Food For Thought

A Collection of Heretical Notions and Wretched Adages
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Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der (German philologist, politician) 1807-1874
Gabereau, Vicki Frances née Filion (Canadian radio & TV host) b.1946
Gabin, Jean (born Jean-Alexis Moncorge; French actor) 1904-1976
Gabinius, Aulus (Roman politician) d.47 BC
Gable, William Clark (American actor) 1901-1960
Gabo, Naum (born Naum Neemia Pevsner; Russ.-born Am. sculptor) 1890-1977
Gabor, Dennis (Hungarian-born British physicist) 1900-1979
Gaboriau, Etienne-Emile (French writer) 1832-1873
Gabriel, Jacques (French architect) 1630-1686
Gabriel, Jacques-Ange (French architect; son of Jacques) 1698-1782
Gabriel, Jacques-Jules (French architect; son of Jacques) 1667-1742
Gabriel (aka Gabriel Prosser; American slave insurrectionist) c.1776-1800
Gabrieli, Andrea (Italian organist, composer) c.1510-1586
Gabrieli, Giovanni (It. composer, teacher; nephew of Andrea) c.1556-1612
Gabrielli, Cante dei (Tuscan nobleman, soldier) 14th cent.
Gabrielli, Domenico (Italian composer, musician) 1651/59-1690
Gabriel Severus (Greek prelate) 1541-1616
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip Solomonovich (Russian pianist, conductor) 1878-1936
Gace Brule (French lyric poet, knight) fl.1180-1213
Gacy, John Wayne "Pogo the Clown" (Am. clown, serial killer) 1942-1994
Gadda, Carlo Emilio (Italian essayist, writer) 1893-1973
Gaddi, Agnolo (Florentine painter; son of Taddeo) c.1350-1396
Gaddi, Taddeo (Florentine painter) c.1300-1366?
Gaddis, William Thomas (American writer) 1922-1998
Gaddum, John Henry (English pharmacologist) 1900-1965
Gade, Niels Wilhelm (Danish composer, conductor, teacher) 1817-1890
Gadifer de La Salle (Seigneur de Ligron; French soldier) c.1340-c.1422
Gadsden, Christopher (American Revolutionary leader) 1724-1805
Gadsden, James (American army officer, diplomat) 1788-1858
Gafencu, Grigore (Romanian journalist, politician) 1892-1957
Gafori (or Gaforio), Franchino (Italian composer, theorist) 1451-1522
Gagarin, Yury Alekseyevich (Rus. astronaut; first man in space) 1934-1968
Gage, Thomas (British general, colonial governor in America) 1721-1787
Gagern, Friedrich Ludwig Balduin Karl Moritz (German soldier) 1794-1848
Gagern, Hans Christoph Ernst von (German politician) 1766-1852
Gagern, Maximilian Joseph Ludwig (German nationalist) 1810-1889
Gagern, Wilhelm Heinrich August (German soldier; son of Hans) 1799-1880
Gagliano, Marco da (Italian priest, composer) 1582-1642
Gaguin, Robert (French priest, scholar) c.1433-1501
Gahn, Johan Gottlieb (Swedish mineralogist, chemist) 1745-1818
Gaillard, Bulee "Slim" (American singer, songwriter, musician) 1916-1991
Gaillard, David Du Bose (American army officer, engineer) 1859-1913
Gaiman, Neil (American comic artist) b.1960
Gaimar V (aka Gaimar IV; Guaimar; Prince of Salerno) c.1011-1052
Gainas (Visigoth general in Roman army) d.400
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton (American army officer) 1777-1849
Gaines, Ernest James (American writer) b.1933
Gainsborough, Thomas (English painter) 1727-1788
Gaitan, Jorge Eliecer (Colombian politician) 1902-1948
Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor (English politician) 1906-1963
Gaius (or Caius), Saint (Dalmatian? pope 283-296) d.296
Gaius (Roman jurist) fl. 130-180
Gaj, Ljudevit (Croatian writer) 1809-1872
Gajah Mada (politician of Majapahit empire in Java) d.1364
Gajdusek, Daniel Carleton (American virologist) b.1923
Gal, Bernhard (Austrian composer, artist) b.1971
Galas, Diamanda (American singer, musician) b.1955
Galaup, Jean-Francois de (Comte de La Perouse; Fr. navigator) 1741-c.1788
Galba, Servius Sulpicius (Roman emperor 68-69) 3 BC-AD 69
Galbaio, Giovanni (Doge of Venice 787-803) fl. 800
Galbraith, John Kenneth (Canadian-born American economist) 1908-2006
Gale, Zona (American writer, playwright, journalist) 1874-1938
Galeano, Eduardo (Uruguayan writer) b.1940
Galen (Greek physician, writer) 129-c.199
Galen, Clemens August von (German prelate) 1878-1946
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus; Roman emperor) d.311
Gales, Joseph (English-born American journalist) 1786-1860
Galgacus (or Calgacus; Caledonian chieftain) fl. 84
Galiani, Ferdinando (Italian economist) 1728-1787
Galich, Aleksandr Arkadevich (Russian poet, playwright) 1918-1977
Galilei, Galileo (Italian mathematician, astronomer, physicist) 1564-1642
Galilei, Michelagnolo (Italian composer, lutenist) 1575-1631
Galilei, Vincenzo (Italian composer, theorist) c.1520-1591
Gall, Saint (born Cellach or Caillech; Irish missionary) c.550-c.645
Gall (born Pizi; American Sioux Indian chieftain) 1840?-1894
Gall, Franz Joseph (German physician; founder of phrenology) 1758-1828
Galla-Rini, Anthony (American musician, composer, arranger) 1904-2006
Gallagher, Tess née Bond (American poet, writer) b.1943
Galland, Antoine (French Orientalist, translator) 1646-1715
Gallant, Mavis (born Mavis de Trafford Young; Canadian writer) b.1922
Gallas, Matthias (Austrian soldier) 1584-1647
Gallatin, Abraham Alfonse Albert (Swiss-born Am. politician) 1761-1849
Gallaudet, Edward Miner (Am. teacher of deaf-mutes; son of T.) 1837-1917
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins (American teacher of deaf-mutes) 1787-1851
Galle, Emile (French glass and furniture maker) 1846-1904
Galle, Johann Gottfried (German astronomer) 1812-1910
Gallego, Juan Nicasio (Spanish poet) 1777-1853
Gallegos Freire, Romulo (Venezuelan writer, president 1948) 1884-1969
Gallen-Kallela, Akseli Valdemar (Finnish painter) 1865-1931
Gallico, Paul William (American journalist, writer) 1897-1976
Galli-Curci, Amelita née Galli (Italian-born American soprano) 1889-1963
Gallieni, Joseph-Simon (French general, colonial administrator) 1849-1916
Gallienus, Publius Licinius Valerianus Egnatius (Roman emperor) d.268
Galliffet, Gaston-Alexandre-Auguste de (French soldier) 1830-1909
Gallimard, Gaston (French publisher) 1881-1975
Gallio, Junius Annaeus (Roman politician) c.5 BC-AD 65
Gallitzin, Demetrius Augustine (Dutch-born American clergyman) 1770-1840
Gallo, Vincent Vito (American musician, filmmaker, writer) b.1961
Galloway, Joseph (American lawyer, politician) c.1731-1803
Gallup, George Horace (American statistician, pollster) 1901-1984
Gallus, Gaius Cornelius (Roman soldier, poet) c.70-c.26 BC
Gallus, Gaius Vibius Trebonianus (Roman emperor 251-253) d.253
Gallus Caesar (born Flavius Claudius Constantius; Roman ruler) 326/26-354
Galois, Evariste (French mathematician) 1811-1832
Galswintha (Frankish queen; daughter of Athanagild) c.540-568
Galsworthy, John (English writer, playwright) 1867-1933
Galt, Sir Alexander Tilloch (English-born Canadian politician) 1817-1893
Galt, John (Scottish writer, colonizer of Canada) 1779-1839
Galton, Sir Francis (English scientist; nephew of E. Darwin) 1822-1911
Galuppi, Baldassare "Il Buranello" (Italian composer) 1706-1785
Galvani, Luigi (Italian physician, physicist) 1737-1798
Galvez, Bernardo de (Spanish colonial administrator) 1746-1786
Galvez, Jose (Spanish colonial administrator) 1729-1787
Galvez, Manuel (Argentinean writer, biographer) 1882-1962
Galvez de Montalvo, Luis (Spanish writer) 1549?-1591?
Gama, Jose Basilio da (Brazilian poet) 1740-1795
Gama, Vasco da (Portuguese navigator, explorer) c.1460-1524
Gamaliel I (Palestinian Jewish rabbi) fl. c.20-c.50
Gamaliel II of Jabneh (Palestinian Jewish rabbi) 1st-2nd cent.
Gamaliel III (Palestinian Jewish rabbi) 3rd cent.
Gamarra, Agustin (Peruvian general, president 1829-33, 1839-41) 1785-1841
Gambarini, Elisabetta de (English composer, singer, organist) 1731-1765
Gambaro, Griselda (Argentinean playwright) b.1928
Gambetta, Leon-Michel (French politician) 1838-1882
Gambier, James (Bahaman-born British naval commander) 1756-1833
Gamboa, Federico (Mexican writer) 1864-1939
Gamelin, Gustave-Maurice (French soldier) 1872-1958
Gamme, Zenobe Theophile (Belgian engineer) 1826-1901
Gamow, George (Russian-born American physicist) 1904-1968
Gance, Abel (French film director, producer, writer, actor) 1889-1981
Gandhi, Indira Priyadarshini née Nehru (Indian prime minister) 1917-1984
Gandhi, Mahondas Karamchand "Mahatma" (Indian nationalist) 1869-1948
Gandhi, Rajiv Ratna (Indian prime min. 1984-89; son of Indira) 1944-1991
Gangesa (Gangesa Upadhyaya; Indian philosopher) 12th cent.
Ganioda'yo (Handsome Lake; American Seneca Indian religious) c.1735-1815
Ganivet y Garcia, Angel (Spanish essayist, writer) 1865-1898
Ganku (born Saeki Kishi; Japanese painter) 1749-1838
Gannett, Henry (Am. geographer; fd. National Geographic Soc.) 1846-1914
Gannon, John C. (American intelligence administrator) b.1944
Gans, Eduard (German jurist) 1798-1839
Gans, Joe (born Joseph Gaines; American boxer) 1874-1910
Gansbacher, Johann Baptist (Austrian composer) 1778-1844
Gansevoort, Peter (American Revolutionary officer) 1749-1812
Ganz, Rudolph (Swiss-born American composer, conductor) 1877-1972
Gao Ming (or Kao Ming; Chinese poet, playwright) c.1305-c.1370
Gao Xingjian (Chinese-born French writer, dramatist, poet) b.1940
Garamond (or Garamont), Claude (French type designer, founder) c.1480-1561
Garand, John Cantius (Canadian-born American gun inventor) 1888-1974
Garasanin, Ilija (born Ilija Savic; Serbian politician) 1812-1874
Garay, Janos (Hungarian poet, playwright) 1812-1853
Garay, Juan de (Spanish soldier; founded Buenos Aires) c.1527-c.1583
Garbett, Cyril Forster (English clergyman) 1875-1955
Garbo, Greta Lovisa (orig. Gustafsson; Swedish-born Am. actor) 1905-1990
Garborg, Arne (or Adne) Evenson (Norwegian writer, poet) 1851-1924
Garcao, Pedro Antonio Correia (Portuguese poet) 1724-1772
Garcia, Carlos Polestico (Filipino politician; pres. 1957-1961) 1896-1971
Garcia, Jerome John "Jerry" (American musician) 1942-1995
Garcia, Manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez (Spanish tenor) 1775-1832
Garcia, Manuel Pateicio Rodriguez (Spanish singing teacher) 1805-1906
Garcia Calderon, Francisco (Peruvian politician) 1834-1905
Garcia Calderon, Francisco (Peruvian politician; son of Fran.) 1883-1953
Garcia Calderon, Ventura (Peruvian writer; son of Francisco) 1886-1959
Garcia de la Huerta y Munoz, Vicente Antonio (Span. dramatist) 1734-1787
Garcia de Paredes, Diego (Spanish soldier) 1466-1530
Garcia de Resende (Portuguese poet, chronicler) c.1470-1536
Garcia de Zespedes, Juan (Mexican composer, singer, teacher) c.1619-1678
Garcia Gutierrez, Antonio (Spanish dramatist, poet) 1813-1884
Garcia Iniguez, Calixto (Cuban lawyer, soldier, revolutionary) 1839-1898
Garcia Lorca, Federico (Spanish poet, dramatist, painter) 1898-1936
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose de la Concordia (Colombian writer) b.1927
Garcia Marruz, Fina (Cuban poet, literary critic) b.1923
Garcia Menocal, Mario (Cuban soldier, politician) 1866-1941
Garcia Moreno, Gabriel (Ecuadorian politician) 1821-1875
Garcia Robles, Alfonso (Mexican diplomat, politician) 1911-1991
Garcia Sarmiento, Felix Ruben (p. Ruben Dario; Nicaraguan poet) 1867-1916
Garcilaso de la Vega (Spanish poet, soldier) 1503-1536
Garcilaso de la Vega "El Inca" (Peruvian-born Span. chronicler) 1539-1616
Garden, Alexander (Scottish-born Am. naturalist; "gardenia") c.1730-1791
Garden, Mary (Scottish-born American soprano) 1874-1967
Gardener, Helen Hamilton (American woman suffragist, reformer) 1853-1925
Gardiner, James Garfield (Canadian politician) 1883-1962
Gardiner, John Reynolds (American aerospace engineer, writer) 1944-2006
Gardiner, Marguerite née Power (Irish writer) 1789-1849
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (English historian) 1829-1902
Gardiner, Stephen (English Catholic prelate, statesman) c.1482-1555
Gardner, Alexander (Scottish-born American photographer) 1821-1882
Gardner, Erle Stanley (pseudonym A.A. Fair; Am. lawyer, writer) 1889-1970
Gardner, Howard Earl (American psychologist) b.1943
Gardner, Isabella née Stewart (Am. socialite, art collector) 1840-1924
Gardner, John Champlin Jr. (American writer, medievalist) 1933-1982
Gardner, John Linton (English composer, teacher) b.1917
Gardner, John William (American public official) 1912-2002
Gardner, Martin (American math & science writer; asteroid) 1914-2010
Gardner, Percy (English archaeologist) 1846-1937
Garfield, James Abram (20th U.S. president, 1881) 1831-1881
Gargallo y Catalan, Pablo (Spanish sculptor) 1881-1934
Garibaldi, Giuseppe (French-born Italian military leader) 1807-1882
Garis, Howard Roger (American writer) 1873-1962
Garland, Hannibal Hamlin (American writer) 1860-1940
Garland, John (Johannes de Garlandia; English grammarian, poet) c.1180-c.1272
Garland, Judy (born Frances Gumm; American singer, actor) 1922-1969
Garland, Walter Louis "Hank" (American musician) 1930-2004
Garmendia, Salvador (Venezuelan writer) b.1924
Garneau, Francois-Xavier (Canadian historian) 1809-1866
Garneau, Hector de Saint-Denys (Canadian poet) 1912-1943
Garner, Alan (British writer) b.1934
Garner, Helen (Australian writer, journalist, screenwriter) b.1942
