1914–2008), American actress
• Don Goodman (born 1966), English football player
• Drew Goodman (born 1963), American sportscaster
• E. Urner Goodman (1891–1980), leader in the Boy Scouts of America
• Edmund Goodman (1873–1960), British football manager
• Edwin A. Goodman (1918–2006), Canadian politician
• Elinor Goodman (born 1946), British journalist, formerly Political Editor of Channel 4 News
• Ellen Goodman (born 1941), American columnist
• Felicitas Goodman (1914–2005), Hungarian linguist and anthropologist
• Francis Adam Goodman (1827–1898), German-American politician
• Frank Goodman (1916–2006), American theater publicist
• Gabriel Goodman (1528–1601), Dean of Westminster
• Geoffrey Goodman (1922–2013), English journalist
• George Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Godfrey Goodman (1582 or 1583–1656), British Anglican bishop
• Hayden Goodman, ACV Activist
• Helen Goodman (born 1958), British politician
• Henry Goodman (born 1950), British theater actor
• Irwin Goodman (1943–1991), Finnish singer
• Ival Goodman (1908–1984), American baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
• Jack Goodman (born 1973), American politician
• James Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jerry Goodman (born 1949), American violinist
• John Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jon Goodman (born 1971), British footballer
• Joseph Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Julia Goodman (1812–1906), British portrait painter
• Julian Goodman (1922–2012), CEO of NBC
• Ken Goodman (1927-2020), educational researcher
• Leisa Goodman, Scientologist
• Len Goodman (1944–2023), dance judge, best known as a panel member on Strictly Come Dancing
• Linda Goodman (1925–1995), American astrologer and poet
• Lizbeth Goodman, British academic
• Louise Goodman (born 1963), British television presenter
• Mariama Goodman (born 1977), British singer
• Mark Goodman (born 1952), American DJ and MTV VJ
• Martin Goodman (disambiguation)
• Melody Goodman, American biostatistician
• Mike Goodman, American professional gambler, pit boss, and author
• Morris Goodman (disambiguation)
• Murray H. Goodman (1925–2024), real estate developer
• Nelson Goodman (1906–1998), philosopher
• Norman Goodman (1923–2019), American politician
• Oscar Goodman (born 1939), American politician
• Oscar Goodman (basketball) (born 2007), New Zealander basketball player
• Paul Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Percy Goodman (1874–1935), West Indian cricketer
• Pincus Goodman (1881–1947), Yiddish language American poet
• 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 (born 1973), Australian swimmer
• S.G. Goodman, American singer-songwriter
• Shirley Goodman (1936–2005), American R&B singer
• Steve Goodman (1948–1984), American folk artist
• Steven M. Goodman (born 1957), American conservation biologist
• Steven N. Goodman (born 1954), American epidemiologist
• Tamir Goodman (born 1982), American basketball player
• Vestal Goodman (1929–2003), 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 television series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
• Detective Goodman, character from the 2020 film The Grudge
• Goodman Family, main characters in Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner
• Burt Goodman, character from the 2022 television series Severance

See also

• Gutman, a surname
• Guttman, a surname
• Guttmann, a surname