Goodfellow is a surname 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. H ...

, 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 (born 1996), British diver * Douglas Goodfellow (1917–2014), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist * Ebbie Goodfellow (1906–1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Elizabeth Goodfellow (c.1767–1851), American cooking instructor *

Fred Goodfellow Frederick "Fred" Goodfellow ( – third ¼ 1925) was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s through to the 1920s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Yorkshire, and at club level for Shar ...

(father of

Herbert Goodfellow Herbert Goodfellow (31 July 1916 – December 1997), also known by the nickname of "Goody", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played at representative level for England and York ...

) (–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 Geoffrey S. Goodfellow (born 1956 in California) is an American entrepreneur associated with early wireless email ventures. Technology career In 1982 he posted a message titled "Electronic Mail for People on the Move" in an ARPANET mailing list c ...

(born 1956 California), American inventor of the wireless communicator that became the Blackberry *

George Goodfellow (cricketer) George Aylett Goodfellow (21 March 1858 – 5 July 1892) was an Australian first-class cricketer. Goodfellow was born at Adelaide in March 1858. He played a minor match for South Australia against the Australians at Adelaide in December 18 ...

(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 *

(son of

) (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 le ...

, 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 footballer and manager. A midfielder, he scored 39 goals in 535 league and cup appearances in a 13-year career in the English Football League. He spent ...

(born 1943), former English professional footballer and manager * Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2011), Scottish footballer *

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 '' L ...

(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 numb ...

(born 1989), Canadian rower * Marc Goodfellow (born 1981), English professional football player * Michael Goodfellow (born 1941), English actinobacterial systematician * Michael Goodfellow (curler) (born 1988), Scottish curler * Mike Goodfellow (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 o ...

(born 1951), British geneticist * Peter Goodfellow (politician), 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 (1866-1953), British zoological collector *

William Goodfellow (executive) William Chester Goodfellow (born May 25, 1947) is the director of thAfghanistan Peace Campaign which builds public support for an enduring peace settlement that will end the war, bring U.S. troops home and promote national reconciliation in Afghan ...

(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), 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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