Goldwater is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Anne-France Goldwater (born 1960), Canadian lawyer and hostess of TV's L'arbitre Barry Goldwater (1909–1998), American politician Barry Goldwater Jr. (born 1938), American politician, son of Barry John L. Goldwater (1916–1999), American comics editor and publisher Marilyn R. Goldwater (1927–2023), American politician Morris Goldwater (1852–1939), American politician, businessman, uncle of Barry Richard Goldwater (1936–2007), American comics publisher, son of John Robert Goldwater (1907–1973), American art historian Walter Goldwater (1907–1985), American antiquarian bookseller