# Goethals

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**Goethals** is a Dutch surname originating in [Flanders](/source/County_of_Flanders).[1] It seems to be derived from *Goedaels*, meaning "good ale", and, equivalent to the English and German surnames [Goodale](/source/Goodale_(disambiguation)) and [Gutbier](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutbier), would have referred to a brewer.[2] People with the surname include:

- [Angela Goethals](/source/Angela_Goethals) (born 1977), American actress
- [Christian Goethals](/source/Christian_Goethals) (1928–2003), Belgian racing driver
- [Félix Goethals](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Goethals) (1891–1962), French road bicycle racer
- [Félix Victor Goethals](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Victor_Goethals) (1798–1872), Belgian historian, librarian and genealogist
- [George Washington Goethals](/source/George_Washington_Goethals) (1858–1928), American army officer and civil engineer
- [Guy Goethals](/source/Guy_Goethals) (born 1952), Belgian football referee
- [Henry Goethals](/source/Henry_Goethals) (c.1217–1293), Flemish scholastic philosopher
- [Lucien Goethals](/source/Lucien_Goethals) (1931–2006), Belgian composer
- [Paul Goethals](/source/Paul_Goethals) (1832–1901), Belgian Jesuit priest, first Catholic archbishop of Calcutta
- [Pieter Goethals](/source/Jan_Coucke_and_Pieter_Goethals) (1826–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error, beheaded for a murder he did not commit
- [Raymond Goethals](/source/Raymond_Goethals) (1921–2004), Belgian football coach
- [Robert Goethals](/source/Robert_Goethals) (1922–2011), Belgian football coach
- [Thomás Goethals](/source/The_Flexican) (born 1983), Dutch/Mexican DJ

## Named after George Washington Goethals

- [Goethals Bridge](/source/Goethals_Bridge) in New York City
- [Goethals Medal](/source/Goethals_Medal), awarded by the Society of American Military Engineers
- [USS *General G. W. Goethals*](/source/USS_General_G._W._Goethals) and [USNS *George W. Goethals*](/source/USNS_George_W._Goethals), US Navy ships
- [*Goethals* (dredge)](/source/Goethals_(dredge)) US Army ocean-going hopper dredger

## Named after Paul Goethals

- [Goethals Memorial School](/source/Goethals_Memorial_School), administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India

## References

1. ["familienaam.be"](https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195142/https://familienaam.be/). Archived from [the original](http://www.familienaam.be/) on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2013-09-06.

1. Frans Debrabandere, [Dictionary of familynames in Zeeland](http://www.naamkunde.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/WZF-Debrabandere.pdf), 2009

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