Gooch is a surname. Gooch or the Gooch is also a nickname. It may refer to: Surname People See Gooch baronets for a list of baronets with the surname (some are listed below) Alexander Gooch (died 1558), English Protestant martyr Arthur Gooch (footballer) (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer Sir Arthur Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937), English baronet and retired British Army officer Arthur Gooch (criminal) (died 1936), American criminal and the only person ever executed under the Lindbergh kidnapping law Barnabas Gooch (died c. 1626), English lawyer, academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Member of Parliament Brad Gooch (born 1952), American writer Brison D. Gooch (1925–2014), American historian Charmian Gooch (born 1965), British anti-corruption campaigner and activist Daniel Gooch (1816–1889), English chief mechanical engineer and chairman of the Great Western Railway Daniel Linn Gooch (1853–1913), U.S. Representative from Kentucky Daniel W. Gooch (1820–1891), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts Edwin Gooch (1869–1964), British politician and trade union leader Frank Austin Gooch (1852–1929), American chemist and engineer George Peabody Gooch (1873–1968), British journalist, historian and politician Graham Gooch (born 1953), English cricketer Henry Gooch (Conservative politician) (1871–1959), British barrister, educationalist and politician Jeff Gooch (born 1974), American former National Football League player Jim Gooch (politician) (born 1951), American politician Jimmy Gooch (footballer) (1921–2001), English football goalkeeper Joe Gooch (born 1977), English singer and guitarist John Viret Gooch (1812–1900), locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway Johnny Gooch (1897–1975), American Major League Baseball player and minor league player, manager, pitching coach and scout Jon Gooch (born 1984), English musician, record producer and DJ Keith Gooch (born 1959), former Canadian Football League player Lee Gooch (1890–1966), American Major League Baseball player and college head coach Lynden Gooch (born 1995), American footballer in England Martin Gooch (born 1972), British filmmaker Peter Gooch (born 1949), English former cricketer Robert Gooch (1784–1830), English physician Sir Robert Gooch, 11th Baronet (1903–1978), British Army colonel Robert Kent Gooch (1893–1982), American college football quarterback and political science professor Stan Gooch (1932–2010), British psychologist Steve Gooch (born 1967), American politician Talor Gooch (born 1991), American golfer Thomas Gooch (disambiguation) Tiny Gooch (1903–1986), American all-around college athlete, attorney, and politician U. L. Gooch (1923–2021), American aviator, aviation entrepreneur, and politician Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet (1681–1751), colonial Governor of Virginia William Gooch (astronomer) (1770–1792), English astronomer on the Vancouver Expedition Fictional characters Stephanie Gooch, on the television series