Argentine footballer Diego Maradona (also El pibe de oro)

boxer Oscar de la Hoya

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo

Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero

retired American football player Paul Hornung

"Golden Boy", an episode of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder

Portuguese footballer Luís Figo

nickname of actor William Holden, who became a star after his breakthrough leading role in the film

"Golden Boy", a song by Godley & Creme released as a single in 1984

Golden Boy (manga), a manga and anime series

"Golden Boy", the name Jerry gives to his favorite t-shirt in "The Marine Biologist", an episode of the TV series Seinfeld

Sandy Hawkins, a fictional character in the DC Comics universe once called Sandy the Golden Boy

"The Golden Boy", a song by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé from their album Barcelona

Golden Boy (musical), a musical version of the Odets play

Golden Boy (Manitoba), a statue on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building

Golden Boy (AT&T), a statue and symbol of AT&T

"Golden Boy", a song by Primus from their 1997 Brown Album

Golden Boy (play), a play by Clifford Odets

"Golden Boy", a song by The Mountain Goats from their 2002 compilation Ghana

Golden Boy of Pye Corner, a monument in Smithfield, London

Golden Boy (Wild Cards), a superhero from the Wild Cards series

Golden Boy (film), a 1939 film adaptation of the Odets play

Goldenboy, a band

Italian footballer Francesco Totti (called "er Bimbo de Oro" in Romanesco)