Golden (name)
Golden is a family name that can be of English, Jewish or Irish origin. It can be a variant spelling of Golding. It is also sometimes a given name, generally male.
Notable people with the surname Golden
- Al Golden (American football), American college football coach
- Andrew Golden, gunman in the 1998 Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooting
- Anne Golden, Canadian administrator
- Annie Golden, American actress and singer
- Antonio Gandy-Golden, American football player
- Arthur Golden, American novelist, author of Memoirs of a Geisha
- Christopher Golden, American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels
- Daniel Golden, American journalist
- Dave Golden, American musician and Fulbright Scholar
- Diana Golden (actress)
- Diana Golden (skier), American disabled ski racer
- Eddie Golden, pro name for Amer wrestler Harold Edward Cox
- Eve Golden, American film journalist and biographer
- Grace Golden, English illustrator and historian
- Grant Golden (tennis), American tennis player
- Grant Golden (basketball), American basketball player
- Harry Golden, American writer and publisher
- Howard Golden, New York Democratic politician
- James S. Golden, US Representative from Kentucky
- Jane Golden, American mural artist
- Jared Golden, US Representative from Maine
- Jason Golden, British rugby league player
- Jerry Golden, American broadcaster
- Jimmy Golden, American professional wrestler
- John Golden (pirate), English pirate
- Johnny Golden, American golfer
- Lily Golden, Soviet and Russian historian and civil rights advocate
- Lotti Golden, American singer-songwriter, record producer and poet
- Martin Golden, New York state senator
- Marvin Golden, British rugby league player
- Matthew Golden, American football player
- Maurice Golden, Scottish politician
- Michael Golden (businessman), US newspaper publisher
- Mike Golden (baseball), American professional baseball player
- Oliver Golden, American-born agronomist and politician
- Peter Allen Golden, author
- Peter Benjamin Golden, professor of history at Rutgers University
- Pop Golden, head football coach at Penn State University
- Rena Golden, American journalist
- Rolland Golden, American artist
- Ronnie Golden, British singer, guitarist and comedian
- Sherita Hill Golden, American physician
- Sterling Golden, early stage name for American professional wrestler Hulk Hogan
- Thelma Golden, director of The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York City
- Thelma Golden (softball), Canadian softball pitcher
- Thomas L. Golden, American 19th-century gold miner
- Vicki Golden, American motocross rider
- William Lee Golden, American country and gospel musician
Notable people with the given name Golden
- Golden Brooks, American actress
- Golden Cañedo, Filipina singer and performer
- Golden Frinks, African-American civil rights activist
- Golden E. Johnson, American politician, attorney, and jurist
- Golden Johnson, American professional boxer
- Golden Lalchhuanmawia, Indian cricketer
- Golden Mafwenta, Zambian footballer
- Golden Magic, Mexican professional wrestler
- Golden Mashata, Zambian footballer
- Golden Mwila, Zambian politician
- Golden Richards, American football player
- Golden Tate, American football player
- Golden "Big" Wheeler, American blues musician
- Golden J. Zenon Jr., African-American architect