Godfrey Sykes (born Malton, North Riding of Yorkshire, 1824 – died London 28 February 1866) was an English designer, metalworker, sculptor and painter.

The new buildings for the South Kensington Museum gave further scope for the exercise of Sykes's powers, and upon the decoration of these he was engaged until his death.

His most admired work at the museum, according to the Dictionary of National Biography is the series of terra-cotta columns which he modelled for the lecture theatre.

Sykes's style, while based upon the study of Raphael and Michelangelo, was thoroughly individual, and characterised by a fine taste and sense of proportion.

[4] It mentions him bringing a comic element to a dinner of artists and a boy-like attitude to life at home, including playing cricket in the hall.