Gable, [William] Clark  US movie actor; starred in movies "It Happened One Night" 1934, "Gone With the Wind" 1939 _1901-1960
Gabo, Naum (orig. Naum Neemia Pevsner)  US (Rus.-born) sculptor _1890-1977
Gabor, Dennis  Brit. (Hung.-born) phys.; inventor of holography; NP Phys. 1971 _1900-1979
Gabor, Zsa Zsa (orig. Sari Gabor)  US (Hung.-born) actress _1919--
Gaboriau, Emile  Fr. mystery nov.; wrote novels "L'Affaire Lerouge" 1866, "Dossier 113" 1867, "Monsieur Lecoq" 1869 _1835-1873
Gabriel, Peter  Eng. rock musician & singer; co-founder & member of Genesis 1966-1975 _1950--
Gabrieli, Giovanni  It. composer _1556?-1612
Gacy, John Wayne  US mass murderer; murdered thirty-three people 1972-1978; executed _1942-1994
Gadolin, Johan  Finnish chem. & mineralogist; source of word "gadolinium" _1760-1852
Gadsden, James  US army officer & diplomat; eponym of Gadsden Purchase 1854 _1788-1858
Gaedel, Edward Carl (Eddie)  US baseball player & midget; played one game for St. Louis Cardinals 1951 _1925-1961
Gaffky, Georg Theodor August  Ger. bacteriologist; isolated typhoid fever bacillus 1884 _1850-1918
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich  Rus. Soviet cosmonaut; 1st human in space, 1st human to orbit Earth 1961 _1934-1968
Gage, Henry Tifft  US polit.; gov. of California 1899-1903 _1852-1924
Gage, Lyman Judson  US banker; Secy. of Treasury 1897-1902 _1836-1927
Gage, Thomas  Brit. gen. & colonial gov. in America _1721-1787
Gaidar, Yegor Timurovich (also Yegor Gaydar)  Rus. polit. & economic reformer _1956--
Gailis, Maris  Latvian polit.; prime min. of Latvia 1994-- _1951--
Gaillard, David DuBose  US army officer & engineer _1859-1913
Gaillard, Felix  Fr. polit.; prime min. of France 1957-1958 _1919-1970
Gaillard, John  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1810, 1814, 1817, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 _1765-1826
Gaines, Edmund Pendleton  US gen. _1777-1849
Gaines, William  US magazine publisher; founded Mad magazine _1922-1992
Gainsborough, Thomas  Eng. portrait painter _1727-1788
Gaitskell, Hugh Todd Naylor  Eng. financial admin. & polit.; led Labor Party 1955-1963 _1906-1963
Gaius  Rom. jurist _130?-180?
Gaius (also Caius)  Dalmatian martyr, saint, & pope 283-296 _2XX-296
Gajdusek, Daniel Carleton  US virologist; NP Med. 1976 _1923--
Galba, Servius Sulpicius  Rom. emperor 068-069 _003b-069
Galbraith, John Kenneth  US (Can.-born) admin. & economist; US ambassador to India 1961-1963 _1908--
Gale, Anthony  US (Irish-born) Marine Corps officer; commandant of Marine Corps 1819-1820 _17XX-1843
Gale, Zona  US aut. & journalist; wrote play "Miss Lulu Bett" 1920 _1874-1938
Galen  Gk. aut. & physician _129-199?
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus)  Rom. emperor 305-311 _2XX-311
Galich, Alexander Arkadyevich (orig. Alexander Ginzburg)  Rus. songwriter & singer of ballads _1918-1977
Galileo Galilei  It. astronomer, heliocentrist, & phys.; father of the scientific method; discovered Galilean moons of Jupiter 1610, features on lunar surface; wrote "Dialogue on the Two Great World Systems" 1632 _1564-1642
Galland, Antoine  Fr. orientalist & translator _1646-1715
Gallatin, [Abraham Alfonse] Albert  US (Swi.-born) diplomat & polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1801-1814 _1761-1849
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins  US educator of the deaf _1787-1851
Galli-Curci, Amelita (nee Galli)  US (It.-born) soprano _1889-1963
Gallieni, Joseph Simon  Fr. colonial admin. & gen. _1849-1916
Gallienus, Publius Licinius Valerianus Egnatius  Rom. emperor 253-268 _2XX-268
Gallinger, Jacob Harold  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1912, 1913 _1837-1918
Gallup, George Horace  US statistician & pollster _1901-1984
Galois, Evariste  Fr. math.; pioneer of set theory; killed in duel _1811-1832
Galsworthy, John  Eng. dram. & nov.; wrote trilogy "The Forsyte Saga" (novels "The Man of Property" 1906, "In Chancery" 1920, "To Let" 1921"), plays "Justice" 1910, "The Skin Game" 1920; NP Lit. 1932 _1867-1933
Galt, John  Scot. nov. & colonizer of Canada; wrote novels "The Ayrshire Legatees" 1820, "The Annals of the Parish" 1821 _1779-1839
Galtieri, Leopold Fortunato  Argentine polit.; pres. of Argentina 1981-1982; invaded Falkland Islands; overthrown & imprisoned _1926--
Galton, Francis, Sir  Eng. anthropologist, biometrician, & statistician; cousin of Charles Darwin _1822-1911
Galvani, Luigi  It. phys. & physician; discovered animal electricity through experiments with frogs _1737-1798
Galvez, Jose  Sp. colonial admin. & jurist _1729-1787
Galvin, John Rogers  US gen.; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1987-1992 (SACEUR) _1929--
Galvin, Paul Vincent  US electronics industrialist; founded Motorola Inc. 1928 _1895-1959
Gama, Vasco da  Port. explorer; 1st European to sail around Cape of Good Hope to Asia 1498; founded Port. colony in Mozambique 1502 _1460?-1524
Gamarra, Augustin  Peruvian gen. & polit.; pres. of Peru 1829-1833, 1839-1841; 1st pres. of Rep. of Peru _1785-1841
Gambetta, Leon Michel  Fr. lawyer & polit. _1838-1882
Gamble, James Norris  US (Irish-born) soapmaker & industrialist; co-founder & co-eponym of Procter & Gamble Co. 1837; developed Ivory soap _1836-1932
Gamelin, Maurice Gustave  Fr. gen.; fought in World War I & World War II _1872-1958
Gamsakhurdia, Zviad Konstantinovich  Georgian polit.; pres. of Georgia 1991-1992; overthrown; suicide _1939-1993?
Gandhi, Indira Priyadarshini (nee Nehru)  Indian polit.; prime min. of India 1966-1977, 1980-1984; assassinated; daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru _1917-1984
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma)  Indian ascetic & nationalist leader; assassinated _1869-1948
Gandhi, Rajiv Ratna  Indian polit.; prime min. of India 1984-1989; assassinated; son of Indira Gandhi; grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru _1904-1991
Gandhi, Sanjay  Indian polit.; died in airplane crash; son & appointed successor of Indira Gandhi; grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru _1946-1980
Ganev, Dimiter  Bulgarian Communist polit.; pres. of Bulgaria 1958-1964 _1898-1964
Ganilau, Ratu Sir Penaia  Fijian polit.; last gov-gen. of Fiji 1983-1987; 1st pres. of Fiji 1987-1993; cousin of Ratu Sir George Cakobau _1918-1993
Gans, Joseph (Joe; the Old Master; orig. Joseph Gaines)  US boxer; lightweight boxing champion 1902-1908 _1874-1910
Garamond, Claude (also Claude Garamont)  Fr. type manufacturer _1480?-1561
Garand, John Cantius  US (Can.-born) gun inventor; inventor & eponym of Garand rifle (M-1) _1888-1974
Garbo, Greta (orig. Greta Lovisa Gustafsson)  US (Swed.-born) movie actress _1905-1990
Garbuzov, Vasily Fyodorovich  Rus. Soviet admin.; Soviet finance minister 1960-1985 _1911-1985
Garcia, Carlos Polestico  Philippine polit.; pres. of Philippines 1957-1961 _1896-1971
Garcia [Lanza], Jose Miguel  Bolivian polit. & revolutionary; acting 1st pres. of Bolivia 1825 _1781-1828
Garcia [Menocal], Mario  Cuban gen. & polit.; pres. of Cuba 1913-1921 _1868-1941
Garcia Guiterrez, Antonio  Sp. dram. & poet; wrote plays "El Trovador" 1836, "Venganza catalana" 1864, "Juan Lorenzo" 1865 _1813-1884
Garcia Iniguez, Calixto  Cuban revolutionary _1839-1898
Garcia Lorca, Federico  Sp. dram. & poet; wrote poetry collection "Gypsy Ballads" 1928, poem "Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter" 1935, plays "The House of Bernarda Alba" 1936, "Blood Wedding" 1938; executed by Falangists _1898-1936
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Jose  Colombian aut.; wrote novels "No One Writes to the Colonel" 1961, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" 1967, "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" 1981, "The General in his Labyrinth" 1989; NP Lit. 1982 _1928--
Garcia Robles, Alfonso  Mex. diplomat & disarmament advocate; negotiated Treaty of Tlatelolco; NP Peace 1982 _1911-1991
Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca)  Peruvian historian _1539-1616
Garden, Alexander  US (Scot.-born) botanist; source of word "gardenia" _1730?-1791
Garden, Mary  US (Scot.-born) soprano _1874-1967
Gardiner, Anthony William  Liberian (US-born) polit.; pres. of Liberia 1878-1883 _18XX-1883
Gardiner, Samuel Rawson  Eng. historian; wrote "History of England from the Accession of James I to the Restoration" 1863-1902, "The Student's History of England" 1890-1892 _1829-1902
Gardiner, Stephen  Eng. polit. & Catholic prelate _1482?-1555
Gardner, Booth  US polit.; gov. of Washington 1985-1993 _1936--
Gardner, Erle Stanley (pseud. A. A. Fair)  US lawyer & mystery aut.; created character Perry Mason 1932; wrote novel "The Case of the Velvet Claws" 1933 _1889-1970
Gardner, Henry Joseph  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1855-1858 _1819-1892
Gardner, Isabella Stewart  US art collector & philanthropist; endower & eponym of Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum _1840-1924
Gardner, John Champlin Jr.  US aut. & critic; wrote "The Complete Works of the Gawain Poet" 1965, "The Poetry of Chaucer" 1976, novel "Grendel" 1971 _1933-1982
