{{wiktionary|gooch}} {{About|the surname and nickname|the title|Gooch baronets|the slang term for a part of the anatomy|Perineum}} '''Gooch''' is a surname. '''Gooch''' or '''the Gooch''' is also a nickname. It may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Surname== ===People=== * See Gooch baronets for a list of baronets with the surname (some are listed below) * Alexander Gooch (died 1558), English Protestant martyr * Arthur Gooch (footballer) (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer * Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937), English baronet and retired British Army officer * Arthur Gooch (criminal) (died 1936), American criminal and the only person ever executed under the Lindbergh kidnapping law * Barnabas Gooch (died c. 1626), English lawyer, academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Member of Parliament * Brad Gooch (born 1952), American writer * Brison D. Gooch (1925–2014), American historian * Charmian Gooch (born 1965), British anti-corruption campaigner and activist * Daniel Gooch (1816–1889), English chief mechanical engineer and chairman of the Great Western Railway * Daniel Linn Gooch (1853–1913), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * Daniel W. Gooch (1820–1891), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts * Edwin Gooch (1869–1964), British politician and trade union leader * Fanny Chambers Gooch (1849–1913), American writer * Frank Austin Gooch (1852–1929), American chemist and engineer * George Peabody Gooch (1873–1968), British journalist, historian and politician * Graham Gooch (born 1953), English cricketer * Henry Gooch (Conservative politician) (1871–1959), British barrister, educationalist and politician * Jeff Gooch (born 1974), American former National Football League player * Jim Gooch Jr. (born 1951), American politician * Jimmy Gooch (footballer) (1921–2001), English football goalkeeper * Joe Gooch (born 1977), English singer and guitarist * John Viret Gooch (1812–1900), locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway * Johnny Gooch (1897–1975), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player, manager, pitching coach and scout * Jon Gooch (born 1984), English musician, record producer and DJ * Keith Gooch (born 1959), former Canadian Football League player * Lee Gooch (1890–1966), American Major League Baseball player and college head coach * Lynden Gooch (born 1995), American footballer in England * Martin Gooch (born 1972), British filmmaker * Nancy Gooch (1811–1901), African American settler in California * Peter Gooch (born 1949), English former cricketer * Robert Gooch (1784–1830), English physician * Sir Robert Gooch, 11th Baronet (1903–1978), British Army colonel * Robert Kent Gooch (1893–1982), American college football quarterback and political science professor * Stan Gooch (1932–2010), British psychologist * Steve Gooch (born 1967), American politician * Talor Gooch (born 1991), American golfer * Thomas Gooch (disambiguation) * Tiny Gooch (1903–1986), American all-around college athlete, attorney, and politician * U. L. Gooch (1923–2021), American aviator, aviation entrepreneur, and politician * Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681–1751), colonial Governor of Virginia * William Gooch (astronomer) (1770–1792), English astronomer on the Vancouver Expedition
===Fictional characters=== * Stephanie Gooch, on the television series ''Scrubs'' * The Gooch, an unseen character on the television series ''Diff'rent Strokes'' * The Gooch, an occasional character on the New Zealand television series ''Outrageous Fortune'', portrayed by Karl Willetts. *Steve "Gooch" Yamaguchi, a supporting character in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants *Vinnie the Gooch, the color commentator in the ''Backyard Baseball'' video game series
==Nickname== * Colm Cooper, nicknamed "The Gooch" senior Kerry GAA Gaelic football player * Devin Setoguchi, nicknamed "The Gooch", NHL player for the Minnesota Wild * Oguchi Onyewu, nicknamed "Gooch", association football player for the United States National Team and Sporting Portugal
==See also== * Gooch crucible, a sintered glass crucible * Gooch valve for steam locomotives *Goochland (disambiguation)
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