Goodyear (surname)

Goodyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Goodyear, American archaeologist in South Carolina
• Anson Goodyear (1877–1964), American businessman and philanthropist
• Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber, Goodyear Tire Company
• Charles Goodyear (1804–1876), United States Representative from New York
• Charles W. Goodyear (1846–1911), American lawyer, turned lumber and railway industrialist
• Chip Goodyear (born 1958), former CEO of BHP Billiton
• Dana Goodyear (born 1976), American journalist and poet
• Gary Goodyear (born 1958), Canadian politician
• George Goodyear (1801–1884), American clergyman
• George Goodyear (footballer) (1916–2001), English footballer
• John Goodyear (1920–2002), American football player for the Washington Redskins
• Joseph Goodyear (1799–1839), English engraver
• Julie Goodyear (born 1942), British television actress
• Miles Goodyear (1817–1849), American fur trader and mountain man
• Paige Goodyear (born 2000), English boxer
• R. A. H. Goodyear (1877–1948), English writer
• Sara Suleri Goodyear (1953–2022), professor of English at Yale University
• Scott Goodyear (born 1959), Canadian race car driver
• Stewart Goodyear (born 1978), Canadian concert pianist and composer
• Tim Goodyear (born 1977), American comics publisher and artist
• William Goodyear (1865–1936), American football coach, newspaper editor, publisher, and politician
• William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923), architectural historian and museum curator, son of Charles Goodyear

See also

• Goodere, a surname
• Goodier, a surname
• Goodyer, a surname
• Goodyear family