Gould is a surname, a variant of "Gold"^[1]

• Alexander Gould (born 1994), American actor
• Dana Gould, American comedian and writer
• Desiree Gould (1945–2021), American actress
• Elliott Gould (born 1938), American actor
• Harold Gould (1923–2010), American actor
• James Nutcombe Gould (1849–1899), English stage actor
• Jason Gould (born 1966), American actor, writer and director
• Julia Gould (1824–1893), English-born stage actress and singer
• Kelly Gould, American actress
• Mitzi Gould (born 1915), American actress
• Nolan Gould, (born 1998), American actor
• Peter Gould, American television drama screenwriter
• Sandra Gould (1916–1999), American actress and comedian

• Alan J. Gould (1898–1993), American newspaper editor
• Chester Gould, creator of popular comic book character Dick Tracy
• Edd Gould (1988–2012), British animator, creator of Eddsworld
• Edward Sherman Gould, 19th-century American author, translator and critic
• Elizabeth Porter Gould (1848–1906), American poet and author
• Emily Gould (born 1981), 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 (1789–1865), American poet
• J. J. Gould, Canadian journalist
• Joan Gould (1927–2022), American author and journalist
• Karen L. Gould (born 1948) American scholar of French-Canadian literature, president of Brooklyn College
• Lewis L. Gould (born 1939) American historian
• Mary Gould Almy (1735–1808), 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 R. Gould, American sculptor
• Warwick Gould (born 1947), Australian literary scholar
• Manny Gould (1904–1975), American animator

• Andrew Gould (businessman) (born 1946), Schlumberger executive
• Erastus F. Gould (1822–1896), American businessman and banker
• George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) American railroad president
• Jay Gould (1836–1892), American financier
• James Childs Gould (1880–1944), British/American industrialist
• Kingdon Gould Jr. (1924–2018), American businessman and diplomat
• Kingdon Gould Sr. (1887–1945), American businessman

• Alice Bache Gould (1868–1953), 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 (1804–1881), English ornithologist and artist
• John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
• Laurence McKinley Gould (1896–1995), American geologist, educator, polar explorer
• Rupert Gould (1890–1948), British horologist
• Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002), American paleontologist and science writer
• William Gould (naturalist), English naturalist and cleric

• Charles Gilbert Gould (1845–1916), Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Davidge Gould (1758–1847), 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 (1914–2001), English recipient of the Victoria Cross

• Billy Gould (born 1963), American musician and producer
• Boon Gould (1955–2019), English musician, member of the band Level 42
• Glenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianist
• Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor and arranger
• Phil Gould (musician) (born 1957), English musician, member of the band Level 42
• Stephen Gould (tenor) (1962–2023), American tenor

• Arthur R. Gould (1857–1946), U.S. senator
• Basil Gould (1883–1956), British Political Officer
• Benjamin Gould (politician) (1849–1922), South Australian politician
• Bryan Gould (born 1939), British politician
• Georgia Gould (politician), British politician, daughter of Philip
• James Childs Gould (1880–1944) industrialist and British Member of Parliament
• James J. Gould (1823–1909), Michigan state representative
• John Gould (MP), British politician and Director of the East India Company
• John Stanton Gould (1810–1874), American science lecturer, temperance reformer, agricultural scientist and politician
• Joseph Gould (politician, born 1808) (1808–1886), farmer, businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada
• Joseph Gould (politician, born 1911) (1911–1965), Canadian politician
• Karina Gould (born 1987), Canadian politician
• Kenneth H. Gould (1938–2019), American politician
• Monica Gould (born 1957), 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 (1950–2011), British political advisor

• Al Gould (1888–1935), American baseball player
• Anthony Gould (cricketer) (born 2001), American football player
• Arthur Corbin Gould (1850–1903), American shooter and writer on guns
• Arthur Gould (rugby union) (1864–1919), Welsh rugby union player
• Bert Gould, Welsh international rugby player
• Bob Gould (rugby player), 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 (1847–1917), American baseball player
• Donna Gould (born 1966), Australian cyclist
• Georgia Gould, mountain biker
• Horace Gould, English motor racing driver
• Ian Gould (born 1957), English former cricketer and umpire
• James Gould (rower), New Zealand rower
• Jay Gould II (1888–1935) 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 (1938–2018), English footballer

• Alfred Gould (surgeon) (1852–1922), British physician, Dean of Medicine and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London
• Arthur L. Gould, American educator
• Bob Gould (activist) (1937–2011), 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) (died 1974), editor of the Tribune, Australian Communist newspaper
• James Gould (jurist), American law school professor
• Jay Gould (1836–1892), railroad developer and speculator
• Louisa Gould, Jewish activist
• Matt Kennedy Gould (born 1975), American former television personality
• Matthew Gould (born 1971), British Ambassador to Israel
• Robert S. Gould (1826–1904), Texas Supreme Court justice and Confederate colonel
• Sara K. Gould, American feminist and philanthropist
• Steven B. Gould (born 1966), American lawyer and judge
• Thomas Gould (Baptist) (c. 1619–1675), first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts
• Todd Gould, American psychiatrist

• Justice Gould (disambiguation)
• Gulda