Family
- father Robert James Johnson: Abandoned family when Goldberg was a toddler; died May 25, 1993 of stomach cancer and complications from HIV
- mother Emma Johnson: Raised her daughter as a single mother after Goldberg's father had left the family
- brother Clyde K Johnson: Works as Goldberg's personal driver on film sets
- daughter Alexandrea Martin: Born in 1973; father, Alvin Martin; mother of Goldberg's three grandchildren
- granddaughter Amarah Skye Martin: Born Nov. 13, 1989; mother Alexandrea Martin
Companions
- David Schein: lived with Goldberg from 1980 to c. 1985
- Eddie Gold: together from 1987 to 1990
- Frank Langella: co-starred together in "Eddie" (1996); together from c. October 1995 until early 2000
- Jeffrey Cohen:
- Ted Danson: starred together in "Made in America" (1993); no longer together; performed a risque monologue in blackface at a 1993 Friars Club Roast in honor of Goldberg, provoking some guests (i.e., scandalized talk show host Montel Williams) to walk out of hall
- Timothy Dalton: together from 1990 to 1991
