Gough

Gough (/ɡɒf/ GOF) is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh coch (English: "red"), 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".

Occasionally used as a first or middle name:

• Edward Gough Whitlam, known as Gough Whitlam, Australian Prime Minister.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of Smallville
• Annette Gough (born 1950), Australian academic
• Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer
• Austin Gough, American football player
• Bobby Gough (born 1949), English footballer
• Charles Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
• Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician
• 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
• Doris Gough Boyd (1888–1960), Australian artist
• Douglas Gough (born 1941), British astronomer, Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow at the University of Cambridge
• Frank Gough (1898–1980), Australian cricketer
• Frederick Foster Gough, British Protestant Christian missionary
• Henry Gough (1649–1724), Sheriff of Staffordshire, MP
• Hubert Gough, British World War I general
• Hugh Henry Gough (1833–1909), Anglo-Irish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Ian Gough, Welsh rugby player
• John Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
• Laurie Gough, Canadian-American travel writer
• Martyn Gough (chaplain) (born 1966), British Anglican priest and military chaplain
• Michael Gough (1916–2011), British actor
• Michael Gough (archaeologist) (1916–1973), British archaeologist
• Michael Gough (cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer and umpire
• Michael Gough (voice actor) (born 1956), American voice actor
• Ray Gough (1938–2018), Northern Irish footballer
• Richard Gough (disambiguation), a number of people
• Robert Gough (actor), English actor
• Robert Gough (priest), Irish Anglican priest
• Sandra Gough, English actress
• Stephen Gough, British pro-nudity activist known as the "Naked Rambler"
• Stephen Gough (footballer), Irish footballer
• Stephen Gough (politician), Canadian politician
• Stephen Gough (speed skater), Canadian skater
• 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 (1941-2023)