Goddard is a surname of Norman origin, found in England and France. It is derived from the personal name "Golhard". Recorded variants include Godard and Godart in England; Goudard and Godar in France; Gotthard, Godehard and Goddert in Germany; and Goedhard and Goedhart in Holland. Notable people with the name include: Arts and entertainment Film, television, and theater Alf Goddard (1897–1981), English film actor Andy Goddard (born 1968), British film director and screenwriter Charles W. Goddard (1879–1951), American playwright and screenwriter Drew Goddard (born 1975), American screenwriter, director and producer Jim Goddard (1936–2013), English film and television director Liza Goddard (born 1950), British television presenter Paulette Goddard (1911–1990), American actress Trisha Goddard (born 1957), British television presenter Literature and journalism Julia Goddard (1825–1896), British children's writer and animal welfare campaigner Mary Katharine Goddard (1738–1816), American publisher and printer Robert Goddard (novelist) (born 1954), British novelist Sarah Updike Goddard (c. 1701–1770), American publisher and printer William Goddard (publisher) (1740–1817), American publisher and printer Music Adam Ant (born Stuart Leslie Goddard, 1954), British pop singer Alexa Goddard (born 1988), British R&B singer Geoff Goddard (1938–2000), English musician and songwriter George 'Sonny' Goddard (1924–1988), Trinidadian steelpan enthusiast and President of the Steelband Association Joe Goddard (born 1979), British indie musician (Hot Chip) and composer Other arts and entertainment Anna-Marie Goddard (born 1970), Dutch-born model for adult publications Gary Goddard, American film producer and director; theme park designer George William Goddard (1889–1987), American air force general and aerial photography pioneer Politics and law Ambrose Goddard (c. 1727–1815), MP for Wiltshire Ambrose Goddard (born 1819) (1819–1898), MP for Cricklade Daniel Ford Goddard (1850–1922), MP for Ipswich F. Norton Goddard, New York City Republican politician, c. 1900 Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (1877–1971), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Robert Hale Ives Goddard (1837–1916), industrialist and Rhode Island politician Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. (1919–2006), 12th Governor of Arizona Theodore Goddard (1879–1952), British solicitor to Wallis Simpson during the Edward VIII abdication crisis Thomas Goddard (jurist) (1937–2019), New Zealand jurist Thomas Goddard (MP) (1777–1814), MP for Cricklade Science and engineering Calvin Hooker Goddard (1891–1955), American scientist, "the father of forensic ballistics" Cliff Goddard, Australian professor in linguistics David R. Goddard (1908–1985), American plant physiologist and scientific administrator, son of Pliny Earle Goddard Dick Goddard (1931–2020), meteorologist at WJW-TV in Cleveland Ebenezer Goddard, British businessman and engineer Ernest James Goddard, Australian professor of biology Henry H. Goddard (1866–1957),