Gooch

Gooch

Gooch may stand for:

* A surname of Welsh origin meaning "ruddy man, red-haired" or a derivation of a surname of Dutch origin, predominantly encountered in East Anglia
* Son of Eochaidh (rich in cattle)
* A shortening of the term Gooch crucible, a sintered glass crucible employed in high precision analytical chemistry, named after its inventor, Frank Austen Gooch
* In steam locomotives the Gooch Valve gates a hydraulic assist used to shift the point where the connecting rod attaches to the driver wheel as a method for moving the engine off of top dead center.

Gooch is a surname, and may refer to:
* Brad Gooch, American writer
* Dag Luther Gooch, filmmaker, writer, musician
* Daniel Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1837 to 1864 and its Chairman from 1865 to 1889
* Frank Austen Gooch, Chemist and engineer
* George Peabody Gooch, British journalist, historian and politician
* Graham Gooch, English cricketer
* Joe Gooch, guitarist
* Jon Gooch (aka. Spor), Drum 'n' Bass musician
* John Viret Gooch, Chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway, 1841 to 1850.
* Martin Gooch, British film maker
* Stan Gooch, British psychologist
* William Gooch, Governor of Virginia

Nickname:
* Oguchi Onyewu, nicknamed "Gooch", association football player for the United States National Team and Standard Liège
* Tadahito Iguchi, a second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, is nicknamed "Gooch" by fans of the team.
*The Gooch, a character (who is always spoken of, but never seen) on "Diff'rent Strokes", an American sitcom
*Colm Cooper, nicknamed "The Gooch" senior Kerry Gaelic football player.
*Mari Yaguchi, sometimes called "The Gooch" by fans, J-Pop singer.
*Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player.
*Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Final Fantasy video game series

Location:
* Gooch Close gang, Moss Side, Greater Manchester


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  • Gooch —   [guːtʃ], George Peabody, britischer Historiker, * London 21. 10. 1873, ✝ Chalfont Saint Peter (County Buckinghamshire) 31. 8. 1968; studierte Geschichte in Cambridge, Berlin und Paris, war 1906 10 und 1913 liberaler Unterhausabgeordneter;… …   Universal-Lexikon

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