Gough ( ) is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh (English: "red"), given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion or as a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic , a patronymic 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, Australian Prime Minister. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of Smallville 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 (born 1938), 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 (born 1941) See also The Gough-Calthorpe family References English-language surnames Anglicised Welsh-language surnames