Gardner, John William  US admin.; Secy. of HEW 1965-1968 _1912--
Gardner, Martin  US logician, math., puzzle constructor, & popularizer of logic & mathematics _1914--
Gardner, Randy  US figure skater; partner of Tai Babilonia _1958--
Garfield, Harry Augustus  US educator & political sci.; pres. of Williams College 1908-1934; son of James Garfield _1863-1942
Garfield, James Abram  US gen. & polit.; pres. of Hiram College 1857-1861; 20th pres. of US 1881; assassinated _1831-1881
Garfield, James Rudolph  US admin.; Secy. of Interior 1907-1909; son of James Abram Garfield _1865-1950
Garfield, Lucretia (nee Rudolph)  US wife of James Abram Garfield 1858 _1832-1918
Garfunkel, Arthur (Art)  US singer; collaborator with Paul Simon _1942--
Garibaldi, Giuseppe  It. (Fr.-born) hero, soldier, & patriot of Risorgimento movement _1807-1882
Garland, Augustus Hill  US polit.; gov. of Arkansas 1874-1877; Atty. Gen. 1885-1889 _1832-1899
Garland, [Hannibal] Hamlin  US aut.; wrote short story collections "Main Travelled Roads" 1887, "Prairie Folks" 1892, novels "A Son of the Middle Border" 1917, "A Daughter of the Middle Border" 1921 _1860-1940
Garland, Judy (orig. Frances Gumm)  US actress & singer; mother of Liza Minelli _1922-1969
Garn, Edwin Jacob (Jake)  US polit.; chairman of Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee 1981-1987; 1st Congressman in space 1985 _1932--
Garneau, [Joseph Jean Pierre] Marc  Can. astronaut; 1st Canadian in space 1984 _1949--
Garner, James (orig. James Bumgarner)  US movie actor _1928--
Garner, John Nance  US polit.; House minority leader 1929-1931; Speaker of the House 1931-1933; vice-pres. of US 1933-1941 _1868-1967
Garnerin, Andre Jacques  Fr. balloon aviatior; made 1st parachute descent from balloon 1797 _1769-1823
Garnett, Constance (nee Black)  Eng. translator _1862-1946
Garrett, Finis James  US polit.; House majority leader 1923-1929 _1875-1956
Garrett, H. Lawrence III  US admin.; secy. of navy 1989-1992 _1939--
Garrett, Patrick Floyd  US sheriff; captured Billy the Kid 1880; killed Billy the Kid _1850-1908
Garrick, David  Eng. actor _1717-1779
Garrison, Jim (orig. Earling Carothers Garrison)  US lawyer & conspiracy theorist; investigated assassination of John F. Kennedy _1922-1992
Garrison, Lindley Miller  US admin.; Secy. of War 1913-1916 _1864-1932
Garrison, William Lloyd  US abolitionist & editor; founded abolitionist newspaper "Liberator" 1831; co-founder & pres. of Anti-Slavery Society 1843-1865; supported separation of N. and S. US _1805-1879
Garshin, Vsevolod Mikhailovich  Rus. aut.; wrote short story "The Red Flower" 1883 _1855-1888
Garvey, Marcus Moziah  Jamaican black leader; advocated black repatriation to Africa; founded Universal Negro Improvement Association 1911 _1887-1940
Gary, Elbert Henry  US steel businessman; chairman of U.S. Steel Corp. 1910-1927 _1846-1927
Gary, James Albert  US industrialist; Postmaster Gen. 1897-1898 _1833-1920
Gascoigne, George  Eng. poet & translator; wrote "Certain Notes of Instruction on Making of Verse" 1575 _1525?-1577
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (nee Stevenson)  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "The Moorland Cottage" 1850, "Round the Sofa" 1859, "Sylvia's Lovers" 1863, biography "The Life of Charlotte Bronte" 1857 _1810-1865
Gassendi, Pierre  Fr. philos. & sci.; revived atomism; opposed philosophy of Descartes _1592-1655
Gasser, Herbert Spencer  US physiologist; NP Med. 1944 _1888-1963
Gaston, William  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1875-1876 _1820-1894
Gately, George (pseud. of Gallagher Gately)  US cartoonist; created Heathcliff 1973 _1928--
Gates, Daryl Francis  US police admin.; police chief of Los Angeles 1978-1992; resigned over Rodney King beating & Los Angeles riots _1926--
Gates, Horatio  US gen. in American Revolution _1728?-1806
Gates, Robert Michael  US admin.; director of CIA 1991-1993 _1943--
Gates, Thomas Sovereign  US educator; 1st pres. of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1930-1944 _1873-1948
Gates, Thomas Sovereign Jr.  US admin.; secy. of navy 1957-1958 _1906-1983
Gates, William Henry (Bill)  US computer software designer & industrialist; co-founder & 1st chairman of Microsoft Corp. 1976-- _1955--
Gatling, Richard Jordan  US gun inventor; inventor & eponym of 1st rapid-fire gun 1862 _1818-1903
Gatti-Casazza, Giulio  It. opera manager; director of La Scala 1898-1908; director of New York Metropolitan Opera 1908-1935 _1869-1940
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri (orig. Henri Gaudier)  Fr. Vorticist sculptor; killed in World War I _1891-1915
Gauguin, [Eugene Henri] Paul  Fr. Post-Impressionist painter _1848-1903
Gauss, Karl Friedrich  Ger. math., phys., & prodigy; founder of modern number theory; discovered Gauss' laws of electricty & magnestism; studied asteroids _1777-1855
Gautier, [Pierre Jules] Theophile  Fr. aut. of Romantic Parnassian movement; wrote novel "Mademoiselle de Maupin" 1835, poetry collection "Emaux et Camees" 1856 _1811-1872
Gaviria [Trujillo], Cesar  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1990-1994 _1947--
Gay, Edwin Francis  US economist & publisher; 1st dean of Harvard Business School 1908-1919; pres. of New York Evening Post 1920-1923; conceived magazine "Foreign Affairs" _1867-1946
Gay, John  Eng. dram., librettist, & poet; wrote play "Captives" 1724, operas "The Beggar's Opera" 1728, "Polly" 1728, "Achilles" 1733 _1685-1732
Gaye, Marvin (orig. Marvin Pentz Gay)  US Motown singer; murdered by father _1939-1984
Gayler, Noel Arthur Meredyth  US adm.; director of National Security Agency 1969-1972 (NSA) _1914--
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis  Fr. chem. & phys. _1778-1850
Gaymis, Hatun Ogul  regent of Mongol Empire 1248-1251; wife of Guyug Khan _12XX-1252
Gaynor, Janet  US movie actress; 1st recipient of Academy Award for best actress 1928 _1906-1984
Gaynor, William Jay  US polit.; mayor of New York City 1909-1913 _1849-1913
Gayoom, Maumoon Abdul  Maldivian polit.; pres. of Maldives 1978-- _1937--
Geary, John White  US gen. & polit.; last alcalde of San Francisco 1849-1850; 1st mayor of San Francisco 1850-1851; gov. of Pennsylvania 1867-1873 _1819-1873
Gebbie, Kristine (nee Moore)  US health admin.; 1st AIDS czar 1993-1994 _1943--
Geber (also Jabir ibn Hayyan)  Arab alchemist & mystic _721?-815?
Geddes, Eric Campbell, Sir  Brit. admin.; Brit. first lord of the admiralty 1917-1919 _1875-1937
Geddes, Norman Bel  US set designer _1893-1958
Geer, Dirk Jan de  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1926-1929, 1939-1940 (in exiled London government 1940) _1870-1960
Geffen, David  US music businessman & producer; co-produced musicals "Little Shop of Horrors", "Cats" 1982, "M. Butterfly" 1986, "Chess" 1990 _1943--
Geffrard, Nicolas  Haitian songwriter; composed Haitian national anthem "La Dessalinienne" 1904 _1871-1930
Gegen Khan (Suddhipala)  ruler of Mongol Empire 1320-1323; son of Buyantu Khan _1303-1323
Gehrig, Henry Louis (Lou; the Iron Horse)  US baseball player; 1st baseman for New York Yankees 1925-1939; victim & eponym of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) _1903-1941
Geiger, Abraham  Ger. theol. _1810-1874
Geiger, Johannes Wilhelm (Hans)  Ger. phys.; inventor of Geiger counter _1882-1945
Geiger, Roy Stanley  US Marine Corps aviator & gen. _1885-1947
Geikie, Archibald, Sir  Scot. geologist _1835-1924
Geisel, Ernesto  Brazilian gen. & polit.; pres. of Brazil 1974-1979 _1908--
Geisel, Theodor Seuss (pseud. Dr. Seuss)  US aut. & illustrator; wrote "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" 1938, "The Cat in the Hat" 1957", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" 1957, "Green Eggs and Ham" 1970, "The Lorax" 1971 _1904-1991
Gelasius I  It. saint & pope 492-496 _4XX-496
Gelasius II  It. pope 1119 _10XX-1119
Gelb, Lawrence  US businessman; founded Clairol Inc. _1898?-1980
Gell-Mann, Murray  US phys.; coined word "quark"; wrote "The Quark and the Jaguar" 1994; NP Phys. 1969 _1929--
Genesius  Rom. saint; patron saint of actors & secretaries _2XX-286
Genet, Jean  Fr. dram. & nov.; wrote novels "Our Lady of the Flowers" 1944, "Miracle of the Rose" 1946, autobiographical novel "Thief's Journal" 1949, play "The Balcony" 1956 _1910-1986
Genet, Edmond Charles Edouard  Fr. diplomat in US _1763-1834
Genevieve  Fr. saint; patron saint of Paris _422?-512
Genghis Khan (orig. Temujin)  Mongol conqueror; chief of Qiyat clan 1189-1206; founder & 1st ruler of Mongol Empire 1206-1227 _1162?-1227
Genovese, Catherine (Kitty)  US murder victim; murdered while neighbors watched _1935-1964
Genscher, Hans-Dietrich  Ger. diplomat; last W. Ger. foreign minister 1974-1990; Ger. foreign minister 1990-1992 _1927--
Genseric (also Gaiseric)  king of the Vandals 428-477 _4XX-477
Gentile, Giovanni  It. educator, educational reformer, encyclopedist, philos., & Fascist supporter of Mussolini; assassinated _1875-1944
Gentile da Fabriano  It. painter _1370?-1427
Gentileschi, Artemisia  It. painter _1597?-1651?
