John Goodricke FRS was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known for his observations of the variable star Algol in 1782.

Goodricke College is a college of the University of York. It was founded in 1968 and named after the astronomer John Goodricke. The college has approximately 1500 undergraduate members, of which some 500 live in college accommodation, and about 140 postgraduate members, of which most live in college accommodation.