Garner, John Nance (American politician; vice-pres. 1933-1941) 1868-1967
Garnerin, Andre-Jacques (French aeronaut, parachutist) 1769-1823
Garnerin, Jean-Baptiste-Olivier (Fr. aeronaut; bro. of Andre) 1766-1849
Garnet, Henry Highland (American clergyman) 1815-1882
Garnett, Constance Clara née Black (English translator) 1861-1946
Garnett, David (English writer; son of Constance & Edward) 1892-1981
Garnett, Edward William (English writer; son of Richard) 1868-1937
Garnett, Henry (English Jesuit) 1555-1606
Garnett, Richard (English librarian, writer) 1835-1906
Garnier, Antoine "Tony" (French architect) 1869-1948
Garnier, Jean-Louis-Charles (French architect) 1825-1898
Garnier, Jean-Pierre (French businessman: GlaxoSmithKline CEO) b.1947
Garnier, Marie-Joseph-Francois "Francis" (French naval officer) 1839-1873
Garnier, Robert (French playwright, poet) c.1545-1590
Garnier-Pages, Louis-Antoine (French politician) 1803-1878
Garnsey, Elmer Ellsworth (American painter) 1862-1946
Garrett, George Palmer Jr. (American poet, writer, critic) 1929-2008
Garrett, Joao Baptista de Silva Leitao de Almeida (Port. pol.) 1799-1854
Garrick, David (English actor, producer, dramatist) 1717-1779
Garrigue, Jean (American poet, writer) 1914-1972
Garrison, Jimmy (American musician) 1933-1976
Garrison, William Lloyd (American journalist, reformer) 1805-1879
Garrod, Sir Archibald Edward (English physician) 1857-1936
Garrod, Dorothy Annie Elizabeth (English archaeologist) 1892-1968
Garros, Pey de (French poet) c.1530-1585
Garros, Roland (French aviator) 1888-1918
Garroway, David Cunningham (American broadcaster) 1913-1982
Garshin, Vsevolod Mikhaylovich (Russian writer) 1855-1888
Garstang, John (English archaeologist) 1876-1956
Garth, Sir Samuel (English physician) 1661-1719
Garvey, Marcus Moziah (Jamaican black-nationalist leader) 1887-1940
Garvin, James Louis (English journalist, editor) 1868-1947
Gary, Elbert Henry (American lawyer, businessman: U.S. Steel) 1846-1927
Gary, Romain (born Romain Kacew; Russian-born French writer) 1914-1980
Gascoigne, George (English poet, translator) c.1525-1577
Gascoigne, William (English astronomer; inv. micrometer c.1640) 1612?-1644
Gascoyne, David Emery (English poet, writer) 1916-2001
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn née Stevenson (English writer) 1810-1865
Gaskin, Stephen F. (American activist; founder of The Farm) b.1935
Gasparini, Francesco (Italian composer, teacher) 1668-1727
Gasparis, Annibale de (Italian astronomer; asteroid) 1819-1892
Gasparri, Pietro (Italian prelate) 1852-1934
Gaspe, Philippe-Joseph-Aubert de (Canadian lawyer, writer) 1786-1871
Gasprinski, Ismail (aka Ismail Gaspirali; Russian journalist) 1851-1914
Gasquet, Francis Neil Aidan (English prelate) 1846-1929
Gass, William Howard (American writer, philosopher) b.1924
Gassendi, Pierre (French scientist, mathematician, philosopher) 1592-1655
Gasser, Herbert Spencer (American physiologist) 1888-1963
Gassmann, Florian Leopold (Bohemian composer, choirmaster) 1729-1774
Gaster, Moses (Romanian-born British scholar) 1856-1939
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo (Italian composer) d.c.1622
Gates, Daryl Francis (American police administrator) 1926-2010
Gates, Frederick Taylor (American clergyman, philanthropist) 1853-1929
Gates, Henry Louis Jr. "Skip" (American critic, scholar) b.1950
Gates, Horatio (English-born American Revolutionary officer) c.1728-1806
Gates, John Warne "Bet-a-million Gates" (American financier) 1855-1911
Gates, William Henry (American computer software industrialist) b.1955
Gathorne-Hardy, Gathorne (1st Earl of Cranbrook; Eng. polit.) 1814-1906
Gatling, Richard Jordan (American inventor) 1818-1903
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio (Italian operatic manager) 1869-1940
Gatto, John Taylor (American teacher, writer) b.1935
Gatty, Harold Charles (Australian aviator) 1903-1957
Gauden, John (English prelate) 1605-1662
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri (orig. surname Gaudier; French sculptor) 1891-1915
Gaudin, Martin-Michel-Charles (Duc de Gaete; French politician) 1756-1841
Gaudi y Cornet, Antonio (Spanish architect) 1852-1926
Gauguin, Eugene-Henri-Paul (Peruvian-born French painter) 1848-1903
Gaulier, Philippe (French playwright, clown, theatre director) b.1943
Gaulle, Charles-Andre-Marie-Joseph de (Fr. soldier, statesman) 1890-1970
Gaulli, Giovanni Battista "Baciccia" (Italian painter) 1639-1709
Gaultier, Denys (aka Gaultier Le Jeune; Fr. composer, lutenist) 1603-1672
Gaultier, Jules de (French critic) 1858-1942
Gaung, U. (official name Kinwun Mingyi; Burmese politician) 1822-1908?
Gaunilo (French Benedictine monk) 11th cent.
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (German mathematician, astronomer) 1777-1855
Gauthey, Emiland-Marie (French civil engineer) 1732-1806
Gautier, Henri (French engineer, scientist) 1660-1737
Gautier, Emile-Theodore-Leon (French literary historian) 1832-1897
Gautier, Theophile "Le Bon Theo" (French man of letters) 1811-1872
Gautier d'Arras (French poet) d.1185
Gautier de Metz (Gauthier de Mes en Loherains; French priest) 13th cent.
Gautier Sans Avoir (Walter the Penniless; French knight) d.1097
Gautsch von Frankenthurn, Paul von (Austrian politician) 1851-1918
Gauvreau, Emile Henry (Am. journalist, writer) 1891-1956
Gavazzi, Alessandro (Italian religious, social reformer) 1809-1889
Gaventa, John (English? political sociologist) b.1949
Gaveston, Piers (Earl of Cornwall; English courtier) c.1284-1312
Gavinies, Pierre (French violinist, composer) 1726-1800
Gaviria Trujillo, Cesar (Colombian president 1990-1994) b.1947
Gavrilo (Serbian prelate) 1881-1950
Gawande, Atul (American surgeon, writer) b.1965
Gay, Jean-Baptiste-Sylvere (French politician) 1778-1832
Gay, John (English poet, playwright, librettist) 1685-1732
Gay, Marie-Francoise-Sophie Nichault de Lavalette (Fr. writer) 1776-1852
Gayley, James (American metallurgist) 1855-1920
Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis (French chemist, physicist) 1778-1850
Geary, John White (American soldier, politician) 1819-1873
Gebbia, Gianni (Italian musician, writer, painter) b.1961
Geber (Spanish alchemist) 14th cent.
Ged, William (Scottish goldsmith) 1690-1749
Geddes, Alexander (Scottish clergyman) 1737-1802
Geddes, James (American civil engineer, lawyer, politician) 1763-1838
Geddes, Norman Bel (American stage designer, architect) 1893-1958
Geddes, Sir Patrick (Scottish biologist, sociologist) 1854-1932
Gediminas (Gedymin; Grand duke of Lithuania) c.1275-1341
Gee, Mauruce (New Zealand writer) b.1931
Geer, Charles de (Swedish entomologist) 1720-1778
Geer, Dirk Jan de (Dutch polit.; prime min. 1926-29, 1939-40) 1870-1960
Geer, Gerhard Jakob de (Swedish geologist; son of Louis) 1858-1943
Geer, Louis Gerhard de (Swedish politician; prime min. 1876-80) 1818-1896
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (Dutch painter) c.1465-c.1495
Geertz, Clifford James (American anthropologist) 1926-2006
Geffrard, Nicholas-Fabre (Haitian general; president 1859-1867) 1806-1879
Gegenbaur, Karl (German anatomist) 1826-1903
Gehrig, Henry Louis "Lou" (American baseball player) 1903-1941
Gehry, Frank Owen (Canadian-born Canadian/American architect) b.1929
Geiami (born Nakao Shingei; Japanese painter; son of Noami) d.1485
Geibel, Franz Emanuel August von (German poet, dramatist) 1815-1884
Geiger, Abraham (German theologian) 1810-1874
Geiger, Johannes Wilhelm (Ger. physicist; inv. Geiger counter) 1882-1945
Geiger, Theodor Julius (German sociologist) 1891-1952
Geijer, Erik Gustaf (Swedish hist., poet, philosopher, comp.) 1783-1847
Geijerstam, Gustaf af (Swedish writer) 1858-1909
Geikie, Sir Archibald (Scottish geologist) 1835-1924
Geiler von Kaysersberg, Johann (German Roman Catholic priest) 1445-1510
Gein, Edward Theodore (American murderer, graverobber) 1906-1984
Geishusler, Oswald (pseudonym Oswald Myconius; Swiss reformer) 1488-1552
Geissler, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm (German glassblower) 1815-1879
Geist, Christian (German composer, organist) c.1650-1711
Geitel, Hans Friedrich (German physicist; worked with J.Elster) 1855-1923
Gelber, Jack (American playwright, teacher) b.1932
Gelder, Aert (or Arent) de (Dutch painter) 1645-1727
Gelfand, Israel Moiseevich (Russian mathematician, teacher) 1913-2009
Gelfond, Aleksandr Osipovich (Russian mathematician) 1906-1968
Gelimer (Vandal king in Africa 530-534) 6th cent.
Gelinas, Gratien (Can. actor, director, producer, playwright) 1909-1999
Gellee, Claude (aka Claude Lorrain; French painter) 1600-1682
Geller, Margaret Joan (American astronomer, teacher) b.1947
Gellert, Christian Furchtegott (German poet, writer) 1715-1769
Gellibrand, Henry (English mathematician, astronomer) 1597-1636
Gellius, Aulus (Roman writer) c.123-c.165
Gell-Mann, Murray (American physicist, linguist) b.1929
Gelman, Juan (Argentinean poet) b.1930
Gelmirez, Diego (Spanish prelate) c.1068-c.1139
Gelon (Syracusan soldier, politician) c.540-478 BC
Gelpke, Rudolf (Swiss Islamic scholar, acid-head) 1928-1972
Geltzer, Yekaterina Vasilyevna (Russian dancer) 1876-1962
Gemier, Firmin (born Firmin Tonnerre; Fr. actor, theater dir.) 1869-1933
Geminiani, Francesco Xaviero (Italian violinist, composer) 1687-1762
Gemistus Plethon, George (Byzantine philosopher, Humanist) c.1355-1450/55
Gemmei (Japanese empress 708-714; daughter of Tenchi) 661-721
Genee, Dame Adeline (born Anita Jensen; Danish dancer) 1878-1970
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Megson; English musician) b.1950
Genesius, Joseph (Byzantine historian) 10th cent.
Genet, Edmond-Charles-Edouard (French diplomat in America) 1763-1834
Genet, Jean (French dramatist, writer) 1910-1986
Genevieve, Saint (Patron saint of Paris) c.422-c.500
Genghis Khan (born Temujin; Mongol conqueror) c.1162-1227
Gennadius I of Constantinople, Saint (Patriarch 458-471) d.471
Gennadius II Scholarios (Patriarch of Constantinople 1454-64) c.1405-c.1473
Gennadius of Marseilles (French priest, theologian) d.492/505
Gennadius of Novgorod (Russian prelate) d.1504?
Genovesi, Antonio (Italian economist, philosopher) 1712-1769
Genseric (aka Gaiseric; Vandal king 428-477) d.477
Genth, Frederick Augustus (German-born American chemist) 1820-1893
Gentil, Emile (French colonial administrator) 1866-1914
Gentile, Giovanni (Italian philosopher) 1875-1944
Gentile da Fabriano (Italian painter) 1370-1427
Gentileschi, Artemisia (Italian painter; daughter of Orazio) c.1597-1651?
Gentileschi, Orazio Lomi (Italian painter) c.1562-c.1647
Gentili, Alberico (Albericus Gentilis; Italian jurist) 1552-1608
Gentili, Luigi (Italian Roman Catholic missionary) 1801-1848
Gentz, Friedrich von (German political philosopher) 1764-1832
Gentzen, Gerhard (German mathematician) 1909-1945
Geny, Francois (French jurist) 1861-1959
Geoffrey (English prelate) 1152/53-1212
Geoffrey of Monmouth (British ecclesiastic, chronicler) c.1100-1154
Geoffrin, Marie-Therese née Rodet (French patron of literature) 1699-1777
Geoffroy, Etienne-Francois (Geoffroy L'Aine; French chemist) 1672-1731
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne (French naturalist) 1772-1844
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore (Fr. zoologist; son of Etienne) 1805-1861
Geometres, John (aka John Kyriotes; Byzantine poet, eccles.) 10th cent.
George, Saint (Christian martyr) 3rd? cent.
George of Podebrady (King of Bohemia 1458-1471) 1420-1471
George (surnamed Syncellus, i.e. Cellmate; Byzantine historian) d.810?
George (surnamed Monachus, i.e. the Monk; Byzantine historian) 9th cent.
George of Cappadocia (Greek Orthodox prelate) d.361
George of Laodicea (Greek Orthodox prelate) d.c.361
George of Trebizond (Byzantine scholar) 1396-1486
George, Alexander L. (American political scientist) 1920-2006
George, Mlle (born Marguerite Josephine Weimer; French actor) 1787-1867
George, Henry (American economist) 1839-1897
George, Stefan (German poet) 1868-1933
George Pachymeres (Byzantine scholar) 1242-c.1310
George Pisides (Byzantine poet, cleric) 7th cent.
George Sphrantes (also spelled Phrantzes; Byzantine historian) 15th cent.
George William (Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640) 1595-1640
George William Frederick Charles (British soldier) 1819-1904
Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas (Hungarian-born Am. economist,math.) 1906-1994
Georgiou, Steven Demetri "Cat Stevens" (Brit. musician, admin.) b.1947
Gerald de Barri (Giraldus Cambrensis; Welsh ecclesiastic) c.1146-c.1223
Gerard (or Girard; English prelate) d.1108
Gerard of Cremona (Italian scholar, translator) c.1114-1187
Gerard, Charles (English soldier) 1618?-1694
Gerard, Etienne-Maurice (French Napoleonic general, marshal) 1773-1852
Gerard, Francois-Pascal-Simon (French painter) 1770-1837
Gerard, Jean-Ignace-Isidore (pseud. Grandville; Fr. caricat.) 1803-1847
Gerard, John (English botanist, barber-surgeon) 1545-1612
Gerards, Balthasar (French assassin of William I the Silent) 1558-1584
Gerber, Daniel Frank (American baby food manufacturer) 1898-1974
Gerbert de Montreuil (French poet) 13th cent.
