Godwin

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Godwin is an English-language surname with Anglo-Saxon origins. It means God's friend and is thus equivalent to Theophilus, Jedediah, Amadeus and Reuel.

However, the word "Godwin" can also mean "helper of mankind"

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House of Godwin[edit]

Politics and governance[edit]

  • Abraham Godwin (1763–1835), New Jersey General Assembly 1802–1806, Elector for Andrew Jackson 1828
  • Abraham Godwin Jr. (1791–1849), New Jersey General Assembly 1821–1832, took vote to D.C. for Presidential Election 1840
  • Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (1873–1929), North Carolina Congressman
  • Mary Wollstonecraft, later Mary Godwin (1759–1797), English author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
  • Mills E. Godwin Jr. (1914–1999), Governor of Virginia
  • Richard Godwin (1922–2005), First Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
  • William Godwin (1756–1836), English political philosopher

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Other people[edit]

  • Becky Godwin (1954–1968), daughter of Virginia Governor Godwin, killed by lightning
  • Glen Stewart Godwin (born 1958), American murderer, former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive
  • Mike Godwin (born 1956), American lawyer, created Godwin's law of Internet discussions (mentioning Hitler)

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