Gentileschi, Orazio Lomi  It. painter _1562?-1647?
Gentzen, Gerhard  Ger. math.; proved consistency of number theory _1909-1945
Geoffrey of Monmouth  Brit. clergyman & historian _1100?-1154
George  Christian martyr & saint; patron saint of soldiers, Aragon, England, Genoa, Germany, Portugal, & Venice _2XX-303
George I (Georg Ludwig)  Ger.-born Brit. king 1714-1727; 1st ruler of House of Hanover; grandson of James II _1660-1727
George II  Brit. king 1727-1760; son of George I _1683-1760
George III (George William Frederick)  Brit. king 1760-1820; grandson of George II _1738-1820
George IV (George Augustus Frederick)  Brit. king 1820-1830; son of George III _1762-1830
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert)  Brit. king 1910-1936; emperor of India 1910-1936; 1st ruler of House of Windsor; son of Edward VII _1865-1936
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George)  Brit. king 1936-1952; last emperor of India 1936-1947; brother of Edward VIII; son of George V _1895-1952
George I  Gk. king 1863-1913 _1845-1913
George II  Gk. king 1922-1923, 1935-1947 _1890-1947
George Tupou I (Taufa'ahau)  king of Tonga 1845-1893; 1st king of united Tonga 1865 _1797?-1893
George Tupou II  king of Tonga 1893-1918; great-grandson of George Tupou I _1874-1918
George, Henry  US economist _1839-1897
George, Walter Franklin  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1955-1957 _1878-1957
George, William (Bill)  US football player; linebacker for Chicago Bears 1952-1965 _1930-1981
Gephardt, Richard Andrew  US Dem. polit.; House majority leader 1989-- _1941--
Gerard, Balthasar  Fr. assassin of William the Silent _1558-1584
Gerard, Charles  Eng. royalist army officer _1618?-1694
Gerard, Etienne Maurice, Comte  Fr. gen. & marshal under Napoleon _1773-1852
Gerber, Daniel Frank  US baby food manufacturer; inventor of strained baby food _1898-1974
Gerbrandy, Pieter Sjoerd  Dutch polit.; prime min. of Netherlands 1940-1945 in exiled London government _1885-1961
Gere, Richard  US movie actor; husband of Cindy Crawford 1991 _1949--
Gergen, David Richmond  US political media relations advisor _1942--
Gergonne, Joseph Diez  Fr. math.; studied projective geometry; discovered principle of duality independently of Jean Victor Poncelet _1771-1859
Gerhard  Danish admin.; regent of Denmark 1332-1340 _1292?-1340
Gerhard, Roberto  Brit. (Sp.-born) composer; composed cycle "Astrological Series" ("Gemini", "Leo", "Libra"), ballets "Don Quixote", "Algerias", opera "The Duenna" 1948 _1896-1970
Gerhardsen, Einar Henry  Norw. polit.; prime min. of Norway 1945-1951, 1955-1963, 1963-1965 _1897-1987
Gericault, [Jean Louis Andre] Theodore  Fr. painter _1791-1824
Germanicus Caesar  Rom. gen. _015b-019
Germer, Lester Halbert  US phys.; performed Davisson-Germer experiment with Clinton Davisson _1896-1971
Gernsback, Hugo  US (Luxembourg-born) inventor & science fiction magazine publisher; founded magazine Amazing Stories 1926; eponym of Hugo Award _1884-1967
Gero, Erno (also Erno Singer)  Hung. Communist polit.; secy-gen. of Hung. Communist Party 1956 _1898-1980
Gerome, Jean Leon  Fr. painter _1824-1904
Geronimo (also Goyathlay)  Chiricahua Apache chief _1829-1909
Gerry, Elbridge  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1810-1812; vice-pres. of US 1813-1814; source of word "gerrymander" _1744-1814
Gerry, Elbridge Thomas  US humanitarian & reformer; co-founded ASPCC; grandson of Elbridge Gerry _1837-1927
Gerry, Peter Goelet  US polit.; Senate minority whip 1919-1929; great-grandson of Elbridge Gerry _1879-1957
Gershwin, George (orig. Jacob Gershvin)  US composer & songwriter; composed "Rhapsody in Blue" 1924, songs "Someone to Watch Over Me" 1926, "Summertime" 1935, musicals "An American in Paris", "Porgy and Bess" 1935 _1898-1937
Gershwin, Ira (orig. Ira Gershvin)  US lyricist & songwriter; wrote songs "Someone to Watch Over Me" 1926, "'S Wonderful" 1927, "I Got Rhythm" 1930; collaborator with & brother of George Gershwin _1896-1983
Gersonides, Levi (also Levi ben Gershom)  Fr. math.; 1st to use mathematical induction in proof 1321 _1288-1344
Gerstner, Louis Vincent Jr.  US businessman; pres. of American Express Co. 1985-1989; CEO & chairman of RJR Nabisco Inc. 1989-1993; chairman of IBM 1993-- _1942--
Gerulaitis, Vitas (the Lithuanian Lion)  US tennis player _1954-1994
Gervin, George  US basketball player _1952--
Gesell, Arnold Lucius  US pioneer child psychologist _1880-1961
Gesell, Gerhard  US judge; presided over Pentagon Papers, Watergate, & Irangate cases _1910-1993
Gesner, Conrad  Swi. naturalist _1516-1565
Gessler, Otto Karl  Ger. admin.; Ger. defense minister 1920-1928 _1875-1955
Getty, Jean Paul (J. Paul Getty)  US oil industrialist _1892-1976
Getz, Stanley (Stan)  US jazz musician & tenor saxophonist _1927-1991
Geulincx, Arnold (pseud. Philaretus)  Belgian philos.; developed Occasionalism & doctrine of two clocks _1624-1669
Ghali, Boutros, Pasha (also Butros Ghali)  Egyptian polit.; only Coptic prime min. of Egypt 1908-1910; assassinated; grandfather of Boutros Boutros-Ghali _1846-1910
Ghazali, Abu Hamid al- (also al-Ghazzali, Algazel)  Arab jurist, mystic, & theol. _1058-1111
Ghelderode, Michel de  Belgian dram.; wrote plays "Pantagleize" 1929, "Barabbas" 1928, "Christopher Columbus" 1927, "Chronicles of Hell" 1929 _1898-1962
Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe  Romanian Communist polit.; secy-gen. of Romanian Communist Party 1945-1965; de facto ruler of Romania 1948-1965; prime min. of Romania 1952-1955; pres. of Romania 1961-1965 _1901-1965
Ghiberti, Lorenzo  It. Florentine goldsmith, painter, & sculptor _1378?-1455
Ghirlandajo, Domenico (also Domenico Ghirlandaio, Domenico di Tommaso Bigordi)  It. Florentine painter _1449-1494
Giacometti, Alberto  Swi. artist & sculptor _1901-1966
Giaever, Ivar  US (Norw.-born) phys.; studied tunneling in superconductors; NP Phys. 1973 _1929--
Giamatti, [Angelo] Bartlett (Bart; A. Bartlett Giamatti)  US educator & baseball admin.; pres. of Yale Univ. 1978-1986; pres. of baseball National League 1986-1989; national baseball commissioner 1989 _1938-1989
Giannini, Amadeo Peter  US banker; founded Bank of America 1904 (orig. Bank of Italy) _1870-1949
Giap, Nguyen Vo  Vietnamese gen. & Communist polit.; led N. Vietnamese army in Vietnam War; directed Tet Offensive 1968 _1912--
Giauque, William Francis  US (Can.-born) chem.; NP Chem. 1949 _1895-1982
Gibbon, Edward  Eng. historian of Rome; wrote 5-volume history "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" 1776-1788 _1737-1794
Gibbons, James  US cardinal 1886; archbishop of Baltimore 1877-1921 _1834-1921
Gibbons, John Howard (Jack)  US phys.; presidential science advisor 1993-- _1929--
Gibbons, Orlando  Eng. composer & organist _1538-1625
Gibbons, Samuel Melville (Sam)  US polit.; acting chairman of House Ways & Means Committee 1994-- _1920--
Gibbs, James  Brit. architect _1682-1754
Gibbs, Josiah Willard  US chem., math., & phys.; founder of chemical thermodynamics _1839-1903
Gibran, Kahlil (also Kahlil Jibran; orig. Jubran Khalil Jubran)  Lebanese artist & poet in US; wrote mystical poetry collection "The Prophet" 1923 _1883-1931
Gibson, Althea  US tennis player _1927--
Gibson, Charles Dana  US illustrator; creator & eponym of Gibson girl; eponym of drink gibson _1867-1944
Gibson, Garretson Warner  Liberian polit.; pres. of Liberia 1900-1904 _1832-1910
Gibson, Joshua (Josh)  US baseball player _1911-1947
Gibson, Mel  US movie actor _1956--
Gibson, Robert (Bob)  US baseball player & coach; pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals 1959-1975 _1935--
Gibson, William  US admin. & dentist; chairman of NAACP 1985-- _1932?--
Gibson, William Ford  US science fiction nov. in Canada; pioneer of cyberpunk fiction; wrote novels "Neuromancer" 1984, "Count Zero" 1986, "Mona Lisa Overdrive" 1988, "Virtual Light" 1993, co-wrote novel "The Difference Engine" 1990 _1948--
Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume  Fr. critic, essayist, & nov.; wrote novels "The Immoralist" 1902, "The Counterfeiters" 1926 (also "Les Faux Monnayeurs"); NP Lit. 1947 _1869-1951
Gielgud, [Arthur] John, Sir  Eng. actor; grandnephew of Ellen Terry _1904--
Gierek, Edward  Pol. polit.; first secy. of Pol. Communist Party 1971-1980; deposed _1913--
Gieseking, Walter Wilhelm  Ger. (Fr.-born) pianist _1895-1956
Giffen, Robert, Sir  Eng. economist & statistician _1837-1910
Gifford, Francis Newton (Frank)  US football player & sportscaster; played for New York Giants 1952-1965; husband of Kathie Lee Gifford 1986 _1930--
Gifford, Kathie Lee (nee Epstein)  US (Fr.-born) television host; co-hosted show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" 1985-- (orig. "The Morning Show" before 1988); wife of Frank Gifford 1986 _1953--
Gifford, Walter Sherman  US telephone businessman; pres. of AT&T 1925-1948 _1885-1966
Gilbert, Cass  US architect; designed Supr. Ct. building _1859-1934
Gilbert, Davies (orig. Davies Giddy)  Brit. engineer & polit.; pres. of Royal Society 1827-1830 _1767-1839
Gilbert, Humphrey, Sir  Eng. explorer _1539?-1583
Gilbert, Walter  US biochem.; NP Chem. 1980 _1932--
Gilbert, William  Eng. phys. & physician; studied magnetism _1540-1603
Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir  Eng. librettist & writer of comic operettas; co-wrote with Arthur Sullivan operettas "Trial by Jury" 1875, "H. M. S. Pinafore" 1878, "The Pirates of Penzance" 1879, "The Mikado" 1885 _1836-1911
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker  US efficiency & management sci.; source of word "therblig" _1868-1924
Gilchrist, Albert Waller  US polit.; gov. of Florida 1909-1913 _1858-1926
Gilder, Richard Watson  US editor & poet _1844-1909
Giles, William Branch  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1827-1830 _1762-1830
Gill, Moses  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1799-1800 _1734-1800
Gill, Vincent Grant (Vince)  US country singer _1957--
Gill, William Henry  Brit. Manx musical scholar; wrote & composed anthem of Isle of Man "Arrane Ashoonagh Dy Vannin" _1839-1922
Gilles de la Tourette, Georges Edouard Albert Brutus  Fr. physician; eponym of [Gilles de la] Tourette's syndrome _1859-1904
Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy Gillespie)  US bandleader, composer, jazz musician, & trumpeter; developer of bebop _1917-1993
Gillett, Frederick Huntington  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1919-1925 _1851-1935
Gillett, James Norris  US polit.; gov. of California 1907-1911 _1860-1937
Gillette, Chester  US murderer; executed; inspiration for character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy" 1925 _1883-1908
Gillette, King Camp  US safety razor inventor & manufacturer _1855-1932
Gillette, William Hooker  US actor _1855-1937
Gilliam, Terry Vance  US actor, comedian, & movie director; member of Monty Python's Flying Circus _1940--
Gilman, Alfred  US pharmacologist; discovered & explained role of G-proteins independently of Martin Robdell; NP Med. 1994 _1941--
Gilman, Daniel Coit  US educator; pres. of Univ. of California 1872-1875; 1st pres. of Johns Hopkins Univ. 1875-1901 _1831-1908
Gilmer, Elizabeth (pseud. Dorothy Dix)  US journalist _1870-1951
Gilmer, Thomas Walker  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1840-1841; Secy. of Navy 1844 _1802-1844
Gilmore, Gary Mark  US murderer; executed by firing squad; 1st American executed after restoration of death penalty; subject of book "The Executioner's Song" _1914-1977
Gilpin, Charles Sidney  US actor _1878-1930
Gilpin, Henry Dilworth  US (Eng.-born) lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1840-1841 _1801-1860
Gil Robles [y Quinones], Jose Maria  Sp. polit. _1898-1980
Gilroy, Thomas  US (Irish-born) polit.; mayor of New York City 1893-1895 _1840-1911
Ginastera, Alberto Evaristo  Argentine composer _1916-1983
Gingrich, Newton Leroy (Newt)  US Rep. polit.; House minority whip 1989-- _1943--
Ginsberg, Allen  US poet; wrote poems "Howl" 1956, "Kaddish" 1961 _1926--
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (orig. Joan Ruth Bader)  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1993-- _1933--
Giolitti, Giovanni  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1892-1893, 1903-1905, 1906-1909, 1911-1914, 1920-1921 _1842-1928
Giordano, Umberto  It. composer _1867-1948
Giorgione da Castelfranco  It. Venetian painter _1477?-1511
Giotto (Giotto di Bondone)  It. Florentine architect, painter, & sculptor _1267?-1337
Gipp, George (the Gipper)  US football player; fullback for Notre Dame 1917-1920; portrayed by Ronald Reagan in movie "Knute Rockne All American" _1895-1920
Girard, Jean Baptiste  Swi. educator & Franciscan friar _1765-1850
Girard, Stephen  US (Fr.-born) financier & philanthropist _1750-1831
Girardon, Francois  Fr. Baroque sculptor _1628-1715
Giraud, Henri Honore  Fr. gen. _1879-1949
Giraudoux, [Hippolyte] Jean  Fr. diplomat, dram., & nov.; wrote novel "Suzanne and the Pacific" 1921, plays "Amphitryon 38" 1929, "Tiger at the Gates" 1935, "The Madwoman of Chaillot" 1945 _1882-1944
Giri, Vahagaragiri Venkata (V. V. Giri)  Indian polit.; acting pres. of India 1969; pres. of India 1969-1974 _1894-1980
Girtin, Thomas  Eng. watercolor painter _1775-1802
Girvanyuddha [Bikrama Shah]  king of Nepal 1799-1804, 1805-1816; ruled under regency 1799-1816; son of Rana Bahadur _1796?-1816
Giscard d'Estaing, Valery  Fr. polit.; Fr. finance minister 1962-1966, 1969-1974; pres. of France 1974-1981 _1926--
Gish, Lillian Diana (orig. Lillian De Guiche)  US silent movie actress _1896-1993
Gissing, George Robert  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "The Nether World" 1889, "New Grub Street" 1891 _1857-1903
Giuliani, Rudolph (Rudy)  US Rep. polit.; mayor of New York City 1994-- _1944--
Giulio Romano  It. architect & painter _1499?-1546
Givens, Willard Earl  US educator; executive secy. of National Education Association 1935-1952 (NEA) _1886-1971
Gizikis, Phaidon  Gk. gen. & polit.; pres. of Greece 1973-1974 _1919?--
Gjellerup, Karl Adolph (pseud. Epigonos)  Danish aut.; wrote novels "The Mill" 1896, "The Pilgrim Kamanita" 1906; NP Lit. 1917 _1857-1919
Glackens, William James  US artist; member of The Eight; co-founded Ashcan school _1870-1938
Gladstone, Herbert John (Viscount Gladstone)  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; 1st gov-gen. of Union of S. Africa 1910-1914 _1854-1930
Gladstone, William Ewart  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894 _1809-1898
Glas, John  Scot. religious leader; founded Sandemanian sect (orig. Glassites) 1730? _1695-1773
Glaser, Donald Arthur  US phys.; inventor of bubble chamber; NP Phys. 1960 _1926--
Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson  US nov.; wrote novels "Barren Ground" 1925, "In This Our Life" 1941, autobiography "The Woman Within" 1954 _1873-1945
Glashow, Sheldon Lee  US phys.; NP Phys. 1979 _1932--
Glaspell, Susan Keating  US aut. & dram.; wrote plays "Trifles" 1917, "Alison's House" 1930 _1882-1948
Glass, Carter  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1918-1920; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1941-1945 _1858-1946
Glass, Philip  US composer; composed operas "Einstein on the Beach" 1975, "Satyagraha" 1980, movie score "Koyaannisqatsi" 1983 _1937--
Glasser, Ira Saul  US civil liberties activist; executive director of American Civil Liberties Union 1978-- (ACLU) _1938--
Glazunov, Alexander Konstaninovich  Rus. composer; composed symphonic poem "Stenka Razin", "Violin Concerto" 1904, ballet "The Seasons" _1865-1936
Gleason, Herbert John (Jackie)  US television actor & comedian; starred in show "The Jackie Gleason Show" 1952-1955, 1956-1957, 1958-1959, 1961, 1966-1970, series "The Honeymooners" 1955-1956 _1916-1987
Gleason, Thomas William (Teddy)  US labor leader; pres. of International Longshoremen's Association 1963-1987 _1900-1992
Glendower, Owen  Welsh chieftain & rebel against Henry IV _1359?-1416?