Gerbert von Hornau, Martin (German R.C. priest, music hist.) 1720-1793
Gerbner, George (Hungarian-born American mass-media theorist) 1919-2005
Gerbrandy, Pieter Sjoerds (Dutch politician) 1885-1961
Gergonne, Joseph-Diaz (French mathematician) 1771-1859
Gerhard, Johann (German theologian) 1582-1637
Gerhard, Robert Juan Rene "Roberto" (Spanish composer, scholar) 1896-1970
Gerhardsen, Einar Henry (Norwegian politician; prime minister) 1897-1987
Gerhardt, Charles-Frederic (French chemist) 1816-1856
Gerhardt, Elena (German singer) 1883-1961
Gerhardt, Paul (German Lutheran clergyman, hymn writer) 1607-1676
Gericault, Jean-Louis-Andre-Theodore (French painter) 1791-1824
Gering, Ulrich (Swiss printer) d.1510
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine (Canadian editor, writer, librarian) 1824-1882
Gerlach, Hellmut von (German journalist, politician) 1866-1935
Gerlach, Ernst Ludwig (Prussian jurist, politician) 1795-1877
Gerlach, Ludwig Friedrich Leopold von (Prussian soldier) 1790-1861
Gerlache, Etienne-Constantin de (Belgian politician) 1785-1871
Gerlache de Gomery, Adrien Victor Joseph de (Belg. naval off.) 1866-1934
Germain of Auxerre, Saint (French ecclesiastic) c.378-448
Germain of Paris, Saint (French ecclesiastic) c.496-576
Germain, Francois-Thomas (French silversmith; son of Thomas) 1726-1791
Germain, Marie-Sophia (French mathematician) 1776-1831
Germain, Pierre (French silversmith) 1645-1684
Germain, Thomas (French silversmith, goldsmith; son of Pierre) 1673-1748
German, Daniil Aleksandrovich(pseud.Daniil Granin; Rus. writer) b.1918
German, Sir Edward (born Edward German Jones; English composer) 1862-1936
Germanicus Caesar (Roman general; son of Nero Claudius Drusus) 15 BC-AD 19
Germanos (born Loukas Strenopoulos; Greek prelate) 1872-1951
Germanus I, Saint (Patriarch of Constantinople 715-730) c.634-c.732
Germanus II (Patriarch of Constantinople 1222-1240) c.1175-1240
Germanus of Granfel, Saint (German clergyman) c.610-675
Germer, Lester Halbert (American physicist) 1896-1971
Germi, Pietro (Italian actor, screenwriter, director) 1914-1974
Gernhardt, Ralph Paul (American publisher) 1934-2006
Gernsback, Hugo (Luxembourg-born American inventor, publisher) 1884-1967
Gerome, Jean-Leon (French painter) 1824-1904
Geronimo (Goyathlay; American Apache chieftain) 1829-1909
Gerrold, David née Jerrold David Friedman (American writer) b.1944
Gerry, Elbridge (American vice-pres. 1813-14; "gerrymander") 1744-1814
Gershom ben Judah (French rabbi) c.960-1028/40
Gershwin, George (born Jacob Gershvin; American composer) 1898-1937
Gerstacker, Friedrich (German writer) 1816-1872
Gerstenberg, Heinrich Wilhelm von (German poet, critic) 1737-1823
Gertrude the Great, Saint (German mystic) 1256-1302/11
Gervais, Francois-Louis-Paul (French paleontologist, zoologist) 1816-1879
Gervase of Canterbury (English monk, chronicler) c.1141-c.1210
Gervase of Tilbury (English scholar, courtier) c.1152-1220
Gesell, Arnold Lucius (American psychologist, pediatrician) 1880-1961
Gesenius, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (German biblical scholar) 1786-1842
Gesner, Abraham (Canadian geologist) 1797-1864
Gesner, Conrad (Swiss physician, naturalist) 1516-1565
Gesner, John Matthias (German classical philologist) 1691-1761
Gessi, Romolo (aka Gessi Pasha; Italian soldier, explorer) 1831-1881
Gessler, Otto Karl (German politician) 1875-1955
Gessner, Salomon (Swiss poet, painter, etcher, translator) 1730-1788
Gesualdo, Carlo (Prince of Venosa; Italian composer) c.1560-1613
Geta, Publius Septimius (Roman emperor 209-212) 189-212
Getty, Jean Paul (American oil industrialist) 1892-1976
Getz, Stan (Stanley Gayetzky; American musician) 1927-1991
Geulincx, Arnold (pseudonym Philaretus; Dutch philosopher) 1624-1669
Gevers, Marie (b. Maria Theresia Gevers; Belgian writer, poet) 1883-1975
Geyl, Pieter (Dutch historian) 1887-1966
Geysen, Frans (Belgian composer, writer, educator) b.1936
Gezelle, Guido (Flemish poet, priest, teacher) 1830-1899
Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan (Indian poet) 1797-1869
Ghassaniy, al-, Muyaka bin Haji (Kenyan poet) 1776-1840
Ghazali, al- (Islamic jurist, theologian, philosopher, mystic) 1058-1111
Ghazan, Mahmud (Mongol ruler of Persia 1295-1304) 1271-1304
Ghazi I (King of Iraq 1933-1939; son of King Faisal) 1912-1939
Ghelderode, Michel de (Belgian playwright) 1898-1962
Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe (Romanian politician) 1901-1965
Gheyn, Matthias van den (Belgian composer, musician) 1721-1785
Ghezzi, Pier Leone (Italian artist, caricaturist) 1674-1755
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (Florentine sculptor, goldsmith, painter) c.1378-1455
Ghil, Rene (French poet; based poetry on science) 1862-1925
Ghirlandajo, Domenico (Florentine painter) 1449-1494
Ghiselin, Johannes "Verbonnet" (Flemish composer) fl.1491-1507
Ghiselin, Michael T. (Am. biologist, philosopher of biology) b.1939
Ghiyas-ud-Din Tughluq (Tughluq Shah; Sultan of Delhi 1320-25) d.1325
Ghose, Zulfikar (Indian-born American writer, poet, critic) b.1935
Ghulam Ahmad, Mirza (Indian religious) c.1839-1908
Giacconi, Riccardo (Italian-born American astrophysicist) b.1931
Giacometti, Alberto (Swiss painter, sculptor, printmaker) 1901-1966
Giacosa, Giuseppe (Italian dramatist, librettist) 1847-1906
Giaever, Ivar (Norwegian-born American physicist) b.1929
Gia Long (born Nguyen Phuc Anh; Emperor of Vietnam 1802-1820) 1762-1820
Giambologna (aka Giovanni da Bologna; Flemish sculptor) 1529-1608
Giambono, Michele (born Michele di Taddeo Bono; It. painter) fl. 1420-1462
Giannini, Amadeo Peter (American banker) 1870-1949
Giannini, Vittorio (American composer) 1903-1966
Giannone, Pietro (Italian historian) 1676-1748
Giardini, Felice (Italian violinist, composer) 1716-1796
Giauque, William Francis (Canada-born American chemist) 1895-1982
Gibbon, Edward (English historian, scholar) 1737-1794
Gibbon, Perceval (Welsh-born British writer) 1879-1926
Gibbons, Christopher (Eng. organist, composer; son of Orlando) 1615-1676
Gibbons, Edward (English organist, composer; bro. of Orlando) 1568-c.1650
Gibbons, Ellis (English organist, composer; bro. of Orlando) 1573-1603
Gibbons, Grinling (Dutch-born English woodcarver, sculptor) 1648-1721
Gibbons, James (American prelate) 1834-1921
Gibbons, Orlando (English organist, composer) 1583-1625
Gibbons, Stella Dorothea (English writer, poet) 1902-1989
Gibbs, James (Scottish-born British architect) 1682-1754
Gibbs, Joseph (English composer, musician) 1699-1788
Gibbs, Josiah Willard (American physicist, mathematician) 1839-1903
Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott (American chemist) 1822-1908
Gibbs, William Francis (Am. naval architect, marine engineer) 1886-1967
Gibran (or Jibran), Khalil (Syrian poet, writer, essayist) 1883-1931
Gibson, Charles Dana (American illustrator; eponym of drink) 1867-1944
Gibson, Edward (1st Baron Ashbourne; Irish jurist, politician) 1837-1913
Gibson, John (English sculptor) 1790-1866
Gibson, Jon (American musician, composer, artist) b.1940
Gibson, Josh (American baseball player) 1911-1947
Gibson, Thomas Milner (English politician) 1806-1884
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (English poet) 1878-1962
Gibson, William (American dramatist, writer) 1914-2008
Gibson, William Ford (American writer) b.1948
Gibson, William Hamilton (American illustrator) 1850-1896
Gichtel, Johann Georg (German theosophist) 1638-1710
Giclas, Henry Lee (American astronomer; asteroid) 1910-2007
Giddings, Franklin Henry (American sociologist) 1855-1931
Giddings, Joshua Reed (American politician) 1795-1864
Gide, Andre-Paul-Guillaume (French writer, humanist, moralist) 1869-1951
Giedion, Sigfried (Swiss art historian) 1888-1968
Gielgud, Sir Arthur John (English actor) 1904-2000
Gierek, Edward (Polish Communist politician) 1913-2001
Gierke, Julius Karl Otto von (Ger. legal scholar; son of Otto) 1875-1960
Gierke, Otto Friedrich von (German legal scholar) 1841-1921
Giers, Nikolay Karlovich (Russian politician) 1820-1895
Giesebrecht, Friedrich Wilhelm Benjamin von (German historian) 1814-1889
Gieseking, Walter Wilhelm (French-born German pianist) 1895-1956
Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig (Ger. Protestant church historian) 1792-1854
Giffard, Hardinge Stanley (English politician) 1823-1921
Gifford, Edward Winslow (American anthropologist) 1887-1959
Gifford, William (English critic, poet, scholar, editor) 1756-1826
Gigault, Nicolas (French organist, composer) 1627-1707
Giger, Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" (Swiss painter, sculptor) 1940-2014
Gigli, Beniamino (Italian operatic tenor) 1890-1957
Gignoux, Maurice-Irenee-Marie (French geologist) 1881-1955
Giguere, Roland (Canadian poet, painter, typographer) b.1929
Gikatilla, Joseph (Spanish Kabbalist) 1248-c.1305
Gilbert (or Guilbert) of Sempringham, Saint (English religious) c.1083-1189
Gilbert, Sir Alfred (English sculptor, goldsmith) 1854-1934
Gilbert, Alfred Charles (Am. businessman; inv. Erector Set) 1884-1961
Gilbert, Cass (American architect; designed Supreme Court) 1859-1934
Gilbert, Grove Karl (American geologist) 1843-1918
Gilbert, Gustave Mark (Am. psychologist, intelligence officer) 1911-1977
Gilbert, Henry Franklin Belknap (American composer) 1868-1928
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (English navigator, soldier) c.1539-1583
Gilbert, Sir John (English painter, book illustrator) 1817-1897
Gilbert, Sir Joseph Henry (English chemist) 1817-1901
Gilbert, Nicolas-Joseph-Laurent (French poet) 1751-1780
Gilbert, Rufus Henry (American physician, inventor) 1832-1885
Gilbert, Walter (American biochemist, physicist) b.1932
Gilbert, William (English physician, physicist) 1544-1603
Gilbert, William Schwenck (English playwright) 1836-1911
Gilbert Crispin (Anglo-Norman cleric) d.c.1117
Gilbert de La Porree (French scholastic theologian) 1076-1154
Gilbert Foliot (Anglo-Norman cleric) c.1110-1187
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker (American engineer, efficiency expert) 1868-1924
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker (Am. writer: Cheaper By The Dozen) 1911-2001
Gilbreth, Lilian Evelyn née Moller (Am. efficiency expert) 1878-1972
Gilchrist, Alexander (English biographer) 1828-1861
Gildas the Wise (British monk, historian) d.570
Gil de Hontanon, Juan (Spanish architect) c.1480-1526
Gil de Hontanon, Rodrigo (Spanish architect; son of Juan) c.1500-1577
Gilder, Richard Watson (American poet, editor) 1844-1909
Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau (American philologist) 1831-1924
Gildo (Moorish ruler in northern Africa) d.398
Giles of Assisi (Aegidius; Italian religious) c.1190-1262
Giles of Rome (Aegidius Romanus; Italian theologian, prelate) c.1245-1316
Giles, Herbert Allen (English Oriental scholar) 1845-1935
Gilkey, Langdon Brown (American theologian) 1919-2004
Gilkin, Iwan (Belgian writer) 1858-1923
Gill, Arthur Eric Rowton (English sculptor, engraver) 1882-1940
Gill, Brendan (American critic, writer) 1914-1997
Gill, Sir David (Scottish astronomer) 1843-1914
Gill, Irving John (American architect) 1870-1936
Gill, Piara Singh (Indian physicist, educator) 1911-2002
Gill, Theodore Nicholas (American zoologist) 1837-1914
Gillam, Bernhard (English-born American political cartoonist) 1856-1896
Gille, Philippe-Emile-Francois (French playwright, lit. critic) 1831-1901
Gillen, Francis James (Australian anthropologist) 1856-1912
Gilles li Muisis (aka Le Muiset; French chronicler) 1272-1352
Gillespie, Eliza Maria "Mother Angela" (American religious) 1824-1887
Gillespie, George (Scottish clergyman) 1613-1648
Gillespie, John Birks "Dizzy" (American trumpeter) 1917-1993
Gillespie, Thomas (Scottish clergyman) 1708-1774
Gillett, Frederick Huntington (American politician) 1851-1935
Gillette, King Camp (American safety razor inventor, manu.) 1855-1932
Gillette, William Hooker (American actor) 1855-1937
Gilliam, Terry Vance (American actor, comedian, film director) b.1940
Gilliatt, Penelope Ann Douglass (English essayist, writer) 1932-1993
Gilliss, James Melville (American naval officer, astronomer) 1811-1865
Gillot, Claude (French painter, engraver, theatrical designer) 1673-1722
Gillray, James (English caricaturist) 1756-1815
Gilly, Friedrich (German architect) 1772-1800
Gilman, Alfred Goodman (American pharmacologist, biochemist) b.1941
Gilman, Charlotte Anna née Perkins (American feminist, writer) 1860-1935
Gilman, Daniel Coit (American educator) 1831-1908
Gilmer, Elizabeth née Meriwether (pseud.Dorothy Dix; Am. jour.) 1870-1951
Gilmore, John (American entrepreneur, Civil Libertarian) b.1955
Gil Moreira, Gilberto Passos (Brazilian musician) b.1942
Gilmour, Patrick Sarsfield (Irish-born American bandmaster) 1829-1892
Gilpin, Bernard (English clergyman) 1517-1583
Gilpin, Charles Sidney (American actor) 1878-1930
Gilpin, William (English writer) 1724-1804
Gil Polo, Gaspar (Spanish poet) c.1530-1591
Gil Robles y Quinones, Jose Maria (Spanish politician) 1898-1980
Gilson, Etienne-Henry (French philosopher) 1884-1978
Gil y Zarate, Antonio (Spanish dramatist) 1793-1861
Gimbel, Bernard Feustmann (American merchant; son of Isaac) 1885-1966
Gimbel, Charles (American department store merchant) 1861-1932
Gimbel, Ellis A. (American department store merchant) 1865-1950
Gimbel, Isaac (American department store merchant) 1856-1931
Gimbel, Jacob (American department store merchant) 1850-1922
Gimson, Ernest (English furniture designer) 1864-1920
Ginastera, Alberto Evaristo (Argentinean composer, teacher) 1916-1983
Giner de los Rios, Francisco (Spanish educator) 1839-1915
Ginkel, Godard van Reede (Dutch general in British service) 1644-1703
Ginn, Edwin (American publisher) 1838-1914
Ginsberg, Irwin Allen (American poet) 1926-1997
Ginsburg, Christian David (Polish-born Brit. biblical scholar) 1831-1914
Ginsburg, Ruth Joan née Bader (American Supreme Court justice) b.1933
Ginzberg, Asher (pseudonym Ahad Ha'am; Russian Zionist leader) 1856-1927
Ginzberg, Louis (Lithuanian-born American Judaic scholar) 1873-1953
Ginzburg, Natalia née Levi (It. writer, essayist, playwright) 1916-1991
Ginzburg, Ralph (American magazine publisher, photographer) 1929-2006
Ginzburg, Vitaly Lazarevich (Russian physicist, astrophysicist) 1916-2009
Gioberti, Vincenzo (Italian philosopher, politician) 1801-1852
Giocondo, Lisa di Anton Maria del (Florentine noblewoman) fl. 1500
Giolitti, Giovanni (Italian politician) 1842-1928
Giono, Jean (French writer) 1895-1970
Giordani, Pietro (Italian patriot, writer) 1774-1848
Giordano, Luca "Luca fa presto" (Neapolitan painter) 1632-1705
Giordano, Umberto Menotti Maria (Italian composer) 1867-1948
Giorgione (aka Giorgione da Castelfranco; Italian painter) c.1477-1511
Giottino (aka Giotto di Maestro di Stefano; Florentine painter) 14th cent.
