Goody (name)

Goody is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Gordon Goody (1930–2016), British criminal, involved in the Great Train Robbery
• Jack Goody (1919–2015), British social anthropologist
• Jade Goody (1981–2009), British reality television star
• Joan E. Goody (1935–2009), American architect
• Laila Goody (born 1971), Norwegian actress
• Lancelot John Goody (1908–1992), Roman Catholic bishop then archbishop of Perth
• Nick Goody (born 1991), American baseball player
• Richard Goody (born 1921), emeritus professor of planetary physics at Harvard University
• Roger S Goody (born 1944), English biochemist

Given name:

• Goody Cole or Eunice Cole, the only woman convicted of witchcraft in New Hampshire
• Goody Osborne or Sarah Osborne, woman accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials of 1692
• Goody Petronelli, (born 1923) American boxing trainer and co-manager
• Goody Rosen, (1912–1994) Canadian baseball player