Glenn, John Herschel Jr.  US astronaut & Dem. polit.; 1st American to orbit Earth 1962; member of original Mercury 7; Senator from Ohio 1974--; member of Keating Five _1921--
Glennan, [Thomas] Keith (T. Keith Glennan)  US admin., educator, & engineer; pres. of Case Institute of Technology 1947-1966; 1st admin. of NASA 1958-1961 _1905--
Glennon, John Joseph  US (Irish-born) cardinal 1946; archbishop of St. Louis 1903-1945 _1862-1946
Glidden, Charles Jasper  US telephone pioneer; organized 1st telephone exchange 1877 _1857-1927
Glidden, Joseph Farwell  US inventor; invented 1st commercially practical barbed wire 1873 _1813-1906
Gligorov, Kiro  Macedonian Yugoslavian Communist polit.; 1st pres. of Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 1991-- _1917--
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich  Rus. composer; composed opera "Ivan Susanin" 1836 (also "A Life for the Tsar"), "Ruslan and Ludmila" 1842 _1804-1857
Glover, Danny  US movie actor _1947--
Glover, John  US gen. in American Revolution _1732-1797
Glover, Sarah Ann  Eng. music educator; invented sol-fa system _1785-1867
Glubb, John Bagot, Sir  Brit. soldier in Middle East _1897-1986
Gluck, Alma (nee Fiersohn)  US (Romanian-born) soprano _1884-1938
Gluck, Christoph Willibald  Ger. composer; composed operas "Orfeo et Euridice" 1762, "Alceste", "Iphigenie in Aulide", "Orphee", "Iphigenie in Tauride" _1714-1787
Gluck, Louise Elisabeth  US poet; wrote poetry collections "The Triumph of Achilles" 1985, "Ararat" 1990, "The Wild Iris" 1992 _1943--
Glyn, Elinor (nee Sutherland)  Brit. popular nov.; wrote novels "Three Weeks" 1907, "Did She?" 1934 _1864-1943
Glynn, Martin Henry  US polit.; gov. of New York 1913-1915 _1871-1924
Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton, Graf Neithardt von  Ger. Prussian marshal _1760-1831
Gobat, Charles Albert  Swi. admin., pacifist, & polit.; NP Peace 1902 _1834-1914
Gobind Singh (orig. Gobind Rai)  Indian Sikh religious leader & conqueror; last & 10th Sikh guru 1675-1708; founded Khalsa brotherhood 1699 _1666-1708
Gobineau, Joseph Arthur, Comte de  Fr. social philos. & Aryan supremacist; wrote essay "The Inequality of Human Races" 1854 _1816-1882
Goblet, Albert Joseph  Belgian diplomat; 1st Belgian foreign minister 1832-1834, 1843-1845 _1790-1873
Godard, Jean Luc  Fr. movie director _1930--
Goddard, Robert Hutchings  US phys. & pioneer rocket engineer _1882-1945
Godel, Kurt  US (Aus.-Czechoslovakian-born) logician & math.; proved existence of undecidable propositions (Godel imcompleteness theorem) 1931 _1906-1978
Goderich, Viscount (Frederick John Robinson)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1827-1828 _1782-1859
Godfrey of Bouillon (also Godefroy de Bouillon)  Fr. crusader _1060?-1100
Godolphin, Sidney  Eng. polit. _1645-1712
Godoy, Manuel de  Sp. polit. _1767-1851
Godse, Nathuram Vinayak  Indian assassin of Mohandas Gandhi; executed _1910?-1949
Godwin, Miles Edwin Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1966-1970, 1974-1978 _1914--
Godwin, William  Eng. nov., philos., & radical; wrote "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" 1793, "History of the Commonwealth" 1824-1828; husband of Mary Wollstonecraft; father of Mary Shelley _1756-1836
Godwin-Austen, Henry Haversham  Eng. explorer & geologist; eponym of K-2 _1834-1923
Goebbels, [Paul] Joseph  Ger. Nazi polit. & propagandist; suicide _1897-1945
Goeppert-Mayer, Maria (nee Goeppert)  US (Ger.-Pol.-born) chem. & phys.; co-discovered shell structure of atomic nuclei; NP Phys. 1963 _1906-1972
Goering, Hermann Wilhelm  Ger. Nazi marshal & polit.; founded Gestapo; suicide _1893-1946
Goes, Hugo van der  Dutch painter _1440?-1482
Goethals, George Washington  US engineer & gen.; built Panama Canal 1907-1914; 1st gov. of Panama Canal Zone 1914-1916 _1858-1928
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von  Ger. dram., nov., poet, & sci.; leader of Romantic movement; wrote verse plays "Egmont" 1788, "Faust" 1808-1832, novel "Wilhelm Meister" 1796-1829, poem "Hermann und Dorothea" 1798 _1749-1832
Goetz, Bernhard Hugo  US vigilante; shot four muggers 1984 _1947--
Goff, Nathan Jr.  US admin.; Secy. of Navy 1881 _1843-1920
Goffin, Gerald (Gerry)  US lyricist & songwriter _1939--
Goga, Octavian  Romanian poet & polit.; founded National Agrarian Party 1921; prime min. of Romania 1937-1938 _1881-1938
Gogh, Vincent Willem van  Dutch painter; suicide _1853-1890
Goghlan, Charles Patrick John  S. Rhodesian polit.; 1st prime min. of S. Rhodesia 1923-1927 _1863-1927
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich  Rus. aut. & humorist; wrote short stories "The Overcoat", "The Nose", "The Diary of a Madman", collection "Arabesques" 1835, play "The Inspector General" 1836, incomplete novel "Dead Souls" 1842 _1809-1852
Goh Chok Tong  Singapore polit.; prime min. of Singapore 1990-- _1941--
Goheen, Robert Francis  US (Indian-born) diplomat, educator, & classical scholar; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1957-1972; US ambassador to India 1977-1980 _1919--
Goizueta, Roberto  US (Cuban-born) drink businessman; pres. of Coca-Cola Co. 1980-1981; CEO & chairman of Coca-Cola Co. 1981-- _1931--
Goldbach, Christian  Ger. math.; stater & eponym of Goldbach conjecture 1742 _1690-1764
Goldberg, Arthur Joseph  US lawyer; Secy. of Labor 1961-1962; Supr. Ct. justice 1962-1965; wrote decision for Escobedo v. Illinois 1964; US ambassador to UN 1965-1968 _1908-1990
Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb  Ger. musician; student of Johann Sebastian Bach; eponym of Goldberg Variations _1727-1756
Goldberg, Reuben Lucius (Rube)  US cartoonist; depicted complicated machines; created Boob McNutt _1883-1970
Goldberg, Whoopi (orig. Caryn Johnson)  US actress & comedienne _1950--
Goldberger, Marvin Leonard  US educator & phys.; pres. of California Institute of Technology 1978-1987; director of Institute for Advanced Study 1987-1991 _1922--
Golden, Harry Lewis  US journalist _1902-1981
Goldenweiser, Alexander Alexandrovich  US (Rus.-born) anthropologist _1880-1940
Goldin, Daniel  US admin.; admin. of NASA 1992-- _1940--
Golding, Susan  US polit.; mayor of San Diego 1992-- _1945--
Golding, William Gerald  Eng. nov.; wrote novels "The Lord of the Flies" 1954, "The Inheritors" 1955, "Pincher Martin" 1956, "Darkness Visible" 1979, "Rites of Passage" 1980; NP Lit. 1983 _1911-1993
Goldman, Emma (Red Emma)  US (Lithuanian-born) anarchist _1869-1940
Goldmark, Peter Carl  US (Hung.-born) inventor; invented 1st practical color television 1940; main inventor of long-playing microgroove record 1948 _1906-1977
Goldoni, Carlo  It. comic dram.; wrote plays "La Locandiera" 1753, "I Rusteghi" 1760, "Le Baruffe Chiozzotte" 1762 _1707-1793
Goldschmidt, Neil  US polit.; Secy. of Transportation 1979-1981; gov. of Oregon 1987-1991 _1940--
Goldsmith, Oliver  Brit.-Irish aut.; wrote essay "The Citizen of the World" 1760-1762, poems "The Traveller" 1764, "The Deserted Village" 1770, novel "The Vicar of Wakefield" 1766, play "She Stoops to Conquer" 1773 _1730-1774
Goldstein, Joseph Leonard  US physiologist; studied cholesterol; NP Med. 1985 _1940--
Goldwater, Barry Morris  US polit.; Rep. pres. cand. 1964; chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Affairs 1981-1985; chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee 1985-1987 _1909--
Goldwyn, Samuel (Sam; orig. Samuel Goldfish)  US (Pol.-born) movie producer _1882-1974
Golgi, Camillo  It. physician; NP Med. 1906 _1843-1926
Golitsyn, Boris Alexeyevich  Rus. polit.; advisor to Peter the Great _1654-1714
Golitsyn, Nikolai Dmitriyevich  Rus. polit. & prince; prime min. of Russia 1917; last prime min. of imperial Russia _1850-1925
Gollancz, Hermann, Sir  Eng. rabbi Semitic scholar; 1st rabbi ever knighted 1923 _1852-1930
Gomez, Jose Miguel  Cuban gen. & polit.; pres. of Cuba 1909-1913 _1858-1921
Gomez, Juan Vicente  Venezuelan dictator, gen., & polit.; acting pres. of Venezuela 1806; pres. of Venezuela 1908-1913, 1922-1929, 1931-1935 _1864-1935
Gomez [Castro], Laureano Eleuterio  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1949-1951, 1953; overthrown _1889-1965
Gomez [y Arias], Miguel Mariano  Cuban polit.; pres. of Cuba 1936; son of Jose Miguel Gomez _1890-1950
Gompers, Samuel  US (Eng.-born) labor leader; founder & 1st pres. of AFL 1886-1894, 1896-1924 _1850-1924
Gomulka, Wladyslaw  Pol. Communist polit.; first secy. of Pol. Communist Party 1956-1970; resigned _1905-1982
Goncalves Dias, Antonio  Brazilian lyric poet; wrote poetry collections "Primeiros Cantos" 1846, "Ultimos Cantos" 1851, epic poem "Os Timbiras" 1857 _1823-1864
Goncharova, Natalya Nikolayevna (also Natalia Goncharov; Natalya Pushkin)  Rus. wife of Alexander Pushkin 1831; lover of Georges D'Anthes _1812-1863
Goncharova, Nathalie (also Natalia Goncharov)  Rus. artist _1883-1962
Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de  Fr. artist & nov.; co-wrote novel "Madame Lacerteux" 1865 with Edmond de Goncourt, wrote novels "La Fille Elisa" 1878, "La Faustin" 1882; establisher & eponym of Prix Goncourt _1822-1896
Goncourt, Jules Alfred Huot de  Fr. artist & nov.; co-wrote novels "Manetts Salomon" 1867, "Madame Lacerteux" 1865 with Edmond de Goncourt; brother of Edmond de Goncourt _1830-1870
Goncz, Arpad  Hung. aut. & polit.; pres. of Hungary 1990-- _1922--
Gondi, Jean Francois Paul de (Cardinal de Retz)  Fr. cardinal & polit.; opposed Jules Mazarin; archbishop of Paris 1654-1662 _1613-1679
Gondomar, Conde de (Diego Sarmiento de Acuna)  Sp. diplomat _1567-1626
Gonzaga, Aloysius  It. Jesuit saint; canonized 1726 _1568-1591
Gonzalez, Juan Natalicio  Paraguayan polit.; pres. of Paraguay 1948-1949 _1897-1966
Gonzalez, Manuel  Mex. gen. & polit.; pres. of Mexico 1880-1884 _1833-1893
Gonzalez [Flores], Alfredo  Costa Rican polit.; pres. of Costa Rica 1914-1917 _1877-1936?