Giotto di Bondone (Florentine painter, architect, sculptor) 1266/67/76-1337
Giovanni (surnamed Santi; Italian painter, poet) d.1494
Giovanni da Montecorvino (Italian prelate) 1247-1328
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (Italian painter) c.1403-1482
Giovanni, Yolande Cornelia Jr. "Nikki" (Am. poet, activist) b.1943
Giovio, Paolo (Paulus Jovius; Italian biographer, historian) 1483-1552
Gipps, Sir George (English colonial administrator) 1791-1847
Gira, Michael Rolfe (American musician, writer, artist) b.1954
Giraldi, Giambattista (aka Cinthio or Cinzio; Italian writer) 1504-1573
Girard, Jean-Baptiste (Swiss Franciscan, educator) 1765-1850
Girard, Marc-Antoine (Sieur de Saint-Amant; French poet) 1594-1661
Girard, Stephen (French-born Am. financier, philanthropist) 1750-1831
Girardin, Delphine née Gay (French writer; wife of Emile) 1804-1855
Girardin, Emile de (French journalist) 1806-1881
Girardon, Francois (French sculptor) 1628-1715
Giraud, Henri-Honore (French general) 1879-1949
Giraudoux, Hyppolyte-Jean (French writer, essayist, playwright) 1882-1944
Girodet de Roucy, Anne-Louis (aka Girodet-Trioson; Fr. painter) 1767-1824
Girodias, Maurice née Kahane (French publisher) 1919-1990
Gironella, Jose Maria (Spanish writer, journalist, poet) 1917-1976
Girtin, Thomas (English painter) 1775-1802
Giry, Jean-Marie-Joseph-Arthur (French historian) 1848-1899
Giscard d'Estaing, Valery (French president 1974-1981) b.1926
Gisela (Holy Roman empress) c.990-1043
Gish, Dorothy (American actor) 1898-1968
Gislebertus (French sculptor) 12th cent.
Gissing, George Robert (English writer) 1857-1903
Gist, Christopher (American frontiersman) 1706?-1759
Gisulph II (Prince of Salerno) c.1040-1089?
Giuffre, James Peter "Jimmy" (American musician) 1921-2008
Giuliani, Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo (Italian composer) 1781-1828
Giuliani, Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" (Am. lawyer, politician) b.1944
Giulio Romano (Italian painter, architect) c.1499-1546
Giunta Pisano (Italian painter) d.c.1260
Giusti, Giuseppe (Italian poet) 1809-1850
Giustini, Lodovico (Italian composer, musician) 1685-1743
Giustiniani, Agostino (Italian prelate, scholar) 1479-1536
Giustiniani, Giovanni (Italian politician) d.1453
Giustiniani, Leonardo (Italian poet, politician) 1388-1446
Giustiniani, Pompeo (Italian soldier) 1569-1616
Gjellerup, Karl Adolph (pseud. Epigonos; Danish writer, poet) 1857-1919
Glaber, Radulfus (French chronicler) c.985-c.1047
Glackens, William James (American painter; member of The Eight) 1870-1938
Gladden, Washington (born Solomon Washington; Am. clergyman) 1836-1918
Gladkov, Fyodor Vasilyevich (Russian writer) 1883-1958
Gladstone, Herbert John (Viscount Gladstone; Eng. politician) 1854-1930
Gladstone, John Hall (English chemist) 1827-1902
Gladstone, William Ewart (British politician) 1809-1898
Glanvill, Joseph (English clergyman, philosopher) 1636-1680
Glanville (or Glanvill or Glanvil), Ranulf de (English jurist) d.1190
Glapthorne, Henry (English playwright) 1610-c.1643
Glaser, Christopher (Swiss chemist) 1615-1672
Glaser, Donald Arthur (American physicist; inv. bubble chamber) 1926-2013
Glaser, Milton aka Max Catz (American graphic designer) b.1929
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson (American writer) 1873-1945
Glashow, Sheldon Lee (American theoretical physicist) b.1932
Glaspell, Susan Keating (American writer, dramatist) 1882-1948
Glass, Carter (American politician) 1858-1946
Glass, Hiram Bentley (China-born American biologist) 1906-2005
Glass, Hugh (American frontiersman) d.1833
Glass (or Glas), John (Scot. clergyman; fd. Sandemanian sect) 1695-1773
Glass, Phillip (American composer; co-founded the Tibet House) b.1937
Glassbrenner, Adolf (pseudonym Adolf Brennglas; German writer) 1810-1876
Glassco, John (pseud. Sylvia Bayer; George Colman; Can. writer) 1909-1981
Glatigny, Joseph-Albert-Alexander (French poet) 1839-1873
Glatstein, Jacob (Yiddish poet, writer, literary critic) 1896-1971
Glauber, Johann Rudolf (German chemist) 1604-1668
Glauber, Roy Jay (American physicist, academic) b.1925
Glazenap, Sergej Pavlovich von (Russian astronomer) 1848-1937
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich (Russian composer, teacher) 1865-1936
Gleason, Herbert Walton "Jackie" (American comedian, actor) 1916-1987
Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig (German poet) 1719-1803
Glendower, Owen (Welsh chieftain, rebel against Henry IV) c.1359-c.1416
Glenn, John Herschel Jr. (American astronaut, politician) b.1921
Glidden, Charles Jasper (American telephone industry pioneer) 1857-1927
Glidden, Joseph Farwell (American inventor; inv. barbed wire) 1813-1906
Gliere, Reinhold Moritzevich (Russian composer) 1875-1956
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (Russian composer) 1804-1857
Glissant, Edouard (Martinican writer, poet, teacher, editor) b.1928
Gloux, Olivier (pseud. Gustave Aimard; Fr. adventurer, writer) 1818-1883
Glover, Denis James Matthews (New Zealand poet, typographer) 1912-1980
Glover, John (American Revolutionary officer) 1732-1797
Glover, Julia née Betterton (Irish actor) 1779-1850
Glover, Sarah Ann (English music teacher) 1786-1867
Glowacki, Aleksander (pseudonym Boleslaw Prus; Polish writer) 1847-1912
Gluck, Alma (born Reba Fiersohn; Romanian-born Am. soprano) 1884-1938
Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (German composer) 1714-1787
Gluck, Louise Elisabeth (American poet, teacher) b.1943
Gluckman, Herman Max (South African anthropologist) 1911-1975
Glueck, Eleanor née Touroff (Am. criminol.; wife of Sheldon) 1898-1972
Glueck, Sol Sheldon (Polish-born American criminologist) 1896-1980
Glueckel of Hameln (German-Jewish diarist) 1646-1724
Glycas, Michael (Byzantine historian, theologian, poet) 12th cent.
Glycerius (Western Roman emperor 473-474) 5th cent.
Glyn, Elinor née Sutherland (British writer) 1864-1943
Gmachl, Claire F. (Austrian quantum cascade laser engineer) b.1967
Gmelin, Johann Georg (German botanist) 1709-1755
Gmelin, Leopold (German chemist; nephew of Johann) 1788-1853
Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton Neithardt von (Pr. field mar.) 1760-1831
Gneist, Rudolf von (German jurist, politician) 1816-1895
Gnoli, Domenico (pseud. Giulio Orsini; Italian scholar, poet) 1838-1915
Gobat, Charles Albert (Swiss politician, philanthropist) 1834-1914
Gobat, Samuel (Swiss prelate, missionary) 1799-1879
Gobel, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph (French prelate) 1727-1794
Gobelin, Gilles (French dyer, tapestry maker) fl. 1450
Gobelin, Jehan (French dyer, tapestry maker) fl. 1450
Gobind Singh (born Gobind Rai; tenth & last Sikh Guru) 1666-1708
Gobineau, Joseph-Arthur de (Fr. diplomat, Orientalist, writer) 1816-1882
Goblet, Rene (French politician; premier 1886-1887) 1828-1905
Gobrecht, Christian (American engraver) 1785-1844
Godard, Benjamin-Louis-Paul (French composer) 1849-1895
Godard, Jean-Luc (French film director, screenwriter) b.1930
Goddard, Henry Herbert (American psychologist) 1866-1957
Goddard, John (American cabinetmaker) 1724-1785
Goddard, John II (American cabinetmaker; son of Stephen) 1789-1843
Goddard, Rayner (Baron Goddard; English jurist) 1877-1971
Goddard, Robert Hutchings (American physicist) 1882-1945
Goddard, Stephen (American cabinetmaker; son of John) d.1804
Goddard, Thomas (American cabinetmaker; son of John) 1765-1858
Godden Haynes-Dixon, Margaret Rumer (English writer) 1907-1998
Godefroid de Claire (Flemish goldsmith, enamellist) fl. 1130-1150
Godefroy, Denis the elder (French jurist, historian) 1549-1621
Godefroy, Denis the younger (French historian; son of Theodore) 1615-1681
Godefroy, Jacques (French historian; son of Denis) 1587-1652
Godefroy, Theodore (French historian; son of Denis) 1580-1649
Godel, Kurt (Austrian-born American mathematician) 1906-1978
Godement, Roger (French mathematician; Bourbaki Group member) b.1921
Godey, Louis Antoine (American publisher) 1804-1878
Godfred (aka Gudfred; Danish king) d.810
Godfrey of Bouillon (French crusader) c.1060-1100
Godfrey of Fontaines (French philosopher) 1250?-1305?
Godfrey of Saint-Victor (French religious, theologian, poet) c.1125-1194
Godfrey of Viterbo (Italian or German chronicler) 1125-c.1200
Godfrey, Sir Edmund Berry (English jurist) 1621-1678
Godfrey, Thomas (American mathematician, inventor) 1704-1749
Godfrey, Thomas (American poet, playwright; son of Thomas) 1736-1763
Godin, Jean-Baptiste-Andre (French industrialist, reformer) 1817-1888
Godiva (or Godgifu; Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia) fl. c.1140-1180
Godkin, Edwin Lawrence (Irish-born American editor, writer) 1831-1902
Godlee, Sir Rickman John (English surgeon) 1849-1925
Godolphin, Sidney (English poet, royalist) 1610-1643
Godolphin, Sidney (1st Earl of Godolphin; English politician) 1645-1712
Godowsky, Leopold (Lithuanian-born American pianist, composer) 1870-1938
Godoy, Manuel de (Spanish politician) 1767-1851
Godoy Alcayaga, Lucila (pseud. Gabriela Mistral; Chilean poet) 1889-1957
Godunov, Boris Fyodorovich (Russian czar 1598-1605) c.1551-1605
Godwin, Edward William (English architect, designer) 1833-1886
Godwin, Francis (English prelate, historian) 1562-1633
Godwin, Gail Kathleen (American writer) b.1937
Godwin, Mary née Wollstonecraft (English writer) 1759-1797
Godwin, William (English journalist, philosopher, writer) 1756-1836
Godwin-Austen, Henry Haversham (English explorer, geologist) 1834-1923
Goebbels, Paul Joseph (German Nazi politician) 1897-1945
Goebel, Karl Immanuel Eberhard von (German botanist) 1855-1932
Goeben, August Karl von (Prussian soldier) 1816-1880
Goedeke, Karl (German scholar) 1814-1887
Goeje, Michael Jan de (Dutch scholar) 1836-1909
Goelz, Dave (American puppeteer: Muppets) b.1946
Goerdeler, Carl-Friedrich (German politician) 1884-1945
Goes (or Goes), Damiao de (Port. Humanist, historian, diplomat) 1502-1574
Goes, Hugo van der (Flemish painter) c.1440-1482
Goetel, Ferdynand (Polish writer, essayist) 1890-1960
Goethals, George Washington (American army officer, engineer) 1858-1928
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (German poet, writer, playwright) 1749-1832
Goeyvaerts, Karel (Belgian composer) 1923-1993
Goeze, Johann Melchior (German theologian) 1717-1786
Goffe (or Gough), William (English regicide) c.1605-1679
Goffman, Ken (aka R.U. Sirius; American? editor, writer) b.1952
Gofman, John William (American biologist, chemist, activist) 1918-2007
Goga, Octavian (Rumanian writer, politician) 1881-1938
Gogarty, Oliver Joseph St. John (Irish physician, writer) 1878-1957
Gogh, Vincent Willem van (Dutch painter) 1853-1890
Gogol, Nikolay Vasilyevich (Russian humorist, dramatist) 1809-1852
Gois, Damiao de (Portuguese humanist) 1502-1574
Gokhale, Gopal Krishna (Indian educator, politician) 1866-1915
Gold, Bart (American screenwriter, visual artist) b.1970
Gold, Harry (Swiss chemist, spy for Soviet Union) 1910-1974
Gold, Herbert (American writer) b.1924
Gold, Louise (English singer, actor, puppeteer) b.1956
Gold, Thomas (Austrian-born British-American astronomer) b.1920
Goldbach, Christian (Prussian mathematician) 1690-1764
Goldbarth, Albert (American poet, teacher) b.1948
Goldberg, Arthur Joseph (American lawyer, jurist, diplomat) 1908-1990
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb (German harpsichordist, composer) 1727-1756
Goldberg, Leah (Lithuanian-born Hebrew poet, playwright) 1911-1974
Goldberg, Michael (American painter, teacher) 1924-2007
Goldberg, Rubens Lucius "Rube" (American cartoonist) 1883-1970
Goldberg, Yitzhak Gutkind "Itche" (Polish-born Am. writer) 1904-2006
Goldberger, Joseph (Austrian-born American physician) 1874-1929
Golden, Harry Lewis (born Goldhirsch; American editor, writer) 1903-1981
Goldenshteyn, German (Romanian musician) 1934-2006
Goldenweiser, Alexander Alexandrovich (Rus.-born Am. anthrop.) 1880-1940
Goldfaden, Abraham (Russian-born American poet, playwright) 1840-1908
Goldhaber, Gerson (German-born Am. physicist, astrophysicist) 1924-2010
Goldhaber, Maurice (Austrian-born American physicist) 1911-2011
Goldie, Sir George Dashwood Taubman (English colonial admin.) 1846-1925
Golding, Louis (English writer, essayist) 1895-1958
Golding, William Gerald (English writer, poet) 1911-1993
Goldman, Edwin Franko (American composer, bandmaster) 1878-1956
Goldman, Emma (Lithuanian-born American anarchist) 1869-1940
Goldman, Jacob E. "Jack" (American physicist: Xerox PARC) 1921-2011
Goldman, Richard Franko (American bandmaster; son of Edwin) 1910-1980
Goldmann, Nahum (Lithuanian-born German Zionist) 1895-1982
Goldmark, Karl (Hungarian composer) 1830-1915
Goldmark, Peter Carl (Hung.-born Am. engineer; dev. LP record) 1906-1977
Goldmark, Ruben (American music teacher; nephew of Karl) 1872-1936
Goldoni, Carlo (Italian comic playwright) 1707-1793
Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes (American naval officer) 1805-1877
Goldschmidt, Hermann Mayer Salomon (Ger. astronomer; asteroid) 1802-1866
Goldschmidt, Johann Hans Wilhelm (German chemist) 1861-1923
Goldschmidt, Meir Aron (Danish journalist, writer, politician) 1819-1887
Goldschmidt, Richard Benedikt (German zoologist) 1878-1958
Goldschmidt, Victor Mordechai (German mineralogist) 1853-1933
Goldschmidt, Victor Moritz (German mineralogist, petrologist) 1888-1947
Goldschmied, Johannes (Johann Aurifaber; German theologian) 1519-1575
Goldsmid, Abraham (Dutch-born Eng. financier; bro. of Benjamin) 1756-1810
Goldsmid, Benjamin (Dutch-born English financier) 1755-1808
Goldsmid, Sir Francis Henry (English barrister; son of Isaac) 1808-1878
Goldsmid, Sir Frederick John (English soldier; grandson of Ben) 1818-1908
Goldsmid, Sir Isaac Lyon (English financier, philanthropist) 1778-1859
Goldsmith, Oliver (Irish-born British poet, playwright, writer) 1730-1774
