Barry Goldwater (1909–1998) was an American conservative politician. Goldwater may also refer to: Goldwater (surname), including a list of people with the name Barry Goldwater High School located in Phoenix, Arizona Goldwater Institute, a Phoenix, Arizona-based think tank named for Barry Goldwater Goldwater Lake, a reservoir on Bannon Creek in North Central Arizona Goldwater rule, a psychiatric ethics principle, named for Barry Goldwater Goldwater's, American department store owned by Michel Goldwasser, grandfather of Barry Goldwater The Goldwaters, a folk group named for Barry Goldwater See also Goldwasser (surname), the original surname of the Barry Goldwater family, prior to anglicisation by an ancestor at some point in the 19th century Goldwasser, liqueur containing specks of gold