{{For|the destroyer escort originally named ''Gatch''|USS Hooper}} '''Gatch''' is a surname. People with that name include:
* Gil Gatch (born 1981), American politician and attorney * Helen Gatch (1862–1942), American painter and photographer, mother of Thomas Leigh Gatch * Lee Gatch (1902–1968), American artist * Philip Gatch (1751–1835), American Methodist minister * Thomas Benton Gatch (1841–1933), Confederate Army officer in the American Civil War and post-war politician and businessman * Thomas Milton Gatch (1833–1913), president of Willamette University, Oregon State University, and the University of Washington * Thomas Leigh Gatch (1891–1954), American vice admiral, Judge Advocate General of the Navy and attorney, grandson of Thomas Milton Gatch * Thomas Leigh Gatch, Jr. (1926–1974?), lost while attempting the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by balloon, son of Thomas Leigh Gatch
==See also== * Gatch bed, a type of hospital bed invented by Dr Willis Dew Gatch (1877-1962) * Gatch Site, an archaeological site located near Milford, Ohio, United States * {{intitle}}
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