Goldstein, Eugen (German physicist) 1850-1930
Goldstein, Herman Heine (Am. math., computer scientist: ENIAC) 1913-2004
Goldstein, Joseph Leonard (American medical geneticist) b.1940
Goldstein, Rebecca née Newberger (American writer) b.1950
Goldwater, Barry Morris (American politician) 1909-1998
Goldwyn, Samuel (Polish-born American motion-picture producer) 1882-1974
Golgi, Camillo (Italian physician, scientist) 1843-1926
Golijov, Osvaldo Noe (Argentinian composer) b.1960
Golitsyn, Boris Alekseyevich (Rus. min. under Peter the Great) 1654-1713
Golitsyn, Boris Borisovich (Russian physicist) 1862-1916
Golitsyn, Dmitry Mikhaylovich (Rus. diplomat; bro. of Mikhail) 1655-1737
Golitsyn, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (Rus. general; cousin of Vasily) 1674-1730
Golitsyn, Vasily Vasilyevich (Russian general, politician) 1643-1714
Gollancz, Sir Hermann (Ger.-born Brit. rabbi, Semitic scholar) 1852-1930
Gollancz, Sir Israel (British scholar; brother of Hermann) 1864-1930
Gollancz, Sir Victor (British publisher, writer) 1893-1967
Golovin, Fyodor Alekseyevich (Russian diplomat, politician) 1650-1706
Golovkin, Gavriil Ivanovich (Russian diplomat, politician) 1660-1734
Golovnin, Vasily Mikhaylovich (Russian navigator) 1776-1831
Goltz, Wilhelm Leopold Colmar von der (German general) 1843-1916
Goltz, Friedrich Leopold (German physiologist) 1834-1902
Goltz, Gustav Adolf Joachim Rudiger von der (German general) 1865-1946
Goltzius, Hendrik (Dutch engraver, etcher, painter) 1558-1617
Golub, Leon (American painter) 1922-2004
Goluchowski, Agenor (Polish nobleman) 1812-1875
Goluchowski, Agenor (Austro-Hungarian polit.; son of Agenor) 1849-1921
Gomarus, Franciscus (orig. surname Gommer; Dutch theologian) 1563-1641
Gomberg, Moses (Ukrainian-born American chemist) 1866-1947
Gombert, Nicolas (Flemish composer) c.1490-c.1556
Gomberville, Marin Le Roy de (French writer) 1600-1674
Gombos, Gyula (Hungarian general, politician) 1886-1936
Gombrich, Sir Ernst Hans (Austrian-born British art historian) 1909-2001
Gombrowicz, Witold (Polish writer, playwright) 1904-1969
Gomes, Antonio Carlos (Brazilian composer) 1836-1896
Gomes, Diogo (Portuguese navigator) fl. 1440-1484
Gomes Coelho, Joaquim Guilherme (Julio Dinis; Port. writer) 1839-1871
Gomez, Jose (aka Joselito el Gallo or Gallito; Spanish matador) 1895-1920
Gomez, Jose Miguel (Cuban general, politician; pres. 1909-13) 1858-1921
Gomez, Juan Vincente (Venezuelan general, politician, dictator) 1864-1935
Gomez Castro, Laureano Eleuterio (Colombian politician) 1889-1965
Gomez de Avellaneda, Gertrudis (La Peregrina; Cuban writer) 1814-1873
Gomez de la Serna, Ramon (Spanish writer) 1888-1963
Gomez Farias, Valentin (Mexican politician) 1781-1858
Gomez Pedraza, Manuel (Mexican general, politician) 1789-1851
Gomez-Pena, Guillermo (Mexican writer, artist, activist) b.1955
Gomez y Baez, Maximo (Dominican-born Cuban patriot, general) 1836-1905
Gompers, Samuel (English-born American labor leader) 1850-1924
Gomperz, Theodor (German philologist, philosopher) 1832-1912
Gomulka, Wladyslaw (Polish Communist politician) 1905-1982
Goncalves, Antonio Aurelio (Cape Verdean writer, critic) 1901-1984
Goncalves, Nuno (Portuguese painter) fl. 1450-1472
Goncalves de Magalhaes, Domingos Jose (Brazilian poet) 1811-1882
Goncalves Dias, Antonio (Brazilian poet, ethnologist) 1823-1864
Goncharov, Ivan Aleksandrovich (Russian writer) 1812-1891
Goncharova, Nathalie (aka Natalia Goncharov; Russian artist) 1883-1962
Goncourt, Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de (French writer) 1822-1896
Goncourt, Jules-Alfred Huot de (Fr. writer; brother of Edmond) 1830-1870
Gondi, Jean-Francois-Paul de (French prelate, politician) 1613-1679
Gondomar, Conde de (Diego Sarmiento de Acuna; Spanish diplomat) 1567-1626
Gondophernes (or Gondophares; Indo-Parthian king) 1st cent.
Gongora y Argote, Luis de (Spanish poet) 1561-1627
Gong Zizhen (or Kung Tzu-chen; Chinese writer, poet) 1792-1841
Gonne, Maud (Irish actor, patriot; a founder of Sinn Fein) 1866-1953
Gontaut, Armand de (Baron de Biron; French soldier) 1524-1592
Gontaut, Armand-Louis (French soldier; nephew of Louis-Antoine) 1747-1793
Gontaut, Charles (French soldier, marshal 1594; son of Armand) 1562-1602
Gontaut, Charles-Armand (Fr. marshal; grandnephew of Charles) 1663-1756
Gontaut, Louis-Antoine (French marshal; son of Charles-Armand) 1700-1788
Gonville (or Gonvile), Edmund (English cleric) d.1351
Gonzaga, Saint Aloysius (Italian Jesuit religious) 1568-1591
Gonzaga, Federico (Italian diplomat, patron of the arts) 1440-1484
Gonzaga, Federigo (Italian patron of the arts) 1500-1540
Gonzaga, Francesco (Italian soldier, patron of the arts) 1466-1519
Gonzaga, Lodovico (Italian patron of the arts) 1414-1478
Gonzaga, Tomas Antonio (pseudonym Dirceu; Portuguese poet) 1744-1810
Gonzalez, Angel (Spanish poet) b.1925
Gonzalez, Jose Victoriano (pseudonym Juan Gris; Spanish artist) 1887-1927
Gonzalez, Julio (Spanish sculptor, painter) 1876-1942
Gonzalez, Manuel (Mexican general, president 1880-1884) 1833-1893
Gonzalez Bravo, Luis (Spanish politician) 1811-1871
Gonzalez Davila, Gil (Spanish historian) c.1570-1658
Gonzalez Gutierrez, Ricardo "Cepillin" (Mexican clown, dentist) b.1946
Gonzalez Martinez, Enrique (Mexican physician, poet, diplomat) 1871-1952
Gonzalez Navero, Emiliano (Paraguayan politician) 1861-1938
Gonzalez Prada, Manuel (Peruvian essayist, poet) 1848-1918
Gonzalo de Berceo (Spanish poet) c.1195-c.1264
Gooch, Sir Daniel (1st Baronet; English engineer) 1816-1889
Gooch, George Peabody (English historian) 1873-1968
Goodall, Jane (English ethologist, zoologist) b.1934
Goode, Erich S. (Am. sociologist, educator) b.1938?
Goode, George Brown (American ichthyologist) 1851-1896
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor (American architect) 1869-1924
Goodison, Lorna Gaye (Jamaican poet, writer) b.1947
Goodman, Benjamin David "Benny" (American musician, bandleader) 1909-1986
Goodman, Ellen (American syndicated columnist) b.1941
Goodman, Paul (American writer, poet, playwright, philosopher) 1911-1972
Goodnight, Charles (American cattleman) 1836-1929
Goodnow, Frank Johnson (American educator) 1859-1939
Goodpasture, Ernest William (American pathologist) 1886-1960
Goodrich, Benjamin Franklin (American rubber industrialist) 1841-1888
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold (pseudonym Peter Parley; Am. writer) 1793-1860
Goodrich (or Goodricke), Thomas (English prelate) 1480?-1554
Goodricke, John (English astronomer) 1764-1786
Goodsir, John (Scottish anatomist) 1814-1867
Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson (American scholar) 1871-1962
Goodwin, Hannibal Williston (American clergyman, inventor) 1822-1900
Goodwin, Thomas (English clergyman) 1600-1680
Goodwin, William Watson (American scholar) 1831-1912
Goodyear, Charles (American inventor, rubber industrialist) 1800-1860
Googe, Barnabe (English poet) 1540-1594
Gookin, Daniel (English colonist in America) 1612-1687
Goonan, Kathleen Ann (American writer) b.1952
Goossens, Aynsley Eugene (British conductor, composer) 1893-1962
Gorakhnath (aka Goraksanatha; Indian religious) 10th-11th cent.
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich (Russian Soviet politician) b.1931
Gorchakov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (Russian statesman, diplomat) 1798-1883
Gorchakov, Mikhail Dmitriyevich (Russian soldier, politician) 1793-1861
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (Polish Kappelmeister, composer) c.1665-1734
Gordianus I (Marcus Antonius Gordianus; Roman emperor 238) c.157-238
Gordianus II (Roman emp. 238; son of & co-ruler w/Gordianus I) d.238
Gordianus III (Roman emperor 238-244; grandson of Gordianus I) 225-244
Gordimer, Nadine (South African writer, political activist) 1923-2014
Gordin, Jacob (Russian-born American Yiddish playwright) 1853-1909
Gordon, Aaron David (Ukrainian-born Palestinian leader) 1856-1922
Gordon, Adam Lindsay (Azores-born Australian poet) 1833-1870
Gordon, Charles George (British soldier in China) 1833-1885
Gordon, Charles William (pseud. Ralph Connor; Can. clergyman) 1860-1937
Gordon, Dexter Keith (American musician) 1923-1990
Gordon, Lord George (English political agitator) 1751-1793
Gordon, James Power (American physicist; co-invented maser) 1928-2013
Gordon, John Brown (American soldier, politician) 1832-1904
Gordon, Sir John Watson (Scottish painter) 1788-1864
Gordon, Judah Leib (aka Leon Gordon; Lithuanian writer) 1830-1892
Gordon, Kim Althea (American musician, singer, artist) b.1953
Gordon, Mary Catherine (American writer) b.1949
Gordon, Patrick (Scottish soldier of fortune) 1635-1699
Gore, Albert Arnold Jr. (American vice-president 1993-2000) b.1948
Gore, Charles (English prelate) 1853-1932
Gore, Genevieve née Walton "Vieve" (American businesswoman) 1913-2005
Gore, Mary Elizabeth née Aitcheson "Tipper" (Am. photographer) b.1948
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj (Polish composer, political activist) 1933-2010
Goremykin, Ivan Logginovich (Russian politician; prime min.) 1839-1917
Gorenko, Anna Andreyevna (pseud. Anna Akhmatova; Russian poet) 1889-1966
Gorenshtein, Fridrikh Naumovich (Russian writer, playwright) b.1932
Gorey, Edward St. John (American writer, illustrator, designer) 1925-2000
Gorgas, Josiah (American army officer) 1818-1883
Gorgas, William Crawford (American army officer, surgeon) 1854-1920
Gorges, Sir Ferdinando (English soldier, mariner, proprietor) c.1566-1647
Gorgey (or Gorgei), Artur (Hungarian general) 1818-1916
Gorgias of Leontini (Greek Sophist, rhetorician) c.483-c.376 BC
Gorham, Jabez (American silversmith) 1792-1869
Gorham, Nathaniel (American politician) 1738-1796
Goring, George (Earl of Norwich; English Royalist) 1585-1663
Goring, George (Baron Goring; English soldier; son of George) 1608-1657
Goring, Hermann Wilhelm (German Nazi politician) 1893-1946
Gorky, Arshile (Armenian-born American painter) 1905-1948
Gorky, Maksim (Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov; Russian writer) 1868-1936
Gorm the Old (Danish ruler; father of Harold Bluetooth) d.c.935
Gorman, Arthur Pue (American politician) 1839-1906
Gorres, Johann Joseph von (German writer, journalist) 1776-1848
Gorrie, John (American physician, inventor) 1803-1855
Gorst, Sir John Eldon (English politician) 1835-1916
Gorter, Herman (Dutch poet) 1864-1927
Gorton, Samuel (English religious leader) 1592-1677
Gortz, Georg Heinrich von (German politician) 1668-1719
Gorz, Andre (b.Gerhard Hirsch; Austrian-born Fr. philosopher) 1923-2007
Goschen, George Joachim (1st Viscount; British politician) 1831-1907
Goscinny, Rene (Fr. cartoon author; created Asterix the Gaul) 1926-1977
Goslicki, Wawrzyniec (Polish prelate, diplomat) c.1530-1607
Gosling, James Arthur (Canadian software developer; inv. Java) b.1955
Gosnold, Bartholomew (English navigator) d.1607
Gossaert, Jan (aka Jenni Gossart; Malbodius; Flemish painter) c.1478-c.1532
Gosse, Sir Edmund William (English poet, man of letters) 1849-1928
Gosse, Philip Henry (English naturalist) 1810-1888
Gossec, Francois-Joseph (Belgian-born French composer) 1734-1829
Gosset de Guines, Louis-Andre "Andre Gill" (Fr. caricaturist) 1840-1885
Gotch, Frank (American wrestler) 1878-1917
Gothardt, Matthias (aka Matthias Grunewald; German painter) d.1528
Goto Shimpei (Japanese politician, administrator) 1857-1929
Goto Shojiro (Japanese politician) 1838-1897
Gotter, Friedrich Wilhelm (German poet) 1746-1797
Gottfried von Strassburg (German poet) fl. 1210
Gotthard (or Godehard), Saint (German religious, prelate) c.960-1038
Gottlieb, Adolph (American painter, sculptor; The Ten) 1903-1974
Gottlieb, Sidney (b. Joseph Scheider; Am. chemist, bureaucrat) 1918-1999
Gottlieb, William Paul (American photographer, writer) 1917-2006
Gottschalk of Orbais (German religious, theologian) c.803-c.868
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (American pianist, composer) 1829-1869
Gottschall, Rudolf von (German writer) 1823-1909
Gottsched, Johann Christoph (German critic, writer, dramatist) 1700-1766
Gottwald, Klement (Czech politician; president 1948-1953) 1896-1953
Gotz, Hermann (German composer) 1840-1876
Goucher, John Franklin (American clergyman, educator) 1845-1922
Goudge, Elizabeth (English writer) 1900-1984
Goudimel, Claude (French composer) c.1510-1572
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham (Dutch-born American physicist) 1902-1978
Goudy, Frederic William (American printer, type designer) 1865-1947
Gough, Sir Hubert de la Poer (English soldier) 1870-1963
Gough, Hugh (1st Viscount Gough; Irish-born British soldier) 1779-1869
Gouin, Sir Lomer (Canadian politician) 1861-1929
Goujon, Jean (French sculptor) 1510?-1568
Gould, Augustus Addison (American naturalist) 1805-1866
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (American astronomer) 1824-1896
Gould, Chester (American cartoonist; created Dick Tracey) 1900-1985
Gould, Edwin (American businessman; son of Jay) 1866-1933
Gould, George Jay (American businessman; son of Jay) 1864-1923
Gould, Jay (born Jason; American financier) 1836-1892
Gould, John (English ornithologist) 1804-1881
Gould, Richard Gordon (American physicist; coined LASER) 1920-2005
Gould, Stephen Jay (American naturalist, paleontologist) 1941-2002
Gounod, Charles-Francois (French composer, conductor) 1818-1893
Gouraud, Henri-Joseph-Eugene (French army officer) 1867-1946
Gourgaud, Gaspard (French army officer) 1783-1852
Gourmont, Remy de (French writer, poet, playwright) 1858-1915
Gournay, Jean-Claude-Marie-Vincent de (French economist) 1712-1759
Goursat, Edouard-Jean-Baptiste (French mathematician) 1858-1936
Gouthiere, Pierre (French metalworker) 1732-1813/14
Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent de (French soldier) 1764-1830
Govardhan (Mughal painter) 17th cent.
