Goodfellow is a

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with English, Scottish or Irish origins. Notable people with the surname include: * Benjamin Goodfellow (1864–1946), British solicitor and philatelist *

Bill Goodfellow William Arthur Goodfellow (August 18, 1901 – May 10, 1983) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1963 who represented the riding of Northumberland. He ...

, Canadian Minister of Highways in the Ontario Department of Highways, 1961–1962 * Brent H. Goodfellow (born 1940), American politician * Charles Augustus Goodfellow (1836–1915), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *

Daniel Goodfellow Daniel Goodfellow (born 19 October 1996) is a British diver, two-time Commonwealth champion and Olympic bronze medalist. He first represented Great Britain as a senior at the 2013 European Diving Championships in the 10 m platform event and ...

(born 1996), British diver *

Douglas Goodfellow William Douglas Goodfellow (23 July 1917 – 10 July 2014) was a prominent New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. In the 1980 New Year Honours, Goodfellow was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the com ...

(1917–2014), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist *

Ebbie Goodfellow Ebenezer Robertson Goodfellow (April 9, 1907 – September 10, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Goodfellow played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for fourteen seasons with the Detroit Red Wings from 1929 to 1944 a ...

(1906–1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Elizabeth Goodfellow Elizabeth Goodfellow (c.1767–1851), generally called Mrs. Goodfellow, started one of the first cooking schools in America. She taught classes for thirty years, and her recipes and techniques were passed on for generations in the cookbooks of one o ...

(c.1767–1851), American cooking instructor * Fred Goodfellow (father of Herbert Goodfellow) (–1925), rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s through to the 1920s * Frederick Goodfellow (1874–1960), British tug of war competitor * Geoff Goodfellow (born 1956 California), American inventor of the wireless communicator that became the Blackberry * George Goodfellow (cricketer) (1858–1892), Australian cricketer *

George E. Goodfellow George Emory Goodfellow (December 23, 1855 – December 7, 1910) was a physician and naturalist in the 19th- and early 20th-century American Old West who developed a reputation as the United States' foremost expert in treating ...

(1855-1910), American physician and expert on gunshot wounds *

Gerald Goodfellow Gerald V. Goodfellow is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, and the current Chief Executive Officer of thSmall Business Consulting Corporation Goodfellow was commissioned in 1989 through the University of New Mexico Air Force ROT ...

, U.S. Air Force brigadier general * Herbert Goodfellow (son of Fred Goodfellow) (1916-1997), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s *

Ian Goodfellow Ian J. Goodfellow (born ) is a computer scientist, engineer, and executive, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning. He was previously employed as a research scientist at Google Brain and director of machine lea ...

, American computer scientist, engineer, and researcher * James Goodfellow (born 1937), Scottish inventor *

Jimmy Goodfellow James Goodfellow (16 September 1943 – 22 April 2020) was an English professional Association football, footballer and manager. A midfielder, he scored 39 goals in 535 league and cup appearances in a 13-year career in the English Footbal ...

(born 1943), former English professional footballer and manager *

Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938) James Boyd Goodfellow (30 July 1938 – 1 April 2011) was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark,Joan Goodfellow Joan Goodfellow (born February 2, 1950) is an American actress and singer who appeared on stage, screen, and television throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Best known for her lead role in ''Buster and Billie'' (1974) as well as her performance in ''Lo ...

(born 1950), American actress *Dame

Julia Goodfellow Dame Julia Mary Goodfellow (née Lansdall; born 1 July 1951) is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent, and Chair of the British Science Association. She was the president of Universities UK from 1 August 2015 until July 2017. Early ...

(born 1951), British biophysicist and academic administrator *

Kate Goodfellow Kate Goodfellow (born August 12, 1989) is a Canadian rower from Lanark County, Ontario. She competed at several World cups, international events, along with the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural numbe ...

(born 1989), Canadian rower *

Marc Goodfellow Marc David Goodfellow (born 20 September 1981) is an English former footballer who played as a left-sided winger. He began his career with Stoke City in 2000, and played on Iceland with ÍBV the following year. He transferred to Bristol City ...

(born 1981), English professional football player *

Michael Goodfellow Michael Goodfellow OBE (born 8 January 1941) is a British professor in microbial systematics, specialising in Actinomycetota taxonomy. He earlier served as head of the School of Biology in University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He is also the ch ...

(born 1941), English actinobacterial systematician *

Michael Goodfellow (curler) Michael Goodfellow (born 8 October 1988) is a retired Scottish curler. Career As a youth, Goodfellow played in two Winter Universiades, one in 2009 and 2011. He played lead at the 2009 Winter Universiade for the British team, skipped by John ...

(born 1988), Scottish curler *

Mike Goodfellow Michael J. Goodfellow (October 3, 1866 – February 12, 1920) was a Major League Baseball outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders ...

(1866–1920), American baseball player *

Peter Goodfellow (geneticist) Peter Neville Goodfellow, (born 4 August 1951) is a British geneticist best known for his work on sex determination and the ''SRY'' gene that encodes testis determining factor. He was Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics at the University of Ca ...

(born 1951), British geneticist *

Peter Goodfellow (politician) Peter Goodfellow (born 1953) is a New Zealand businessman and politician, served as President of the New Zealand National Party from 2009 to 2022. Political career Goodfellow was a long-time National Party activist. On 2 August 2009, he succee ...

, New Zealand businessman and politician *

Ryan Goodfellow Ryan Lewis Goodfellow (born 26 May 1993) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. A product of Dunfermline Athletic's youth system, Goodfellow has played for East Fife, Cowdenbeath, Berwick Rangers, Albion Rovers and ...

(born 1993), Scottish footballer *

Syd Goodfellow Sydney Goodfellow (6 July 1915 – 1998) was an English footballer. He made 303 league appearances in the Football League either side of World War II. He began his professional career with Port Vale in 1936, and also played for Glentoran and R ...

(1915 – 1998), English footballer *

Walter Goodfellow Walter Goodfellow (1866–1953) was a British zoological collector and ornithologist. Career Goodfellow began his career as a wildlife collector by collecting specimens for museums, but later concentrated on capturing live birds for private aviar ...

(1866-1953), British zoological collector * William Goodfellow (executive) (born 1947), American, founding member and Executive director of the Center for International Policy *

William Goodfellow (philanthropist) Sir William Goodfellow (26 May 1880 – 5 November 1974) was a New Zealand hardware merchant, dairying industrialist, company director and philanthropist. He was born in Alexandra, Waikato, New Zealand, on 26 May 1880. In the 1953 Coronation ...

(1880–1974), New Zealand philanthropist *Dr Rob Goodfellow (1960–), Canadian-Australian book writer.

Fictional characters

Puck (Shakespeare) Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Based on the Puck of English mythology and the púca of Celtic mythology, Puck is a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester. He is the fir ...

, whose proper name is Robin Goodfellow *Dr Goodfellow, a fictional character on the television series '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' *Sgt Goodfellow, a fictional character on the television series ''

Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English author G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuiti ...

'' *Gordon Goodfellow, character in ''

The Ickabog ''The Ickabog'' is a fairy tale by J. K. Rowling. The story was published in installments by Rowling online, before its official publication in November 2020. ''The Ickabog'' is Rowling's first children's book since '' Harry Potter and the Dea ...

'' *Robyn Goodfellowe and her father Bill Goodfellowe, characters in the animated film ''

Wolfwalkers ''Wolfwalkers'' is a 2020 animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. The film is the third and final installment in Moore's "Irish Folklore Trilogy", following his previous films ''The Secret of Kells'' (2009) and ' ...

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