Gough ( ) is a surname. The surname may derive from the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

(English: "red"),Farrar-Hockley 1974, pp. 2–3 possibly given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion. Another possible derivation is that it was a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic , a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

from the personal name (variant ), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish "horse". Occasionally used as a first or middle name: * Edward Gough Whitlam, known as

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being ...

, Australian Prime Minister. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alfred Gough Alfred Gough ( ; born August 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer, writer, director, showrunner and creator. He is the developer of The WB/The CW's Superman-prequel television series ''Smallville (TV series), Smallville''. Alongside lo ...

, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of ''Smallville'' * Annette Gough (born 1950), Australian academic * Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer *

Austin Gough Austin Gough is an American football linebacker for the Kentucky Wildcats The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of the University of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. ...

, American football player *

Bobby Gough Robert George Gough (born 20 July 1949) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. In a 15-year professional career in the English Football League, he scored 114 goals in 474 league appearances. After failing to make an impressi ...

(born 1949), English footballer *

Charles Gough (disambiguation) Charles Gough may refer to: *Charles Gough (artist) (1784–1805), artist of the romantic period * Charles John Stanley Gough (1832–1912), soldier who won the Victoria Cross during the Sepoy mutiny * Frederick Gough (MP for Horsham) (Charles Fred ...

, a number of people * Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician *

Charles John Stanley Gough General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, ( ; 28 January 1832 – 6 September 1912) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Br ...

, British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-d ...

(born 1970), English cricketer and ballroom dancer *

Denise Gough Denise Gough ( ; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama '' Paula'' (2017), the ITV miniseries '' Too Close'' (2021) and the Disney+ series '' Andor'' (2022–2025). H ...

(born 1980), Irish actress * Doris Gough Boyd (1888–1960), Australian artist *

Douglas Gough Douglas Owen Gough FRS (born 8 February 1941)GOUGH, Prof. Douglas Owen
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(born 1941), British astronomer, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at the University of Cambridge * Flori Gough (1905

– The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

1992), American cellist * Frank Gough (1898–1980), Australian cricketer *

Frederick Foster Gough Frederick Foster Gough (bapt. 7 February 1825 – 1 June 1889) was an Anglican Christian missionary who served with the Church Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty in China. The second son of Ralph and Catharine Gough of Gosbrook House ...

, British Protestant Christian missionary *

Henry Gough (1649–1724) Sir Henry Gough (3 January 1649 – 24 January 1724) of Perry Hall, then in Staffordshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1705. Gough was the eldest son of John Gough (died 1665) of Old Fallings an ...

, Sheriff of Staffordshire, MP *

Hubert Gough General (United Kingdom), General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough ( ; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A controversial figure, he was a favourite of the Commander-in-chief, Commande ...

, British World War I general *

Hugh Henry Gough General (United Kingdom), General Sir Hugh Henry Gough ( ; 14 November 1833 – 12 May 1909) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be aw ...

(1833–1909), Anglo-Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Ian Gough Ian Gough (born 10 November 1976) is a former Wales international rugby union rugby player. His usual position was lock forward. He made his debut for the Wales national rugby union team against South Africa in 1998, and was a regular thereafter, ...

, Welsh rugby player *

John Gough (disambiguation) John Gough may refer to: Sportspeople *John Gough (American football) (1900–1935), American football player and coach *John Gough (Canadian football) (born 1920s), Canadian football player *John Gough (footballer), Irish football goalkeeper *John ...

, a number of people *

Laurie Gough Laurie Gough is an American-Canadian author of memoirs and a freelance writer. She is the author of ''Stolen Child: A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder'', published in 2016; ''Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American R ...

, Canadian-American travel writer *

Martyn Gough (chaplain) Martyn John Gough (21 April 1966 – 28 April 2023) was a British Anglican priest, who served as a military chaplain and was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2018 until his retirement in 2021. At the time of his dea ...

(born 1966), British Anglican priest and military chaplain *

Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer horror films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwoo ...

(1916–2011), British actor *

Michael Gough (archaeologist) Michael Richard Edward Gough (23 September 1916 – 25 October 1973) was a British archaeologist and the third Director of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (1961-1968). As Director of the BIAA Gough pioneered the archaeology of ...

(1916–1973), British archaeologist *

Michael Gough (cricketer) Michael Andrew Gough (born 18 December 1979) is an English cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, representing the England and Wale ...

(born 1979), English cricketer and umpire *

Michael Gough (voice actor) Michael Gough is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for providing the voices of Deckard Cain in the ''Diablo (series), Diablo'' series of video games, Gopher (Winnie the Pooh), Gopher in the ''Winnie the Pooh (franchise), Winnie t ...

(born 1956), American voice actor *

Ray Gough Raymond John Gough (8 February 1938 — 11 March 2018) was a Northern Irish football left half who played in the Football League for Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, Engl ...

(1938–2018), Northern Irish footballer *

Richard Gough (disambiguation) Richard Gough (born 1962) is a Scottish former football defender. Richard Gough may also refer to: * Richard Gough (Welsh footballer) (1859–1934), Wales international footballer * Richard Gough (antiquarian) (1735–1809), English antiquarian ...

, a number of people *

Robert Gough (actor) Robert Gough (born circa 1580 - died 1624), also Goughe or Goffe, was an English actor who took female parts in Shakespeare's plays. He was the father of actor Alexander Gough. Biography Gough was one of the boy actors in Shakespeare's plays, ap ...

, English actor * Robert Gough (priest), Irish Anglican priest *

Sandra Gough Sandra Gough (born 2 August 1943, in Manchester, Lancashire) is an England, English actress, best known for her role as Irma Ogden in the soap opera ''Coronation Street'', which she played from 1964 to 1971. Other roles have included Nellie Ding ...

, English actress * Stephen Gough, British pro-nudity activist known as the "Naked Rambler" * Stephen Gough (footballer), Irish footballer *

Stephen Gough (politician) Stephen Gough is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Sackville-Beaver Bank. He was def ...

, Canadian politician *

Stephen Gough (speed skater) Stephen Gough (born 14 October 1972) is a Canadian short track speed skater. He competed in the men's 5000 metre relay event at the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and ...

, Canadian skater *

Viscount Gough Viscount Gough (), of Goojerat in the Punjab and of the city of Limerick, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1849 for the Anglo-Irish military commander Hugh Gough, 1st Baron Gough, whose military successes inc ...

, a United Kingdom peerage successively held by: **

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, (3 November 1779 – 2 March 1869) was a senior British Army officer. After serving as a junior officer at the seizure of the Cape of Good Hope during the French Revolutionary Wars, Gough commanded ...

(1779–1869) ** George Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough (1815–1895) ** Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough (1849–1919) ** Hugh Gough, 4th Viscount Gough (1892–1951) ** Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough (1941–2023)

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