Gove, Philip Babcock (American lexicographer) 1902-1972
Gow, Nathaniel (Scot. music collector, publisher; son of Niel) 1766-1831
Gow, Niel (Scottish fiddler, composer) 1727-1807
Gower, John (English poet) 1330?-1408
Gowers, William Timothy (English mathematician, educator) b.1963
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (Spanish painter, etcher) 1746-1828
Goyen (or Goijen), Jan Josephszoon van (Dutch painter) 1596-1656
Goytisolo Gay, Juan (Spanish writer, essayist) b.1931
Gozzano, Guido (Italian poet; leader of Crepuscolarismo school) 1883-1916
Gozzi, Carlo (Italian poet, writer, dramatist) 1720-1806
Gozzi, Gasparo (Italian poet, writer, journalist, critic) 1713-1786
Gqoba, William Wellington (Bantu poet, philologist, journalist) 1840-1888
Graaf, Reinier de (Dutch physician, anatomist) 1641-1673
Graaff, Simon de (Dutch politician) 1861-1948
Grabau, Amadeus William (American paleontologist) 1870-1946
Grabbe, Christian Dietrich (German dramatist) 1801-1836
Graboi, Nina (Austrian-born American entheogenic activist) 1918-1999
Grabski, Wladyslaw (Polish economist, politician) 1874-1938
Graca Aranha, Jose Pereira da (Brazilian diplomat, writer) 1868-1931
Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius (Roman statesman; bro. of Tiberius) 153-121 BC
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius (Roman statesman) 163-133 BC
Grace, William Gilbert (English cricketer, physician) 1848-1915
Grace, William Russell (Irish-born Am. merchant, ship owner) 1832-1904
Gracian y Morales, Baltasar (Spanish philosopher, writer) 1601-1658
Grade, Chaim (Yiddish poet, writer) 1910-1982
Grady, Henry Woodfin (American journalist, orator) 1850-1889
Graebe, Carl (German chemist) 1841-1927
Graebner, Robert Fritz (German ethnologist) 1877-1934
Graefe, Albrecht Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst (German oculist) 1828-1870
Graefe, Karl Ferdinand von (German surgeon; father of Albrecht) 1787-1840
Graetz, Heinrich (German historian) 1817-1891
Graf, Oskar Maria (German writer, poet) 1894-1967
Graf, Urs (Swiss artist, engraver, goldsmith) c.1485-1527
Grafton, Richard (English printer, chronicler) c.1513-1573
Graham, David Michael Gordon "Davey" (English musician) 1940-2008
Graham, Ernest Robert (American architect) 1868-1936
Graham, George (English mechanician; partner of Thomas Tompion) 1673-1751
Graham, George Rex (Am. journalist; est. Graham's Magazine) 1813-1894
Graham, Hugh (Baron Atholstan; Canadian publisher) 1848-1938
Graham, Ian (Australian rules footballer) b.1943
Graham, James (5th Earl, 1st Marquis of Montrose; Scot. gen.) 1612-1650
Graham, Sir James Robert George (2nd baronet; English polit.) 1792-1861
Graham, John (Scottish Royalist, Jacobite) 1648-1689
Graham, Jorie née Pepper (American poet) b.1950/51
Graham, Katherine Meyer (American newspaper publisher) 1917-2001
Graham, Martha (American choreographer, dancer) 1893-1991
Graham, Maurice W. "Steam Train Maury" (American hobo, mason) 1917-2006
Graham, Sylvester (American reformer) 1794-1851
Graham, Thomas (Scottish-born British soldier) 1748-1843
Graham, Thomas (Scottish physical chemist) 1805-1869
Graham, William Franklin "Billy" (American evangelist) b.1918
Graham, William Sydney (Scottish poet) 1918-1986
Graham, Winston Mawdsley (English writer) 1910-2003
Grahame, James (Scottish poet) 1765-1811
Grahame, Kenneth (Scottish writer) 1859-1932
Grahame-White, Claude (English aviator, engineer) 1879-1959
Grahn, Lucile (Danish dancer, choreographer) 1819-1907
Grailly, Jean III de (Captal de Buch; French knight) 1321-1376
Grainger, Percy Aldridge (Australian-born Am. pianist, comp.) 1882-1961
Gram, Hans Christian Joachim (Danish physician) 1853-1938
Gramme, Zenobe Theophile (Belgian electrical engineer) 1826-1901
Gramont, Antoine-Agenor-Alfred de (French diplomat, statesman) 1819-1880
Gramsci, Antonio (Italian politician) 1891-1937
Granada, Luis de (Spanish prelate) c.1504-1588
Granados y Campina, Enrique (Spanish pianist, composer) 1867-1916
Grandbois, Alain (French-Canadian poet) 1900-1975
Grandgent, Charles Hall (American linguist) 1862-1939
Grandi, Alessandro (Italian composer) 1586-1630
Grandi, Dino (Conte di Mordano; Italian Fascist politician) 1895-1988
Grandi, Guido (born Francesco Lodovico; Italian mathematician) 1671-1742
Grandjean, Philippe (French type engraver) 1666-1714
Granet, Francois-Marie (French painter) 1775-1849
Granger, Sir Clive William John (Welsh economist, academic) b.1934
Granger, James (English biographer; eponym of "grangerize") 1723-1776
Granit, Ragnar Arthur (Finnish-born Swedish physiologist) 1900-1991
Granjon, Robert (French type founder, engraver) 1513-1589
Grant, Cary (Archibald Alexander Leach; American actor) 1904-1986
Grant, Duncan James Corrowr (Scottish painter) 1885-1978
Grant, George Monro (Canadian clergyman, travel writer) 1835-1902
Grant, Heber Jedediah (American religious leader) 1856-1945
Grant, James Augustus (Scottish-born British soldier, explorer) 1827-1892
Grant, Sir James Hope (Scottish-born British soldier) 1808-1875
Grant, Peter (English businessman) 1935-1995
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (18th U.S. president, 1869-1877) 1822-1885
Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de (Fr. prelate, polit. in Spain) 1517-1586
Granville, Evelyn Boyd (American mathematician) b.1924
Granville, John Michael (American diplomat) 1974-2008
Granville-Barker, Harley Granville (English actor, manager) 1877-1946
Gras, Felix (French poet, writer) 1844-1901
Grass, Gunter Wilhelm (Polish-born German writer, playwright) 1927-2015
Grasse, Francois-Joseph-Paul de (French naval officer) 1722-1788
Grassi, Giovanni Battista (Italian zoologist) 1854-1925
Grassmann, Hermann Gunter (German mathematician, Sanskritist) 1809-1877
Grasso, Ella Rosa Giovanna Oliva née Tambussi (Am. politician) 1919-1981
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus; Roman emperor 367-383) 359-383
Gratian (Franciscus Gratianus; Italian ecclesiastic, jurist) d.1159?
Gratkowski, Frank (German musician) b.1963
Grattan, Henry (Irish politician, orator) 1746-1820
Grau Delgado, Jacinto (Spanish playwright) 1877-1958
Grau, Maurice (Austrian-born American impresario) 1849-1907
Grau, Shirley Ann (American writer) b.1929
Grauman, Sidney Patrick (American theater owner) 1879-1950
Graun, Johann Gottlieb (German composer, violinist, teacher) 1703-1771
Graun, Karl Heinrich (German composer, singer; brother of J.G.) 1704-1759
Graunt, John (English statistician) 1620-1674
Graupner, Johann Christian Gottlieb (Prus.-born Am. musician) 1767-1836
Graupner, Johann Christoph (German composer) 1683-1760
Grau San Martin, Ramon (Cuban physician, president 1944-1948) 1887-1969
Graves, Milford (American musician) b.1941
Graves, Richard (English poet, writer) 1715-1804
Graves, Robert Ranke (British writer, classical scholar) 1895-1985
Graves, Thomas (1st Baron Graves; British admiral) 1725?-1802
Graves, William Sidney (American army officer) 1865-1940
Gravesande, Willem Jakob (Dutch mathematician, philosopher) 1688-1742
Gravina, Federico Carlos de (Spanish admiral) 1756-1806
Gravina, Gian Vincenzo (Italian jurist, writer) 1664-1718
Gray, Asa (American botanist; chief supporter of Darwinism) 1810-1888
Gray, David (Scottish poet) 1838-1861
Gray, Elisha (American telegraphy inventor) 1835-1901
Gray, Gilda (Marianna Michalska; Polish-born Am. actor, dancer) 1901-1959
Gray, Harold Lincoln (Am. cartoonist; "Little Orphan Annie") 1894-1968
Gray, Harry Barkus (American chemist, educator) b.1935
Gray, Henry (English anatomist) 1825/27-1861
Gray, Horace (American jurist; Supreme Court Justice 1882-1902) 1828-1902
Gray, Sir James (English zoologist) 1891-1975
Gray, James Nicholas "Jim" (American computer scientist) 1944-2007?
Gray, Robert (American shipmaster, explorer) 1755-1806
Gray, Robert (English prelate) 1809-1872
Gray, Simon James Holliday (English playwright, writer) b.1936
Gray, Stephen (English scientist) 1666-1736
Gray, Thomas (English poet, letter writer) 1716-1771
Graziani, Rodolfo (Italian marshal, administrator) 1882-1955
Grazzini, Anton Francesco "Il Lasca" (Italian writer) 1503-1584
Greathead, Henry (English boat builder) 1757-1816
Greathead, James Henry (South African-born British engineer) 1844-1896
Greb, Edward Harry (American boxer) 1894-1926
Greban, Arnoul (French poet) 1420-1471
Grebel, Konrad (Swiss religious leader) c.1498-1526
Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich (Russian composer) 1864-1956
Greco, El (Domenikos Theotokopoulos; Cretan-born Span. painter) 1541-1614
Grecourt, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Willart de (French poet) 1683-1743
Greeley, Horace (American journalist, political leader) 1811-1872
Greely, Adolphus Washington (American general, arctic explorer) 1844-1935
Green, Alice Sophia Amelia née Stopford (Irish historian) 1847-1929
Green, Anna Katharine (American writer) 1846-1935
Green, Austin C. "Slim" (American saddle maker) 1916-2007
Green, Cecil Howard (English-born Am. geophysicist; co-fd. TI) 1900-2003
Green, Charles (English aeronaut) 1785-1870
Green, Duff (American journalist, politician) 1791-1875
Green, George (English mathematician, physicist) 1793-1841
Green, Henrietta Howland née Robinson "Hetta" (Am. financier) 1834-1916
Green, John Richard (English historian; husband of Alice) 1837-1883
Green, Julien Hartridge (French-born American writer) 1900-1998
Green, Matthew (English poet) 1696-1737
Green, Paul Eliot (American writer, playwright, teacher) 1894-1981
Green, Thomas (American printer) 1735-1812
Green, Thomas Hill (English philosopher) 1836-1882
Green, William (American labor leader) 1873-1952
Greenaway, Catherine "Kate" (English painter, illustrator) 1846-1901
Greenberg, Clement (American art critic) 1909-1994
Greenberg, Uri Zvi "Tur Malka" (Galician-born Hebrew poet) 1894-1981
Greenberger, David (American critic, writer: Duplex Planet) b.1954
Greene, Charles Sumner (American architect) 1868-1957
Greene, Eugene Delbert "Gene" (American singer, composer) 1881-1930
Greene, Henry Graham (British writer, journalist, playwright) 1904-1991
Greene, Henry Mather (American architect; brother of Charles) 1870-1954
Greene, Maurice (English organist, composer) 1696-1755
Greene, Nathanael (American Revolutionary officer) 1742-1786
Greene, Robert (English poet, playwright) 1558?-1592
Greener, William (English gunmaker, inventor) 1806-1869
Greenewalt, Mary Elizabeth née Hallock (Syrian inv., pianist) 1870-1951
Greengard, Paul (American neuroscientist,potato-sack racer) b.1925
Greenglass, David (American machinist, spy for Soviet Union) b.1922
Greenhow, Rose née O'Neal (American Confederate spy) 1815?-1864
Greenleaf, Ralph (American billiard player) c.1899-1950
Greenleaf, Simon (American jurist) 1783-1853
Greenough, George Bellas (English geographer, geologist) 1778-1855
Greenough, Horatio (American sculptor) 1805-1852
Greenough, Richard Saltonstall (Am. sculptor; bro. of Horatio) 1819-1904
Greenstein, Jesse Leonard (American astrophysicist) 1909-2002
Greenwald, Glenn (American lawyer, writer) b.1967
Greenwood, Arthur (British politician) 1880-1954
Greenwood, Frederick (English journalist) 1830-1909
Greenwood, John (English Puritan clergyman) d.1593
Greenwood, John (American dentist; made G. Washington's teeth) 1760-1819
Greenwood, Walter (English writer, playwright) 1903-1974
Greer, Germaine (Austalian-born critic, essayist) b.1939
Greer, Pedro Jose Jr. "Dr. Joe" (American physician) b.1956
Greet, Sir Phillip Barling Ben (English actor, manager) 1857-1936
Greg, Sir Walter Wilson (English bibliographer) 1875-1959
Gregg, John Robert (Irish-born American inventor, publisher) 1867-1948
Gregg, Josiah (American frontiersman) 1806-1850
Gregg, William (American industrialist) 1800-1867
Gregh, Fernand (French poet) 1873-1960
Gregoire, Henri (French prelate, revolutionary) 1750-1831
Gregor, William (English clergyman, chemist, mineralogist) 1761-1817
Gregoras, Nicephorus (Byzantine scholar, historian) 1295-1360
Gregorovius, Ferdinand (German historian) 1821-1891
Gregory, Saint (Armenian apostle of Christianity) 240-332
Gregory I the Great, Saint (Pope 590-604) c.540-604
Gregory VII, Saint (born Hildebrand; Pope 1073-1085) c.1020-1085
Gregory XVI (born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari; Pope 1831-46) 1765-1846
Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint (Greek prelate of Asia Minor) c.330-c.389
Gregory of Nyssa, Saint (Greek prelate of Asia Minor) c.335-c.394
Gregory of Rimini (Italian philosopher, theologian) d.1358
Gregory of Sinai (aka Gregory Sinaites; Greek religious) d.1346
Gregory of Tours (born Georgius Florentius; Frankish prelate) 538-594
Gregory, David (Scottish mathematician, astronomer) 1659-1708
Gregory, Horace Victor (American poet, critic, translator) 1898-1982
Gregory, Lady Isabella Augusta née Persse (Irish playwright) 1852-1932
Gregory (or Gregorie), James (Scottish mathematician, inventor) 1638-1675
Gregory II Cyprius (born George; Greek prelate) 1241-1290
Gregory Narekatzi, Saint (Armenian poet, theologian) 951-1001
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Saint (Greek prelate) 213?-270?