Gonzalez [Prada], Manuel  Peruvian polit. _1844-1918
Gonzalez [Valencia], Ramon  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1909-1910 _1854-1928
Gonzalez [Videla], Gabriel  Chilean polit.; pres. of Chile 1946-1952 _1898-1980
Gonzalez [Viquez], Cleto  Costa Rican polit.; pres. of Costa Rica 1906-1910, 1912-1914, 1928-1932 _1858-1937
Gonzalez Bocanegra, Francisco  Mex. lyricist; wrote Mex. national anthem _1824-1861
Gonzalez Marquez, Felipe  Sp. socialist polit.; prime min. of Spain 1982-- _1942--
Good, James William  US polit.; Secy. of War 1929 _1866-1929
Goodall, Jane  Eng. ethologist & zoologist _1934--
Goode, W. Wilson  US polit.; mayor of Philadelphia 1984-1992 _1938--
Gooden, Dwight Eugene  US baseball player; played for New York Mets 1984-- _1964--
Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor  US architect _1869-1924
Goodman, Benjamin David (Benny)  US jazz & swing bandleader, musician, & clarinetist _1909-1986
Goodman, John  US actor _1953--
Goodpaster, Andrew Jackson  US gen.; national security advisor 1958-1961; commandant of National War College 1967-1970; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1969-1974 (SACEUR); superintendent of US Military Academy 1977-1981 _1915--
Goodrich, Benjamin Franklin  US rubber industrialist & surgeon; founder & eponym of B. F. Goodrich Co. _1841-1888
Goodrich, Samuel Griswold (pseud. Peter Parley)  US aut. & editor _1793-1860
Goodson, Mark  US television game show producer; co-produced shows "The Price Is Right" 1957-1992, "To Tell the Truth" 1956-1967, "The Match Game" 1962-1969, 1973-1979 _1915-1992
Goodyear, Charles  US inventor & rubber industrialist _1800-1860
Goold-Adams, Hamilton John  Brit. admin. in S. Africa; acting 1st Brit. gov. of Orange River Colony 1901-1902; last gov. of Orange River Colony 1907-1910 _1858-1920
Gopallawa, William, Sir  Ceylonnese polit.; last gov-gen. of Ceylon 1962-1972; 1st pres. of Ceylon 1972-1978 _1897-1981
Gorbach, Alfons  Aus. polit.; chancellor of Austria 1961-1964 _1898-1972
Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeyevich  Rus. Soviet polit. & reformer; led glasnost & perestroika; last secy-gen. of Soviet Communist Party 1985-1991; last chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1988-1991; resigned; NP Peace 1990 _1931--
Gorbachev, Raisa Maximovna (also Raisa Gorbacheva; nee Titorenko)  Rus. wife of Mikhail Gorbachev 1953 _1934--
Gorchakov, Prince Alexander Mikhailovich  Rus. diplomat & polit. _1798-1883
Gordan, Paul Albert  Ger. math. _1837-1912
Gordimer, Nadine  S. African aut. writing in English; wrote short story collection "Face to Face" 1949, novels "The Lying Days" 1953, "The Conservationist" 1974, "Burger's Daughter" 1979, "A Sport of Nature" 1987; NP Lit. 1991 _1923--
Gordin, Jacob  US (Rus.-born) Yiddish dram.; wrote plays "Siberia", "The Jewish King Lear", "Kreutzer Sonata" _1853-1909
Gordon, Adam Lindsay  Austr. (Azores-born) poet; wrote poems "The Sick Stockrider", "How We Beat the Favorite", poetry collections "Sea Spray and Smoke Drift" 1867, "Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes" 1870; suicide _1833-1870
Gordon, Charles George (Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha)  Brit. soldier in China, Crimean War, & Sudan; killed at battle of Khartoum _1833-1885
Gordon, Charles William (pseud. Ralph Connor)  Can. Presbyterian clergyman & nov.; helped form United Church of Canada; wrote novels "Black Rock" 1898, "The Man from Glengarry" 1901 _1860-1937
Gordon, George, Lord  Eng. agitator & polit. _1751-1793
Gordon, Mack  US (Pol.-born) songwriter _1905-1959
Gordon-Walker, Patrick Chrestien  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1964-1965 _1907-1980
Gore, Albert Arnold  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Tennessee 1953-1971; father of Al Gore _1907--
Gore, Albert Arnold Jr. (Al)  US Dem. polit.; Senator from Tennessee 1985-1993; vice-pres. of US 1993-- _1948--
Gore, Christopher  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1809-1810 _1758-1827
Gore, Howard Mason  US polit.; Secy. of Agriculture 1924-1925; gov. of W. Virginia 1925-1929 _1887-1947
Gore, Mary Elizabeth (Tipper; nee Aitcheson)  US wife of Albert Gore 1970 _1949--
Goremykin, Ivan Logginovich  Rus. polit.; prime min. of Russia 1906, 1914-1916 _1839-1917
Goren, Shlomo  Israeli (Pol.-born) rabbi; Ashkenazic chief rabbi of Israel 1972-1983 _1917-1994
Gorgas, William Crawford  US army sanitation expert & surgeon; eliminated yellow fever & malaria during construction of Panama Canal _1854-1920
Gorham, Nathaniel  US polit. in American Revolution; pres. of Continental Congress 1786-1787 _1738-1796
Goria, Giovanni  It. polit.; prime min. of Italy 1987-1988; It. finance minister 1992-1993 _1943-1994
Gorky, Maxim (also Maxim Gorki; pseud. of Alexei Peshkov)  Rus. realist aut.; wrote play "The Lower Depths" 1902, novel "Mother" 1907, autobiographical trilogy "Childhood", "In the World", "My Universities" 1913-1923 _1868-1936
Gorky, Arshile (orig. Vosdanik Manoog Adoian, also Vosdanig Manoog Adoyan)  US (Armenian-born) Surrealist artist & painter; suicide _1905-1948
Gorman, Margaret  US beauty pageant winner; 1st Miss America 1921 _1906--
Gorton, John Grey  Austr. polit.; prime min. of Australia 1968-1971 _1911--
Gorton, [Thomas] Slade III  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Washington 1981-1987, 1989-- _1928--
Goschen, George Joachim (Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst)  Brit. colonial admin.; acting viceroy of India 1929-1931 _1866-1952
Gosper, R. William (Bill)  US computer hacker & math. _1943?--
Gosse, Edmund William, Sir  Eng. critic & poet; wrote poetry collection "On Viol and Flute" 1873, critical works "Studies in the Literature of Northern Europe" 1879, "A History of Eighteenth Century Literature" 1889 _1849-1928
Gosse, Philip Henry  Eng. naturalist & marine zoologist; wrote "Omphalos" 1857 opposing evolution; father of Edmund Gosse _1810-1888
Gosset, William Sealy (pseud. Student)  Eng. math. & statistician; developer & eponym of Student's t test & Student's t distribution _1876-1937
Gostev, Boris Ivanovich  Soviet Communist admin.; Soviet finance minister 1985-1987 _1927--
Gotch, Frank  US wrestler _1878-1917
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau  US composer _1829-1869
Gottwald, Klement  Czechoslovakian Communist dictator & polit.; prime min. of Czechoslovakia 1946-1948; pres. of Czechoslovakia 1948-1953 _1896-1953
Goudsmit, Samuel Abraham  US (Dutch-born) phys.; introduced concept of spin with George Uhlenbeck _1902-1978
Goudy, Frederic William  US type designer _1865-1947
Gough, Hugh  Eng. marshal _1779-1869
Gouin, Felix  Fr. polit.; provisional pres. of France 1946; predecessor of Georges Bidault _1884-1977
Gouin, Jean Lomer, Sir  Can. Quebecois polit.; premier of Quebec 1905-1920 _1861-1929
Goulart, Joao Belchior Marques  Brazilian polit.; pres. of Brazil 1961-1964; overthrown _1918-1976
Gould, Chester  US cartoonist; created Dick Tracy 1931 _1900-1985
Gould, Jay (orig. Jason Gould)  US financier & railroad businessman _1836-1892
Gould, Stephen Jay  US aut., naturalist, paleontologist, & popularizer of science; wrote "Ever Since Darwin" 1977, "The Panda's Thumb" 1980, "The Mismeasure of Man" 1981, "The Flamingo's Smile" 1985 _1941--
Goulding, Raymond (Ray)  US radio comedian of Bob & Ray team _1922-1990
Gouled Aptidon, Hassan  Djibouti polit.; 1st pres. of Djibouti 1977-- _1916--
Gounod, Charles Francois  Fr. operatic composer; composed "Funeral March of a Marionette" 1872, operas "Sapho" 1851, "Le Medecin malgre lui" 1858, "Faust" 1859, oratorio "Mors et Vita" 1886, Vatican City national anthem _1818-1893
Gourmont, Remy de  Fr. aut.; wrote novel "Sixtime" 1890, critical works "Le Livre des Masques" 1896-1898, "Promenades Litteraires" 1904-1913, "Promenades Philosophiques" 1905-1909 _1858-1915
Gower, John  Eng. poet; wrote poems "Speculum Meditantis", "Vox Clamantis" 1382-1384, "Confessio Amantis" 1833? _1330?-1408
Gowon, Yakubu Dan-Yumma  Nigerian gen. & polit.; head of state of Nigeria 1966-1975; defeated secessionists in Biafran War 1967-1970; overthrown _1934--
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de  Sp. etcher & painter _1746-1828
Goyen, Jan Josephszoon van (also Jan van Goijen)  Dutch painter _1596-1656
Gqozo, Oupa  S. African-Ciskei army officer & polit.; last pres. of Ciskei 1990-1994; overthrown by S. African government _19XX--
Grable, Betty (orig. Elizabeth Grasle)  US actress & model _1916-1973
Grabski, Wladyslaw  Pol. polit.; premier of Poland 1923-1925 _1874-1938
Gracchus, Gaius Sempronius  Rom. polit., reformer, & tribune; brother of Tiberius Gracchus _153b-121b
Gracchus, Tiberius Sempronius  Rom. polit., reformer, & tribune; brother of Gaius Gracchus _163b-133b
Grace, William Gilbert  Eng. cricket player & physician _1848-1915
Grace, William Russell  US (Irish-born) polit.; mayor of New York City 1881-1883, 1885-1887 _1832-1904
Grachev, Pavel Sergeyevich  Rus. gen.; Rus. defense minister 1992-- _1948--
Graf, Stephanie Maria (Steffi)  Ger. tennis player _1969--
Graff, George Jr.  US songwriter; co-wrote song "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 _1886-1973
Grafton, Duke of (Augustus Henry Fitzroy)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1768-1770 _1735-1811
Grafton, Sue  US mystery nov.; created character Kinsey Millhone; wrote novels "A is for Alibi" 1982, "B is for Burglar" 1985, "H is for Homicide" 1991, "I is for Innocent" 1992, "J is for Judgment" 1993 _1940--
Graham, [Daniel] Robert (Bob)  US Dem. polit.; gov. of Florida 1979-1987; Senator from Florida 1987-- _1936--
Graham, John (Graham of Claverhouse, Bonny Dundee)  Scot. Jacobite _1648-1689
Graham, Martha  US choreographer & dancer _1893-1991
Graham, Otto Everett Jr.  US football player & coach; quarterback for Cleveland Browns 1946-1955 _1921--
