Goodman (surname)

Goodman is an 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, Ukrainian-American conductor and composer
• Alan Goodman, designer for MTV
• Albert Goodman, British politician
• Alice Goodman, American poet
• Alison Goodman, Australian writer
• Allegra Goodman, American writer
• Alyssa A. Goodman, American astronomer, founding director of the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing
• Amy Goodman, American broadcast journalist and author
• André Goodman, American football player
• Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist
• Anthony Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, British lawyer and political adviser
• Barbara Goodman, New Zealand politician
• Benny Goodman, American jazz clarinetist and band leader
• Billy Goodman, American baseball player with the Boston Red Sox
• Bobby Goodman, American Army captive in Lebanon
• Brian Goodman, American actor
• Brian P. Goodman (died 2013), Canadian lawyer
• Cameron Goodman, American actress
• Carolyn Goodman (psychologist), American civil rights advocate
• Carolyn G. Goodman, educator, Las Vegas, Nevada mayor
• Charles M. Goodman, American architect
• Charles "Rusty" Goodman, American singer and songwriter
• Chloe Goodman, British reality television series participant
• Clive Goodman, British royal reporter
• David Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dic Goodman (1920–2013), Welsh poet
• Dickie Goodman, composer
• Dody Goodman, American actress
• Don Goodman, English football player
• Drew Goodman, American sportscaster
• E. Urner Goodman, leader in the Boy Scouts of America
• Edmund Goodman, British football manager
• Edwin A. Goodman, Canadian politician
• Elinor Goodman, British journalist, formerly Political Editor of Channel 4 News
• Ellen Goodman, American columnist
• Felicitas Goodman, Hungarian linguist and anthropologist
• Francis Adam Goodman, German-American politician
• Frank Goodman, American theater publicist
• Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster
• Geoffrey Goodman (1922–2013), English journalist
• George Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Godfrey Goodman, British Anglican bishop
• Helen Goodman, British politician
• Henry Goodman, British theater actor
• Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer
• Ival Goodman, American baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
• Jack Goodman, American politician
• James Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jerry Goodman, American violinist
• John Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jon Goodman, British footballer
• Joseph Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Julia Goodman, British portrait painter
• Julian Goodman, CEO of NBC
• Ken Goodman, educational researcher
• Leisa Goodman, Scientologist
• Len Goodman (1944–2023), dance judge, best known as a panel member on Strictly Come Dancing
• Linda Goodman, American astrologer and poet
• Lizbeth Goodman, British academic
• Louise Goodman, British television presenter
• Mariama Goodman (born 1977), British singer
• Mark Goodman, 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 (born 1925), real estate developer
• Nelson Goodman, philosopher
• Norman Goodman, American politician
• Oscar Goodman, American politician
• Paul Goodman (disambiguation), multiple people
• Percy Goodman, West Indian cricketer
• Pincus Goodman, 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, Australian swimmer
• S.G. Goodman, American singer-songwriter
• Shirley Goodman, American R&B singer
• Steve Goodman, American folk artist
• Steven M. Goodman (born 1957), American conservation biologist
• Steven N. Goodman (born 1954), American epidemiologist
• Tamir Goodman, American basketball player
• Vestal Goodman, 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