Godwin
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Arts and entertainment- Edward William GodwinEdward William GodwinEdward William Godwin was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic...
(1833-1886), English architect - Fay GodwinFay GodwinFay Godwin was a noted British photographer, most widely known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast.-Career:Through her husband, Godwin was introduced to the London literary scene...
(1931-2005), British photographer - Frank GodwinFrank GodwinFrancis Godwin , better known as Frank Godwin, was an American illustrator and comic strip artist, notable for his strip Connie and his book illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Robin Hood and King Arthur...
(1889-1959), American illustrator, creator of Connie comic strip - Gail GodwinGail GodwinGail Kathleen Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. She has published one non-fiction work, two collections of short stories, and eleven novels, three of which have been nominated for the National Book Award and five of which have made the New York Times Bestseller List.Godwin was...
(born 1937), American novelist and short story writer - George GodwinGeorge GodwinGeorge Godwin FRS was an influential architect, journalist, and editor of The Builder magazine.He was one of nine children of the architect George Godwin senior and trained at his father's architectural practice in Kensington where he set up in business with his brother Henry Godwin .Encouraged...
, architectural journalist - George Stanley GodwinGeorge Stanley GodwinGeorge Stanley Godwin was an English/Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction books.Godwin was born in London, one of eight children. He was four when his father died. He was educated at boarding schools in Sussex, Kent and Dresden, Germany. He worked briefly for a bank in England, then...
, author - Jeff GodwinJeff GodwinJeff Godwin is a Christian fundamentalist preacher and author from Bloomington, Indiana. He is best known for his numerous books critical of both secular rock music and Christian rock music.Godwin is a former drug addict and rock musician...
, American fundamentalist, former rock musician - Joscelyn GodwinJoscelyn GodwinJoscelyn Godwin is a composer, musicologist and translator, known for his work on ancient music, paganism and music in the occult....
(born 1945), English musicologist and translator - Mary ShelleyMary ShelleyMary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley...
(née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 1797–1851), author of Frankenstein - Parke Godwin (born 1929), American writer
- Parke Godwin (journalist)Parke Godwin (journalist)Parke Godwin was an American journalist associated with New York.-Biography:Godwin was born on February 28, 1816, in Paterson, New Jersey. His father was an officer in the war of 1812, and his grandfather a soldier of the American Revolution...
(1816-1904), American journalist - Paul GodwinPaul GodwinPaul Godwin was a violinist and the leader of a popular German dance orchestra in the 1920s-30s.- Biography :He was born on March 28, 1902, in Sosnowitz , his real name was Pinchas Goldfein. Early recordings on the POLYPHON label gave the name "Tanz-Orchester Goldfein". At the age of 20 he formed...
(1902-1982), Polish violinist and bandleader - Peter Godwin (writer)
- Peter Godwin (singer)Peter Godwin (singer)Peter Godwin is a musician who was part of the band, Metro, as well as a solo artist and songwriter....
- Ted GodwinTed GodwinEdward W. Godwin, OC is a Canadian artist who was part of the Regina Five, a group of five artists all based in Regina, Saskatchewan...
(born 1933), Canadian artist - Tom Godwin (writer)
Politics and governance
- Godwin, Earl of WessexGodwin, Earl of WessexGodwin of Wessex , was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex...
- Hannibal Lafayette GodwinHannibal Lafayette GodwinHannibal Lafayette Godwin was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1907 and 1921.Born near Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina, Godwin attended common schools near his home and then Trinity College in Durham...
(1873-1929), North Carolina Congressman - Mills E. Godwin Jr.Mills E. Godwin Jr.Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. of Chuckatuck, Virginia, was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd Governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978....
(1914-1999), Virginia Governor - William GodwinWilliam GodwinWilliam Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism...
, political philosopher
Religion
- Saint Godwin of StavelotGodwin of StavelotSaint Godwin of Stavelot was a Benedictine abbot of the monastery of Stavelot-Malmedy, Belgium, who died in 690. His feast day is October 28.- External links :*...
- Francis GodwinFrancis GodwinFrancis Godwin was an English divine, Bishop of Llandaff and of Hereford.-Life:He was the son of Thomas Godwin, Bishop of Bath and Wells, born at Hannington, Northamptonshire...
