Gough (/ɡɒf/ GOF) is a surname. The surname may derive from the Welsh coch (English: "red"), 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 Mag Eochadha, a patronymic from the personal name Eochaidh (variant Eachaidh), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish each "horse".
Occasionally used as a first or middle name:
- Edward Gough Whitlam, known as Gough Whitlam, Australian Prime Minister.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of Smallville
- Annette Gough (born 1950), Australian academic
- Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer
- Austin Gough, American football player
- Bobby Gough (born 1949), English footballer
- Charles Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
- Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician
- Charles John Stanley Gough, British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Darren Gough (born 1970), English cricketer and ballroom dancer
- Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
- Doris Gough Boyd (1888–1960), Australian artist
- Douglas Gough (born 1941), British astronomer, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at the University of Cambridge
- Frank Gough (1898–1980), Australian cricketer
- Frederick Foster Gough, British Protestant Christian missionary
- Henry Gough (1649–1724), Sheriff of Staffordshire, MP
- Hubert Gough, British World War I general
- Hugh Henry Gough (1833–1909), Anglo-Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ian Gough, Welsh rugby player
- John Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
- Laurie Gough, Canadian-American travel writer
- Martyn Gough (chaplain) (born 1966), British Anglican priest and military chaplain
- Michael Gough (1916–2011), British actor
- Michael Gough (archaeologist) (1916–1973), British archaeologist
- Michael Gough (cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer and umpire
- Michael Gough (voice actor) (born 1956), American voice actor
- Ray Gough (1938–2018), Northern Irish footballer
- Richard Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
- Robert Gough (actor), English actor
- Robert Gough (priest), Irish Anglican priest
- Sandra Gough, English actress
- Stephen Gough, British pro-nudity activist known as the "Naked Rambler"
- Stephen Gough (footballer), Irish footballer
- Stephen Gough (politician), Canadian politician
- Stephen Gough (speed skater), Canadian skater
- Viscount Gough, a United Kingdom peerage successively held by:
- Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (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)
See also
- The Gough-Calthorpe family
- All pages with titles containing Gough
- Farrar-Hockley, Anthony (1975). Goughie: the Life of General Sir Hubert Gough CBG, GCMG, KCVO. London: Hart-Davis, MacGibbon. ISBN 0-246-64059-6. OCLC 1527806.
References
- Farrar-Hockley 1974, pp. 2–3
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