Gough
Gough (/ˈɡɒf/) is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh coch (English: "red"),[1][better source needed] given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion or as a reduced form of the Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Eochadha, a patronymic from the personal name Eochaidh (variant Eachaidh), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish each "horse".[citation needed]
- Alfred Gough, co-creator of Smallville
- Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer
- Charles Gough (disambiguation), a number of people with this name
- Charles John Stanley Gough, British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Darren Gough (born 1970), English cricketer and ballroom dancer
- Denise Gough (born 1980), Irish actress
- Douglas Gough FRS (born 1941), a British astronomer, and Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at the University of Cambridge
- Frank Gough (1898–1980), Australian cricketer
- Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), (MC), British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician
- Frederick Foster Gough, British Protestant Christian missionary
- Sir Henry Gough, Knt (1649–1724), Sheriff of Staffordshire, MP
- Hubert Gough, British World War I general
- Hugh Henry Gough, Victorian-age Anglo-Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ian Gough, Welsh rugby player
- John Gough (1871–1915), British general and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Gough (1757–1825), blind English natural and experimental philosopher
- John Bartholomew Gough, (1817–1886), American temperance orator
- John George Gough (1848–1907), co-founder of the New South Wales Labour Party
- Doris Gough Boyd (1888–1960), Australian artist
- Laurie Gough, Canadian-American travel writer
- Martyn Gough (born 1966), British Anglican priest and military chaplain
- Michael Gough (1916–2011), English actor
- Michael Gough (1916–1973), archaeologist
- Michael Gough (born 1956), American voice actor
- Ray Gough (born 1938), Northern Irish footballer
- Richard Gough, English antiquarian, donated the Gough Map to the Bodleian Library
- Robert Gough, English actor
- Sandra Gough, English actress
- Stephen Gough, pro-nudity activist known as the "Naked Rambler"
- Viscount Gough, a United Kingdom peerage successively held by:
- Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779–1869)
- George Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough (1815–1895)
- Hugh Gough, 3rd Viscount Gough (1849–1919)
- Hugh Gough, 4th Viscount Gough (1892–1951)
- Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough (born 1941)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Gough Surname Meaning". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
Categories:
- Surnames
- Anglicised Welsh-language surnames