Goyal is one of the eighteen gotra

Gotra

In the Hindu society, the term Gotra broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor. Panini defines gotra for grammatical purposes as apatyam pautraprabhrti gotram , which means "the word gotra denotes the progeny beginning with the son's son"...

s of the Agrawal

Agrawal

Agrawal or Agarwal is a large and influential community in India. Agrawals are Kshatriya by birth of the Solar Dynasty but after the adoption of Vanika dharma by king Agrasena, Agrawals started dealing in business...

 community and is a common family surname amongst the Indian community in India and abroad. In some parts of England, the word Goyal

Goyal

Goyal is one of the eighteen gotras of the Agrawal community and is a common family surname amongst the Indian community in India and abroad. In some parts of England, the word Goyal refers to deep gully or ravine. However, there is no connection between the English word and this Indian...

 refers to deep gully or ravine. However, there is no connection between the English word and this Indian surname.

Noteworthy Goyals

• Raghubir Goyal
  Raghubir Goyal
  Raghubir Goyal is a reporter for the India Globe and is a member of the current White House Press Corps.-Trivia:He shares his birthday with former President George W. Bush. This revelation got him an invitation to the stage from Bush during a press conference on July 6, 2006.-External links:...
  
  , White House correspondent.
• B. K. Goyal
  B. K. Goyal
  Dr. B K Goyal is an internationally acclaimed cardiologist and medical educationist of India. Dr. Goyal is the only cardiologist outside the United States to have the unique distinction of being appointed as the Hon. Consultant Cardiologist to the world famous Texas Heart Institute at Houston,...
  
  , cardiologist.
• Naresh Goyal
  Naresh Goyal
  Naresh Goyal is an Indian businessman and founder Chairman of Jet Airways. He started operating Jet Airways in 1993. Following the 2005 IPO of Jet Airways, Forbes magazine declared him the sixteenth richest person in India with a net worth of $1.9 billion....
  
  , American-born Indian businessman and founder chairman Jet Airways
• Sanjeev Goyal
  Sanjeev Goyal
  Sanjeev Goyal is an Indian economist, Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.He is a pioneer of the economics of networks and one of the leading scholars in the field....
  
  , economist.
• Subhash Chandra Goyal, founder of Zee TV
  Zee TV
  Zee TV is an India-based satellite television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which broadcasts various programmes in Hindi and other regional languages of India. Broadcasting is also present in various nations of South Asia, Europe, the Middle East,...
  
  
• Jay Goyal
  Jay Goyal
  Jay Goyal is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a Democrat representing the 73rd District, which includes the city of Mansfield and other parts of Richland County. Prior to 2011, Goyal served as the Majority Whip.-Life and career:...
  
  , Majority Whip of the Ohio House of Representatives.
• Megh R. Goyal
  Megh R. Goyal
  Megh R. Goyal is an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico. He has been called the father of irrigation engineering in Puerto Rico.-Education:...
  
  , an engineer and professor in Puerto Rico.
• Ved Prakash Goyal
  Ved Prakash Goyal
  Ved Prakash Goyal was an Indian politician and the Union Minister of shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in India from 2001-2003. He was the treasurer of Bharatiya Janata Party for a long time. He was a member of Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.- Early life :He...
  
  , Indian politician and the Union Minister of Shipping.
• Krishana Kumar Goyal
  Krishana Kumar Goyal
  Krishna Kumar Goyal or Krishna Kumar Goyal is an Indian politician and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 1977 he was elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Kota constituency in Rajasthan state as a Janata Party candidate. He was the minister of civil supplies and cooperation in the union...
  
  , politician
• Surendra Prakash Goyal
  Surendra Prakash Goyal
  Surendra Prakash is an Indian politician. He stood for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections on the Indian National Congress ticket and won from Ghaziabad. He was defeated by the president of BJP Rajnath Singh in the next general elections in 2009.-External links:*...
  
  , politician
• Ritesh Goyal, TA to SE(M&P), A V V N L,Ajmer & certified energy auditor from BEE India.
• Dr A K Goel,Banker
• Jagdeep Kumar Goyal,Bsc Medical technology,PGI,CHANDIGARH.He is a renowned lab. technician and owns and works at Chandigarh Computerized Laboratory in malerkotla a town in district sangrur,punjab,india.He is working there from 25 years and is highly dedicated to his work and profession.He has a collection centre for Dr. Lal Path Labs.

Shailendra Goyal and Jaya Goyal, Scientists, Boston, USA