Goethals
# Goethals

Goethals is a Dutch surname originating in Flanders. It seems to be derived from Goedaels, meaning "good ale", and, equivalent to the English and German surnames Goodale and Gutbier, would have referred to a brewer. People with the surname include:

* Angela Goethals (born 1977), American actress
* Auguste Goethals (1812–1888), Belgian lieutenant general and minister of war
* Christian Goethals (1928–2003), Belgian racing driver
* Félix Goethals (1891–1962), French road bicycle racer
* Félix Victor Goethals (1798–1872), Belgian historian, librarian and genealogist
* George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), United States Army officer and civil engineer
* Guy Goethals (born 1952), Belgian football referee
* Henry Goethals (c.1217–1293), Flemish scholastic philosopher
* Lucien Goethals (1931–2006), Belgian composer
* Paul Goethals (1832–1901), Belgian Jesuit priest, first Catholic archbishop of Calcutta.
* Pieter Goethals (1826–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error, beheaded for a murder he did not commit
* Raymond Goethals (1921–2004), Belgian football coach
* Robert Goethals (1922–2011), Belgian football coach
* Thomás Goethals (born 1983), Dutch/Mexican DJ

## Named after George Washington Goethals

* Goethals Bridge in New York City
* Goethals Medal, awarded by the Society of American Military Engineers
* USS General G. W. Goethals and USNS George W. Goethals, US Navy ships
* Goethals (dredge) US Army ocean-going hopper dredger

## Named after Paul Goethals

* Goethals Memorial School, administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India
