Gough

 ( English-language Surnames ) 

Gough ( ) is a surname. The surname may derive from the Welsh language coch (English: "red"),Farrar-Hockley 1974, pp. 2–3 possibly given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion. Another possible derivation is that it was a reduced form of the Irish language McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Eochadha, a patronymic from the personal name (variant Eachaidh), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish each "horse".

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)
• Frederick Gough (MP for Horsham) (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 Boyd (1888–1960), née Gough, Australian artist
• Douglas Gough (born 1941), British astronomer
• Flori Gough Shorr (1905–1992), née Gough, American cellist
• Frank Gough (1898–1980), Australian cricketer
• Frederick Foster Gough, British Protestant Christian missionary
• George Gough, 2nd Viscount Gough (1815–1895)
• Henry Gough (1649–1724), Sheriff of Staffordshire and Member of Parliament
• Hubert Gough (1870–1963), British First World War general
• Hugh Gough (disambiguation)
• Ian Gough, Welsh rugby player
• John Gough (disambiguation)
• Laurie Gough, Canadian-American travel writer
• Martyn Gough (born 1966), British Anglican priest and military chaplain
• Michael Gough (disambiguation)
• Ray Gough (1938–2018), Northern Irish footballer
• Richard Gough (disambiguation)
• Robert Gough (actor), English actor
• Robert Gough (priest), Irish Anglican priest
• Sandra Gough, English actress
• Shane Gough, 5th Viscount Gough (1941–2023)
• Stephen Gough (disambiguation)

• General Gough (disambiguation)
• Gough-Calthorpe family