People with the surname include:

• Andrew Golding (born 1963), English cricketer
• Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606), English translator
• Ashton Golding (born 1996), Jamaican rugby league footballer
• Belle Golding (1864–1940), Australian feminist activist
• Benjamin Golding (1793–1863), British doctor
• Bill Golding (1916–1999), Australian rules footballer
• Binker Golding (born 1985), British jazz musician
• Bob Golding (born 1970), English actor
• Bruce Golding (born 1947), Jamaican politician
• Frank Golding (1890–1966), Australian rules footballer
• George Golding (1906–1999), Australian runner
• Germaine Golding (1887–1973), French tennis player
• Grant Golding (born 1981), Canadian gymnast
• Henry Golding (died 1576), British Member of Parliament
• Henry Golding (died 1593), British Member of Parliament
• Henry Golding (actor) (born 1987), British–Malaysian actor
• James Golding (cricketer) (born 1977), English cricketer
• James Golding (racing driver) (born 1996), Australian racing driver
• Jean Golding (born 1939), British epidemiologist
• Joe Golding (1921–1971), American football player
• Joe Golding (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball coach
• John Golding (artist and writer) (1929–2012), British artist and writer
• John Golding (British politician) (1931–99), British politician and trade union leader
• John Anthony Golding (1920–2012), Administrator of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Jon Golding (born 1982), English rugby union player
• Joseph Golding, Irish football player
• Julia Golding (born 1969), British novelist
• Julian Golding (born 1975), English sprinter
• Leroy Golding, British actor
• Llin Golding, Baroness Golding (born 1933), British politician
• Lorna Golding (born 1951), First Lady of Jamaica
• Louis Golding (1895–1958), British writer
• Lynval Golding (born 1951), Jamaican-born British musician
• Margarette Golding (1881–1939), Welsh nurse and company director
• Margery Golding (c. 1526–1568), Countess of Oxford
• Martin Golding (born 1930), American philosopher
• Matthew Golding (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• Matthew Golding (dancer) (born 1985), Canadian ballet dancer
• Meta Golding (born 1971), Haitian-American actress
• Michael Golding, American novelist
• Mike Golding (born 1960), British yachtsman
• Miles Golding (born 1951), Australian classical violinist
• Monica Golding (1902–1997), British Army nurse
• Pam Golding (1928–2018), South African property developer
• Paul Golding (born 1982), British nationalist activist
• Peaches Golding (born 1953), High Sheriff of Bristol
• Pete Golding, American football coach
• Peter Golding, English fashion designer
• Philip Golding (born 1962), English golfer
• Richard Golding (died 1520), Irish judge
• Richard Golding (engraver) (1785–1865), English engraver
• Simon Golding (born 1946), Church of England priest
• Stephen L. Golding (born 1944), psychologist at the University of Utah
• Sue Golding (born 1958), American academic
• Susan Golding (born 1945), American politician
• Tacius Golding (1900–1995), Jamaican politician
• Val Golding (1930–2008), American magazine editor
• William Golding (1911–1993), English novelist and poet
• William Henry Golding (1878–1961), Canadian politician
• William Hughson Golding (1845–1916), founder of Golding & Company

• Golding baronets
• Charles Golding (disambiguation)
• Edward Golding (disambiguation)
• Henry Golding (disambiguation)
• John Golding (disambiguation)
• William Golding (disambiguation)

• Golding (disambiguation)
• Golding Bird (1814–1854), British medical doctor
• Golding-Bird (disambiguation)
• Goldin, a Jewish surname
• Goulding (surname)
• John Golden (pirate) (died 1694), English pirate also known as John Golding