Goodyear is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Goodyear, American archaeologist in South CarolinaAnson Goodyear (1877-1964), American businessman and philanthropistCharles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber, Goodyear Tire CompanyCharles Goodyear (1804–1876), United States Representative from New YorkCharles W. Goodyear (1846-1911), American lawyer, turned lumber and railway industrialistChip Goodyear (1958-present), former CEO of BHP BillitonDana Goodyear (born 1976), American journalist and poetGary Goodyear (born 1958), Canadian politicianJohn Goodyear (1920-2002), American football player for the Washington RedskinsJoseph Goodyear (1799-1839), English engraverJulie Goodyear (born 1942), British television actressLangdon Goodyear, Jr. (1924-2006), mayor of Eau Gallie, Florida in 1956Miles Goodyear (1817-1849), American fur trader and mountain manR. A. H. Goodyear (1877-1948), English writerSara Suleri Goodyear, professor of English at Yale UniversityScott Goodyear (born 1959), Canadian race car driverTim Goodyear (born 1977), American comics publisher and artistWilliam Goodyear (1865–1936), American football coach, newspaper editor, publisher, and politicianWilliam Henry Goodyear (1846-1923), architectural historian and museum curator, son of Charles Goodyear