Goodrich (surname)

Goodrich is an

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toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

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Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

. The name is a modern form of the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

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Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

word ''guðini'' or ''god'' combined with the

Saxon The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...

word ''ric'' "ruler", ruler of god. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Goodrich (1807–1887), first Chief Justice of Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court *

Annie Warburton Goodrich Annie Warburton Goodrich (February 6, 1866December 31, 1954) was an American nurse and academic. She was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut. Her grandfather was John S. Butler.Judith Schiff,Yale's first fema ...

(1866–1954), American nurse * Arthur Goodrich (1878-1941), American playwright * Benjamin Franklin Goodrich (1841–1888), founder of the Goodrich Corporation * Caspar Goodrich (died 1907), American sailor, son of the admiral * Caspar F. Goodrich (1847–1925), American admiral *

Chauncey Goodrich Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801). Biograp ...

(1759–1815), senator from Connecticut *

Chauncey Allen Goodrich Chauncey Allen Goodrich (October 23, 1790 – February 25, 1860) was an American clergyman, educator and lexicographer. He was the son-in-law of Noah Webster and edited his '' Dictionary'' after his father-in-law's death. Family Goodrich was the ...

(1790–1860), American clergyman, educator and lexicographer *

Derek Goodrich Derek Hugh Goodrich (15 July 1927 – 6 September 2021) was an Anglican priest who was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, from 1984 to 1993. Born in July 1927, Goodrich was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA 1948, MA ...

(1927-2021), English Anglican priest in Guyana * Edwin Goodrich American general awarded Medal of Honor in the US Civil War *

Edwin Stephen Goodrich Edwin Stephen Goodrich FRS (Weston-super-Mare, 21 June 1868 – Oxford, 6 January 1946), was an English zoologist, specialising in comparative anatomy, embryology, palaeontology, and evolution. He held the Linacre Chair of Zoology in the Univer ...

(1868–1946), English zoologist *

Elizur Goodrich Elizur Goodrich (March 24, 1761 – November 1, 1849) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served as a United States representative from Connecticut and Collector of Customs. He was also a slave owner. ...

(1761–1849), lawyer and politician from Connecticut *

Frances Goodrich Frances Goodrich (December 21, 1890 – January 29, 1984) was an American actress, dramatist, and screenwriter, best known for her collaborations with her partner and husband Albert Hackett. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with her hus ...

(1890–1984), American dramatist and screenwriter * Frederick E. Goodrich *

Gail Goodrich Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. (born April 23, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best known for scoring a then record 42 points for UCLA in the 1965 NCAA championship game vs ...

(born 1943), basketball player *

Herbert Funk Goodrich Herbert Funk Goodrich (July 29, 1889 – June 25, 1962) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was also Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Education and career Born on J ...

, (1889–1962), judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit *

Henry Edwin Goodrich Henry Edwin Goodrich (6 April 1887 – 13 April 1961) was a British Labour politician. Goodrich was originally employed as a policeman. In 1919 he was general secretary of National Union of Police and Prison Officers. His part in organising a po ...

, British Labour politician *

James P. Goodrich James Putnam Goodrich, (February 18, 1864 – August 15, 1940), was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 29th governor of Indiana from 1917 to 1921. His term focused on reforming the operations of the ...

(1864–1940), Governor of Indiana * John Goodrich (Loyalist) (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer during the American Revolution * John Z. Goodrich, lieutenant governor of Massachusetts * Joseph Goodrich (1800-1867), American pioneer and politician *

L. Carrington Goodrich Luther Carrington Goodrich (September 21, 1894 – August 10, 1986) was an American sinologist and historian of China. A prolific author, he is perhaps best remembered for his work on the ''Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644''. Life Luthe ...

(1894–1986), American Sinologist *

Lloyd Goodrich Lloyd Goodrich (July 10, 1897March 27, 1987) was an American art historian. He wrote extensively on American artists, including Edward Hopper, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Raphael Soyer and Reginald Marsh. He was associated with the Whitney Museu ...

(1897–1987), American art historian * Mario Goodrich (born 2000), American football player *

Michael T. Goodrich Michael T. Goodrich is a mathematician and computer scientist. He is a distinguished professor of computer science and the former chair of the department of computer science in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the Uni ...

, American mathematician and computer scientist * Patricia A. Goodrich, American politician *

Samuel Griswold Goodrich Samuel Griswold Goodrich (August 19, 1793 – May 9, 1860), better known under his pseudonym Peter Parley, was an American author. Biography Goodrich was born at Ridgefield, Connecticut, the son of a Congregational minister. Goodrich was la ...

(1793–1860), American author, used the pseudonym ''Peter Parley'' * Simon Goodrich (1773–1847), engineer to the British Navy Board *

Thomas Goodrich Sir Thomas Goodrich (also spelled Goodricke; died 10 May 1554) was an English ecclesiastic and statesman who was Bishop of Ely from 1534 until his death. Life He was a son of Edward Goodrich of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire and brother of Henry ...

(died 1554), English ecclesiastic {{surname, Goodrich