(1562-1633), English bishop - Godwin (bishop)Godwin (bishop)Godwin was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield.Godwin was consecrated between 1002 and 1004 and died after 1017.-References:...
, a bishop of Lichfield - Jeff GodwinJeff GodwinJeff Godwin is a Christian fundamentalist preacher and author from Bloomington, Indiana. He is best known for his numerous books critical of both secular rock music and Christian rock music.Godwin is a former drug addict and rock musician...
, American fundamentalist, former rock musician - Thomas Godwin (bishop)Thomas Godwin (bishop)Thomas Godwin was an English bishop, who presided over the Diocese of Bath and Wells.Thomas Godwin was both born and died in Wokingham in Berkshire.From 1567 to 1584 he was Dean of Canterbury....
Science
- Harry GodwinHarry GodwinSir Harry Godwin FRS, was a prominent English botanist and ecologist of the 20th century. He had a long association with Clare College, Cambridge.-Early life:...
(1901-1985), English botanist - Henry Haversham Godwin-AustenHenry Haversham Godwin-AustenLieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen FRS FZS FRGS MBOU , was an English topographer, geologist and surveyor.The eldest son of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, Godwin-Austen was born in Teignmouth...
(1834-1923), English geologist and ornithologist - Linda M. GodwinLinda M. GodwinLinda Maxine Godwin is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. Godwin is the Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center.-Background:...
(born 1952), American astronaut - Robert Alfred Cloynes Godwin-AustenRobert Alfred Cloynes Godwin-AustenRobert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen FRS was an English geologist.Godwin-Austen was the eldest son of Sir Henry E. Austen. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1830. He afterwards entered Lincoln's Inn...
(1808-1884), English geologist
Sport
- John Godwin (baseball), American baseball player
- John Godwin (rower), British rower at the 1924 Olympics
- Neville GodwinNeville GodwinNeville Godwin is a former tennis player from South Africa.Godwin turned professional in 1994. The right-hander won one singles title in his career, and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 31, 1997, when he became World number 90.His highest world ranking for doubles...
(born 1975), South African tennis player - Tommy Godwin (footballer)Tommy Godwin (footballer)Thomas Fergus Godwin , commonly referred to as Tommy Godwin, was an Irish footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers, Leicester City and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic F.C....
- Tommy Godwin (cyclist)
- Wayne GodwinWayne GodwinWayne Godwin, born 13 March 1982 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England is an English rugby league player.Wayne Godwin plays for Salford City Reds in the Super League.Godwins's position of choice is at hooker...
(born 1982), English rugby player
Other people
- Becky GodwinBecky GodwinRebecca 'Becky' Godwin was the adopted daughter and only child of the then Governor of Virginia Mills E. Godwin, Jr...
(1954-1968), daughter of Virginia Governor Godwin, killed by lightning - Glen Stewart GodwinGlen Stewart GodwinGlen Stewart Godwin is an American fugitive and convicted murderer who was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on December 7, 1996, nine years after he escaped from Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California where he was serving a 26-years-to-life...
(born 1958), American murderer, FBI Ten Most Wanted - James GodwinJames GodwinJames Basil Godwin III, a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, is the Program Executive Officer – Enterprise Information Systems of the Department of the Navy...
, admiral in US Navy - John Godwin (Royal Navy officer), British Naval Reserve officer during World War II
- Mike GodwinMike GodwinMichael Wayne Godwin is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation , and the creator of the Internet adage Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies. From July 2007 to October 2010, he was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation...
(born 1956), American lawyer, created Godwin's LawGodwin's LawGodwin's law is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that has become an Internet adage...
of Internet discussionsInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
Fictional people
- Neil GodwinNeil GodwinNeil Godwin is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom, The Office, played by Patrick Baladi. Neil first appeared in the second series of the show as the UK Manager of Wernham Hogg, newly promoted from manager of the Swindon branch, thus making him David Brent's new boss...
, fictional character from The Office
See also
- Godwin's LawGodwin's LawGodwin's law is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that has become an Internet adage...
on Nazi comparisons in Internet discussions - Goodwin (disambiguation)
- List of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) surnames