Graham, Thomas  Scot. chem. _1805-1869
Graham, Sylvester  US nutritionist & temperance reformer; inventor & eponym of graham cracker _1794-1851
Graham, William Alexander  US polit.; gov. of N. Carolina 1845-1849; Secy. of Navy 1850-1852; Whig vice-pres. cand. 1852 _1804-1875
Graham, William Franklin (Billy)  US evangelist _1918--
Graham, William Robert  US admin. & engineer; acting admin. of NASA 1985-1986; presidential science advisor 1986-1989 _1937--
Grahame, Kenneth  Scot. juvenile aut.; wrote story collections "The Golden Age" 1895, "Dream Days" 1898, novel "The Wind in the Willows" 1908 _1859-1932
Grainger, Percy Aldridge  US (Austr.-born) composer _1882-1961
Gramm, [William] Philip (Phil)  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Texas 1985-- _1942--
Gramme, Zenobe Theophile  Belgian electrical engineer; invented 1st commercial direct-current dynamo 1869 _1826-1901
Grammer, Kelsey  US (US Virgin Islands-born) television actor; starred in series "Cheers" 1984-1993, "Frasier" 1993-- _1956--
Gramsci, Antonio  It. Communist political philos.; helped found It. Communist Party 1921 _1891-1937
Granados [y Campina], Enrique  Sp. composer & pianist; composed "Spanish Dances", "Goyescas" (including "Maiden and the Nightingale"), "Tonadillas", opera "Maria del Carmen"; killed when ship torpedoed by Ger. submarine _1867-1916
Grandi, Dino (Dino Grandi di Mordano; Count Grandi)  It. Fascist diplomat & polit.; co-organizer of March on Rome 1922; It. foreign minister 1929-1932 _1895-1988
Grange, Harold Edward (Red; the Galloping Ghost)  US football player _1903-1991
Granger, Francis  US polit.; Whig vice-pres. cand. 1836; Postmaster Gen. 1841; son of Gideon Granger _1792-1868
Granger, Gideon  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1801-1814; father of Francis Granger _1767-1822
Granger, James  Eng. biographer; wrote "Biographical History of England" 1769; source of word "grangerize" _1723-1776
Granger, Stewart (orig. James Lablache Stewart)  Brit. actor _1913-1993
Granit, Ragnar Arthur  Swed. (Finnish-born) physiologist; NP Med. 1967 _1900--
Grant, Cary (orig. Archibald Alexander Leach)  US movie actor _1904-1986
Grant, Heber Jedediah  US Mormon clergyman; pres. of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1918-1945 _1856-1945
Grant, Julia (nee Dent)  US wife of Ulysses Grant 1848 _1826-1902
Grant, [Hiram] Ulysses Simpson  US gen. & polit.; last general-in-chief of Union forces in Civil War 1864-1865; 18th pres. of US 1869-1877 _1822-1885
Grantham, Alexander William George Herder, Sir  Brit. admin.; gov. of Hong Kong 1947-1958 _1899--
Granville, George Leverson-Gower, Earl  Brit. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1851-1852, 1870-1874, 1880-1885 _1815-1891
Granville-Barker, Harley Granville  Eng. actor, dram., & manager; wrote plays "The Marrying of Ann Leete" 1901, "The Voysey Inheritance" 1905, "The Madras House" 1910, "Vote by Ballot" 1917 _1877-1946
Grass, Gunter Wilhelm  Ger. (Pol.-born) aut.; wrote novels "The Tin Drum" 1959 (also "Die Blechtrommel"), "Cat and Mouse" 1961, "Dog Years" 1963, "Local Anesthetic" 1969, "The Flounder" 1977 _1927--
Grasse, Francois Joseph Paul  Fr. naval officer _1722-1788
Grassley, Charles Ernest  US Rep. polit.; Senator from Iowa 1981-- _1933--
Grassman, Hermann Gunther  Ger. math. & philologist; studied higher-dimensional spaces _1809-1877
Grasso, Ella Tambussi  US polit.; gov. of Connecticut 1975-1980 _1919-1981
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus)  Rom. emperor 367-383 _359-383
Grattan, Henry  Irish orator & polit. _1746-1820
Grau [y San Martin], Ramon  Cuban physician & polit.; pres. of Cuba 1933-1934, 1944-1948 _1887-1969
Graves, Ernest Jr.  US engineer & gen.; director of National Security Agency 1981-1982 (NSA) _1924--
Graves, Howard Dwayne  US educator & gen.; commandant of Army War College 1987-1989; superintendent of US Military Academy 1991-- _1939--
Graves, Peter  US actor; starred in series "Mission: Impossible" 1966-1973, 1988-1990 _1926--
Graves, Robert Ranke  Brit. aut. & classical scholar; wrote autobiography "Goodbye to All That" 1929, historical novels "I, Claudius" 1934, "Claudius the God" 1934, mystical work "The White Goddess" 1948 _1895-1985
Gray, Alfred Jr.  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1987-1991 _1928--
Gray, Asa  US botanist; supporter of Darwinism; wrote "Flora of North America" 1848-1852, "Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States" 1848 (also "Gray's Manual") _1810-1888
Gray, Gordon  US businessman & journalist; secy. of army 1949-1950; national security advisor 1958-1961 _1909-1982
Gray, Hanna (nee Holborn)  US (Ger.-born) educator; provost of Yale Univ. 1974-1978; acting pres. of Yale Univ. 1977-1978; pres. of Univ. of Chicago 1978-1993 _1930--
Gray, Harold  US cartoonist; created Little Orphan Annie _1894-1968
Gray, Horace  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1881-1902; son-in-law of Stanley Matthews _1828-1902
Gray, [Louis] Patrick (L. Patrick Gray)  US admin.; acting director of FBI 1972-1973 _1916--
Gray, Paul Edward  US educator & engineer; pres. of MIT 1980-1990 _1932--
Gray, Thomas  Eng. poet; wrote poems "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" 1747, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" 1751, "Pindaric Odes" 1757, "Progress of Poesy" 1758 _1716-1771
Gray, William Herbert III  US admin., clergyman, & polit.; chairman of House Budget Committee 1985-1989; House majority whip 1989-1991; pres. of United Negro College Fund 1991--; US envoy for Haiti 1994-- _1941--
Graziani, Rudolfo (also Rodolfo Graziani)  It. gen. & colonial admin. in Africa _1882-1955
Grechko, Andrei Antonovich  Rus. marshal; commander-in-chief of Warsaw Pact 1960-1967; Soviet defense minister 1967-1976 _1903-1976
Greco, El (Domenikos; orig. Kyriakos Theotokopoulos)  Sp. (Gk.-born) painter _1541-1614
Greeley, Horace  US journalist & polit.; Dem. pres. cand. 1872; died before election _1811-1872
Greely, Adolphus Washington  US Arctic explorer & gen.; directed relief operation after San Francisco earthquake & fire 1906 _1844-1935
Green, Ashbel  US Presbyterian clergyman & educator; founded Princeton Theological Seminary; pres. of Princeton Univ. 1812-1822 _1762-1848
Green, Dwight Herbert  US polit.; gov. of Illinois 1941-1949 _1897-1958
Green, George  Eng. math.; discoverer & eponym of Green's theorem 1828 _1793-1841
Green, Hamilton  Guyanese polit.; prime min. of Guyana 1985-1992 _1934--
Green, Hetty (orig. Henrietta Howland Robinson; the Witch of Wall Street)  US financier _1834-1916
Green, John Richard  Eng. historian; wrote "Short History of the English People" 1874, "The Making of England" 1881, "Conquest of England" 1883 _1837-1883
Green, Paul Eliot  US dram. & screenwriter; wrote plays "In Abraham's Bosom" 1927, "The Field God" 1927 _1894-1981
Green, Samuel  US Ku Klux Klan leader _1899-1949
Green, William  US labor leader; pres. of AFL 1924-1952 _1873-1952
Green, William Joseph  US polit.; mayor of Philadelphia 1980-1984 _1938--
Greenaway, Catherine (Kate)  Eng. illustrator & painter _1846-1901
Greenberg, Uri Zvi  Israeli (Rus.-born) Hebrew poet _1896-1981
Greenblatt, Richard (Ricky)  US computer hacker _1945?--
Greene, Charles Edward (Joe; Mean Joe Greene)  US football player; defensive tackle for Pittsburgh Steelers 1969-1981 _1946--
Greene, [Henry] Graham  Brit. Catholic aut. & nov.; wrote novels "Brighton Rock" 1938, "The Power and the Glory" 1940, ""Ministry of Fear" 1943, The Third Man" 1950, "Our Man in Havana" 1958, "The Human Factor" 1978 _1904-1991
Greene, Lorne  US (Can.-born) television actor; starred in series "Bonanza" 1959-1973, "Battlestar Galactica" 1978-1980 _1915-1987
Greene, Nathanael  US gen. in American Revolution _1742-1786
Greene, Robert  Eng. dram. & poet; wrote plays "Pandosto" (inspiration for Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale"), "Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay" _1558?-1592
Greene, Wallace Martin Jr.  US Marine Corps gen.; commandant of Marine Corps 1964-1967 _1907--
Greenewalt, Crawford Hallock  US chem. & chemical businessman; pres. of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co. 1948-1962; chairman of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Co. 1962-1967 _1902-1993
Greenfield, Jerry  US ice cream businessman & philanthropist; co-founder & co-eponym of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. 1978 _1951--
Greenhalge, Frederic Thomas  US (Eng.-born) polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1894-1896 _1842-1896
Greenough, Horatio  US Neoclassical sculptor _1805-1852
Greenspan, Alan  US admin. & economist; chairman of Council of Economic Advisors 1974-1977; chairman of Federal Reserve Board 1987-- _1926--
Greenwood, Arthur Herbert  US polit.; House majority whip 1933-1935 _1880-1963
Gregg, Andrew  US polit.; pres. pro tempore of Senate 1809 _1755-1835
Gregg, Judd Alan  US Rep. polit.; gov. of New Hampshire 1989-1992; Senator from New Hampshire 1993-- _1947--
Gregg, William  US textile industrialist _1800-1867
Gregorian, Vartan  US (Iranian-born) educator & historian; provost of Univ. of Pennsylvania 1978-1980; pres. of New York Public Library 1981-1988; pres. of Brown Univ. 1989-- _1934--
Gregory I (Gregory the Great)  It. saint & pope 590-604 _540?-604
Gregory II  It. saint & pope 715-731 _6XX-731
Gregory III  Syrian saint & pope 731-741 _6XX-741
Gregory IV  It. pope 827-844 _7XX-844
Gregory V  1st Ger. pope 996-999 _970?-999
Gregory VI (orig. John Gratian)  pope 1045-1046; reputedly bought papacy from his godson Benedict IX; resigned _9XX-1048
Gregory VI  antipope 1012 _9XX-10XX
Gregory VII (orig. Hildebrand)  It. saint & pope 1073-1085 _1020?-1085
Gregory VIII (orig. Alberto de Morra)  It. pope 1187 _11XX-1187
Gregory VIII (orig. Mauritius Bourdin, Bordhino, Burdinus)  Fr. antipope 1118-1121 _10XX-1137?
