George Brown Goode (February 13, 1851 – September 6, 1896), was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator.

While working with Baird, Goode led research sponsored by the United States Fish Commission, and oversaw many Smithsonian displays and exhibitions, for the museum itself and for expositions around the world; Goode's first of these were the preparations for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, for which the Smithsonian was responsible for all the government displays.

He also served as the assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in charge of the United States National Museum.

[4][5][6] He received from the Queen Regent of Spain the decoration of Commander in the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

The then head of the Smithsonian, Samuel Pierpont Langley, completed the volume and wrote a memorial to Goode, published in 1901.