Gould (name)
Gould is a surname, a variant of "Gold."
Acting
- Alexander Gould, American actor
- Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
- Desiree Gould, American actress
- Elliott Gould, American actor
- Harold Gould, American actor
- James Nutcombe Gould, English stage actor
- Jason Gould, American actor, writer and director
- Julia Gould, English-born stage actress and singer
- Kelly Gould, American actress
- Mitzi Gould, American actress
- Nolan Gould,, American actor
- Peter Gould, American television drama screenwriter
- Sandra Gould, American actress and comedian
Arts and letters
- Alan J. Gould, American newspaper editor
- Chester Gould, creator of popular comic book character Dick Tracy
- Edd Gould, British animator, creator of Eddsworld
- Edward Sherman Gould, American author, translator and critic
- Elizabeth Porter Gould, American poet and author
- Emily Gould, 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, American poet
- John Jamesen Gould, Canadian journalist and entrepreneur
- Joan Gould, American author and journalist
- Karen L. Gould American scholar of French-Canadian literature, president of Brooklyn College
- Lewis L. Gould American historian
- Mary Gould Almy, 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 Ridgeway Gould, American sculptor
- Warwick Gould, Australian literary scholar
- Manny Gould, American animator
Business
- Andrew Gould (businessman), Schlumberger executive
- Erastus F. Gould, American businessman and banker
- George Jay Gould I, American railroad president
- Irving Gould, Canadian businessman
- Jay Gould, American financier
- James Childs Gould, British/American industrialist
- Kingdon Gould Jr., American businessman and diplomat
- Kingdon Gould Sr., American businessman
Math and science
- Alice Bache Gould, 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, English ornithologist and artist
- John Stanton Gould, American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
- Laurence McKinley Gould, American geologist, educator, polar explorer
- Rupert Gould, British horologist
- Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and science writer
- William Gould (naturalist), English naturalist and cleric
Military
- Charles Gilbert Gould, Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Davidge Gould, 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, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
Music
- Billy Gould, American musician and producer
- Boon Gould, English musician, member of the band Level 42
- Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist
- Morton Gould, American composer, conductor and arranger
- Phil Gould (musician), English musician, member of the band Level 42
- Stephen Gould (tenor), American tenor
Politics
- Arthur R. Gould, U.S. senator
- Basil Gould, British political officer
- Benjamin Gould (politician), South Australian politician
- Bryan Gould, British politician
- Georgia Gould (politician), British politician, daughter of Philip
- James Childs Gould industrialist and British Member of Parliament
- James J. Gould, Michigan state representative
- John Gould (MP), British politician and Director of the East India Company
- John Stanton Gould, American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
- Joseph Gould (politician, born 1808), farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- Joseph Gould (politician, born 1911), Canadian politician
- Karina Gould, Canadian politician
- Kenneth H. Gould, American politician
- Marti Gould Cummings, American political activist and drag queen
- Monica Gould, 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, British political advisor
Sports
- Al Gould, American baseball player
- Anthony Gould (cricketer), American football player
- Arthur Corbin Gould, American shooter and writer on guns
- Arthur Gould (rugby union), Welsh rugby union player
- Bert Gould, Welsh international rugby player
- Bob Gould (rugby union), 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, American baseball player
- Donna Gould, Australian cyclist
- Georgia Gould (cyclist), mountain biker
- Horace Gould, English motor racing driver
- Ian Gould, English former cricketer and umpire
- James Gould (rower), New Zealand rower
- Jay Gould II 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, English footballer
Other
- Alfred Gould (surgeon), British physician, Dean of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London
- Arthur L. Gould, American educator
- Bob Gould (activist), 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), editor of the Tribune, Australian Communist newspaper
- James Gould (jurist), American law school professor
- Jay Gould, railroad developer and speculator
- Louisa Gould, Jewish activist
- Matt Kennedy Gould, American former television personality
- Matthew Gould, British Ambassador to Israel
- Robert S. Gould, Texas Supreme Court justice and Confederate colonel
- Sara K. Gould, American feminist and philanthropist
- Steven B. Gould, American lawyer and judge
- Thomas Gould (Baptist), first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts
- Todd Gould, American psychiatrist