Gould (name)

Gould is a surname, a variant of "Gold"

Acting

 * Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor
 * Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
 * Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress
 * Elliott Gould (born 1938), American actor
 * Harold Gould (1923–2010), American actor
 * James Nutcombe Gould (1849–1899), English stage actor
 * Jason Gould (born 1966), American actor, writer and director
 * Julia Gould (1824–1893), English-born stage actress and singer
 * Kelly Gould, American actress
 * Mitzi Gould (born 1915), American actress
 * Nolan Gould, (born 1998), American actor
 * Peter Gould, American television drama screenwriter
 * Sandra Gould (1916–1999), American actress and comedian

Arts and letters

 * Alan J. Gould (1898–1993), American newspaper editor
 * Chester Gould, creator of popular comic book character Dick Tracy
 * Edd Gould (1988–2012), British animator, creator of Eddsworld
 * Edward Sherman Gould, 19th-century American author, translator and critic
 * Elizabeth Porter Gould (1848–1906), American poet and author
 * Emily Gould (born 1981), American author
 * Francis Carruthers Gould, British caricaturist and political cartoonist
 * Gerald Gould, English writer, journalist, reviewer, essayist and poet
 * Hal Gould, American photographer and gallery curator
 * Hannah Flagg Gould (1789–1865), American poet
 * J. J. Gould, Canadian journalist
 * Joan Gould (1927–2022), American author and journalist
 * Karen L. Gould (born 1948) American scholar of French-Canadian literature, president of Brooklyn College
 * Lewis L. Gould (born 1939) American historian
 * Mary Gould Almy (1735–1808), diarist during the American Revolution
 * Nat Gould, English journalist and writer of horse racing novels
 * Rebecca Gould, American writer, translator, and Professor of Islamic Studies
 * Steven Gould, American science fiction writer
 * Thomas R. Gould, American sculptor
 * Warwick Gould (born 1947), Australian literary scholar
 * Manny Gould (1904–1975), American animator

Business

 * Andrew Gould (businessman) (born 1946), Schlumberger executive
 * Erastus F. Gould (1822–1896), American businessman and banker
 * George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) American railroad president
 * Jay Gould (1836–1892), American financier
 * James Childs Gould (1880–1944), British/American industrialist
 * Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–2018), American businessman and diplomat
 * Kingdon Gould Sr. (1887–1945), American businessman

Math and science

 * Alice Bache Gould (1868–1953), American mathematician, philanthropist, and historian
 * Augustus Addison Gould, American conchologist
 * Benjamin Apthorp Gould, American astronomer
 * Elizabeth Gould (psychologist), professor of psychology at Princeton University
 * Gordon Gould, American physicist, inventor of the laser
 * Henry W. Gould, American mathematician
 * Ian Gould (geologist), Australian geologist, chancellor of the University of South Australia
 * John Gould (1804–1881), English ornithologist and artist
 * John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
 * Laurence McKinley Gould (1896–1995), American geologist, educator, polar explorer
 * Rupert Gould (1890–1948), British horologist
 * Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002), American paleontologist and science writer
 * William Gould (naturalist), English naturalist and cleric

Military

 * Charles Gilbert Gould (1845–1916), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Davidge Gould (1758–1847), Royal Navy admiral
 * Herbert Gould, Royal Air Force World War I flying ace
 * Michael C. Gould, 18th Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy
 * Thomas William Gould (1914–2001), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

Music

 * Billy Gould (born 1963), American musician and producer
 * Boon Gould (1955–2019), English musician, member of the band Level 42
 * Glenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianist
 * Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor and arranger
 * Phil Gould (musician) (born 1957), English musician, member of the band Level 42
 * Stephen Gould (tenor) (1962–2023), American tenor

Politics

 * Arthur R. Gould (1857–1946), U.S. senator
 * Basil Gould (1883–1956), British Political Officer
 * Benjamin Gould (politician) (1849–1922), South Australian politician
 * Bryan Gould (born 1939), British politician
 * Georgia Gould (politician), British politician, daughter of Philip
 * James Childs Gould (1880–1944) industrialist and British Member of Parliament
 * James J. Gould (1823–1909), Michigan state representative
 * John Gould (MP), British politician and Director of the East India Company
 * John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
 * Joseph Gould (politician, born 1808) (1808–1886), farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
 * Joseph Gould (politician, born 1911) (1911–1965), Canadian politician
 * Karina Gould (born 1987), Canadian politician
 * Kenneth H. Gould (1938–2019), American politician
 * Monica Gould (born 1957), Australian former politician
 * Nathaniel Gould (1661–1728), British politician and Governor of the Bank of England
 * Nathaniel Gould (died 1738), British politician
 * Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (1950–2011), British political advisor

Sports

 * Al Gould (1888–1935), American baseball player
 * Anthony Gould (born 2001), American football player
 * Arthur Corbin Gould (1850–1903), American shooter and writer on guns
 * Arthur Gould (rugby union) (1864–1919), Welsh rugby union player
 * Bert Gould, Welsh international rugby player
 * Bob Gould (rugby player), Welsh international rugby player
 * Bobby Gould (ice hockey), former National Hockey League player
 * Bobby Gould, English footballer and manager
 * Carol Gould (athlete), English long-distance runner
 * Chad Gould, Philippines footballer, England beach soccer international
 * Charlie Gould (1847–1917), American baseball player
 * Donna Gould (born 1966), Australian cyclist
 * Georgia Gould, mountain biker
 * Horace Gould, English motor racing driver
 * Ian Gould (born 1957), English former cricketer and umpire
 * James Gould (rower), New Zealand rower
 * Jay Gould II (1888–1935) champion tennis player
 * Jonny Gould, English radio sports broadcaster
 * Martin Gould, English snooker player
 * Phil Gould (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and commentator
 * Robbie Gould, placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers
 * Shane Gould, Australian swimmer
 * Wally Gould (1938–2018), English footballer

Other

 * Alfred Gould (surgeon) (1852–1922), British physician, Dean of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London
 * Arthur L. Gould, American educator
 * Bob Gould (activist) (1937–2011), Australian activist and bookseller
 * Carl Freylinghausen Gould, American architect
 * Cecil Gould, English art historian
 * Ezra Palmer Gould, minister and biblical scholar
 * Frederick James Gould, English teacher, writer and pioneer secular humanist
 * Harry Gould (editor) (died 1974), editor of the Tribune, Australian Communist newspaper
 * James Gould (jurist), American law school professor
 * Jay Gould (1836–1892), railroad developer and speculator
 * Louisa Gould, Jewish activist
 * Matt Kennedy Gould (born 1975), American former television personality
 * Matthew Gould (born 1971), British Ambassador to Israel
 * Robert S. Gould (1826–1904), Texas Supreme Court justice and Confederate colonel
 * Sara K. Gould, American feminist and philanthropist
 * Steven B. Gould (born 1966), American lawyer and judge
 * Thomas Gould (Baptist) (c. 1619–1675), first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts
 * Todd Gould, American psychiatrist