Greif, Andreas (Gryphius; German poet, traveler) 1616-1664
Greiff, Leon de (Colombian poet) 1895-1976
Greig, Sir Samuel (Scottish naval officer in Russian navy) 1735-1788
Grein, Jacob Thomas "Jack" (Dutch-born English dramatic critic) 1862-1935
Grenfell, Bernard Pyne (English papyrologist) 1869-1926
Grenfell, George (English missionary, explorer) 1849-1906
Grenfell, Julian Henry Francis (British soldier, poet) 1888-1915
Grenfell, Sir Wilfred Thomason (English physician, missionary) 1865-1940
Grenon, Nicolas (French composer, teacher, choirmaster) c.1375-1456
Grenville, Sir Basil (British Royalist soldier) 1596-1643
Grenville, George (English statesman; prime minister 1763-65) 1712-1770
Grenville (or Greynville), Sir Richard (Brit. naval commander) 1542-1591
Grenville, Richard Temple (1st Earl Temple; English politician) 1711-1779
Gresham, Sir Thomas (English financier, economist) 1519-1579
Gresham, Walter Quintin (American politician, jurist) 1832-1895
Gresset, Jean-Baptiste-Louis (French poet, playwright) 1709-1777
Gressly, Amanz (Swiss geologist) 1814-1865
Gressmann, Hugo (German theologian) 1877-1927
Gretry, Andre-Ernest-Modeste (Belgian-born French composer) 1741-1813
Gretry, Lucile-Angelique-Dorothee-Louise (French composer) 1772-1790
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste (French painter) 1725-1805
Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (English diarist) 1794-1865
Greville, Fulke (1st Baron Brooke; English poet, courtier) 1554-1628
Grevin, Jacques (French physician, poet, playwright) 1538-1570
Grevy, Francois-Paul-Jules (French politician; pres. 1879-1887) 1807-1891
Grew, Joseph Clark (American diplomat) 1880-1965
Grew, Nehemiah (English botanist) 1641-1712
Grey, Albert Thornton "Al" (American jazz trombonist) 1925-2000
Grey, Alex (American artist) b.1953
Grey, Charles (English statesman; prime minister 1830-1834) 1764-1845
Grey, Edward (Viscount Grey of Fallodon; English politician) 1862-1933
Grey, Jane, Lady (English titular queen for 9 days 1553) 1537-1554
Grey (or Gray), Walter de (English prelate, politician) d.1255
Grey, Zane (born Pearl Grey; American writer, dentist) 1872-1939
Gribeauval, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de (French general) 1715-1789
Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (Russian poet, diplomat) 1795-1829
Gridley, Charles Vernon (American naval officer) 1844-1898
Gridley, Richard (American military engineer) 1711-1796
Griebling Otto (German-born American circus clown) 1896-1972
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (Norwegian composer, pianist) 1843-1907
Grieg, Johan Nordahl Brun (Norwegian poet, writer, playwright) 1902-1943
Grier, Robert Cooper (American Supreme Court Justice 1846-1870) 1794-1870
Grierson, Benjamin Henry (American army officer) 1826-1911
Grierson, Sir George Abraham (Irish philologist) 1851-1941
Grierson, John (British filmmaker) 1898-1972
Griesbach, Johann Jakob (German theologian) 1745-1812
Grieve, Christopher Murray (pseud. Hugh MacDiarmid; Scot. poet) 1892-1978
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (American pianist, composer) 1884-1920
Griffin, Cyrus (American jurist) 1748-1810
Griffin, Gerald (Irish playwright, writer, poet) 1803-1840
Griffin, John Howard (American journalist) 1920-1980
Griffin, Mervyn Edward Jr. (American TV production executive) b.1925
Griffin, Richard Alden "Rick" (American artist, cartoonist) 1944-1991
Griffin, Susan (Am. poet, playwright, feminist philosopher) b.1943
Griffin, Walter Burley (American architect) 1876-1937
Griffith, Arthur (Irish political leader; founded Sinn Fein) 1872-1922
Griffith, David Lewelyn Wark (Am. motion-picture dir., prod.) 1875-1948
Griffith, Sir Samuel Walker (Australian politician, jurist) 1845-1920
Griffith, Saul (Australian inventor) b.1974
Griffiths, Ann née Thomas (Welsh hymnist) 1776-1805
Griffiths, John Willis (American naval architect) 1809-1882
Griffiths, Phillip Augustus (American math., textbook writer) b.1938
Griggs, John William (American politician, jurist) 1849-1927
Grignard, Francois-Auguste-Victor (French chemist) 1871-1935
Grigny, Nicolas de (French organist, composer) c.1672-1703
Grigorovich, Dmitry Vasilyevich (Russian writer) 1822-1900
Grigoryev, Apollon Aleksandrovich (Russian poet, critic) 1822-1864
Grigson, Geoffrey Edward Harvey (English editor, poet, critic) 1905-1985
Grijalba (or Grijalva), Juan de (Spanish explorer) 1489?-1527
Grillparzer, Franz (Austrian playwright, poet) 1791-1872
Grimald (or Grimalde, Grimoald), Nicholas (English poet) 1519-1562
Grimaldi, Francesco Maria (Italian physicist) 1618-1663
Grimaldi, Joseph (English comic actor, pantomimist) 1779-1837
Grimault, Paul (French animator, director, writer) 1905-1994
Grimes, Henry (American musician) b.1935
Grimes, James Wilson (American politician) 1816-1872
Grimke, Angelina Weld (American poet, playwright) 1880-1958
Grimke, Angelina Emily (American reformer; sister of Sarah) 1805-1879
Grimke, Sarah Moore (American reformer) 1792-1873
Grimm, Friedrich Melchior von (German critic) 1723-1807
Grimm, Hans Emil Wilhelm (German writer, merchant) 1875-1959
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (German philologist, folklorist) 1785-1863
Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (German philologist, folklorist) 1786-1859
Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von (German writer) 1622?-1676
Grimoald I (Duke of Benevento 647-671) d.671
Grimoald III (Prince of Benevento 788-806) d.c.806
Grimod de La Reyniere, Alexandre-Balthasar (French gastronome) 1758-1838
Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (Irish-born British traveler, writer) 1871-1953
Grimwood, Kenneth Milton (American writer) 1944-2003
Grin, Aleksandr Stepanovich (Aleksandr Grinevsky; Rus. writer) 1880-1932
Grindal, Edmund (Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1576) 1519?-1583
Grindel, Eugene Emile Paul (pseud. Paul Eluard; French poet) 1895-1952
Grinevsky, Aleksandr Stepanovich (Russian writer) 1880-1932
Gringore (or Gringoire), Pierre (French actor-manager, poet) 1475?-1538?
Grinius, Kazys (Lithuanian politician) 1886-1950
Grinnell, George Bird (American naturalist, writer) 1849-1938
Grinnell, Henry (American merchant) 1799-1874
Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell (American clergyman, pioneer) 1821-1891
Gripenberg, Bertel Johan Sebastian (Finnish poet) 1878-1947
Gripenstedt, Johan August (Swedish politician) 1813-1874
Grisi, Carlotta (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie; Italian dancer) 1819-1899
Grisi, Giuditta (Italian singer; sister of Giulia) 1805-1840
Grisi, Giulia (Italian singer) 1811-1869
Grissom, Virgil Ivan "Gus" (Am. astronaut; died in Apollo 1) 1926-1967
Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (American critic, anthologist) 1815-1857
Gritz, Sidney (American soldier) 1918-2005
Grivas, Georgios Theodoros (Cypriot political leader) 1898-1974
Grocyn, William (English scholar) c.1446-1519
Groener, Karl Eduard Wilhelm (German soldier, politician) 1867-1939
Groening, Matthew Akbar (Am. cartoonist, television producer) b.1954
Groen van Prinsterer, Guillaume (Dutch journal., polit., hist.) 1801-1876
Grof, Stanislav (Czechoslovakia psychiatrist) b.1931
Grofe, Ferde (born Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofe; Am. composer) 1892-1972
Grogan, Emmett (American? singer, writer; founded Diggers) c.1943-1978
Grolier de Servieres, Jean (French bibliophile) 1479-1565
Grolman, Karl von (Prussian soldier) 1777-1843
Gromoll, Detlef (German-born American mathematician) 1938-2008
Gromov, Mikhail Leonidovich (Russian mathematician: geometer) b.1943
Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich (Russian U.S.S.R. pres. 1985-1988) 1909-1989
Gronlund, Laurence (Danish-born American political writer) 1846-1899
Groombridge, Stephen (English merchant, astronomer) 1755-1832
Grooms, Charles Rogers "Red" (American multimedia artist) b.1937
Groot, Huigh (or Hugeianus) de (Dutch scholar, Humanist, pol.) 1583-1645
Groote, Gerhard (Gerardus Magnus; Dutch religious reformer) 1340-1384
Gropius, Walter Adolph Georg (German-born American architect) 1883-1969
Gropper, William (American painter, illustrator) 1897-1977
Gros, Antoine-Jean (French painter) 1771-1835
Grose, Francis (English antiquary) c.1731-1791
Gross, Benedict H. (American mathematician) b.1950
Gross, Bertram Myron (Am. scientist, administrator, teacher) 1912-1998
Gross, David Jonathan (Am. particle physicist, string theorist) b.1941
Gross, Heinrich (Austrian psychiatrist, neurologist) 1914-2005
Gross, Samuel David (American surgeon) 1805-1884
Grosseteste, Robert (English theologian, prelate) c.1175-1253
Grossi, Tommaso (Italian poet, writer) 1790-1853
Grossman, Allen (Allen poet, critic, teacher) b.1932
Grossman, David (Israeli writer) b.1954
Grossman, Vasily Semyonovich (Russian writer, journalist) 1905-1964
Grossmith, George (English comedian, singer) 1847-1912
Grossmith, George (English comedian, singer; son of George) 1874-1935
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey (American geographer, editor) 1875-1966
Grosz, George (Georg Ehrenfried Groß; German-born Am. artist) 1893-1959
Grote, George (English historian, banker, politician) 1794-1871
Grotefend, Georg Friedrich (German scholar) 1775-1853
Groth, Klaus (German poet, writer, schoolteacher) 1819-1899
Grothe, Mardy (American psychologist) b.1942
Grothendieck, Alexander (German math.; Bourbaki Group member) b.1928
Grotius, Hugo (aka Huigh de Groot; Dutch jurist, statesman) 1583-1645
Grotowski, Jerzy (Polish theater director) 1933-1999
Grouchy, Emmanuel de (French soldier) 1766-1847
Groulx, Lionel-Adolphe (Canadian historian) 1878-1967
Grove, Frederick Philip (Russian-born Canadian writer) 1871-1948
Grove, Sir George (English engineer, writer, musicologist) 1820-1900
Grove, Sir William Robert (British jurist, physicist) 1811-1896
Groves, Leslie Richard (Am. army officer, Manhattan Project leader) 1896-1970
Grow, Galusha Aaron (American politician) 1822-1907
Grubbs, Robert Howard (American chemist) b.1942
Grubenmann, Hans Ulrich (Swiss carpenter) 1709-1783
Grubenmann, Johannes (Swiss carpenter; brother of Hans) 1707-1771
Gruber, Franz Xaver (Austrian organist, choral director) 1787-1863
Gruber, Johann Gottfried (German scholar; collab. w/J.S. Ersch) 1774-1851
Gruber, Max von (Austrian bacteriologist) 1853-1927
Gruelle, John Barton (American cartoonist, writer: Raggedy Ann) 1880-1938
Gruen, Victor (Austrian-born American architect) 1903-1980
Gruenberg, Louis (Polish-born American composer) 1884-1964
Gruening, Ernest (American politician) 1887-1974
Gruffydd, William John (Welsh poet, scholar) 1881-1954
Grumbach, Jean-Pierre "Jean-Pierre Melville" (French film dir.) 1917-1973
Grumbach, Wilhelm von (German knight) 1503-1567
Grun, Anastasium (Anton Alexander; Austrian poet, politician) 1806-1876
Grunberg, Peter Andreas (German physicist; discovered GMR) b.1939
Grundtvig, Nikolai Frederik Severin (Danish theologian, poet) 1783-1872
Grunewald, Matthias (German painter) c.1455-1528
Gruson, Hermann August Jacques (German industrialist) 1821-1895
Gryphius, Andreas (aka Andreas Greif; German poet, dramatist) 1616-1664
Gua (or Guast), Pierre du (Sieur de Monts; French colonizer) c.1568-c.1630
Guadagni, Gaetano (Italian mezzo-soprano castrato) 1728-1792
Guadagnini, Giovanni Baptista (It. violin maker; son of Lor.) c.1711-1786
Guadagnini, Lorenzo (Italian violin maker) 1690?-1748
Guadet, Marguerite-Elie (French politician) 1758-1794
Guan, Kun-Liang (Chinese biochemist) b.1963
Guardi, Francesco (Venetian painter; brother of Giovanni) 1712-1793
Guardi, Giovanni Antonio "Gianantonio" (Venetian painter) 1699-1760
Guardi, Nicolo (Venetian painter; brother of Giovanni) 1715-1786
Guardia, Tomas (Costa Rican pres. 1870-76, dictator 1876-82) 1832-1882
Guardiola, Santos (Honduran politician, general) 1812?-1862
Guare, John (American playwright, screenwriter) b.1938
Guarini, Giovanni Battista (Italian poet) 1538-1612
Guarini, Guarino (born Camillo; Italian architect) 1624-1683
Guarino da Verona (aka Guarino Veronese; Italian Humanist) 1370/74-1460
Guarneri, Andrea (Italian violin maker) c.1626-1698
Guarneri, Giuseppe (Italian violin maker; son of Andrea) 1666-c.1739
Guarneri, Giuseppe (Italian violin maker; nephew of Andrea) 1687-1745
Guarneri, Pietro (Italian violin maker; son of Andrea) 1655-c.1728
Guarneri, Pietro II (Italian violin maker; son of Giuseppe) 1695-1762
Guarnieri, Camargo (born Mozart Guarnieri; Brazilian composer) 1907-1993
Guas, Juan (Spanish architect) d.1497
Gubaidulina, Sofia Asgatovna (Russian composer) b.1931
Guccione, Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini (Am. publisher) 1930-2010
Guchkov, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian politician) 1862-1936
Guderian, Heinz Wilhelm (German general; tank warfare pioneer) 1888-1954
Guderman, Christof (German mathematician) 1798-1852
Gudmundsson, Kristmann (Icelandic writer) 1901-1983
Gudmundsson, Tomas (Icelandic poet, civil servant) 1901-1983
Guedalla, Philip (English writer, popular historian) 1889-1944
Guemes de Horcasitas, Juan Francisco (Spanish soldier) 1682-1768
Gueranger, Prosper-Louis-Pascal (French religious, liturgist) 1805-1875
Guerau, Francisco (Spanish singer, teacher, composer) 1649-1717/22
Guericke, Otto von (German physicist) 1602-1686
Guerin, Charles French poet) 1873-1907
Guerin, Daniel (French anarchist, writer) 1904-1988
Guerin, Eugenie (French poet; sister of Maurice) 1805-1848
Guerin, Jules (American painter) 1866-1946
Guerin, Georges-Maurice de (French poet) 1810-1839
Guerin, Pierre-Narcisse (French painter) 1774-1833
Guernes (or Garnier; French scholar) 12th cent.
Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico (It. political leader, writer) 1804-1873
Guerrero, Francisco (Spanish composer) 1528-1599
Guerrero, Maris (Spanish actor) 1867-1928
Guerrero, Vicente (Mexican soldier, politician) 1783-1831
Guerrini, Olindo (pseudonym Lorenzo Stecchetti; Italian poet) 1845-1916
Guesclin, Bertrand du (French soldier) c.1320-1380
Gusde, Jules (born Mathieu Basile; French Socialist) 1845-1922
Guest, Barbara Ann née Pinson (American poet, critic) 1920-2006
Guest, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth née Bertie (Welsh writer) 1812-1895
Guest, Edgar Albert (English-born American journalist, poet) 1881-1959
Guettard, Jean-Etienne (French geologist, botanist) 1715-1786
Guevara, Antonio de (Spanish religious, writer) c.1481-1545
Guevara de la Serna, Ernesto "Che" (Argentinian revolutionary) 1928-1967
Guevremont, Germaine (b.Marianne-Germaine Grignon; Can. writer) 1900-1968
Gueye, Lamine (Senegalese politician) 1891-1968
Guggenheim, Daniel (American industrialist; son of Meyer) 1856-1930
Guggenheim, Marguerite "Peggy" (American art patron, collector) 1898-1979
Guggenheim, Meyer (Swiss-born American industrialist) 1828-1905
Guggenheim, Simon (American politician; son of Meyer) 1867-1941
Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro (Italian composer) 1728-1804
Guglielmini, Giovanni Domenico (Italian math., hydrologist) 1655-1710
Guglielmo da Saliceto (Italian physician, cleric) c.1210-c.1277
Gui, Bernard (Bernardus Guidonis; French prelate) c.1261-1331
Guibert, Francois-Apollini de (French soldier, writer) 1744-1790
Guibert de Nogent (French theologian, historian) 1053-c.1124
Guicciardini, Francesco (Florentine historian, politician) 1483-1540
Guiccioli, Teresa née Gamba-Ghiselli (Italian noblewoman) 1800-1873
Guidi, Alessandro (Italian poet) 1650-1712
Guido of Arezzo (Fra Guittone; Italian monk, music theorist) c.991-1050
Guido da Siena (Italian painter) fl. 1250-1275
Guido delle Colonne (or da Colonna; Sicilian poet) c.1215-c.1290
Guido di Pietro (Fra Angelico; Florentine painter) c.1400-1455
Guido, Beatriz (Argentinean writer) 1925-1988
Guilbert, Yvette (French singer) 1867-1944
Guillaumat, Marie-Louis-Adolphe (French soldier) 1863-1940
Guillaume, Charles-Edouard (Swiss physicist) 1861-1938
Guillaume de Champeaux (French philosopher) c.1070-1121
Guillaume de Hauteville (Bras de fer; Norman soldier) d.1046
Guillaume de Lorris (French poet) d.c.1240
Guillaume de Machaut (or Machault; French poet, composer) c.1300-1377
Guillaume de Poitiers (Norman chronicler) 1020-1087/1101
Guillaumin, Jean-Baptiste-Armand (French painter) 1841-1927
Guillemain, Louis-Gabriel (French composer, violinist) 1705-1770
Guillemin, Roger Charles Louis (French-born Am. physiologist) b.1924
Guillen Batista, Nicolas (Cuban poet) 1902-1989
Guillen, Jorge (Spanish poet, teacher) 1893-1984
Guillermoprieto, Alma (Mexican journalist) b.1949
Guillotin, Joseph-Ignace (French physician) 1738-1814
Guilmant, Felix-Alexandre (French organist, composer) 1837-1911
Guimaraes, Bernardo Joaquim da Silva (Brazilian poet, writer) 1825-1884
Guimaraes Rosa, Joao (Brazilian writer) 1908-1967
Guimard, Hector-Germain (French architect, designer) 1867-1942
Guimard, Marie-Madeleine (French dancer) 1743-1816
Guimera, Angel (Catalan dramatist, poet, orator) 1847-1924
Guinan, Mary Louise Cecila (American actor, hostess) 1884-1933
Guiney, Louise Imogen (American poet, essayist) 1861-1920
Guinizelli, Guido (Bolognese poet) 1230/40-1276?
Guinness, Sir Arthur Edward (Irish brewer; son of Benjamin) 1840-1915
Guinness, Sir Benjamin Lee (Irish brewer) 1798-1868
Guinness, Edward Cecil (Irish brewer; son of Benjamin) 1847-1927
Guinness, Walter Edward (Irish politician; son of Edward) 1880-1944
Guion, David Wendel Fentress (American songwriter) 1895-1981
Guiraldes, Ricardo (Argentinian writer, poet) 1886-1927
Guiraut de Borneil (or de Bornelh; French troubadour) 12th cent.
Guisan, Henri (Swiss soldier) 1874-1960
Guise, Duc Francois de Lorraine de (French soldier, politician) 1519-1563
Guise, Duc Henri I de Lorraine de (French soldier, politician) 1550-1588
Guiteau, Charles Julius (Am. lawyer, assassin of J.A. Garfield) 1840?-1882
Guiteras, Juan (Cuban physician) 1852-1925
Guitry, Alexandre-Georges "Sacha" (French dramatist, actor) 1885-1957
Guitry, Lucien-Germain (French actor) 1860-1925
Guitry, Sacha (French actor, dramatist; son of Lucien) 1885-1957
Guitone d'Arezzo (Italian poet) c.1235-1294
Guizot, Francois-Pierre-Guillaume (Fr. historian, politician) 1787-1874
Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (Turkish-born British financier) 1869-1955
Gulbransson, Olaf (Norwegian illustrator, caricaturist) 1873-1958
Guldberg, Cato Maximilian (Norwegian chemist, mathematician) 1836-1902
Guldberg, Ove Hoegh (Danish scholar, politician) 1731-1808
Guldin, Paul (born Habakkuk; Swiss mathematician) 1577-1643
Gulick, Luther Halsey (American educator; org. Camp Fire Girls) 1865-1918
Gullstrand, Allvar (Swedish ophthalmologist) 1862-1930
Gully, John (English sportsman, politician) 1783-1863
Gumilev, Nikolay Stepanovich (Russian poet, critic, translator) 1886-1921
Gummere, Samuel Rene (American diplomat) 1849-1920
Gumplowicz, Ludwig (or Ludwik; Polish economist, sociologist) 1838-1909
Gunderic (Gondioc or Gonderic; King of Burgundy 436-c.470) d.c.470
Gundicar (aka Gunther; King of Burgundy 413-437) c.385-437
Gundimar II (Gondemar; King of Burgundy 523-532) d.534
Gundisalvo, Domingo (Spanish cleric, philosopher, linguist) 12th cent.
Gundobad (Gondebaud or Gondobald; King of Burgundy c.480-516) 474-516
Gundulic, Ivan Franov (Giovanni Gondola; Croatian poet) 1589-1638
Guney, Yilmaz (Turkish film director, scenarist, writer, actor) 1937-1984
Gungl, Joseph (Hungarian bandmaster, composer) 1810-1889
Gungunhana (aka Gungunyana; Bantu ruler; king of Gaza 1885-95) c.1850-c.1896
Gunkel, Hermann (German scholar) 1862-1932
Gunn, Neil Miller (Scottish writer) 1891-1973
Gunn, Thomson William "Thom" (English-born Am. poet, critic) 1929-2004
Gunnarsson, Gunnar (Icelandic writer) 1889-1975
Gunnlaugr Ormstunga (Icelandic skald) 10th-11th cent.
Gunsaulus, Frank Wakeley (American clergyman) 1856-1921
Guntekin, Resat Nuri (Turkish writer, journalist, playwright) 1889-1956
Gunter, Edmund (English mathematician) 1581-1626
Gunter, June U. "Jay" (Am. pathologist, amateur astronomer) 1911-1994
Gunther (Graf von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg; German noble) 1304-1349
Gunther, Ignaz (German sculptor) 1725-1775
Gunther, Johann Christian (German poet) 1695-1723
Gunther, John (American journalist, writer) 1901-1970
Guntram (King of Burgundy 561-592; son of Chlotar I) d.592
Gunzburg, David (Rus. Orientalist, bibliophile; son of Joseph) 1857-1910
Gunzburg, Horace (Rus. financier, philanthropist; son of Jos.) 1833-1909
Gunzburg, Joseph (Russian financier, philanthropist) 1812-1878
Guralnik, David Bernard (American editor, lexicographer) 1920-2000
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovich (Armenian mystic) 1872-1949
Gurdon, Sir John Bertrand (British developmental biologist) b.1933
Gurganus, Allan (American writer, visual artist) b.1947
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti Ivanovich (Georgian chess grandmaster) 1933-2008
Gurko, Iosif Vladimirovich (Russian general) 1828-1901
Gurko, Vasily Iosifovich (Russian soldier; son of Iosif) 1864-1937
Gurley, Ralph Randolph (American philanthropist) 1797-1872
Gurney, Albert Ramsdell Jr. (American playwright) b.1930
Gurney, Sir Goldsworthy (English inventor) 1793-1875
Gurney, Joseph John (English religious leader, philanthropist) 1788-1847
Gurpinar, Huseyin Rahmi (Turkish writer, civil servant) 1864-1944
Gustafson, Ralph Barker (Canadian poet) 1909-1995
Gustafsson, Lars (Swedish poet, writer, social critic) b.1936
Gustafsson, Mats Olof (Swedish musician) b.1964
Gustav I Vasa (born Gustav Eriksson; King of Sweden 1523-60) 1496?-1560
Gustavus II Adolph (or Adolphus; King of Sweden 1611-1632) 1594-1632
Guston, Philip (Canadian-born American painter) 1913-1980
Gutenberg, Beno (German-born American seismologist) 1889-1960
Gutenberg, Johannes (German inventor; invented movable type) 1390/1400-1468
Guthrie, Alfred Bertram Jr. "A.B." (American writer) 1901-1991
Guthrie, Arlo (American musician) b.1947
Guthrie, Thomas (Scottish clergyman, philanthropist) 1803-1873
Guthrie, Thomas Anstey (pseudonym F. Anstey; English writer) 1856-1934
Guthrie, William Tyrone (British theatrical director) 1900-1971
Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson "Woody" (American folksinger, composer) 1912-1967
Guthrum (aka Godrum or Guthorm; Danish king of East Anglia) d.890
Gutierrez Najera, Manuel (Mexican poet, writer) 1859-1895
Gutierrez Solana, Jose (Spanish painter, writer) 1886-1945
Gutman, Elliott Michael "Mike" (American forensic psychiatrist) 1935-2009
Guto'r Glyn (Welsh bard) fl. c.1440-1493
Gutowsky, Herbert Sander "Herb" (American chemist, educator) 1919-2000
Gutzkow, Karl Ferdinand (German journalist, writer, playwright) 1811-1878
Gutzlaff, Karl Friedrich August (German missionary) 1803-1851
Guy of Dampierre (Count of Flanders) 1225-1305
Guy of Spoleto (Holy Roman emperor 891-894) d.894
Guy, Rosa Cuthbert (Trinidadian-born American writer) b.1925/8
Guy, Thomas (English book dealer, philanthropist) 1644/45-1724
Guy de Chauliac (Guido de Cauliaco; French physician) c.1300-1368
Guy de Lusignan (King of Jerusalem 1186-1187) 1129-1194
Guynemer, Georges-Marie (French military aviator) 1894-1917
Guyon, Jeanne-Marie de la Motte née Bouvier (French mystic) 1648-1717
Guyon, Richard Debaufre (English soldier of fortune) 1803-1856
Guyot, Arnold Henry (Swiss-born American geographer, geologist) 1807-1884
Guys, Ernest-Adolphe-Hyacinthe-Constantin (French illustrator) 1802-1892
Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard (French chemist) 1737-1816
Guyuk (aka Kuyuk; Mongol leader; grandson of Genghis Khan) 1206-1248
Guzman Blanco, Antonio (Venezuelan soldier; dictator 1870-1889) 1829-1899
Guzman Reynoso, Manuel Ruben Abimael (Peruvian revolutionary) b.1934
Guzman y Pimental, Gaspar de (Spanish politician) 1587-1645
Guzman, Martin Luis (Mexican essayist, writer) 1887-1976
Gwalchmai ap Meilyr (Welsh poet) fl. c.1140-1180
Gwinnett, Button (English-born American Revolutionary leader) c.1735-1777
Gwyn (aka Gwynn, Gwynne), Eleanor "Nell" (English actor) 1650-1687
Gwynn, Stephen Lucius (Irish writer, poet) 1864-1950
Gwynne-Vaughan, Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella (Eng. botanist) 1879-1967
Gygax, Ernest Gary (American writer, game designer: D&D) 1938-2008
Gyges (King of Lydia c.680-c.648 BC) d.c.648 BC
Gylippus (Spartan general) 5th cent. BC
Gyllenborg, Carl (Swedish politician) 1679-1746
Gyllenborg, Gustaf Fredrik (Swedish poet) 1731-1808
Gyllensten, Lars Johan Wictor (Swedish scholar, poet, writer) b.1921
Gyllenstierna, Johan (Swedish politician) 1636-1680
Gyongyosi, Istvan (Hungarian poet) 1620-1704
Gyrowetz, Adalbert (born Vojtech Matyas Jirovec; Boh. composer) 1763-1850
Gysin, John Clifford Brian "Brion" (Can.-b. Am. writer,painter) 1916-1986
Gyulai, Franz (Hungarian soldier) 1798-1868

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