Godber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Baron Godber
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher th ...
, title created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom on 23 January 1956 for Frederick Godber
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George Godber
Sir George Edward Godber (4 August 1908 – 7 February 2009) served as Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government in England from 1960 to 1973. He was also part of the team that planned the National Health Service (NHS) and, as deputy Ch ...
, GCB (1908–2009), Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government in England from 1960 to 1973
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John Godber (born 1956), English dramatist, known mainly for his innovative theatre and observational comedies with an edge
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The Lord Godber of Willington
Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington, (17 March 1914 – 25 August 1980) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister.
Background
Godber was educated at Bedford School, between 1922 a ...
(1914–1980), British Conservative politician and cabinet minister
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Lennie Godber, character in the BBC sitcom ''
Porridge
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Peter Godber
Peter Fitzroy Godber (; born 7 April 1922) was a Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Police Force, Royal Hong Kong Police Force, serving as Deputy District Commander of Kowloon, Hong Kong. Embroiled in a bribery scandal shortly before his ret ...
(born 1922), a former Chief Superintendent of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force convicted for corruption
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Peter Godber (Canadian football)
Peter Clark Godber (born July 17, 1994) is a Canadian football offensive lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
College career
Godber played college football for the Rice Owls football, Rice Owls from 2013 ...
(born 1994), a Canadian football offensive lineman
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Sir Godber Evans
Sir Godber Evans is a central character in ''Porterhouse Blue'' (1974) and, posthumously, '' Grantchester Grind'' (1995), two novels about life in the fictitious Porterhouse College at Cambridge by British novelist Tom Sharpe. For centuries, Por ...
, central character in two novels by British novelist Tom Sharpe
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