Goodfellow
# Goodfellow

Goodfellow is a surname with English, Scottish or Irish origins. Notable people with the surname include:

* Benjamin Goodfellow (1864–1946), British solicitor and philatelist
* Bill Goodfellow, Canadian Minister of Highways in the Ontario Department of Highways, 1961–1962
* Brent H. Goodfellow (born 1940), American politician
* Charles Augustus Goodfellow (1836–1915), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Daniel Goodfellow (born 1996), British diver
* Douglas Goodfellow (1917–2014), New Zealand businessman and philanthropist
* Ebbie Goodfellow (1906–1985), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Elizabeth Goodfellow (c.1767–1851), American cooking instructor
* Fred Goodfellow (father of Herbert Goodfellow) (c. 1879–1925), rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s through to the 1920s
* Frederick Goodfellow (1874–1960), British tug of war competitor
* Geoff Goodfellow (born 1956 California), American inventor of the wireless communicator that became the Blackberry
* George Goodfellow (cricketer) (1858–1892), Australian cricketer
* George E. Goodfellow (1855-1910), American physician and expert on gunshot wounds
* Gerald Goodfellow, U.S. Air Force brigadier general
* Herbert Goodfellow (son of Fred Goodfellow) (1916-1997), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
* Ian Goodfellow, American computer scientist, engineer, and researcher
* James Goodfellow (born 1937), Scottish inventor
* Jimmy Goodfellow (born 1943), former English professional footballer and manager
* Jimmy Goodfellow (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2011), Scottish footballer
* Joan Goodfellow (born 1950), American actress
* Dame Julia Goodfellow (born 1951), British biophysicist and academic administrator
* Kate Goodfellow (born 1989), Canadian rower
* Marc Goodfellow (born 1981), English professional football player
* Michael Goodfellow (born 1941), English actinobacterial systematician
* Michael Goodfellow (curler) (born 1988), Scottish curler
* Mike Goodfellow (1866–1920), American baseball player
* Peter Goodfellow (geneticist) (born 1951), British geneticist
* Peter Goodfellow (politician), New Zealand businessman and politician
* Ryan Goodfellow (born 1993), Scottish footballer
* Syd Goodfellow (1915 – 1998), English footballer
* Walter Goodfellow (1866-1953), British zoological collector
* William Goodfellow (executive) (born 1947), American, founding member and Executive director of the Center for International Policy
* William Goodfellow (philanthropist) (1880–1974), New Zealand philanthropist
* Dr Rob Goodfellow (1960–), Canadian-Australian book writer.

## Fictional characters

* Puck (Shakespeare), whose proper name is Robin Goodfellow
* Dr Goodfellow, a fictional character on the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
* Sgt Goodfellow, a fictional character on the television series Father Brown
* Gordon Goodfellow, character in The Ickabog
* Robyn Goodfellowe and her father Bill Goodfellowe, characters in the animated film Wolfwalkers