Gregory IX (orig. Ugolino, Count of Segni)  It. pope 1227-1241 _1145?-1241
Gregory X (orig. Teobaldo Visconti)  It. peacemaker & pope 1271-1276 _1210-1276
Gregory XI (orig. Pierre Roger de Beaufort)  Fr. pope 1370-1378 _1331-1378
Gregory XII (orig. Angelo Correr)  It. pope 1406-1415; resigned; uncle of Eugene IV _1327?-1417
Gregory XIII (orig. Ugo Buoncompagni)  It. educator & pope 1572-1585; established colleges & Gregorian calendar _1502-1585
Gregory XIV (orig. Niccolo Sfondrati)  It. pope 1590-1591 _1535-1591
Gregory XV (orig. Alessandro Ludovici)  It. pope 1621-1623; established format of secret election of popes _1554-1623
Gregory XVI (orig. Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari)  It. pope 1831-1846 _1765-1846
Gregory of Nyssa  Christian bishop, saint, & Eastern Church father; wrote "Twelve Books against Eunomius", "Cathechetical Oration"; brother of Basil the Great _335?-394?
Gregory of Tours  Frankish bishop, historian, & saint; bishop of Tours 573-594; wrote history "Historia Francorum" _538-594
Gregory, [Isabella] Augusta, Lady (nee Persse)  Irish dram.; wrote plays "Spreading the News" 1904, "The Rising of the Moon" 1907 _1852-1932
Gregory, David  Scot. math.; nephew of James Gregory _1661-1708
Gregory, Dick  US comedian _1932--
Gregory, James  Scot. math.; produced infinite series for trigonometric functions _1638-1675
Gregory, John Milton  US Baptist clergyman & educator; 1st pres. of Univ. of Illinois 1867-1880 (orig. Illinois Industrial Univ.) _1822-1898
Gregory, John Munford  US polit.; gov. of Virginia 1842-1843 _1804-1884
Gregory, Thomas Watt  US lawyer; Atty. Gen. 1914-1919 _1861-1933
Gregory, William Henry  Brit. colonial admin.; gov. of Ceylon 1872-1877; husband of Lady Augusta Gregory 1880 _1817-1892
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir  Eng. missionary & physician _1865-1940
Grenville, George  Eng. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1763-1765 _1712-1770
Grenville, Richard, Sir (also Richard Greynville)  Brit. naval officer _1542-1591
Grenville, William Wyndham (Baron Grenville)  Brit. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1806-1807 _1759-1834
Gresham, Thomas, Sir  Eng. economist & financier; formulated Gresham's Law _1519-1579
Gresham, Walter Quintin  US admin., army officer, & lawyer; Postmaster Gen. 1883-1884; Secy. of Treasury 1884; Secy. of State 1893-1895 _1832-1895
Gretzky, Wayne  Can. hockey player; holds record for career goals scored _1961--
Greuze, Jean Baptiste  Fr. painter _1725-1805
Grevy, [Francois Paul] Jules  Fr. polit.; pres. of France 1879-1887 _1807-1891
Grew, Joseph Clark  US diplomat; US ambassador to Japan 1931-1941 _1880-1965
Grey, Albert Henry George, Earl  Eng. admin. in Canada; gov-gen. of Canada 1904-1911 _1851-1917
Grey, Charles, Earl  Eng. polit.; Brit. prime min. 1830-1834 _1764-1845
Grey, Edward (Viscount Grey of Fallodon)  Eng. diplomat; Brit. foreign secy. 1906-1916; negotiated Triple Entente 1907; negotiated end of Balkan War 1912-1913; led Brit. entry into World War I _1862-1933
Grey, Jane, Lady  Eng. queen 1553; beheaded by Mary I; grandniece of Henry VIII _1537-1554
Grey, Zane  US nov. of westerns; wrote novels "Riders of the Purple Sage" 1912, "The Lone Star Ranger" 1915, "The Mysterious Rider" 1921, "The Thundering Herd" 1925, "Code of the West" 1934 _1875-1939
Grib, Mechislav  Belarus gen. & polit.; pres. of Belarus 1994 _1936?--
Gribbs, Roman  US polit.; mayor of Detroit 1970-1973 _1925--
Griboyedov, Alexander Sergeyevich  Rus. diplomat & comic dram.; wrote play "Wit Works Woe" 1822-1824 (also "Gore ot uma", "Woe from Wit"); negotiated treaty ending Russo-Persian War 1828; killed by mob _1795-1829
Gridley, Charles Vernon  US naval officer; fought under George Dewey at battle of Manila Bay 1898; received command "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" _1844-1898
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup  Norw. composer; composed "Peer Gynt Suite" 1876 _1843-1907
Grier, Robert Cooper  US jurist; Supr. Ct. justice 1846-1870 _1794-1870
Griffey, [George] Kenneth Jr. (Ken)  US baseball player; outfielder for Seattle Mariners 1989-- _1969--
Griffin, Archibald (Archie)  US football player; won Heisman Trophy 1974, 1975 as running back for Ohio State; only two-time Heisman winner _1954--
Griffin, Cyrus  US polit. in American Revolution; last pres. of Continental Congress 1788-1789 _1748-1810
Griffin, Edward Dorr  US Congregational clergyman & educator; pres. of Williams College 1821-1836 _1770-1837
Griffin, James Donald  US polit.; mayor of Buffalo 1977-- _1929--
Griffin, Mervyn Edward Jr. (Merv)  US game show producer, singer, & television host; created game shows "Jeopardy!", "Wheel of Fortune" _1925--
Griffin, Robert Paul  US polit.; Senate minority whip 1969-1977 _1923--
Griffin, Walter Burley  US architect _1876-1937
Griffith  king of Basuto 1913-1939 (later Lesotho); son of Lerotholi _1870-1939
Griffith, Andrew Samuel (Andy)  US actor; starred in series "The Andy Griffith Show" 1960-1968, "Matlock" 1986-- _1926--
Griffith, Arthur  Irish journalist, nationalist, & polit.; founded Sinn Fein Party (orig. Cumann na nGaedheal) 1902 _1872-1922
Griffith, David [Lewelyn] Wark (D. W. Griffith)  US movie director & producer _1875-1948
Griffith-Joyner, [Delorez] Florence  US track athlete; sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee _1959--
Griggs, John William  US jurist & polit.; gov. of New Jersey 1896-1898; Atty. Gen. 1898-1901 _1849-1927
Grignard, [Francois Auguste] Victor  Fr. chem.; NP Chem. 1912 _1871-1935
Grillparzer, Franz  Aus. dram. & poet; wrote plays "Die Ahnfrau" 1817, "Der Traum, ein Leben" 1834, play trilogy "The Golden Fleece" 1820-1822 _1791-1872
Grimke, Angelina Emily  US Quaker abolitionist & feminist; co-wrote "American Slavery as it is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses" 1838 with Sarah Grimke; sister of Sarah Grimke _1805-1879
Grimke, Sarah Moore  US Quaker abolitionist & feminist; wrote "The Condition of Women" 1838, co-wrote "American Slavery as it is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses" 1838 with Angelina Grimke; sister of Angelina Grimke _1792-1873
Grimm, Jacob (also Jakob Grimm)  Ger. folklorist & philologist; co-compiled "Grimm's Fairy Tales" 1812-1822 with Wilhelm Grimm; wrote "Deutsche Grammatik" 1819; formulater & eponym of Grimm's Law; brother of Wilhelm Grimm _1785-1863
Grimm, Wilhelm  Ger. folklorist & philologist; co-compiled "Grimm's Fairy Tales" 1812-1822 with Wilhelm Grimm; brother of Jacob Grimm _1786-1859
Grimond, Joseph, Baron (Baron Grimond of Firth)  Brit. polit.; leader of Liberal Party 1956-1967 _1913-1993
Grindal, Edmund  Eng. prelate; archbishop of Canterbury 1576-1583 _1519?-1583
Grinevitsky, Ignaty Ioachimovich  Rus. revolutionary; assassin of Alexander II; killed by blast of own bomb during assassination _1856-1881
Grinko, Grigori Fyodorovich  Rus. Soviet admin.; Soviet finance minister 1930-1937 _1890-1938
Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell  US Congregational clergyman & educator; advised by Horace Greeley "Go west, young man, go west"; main founder & eponym of Grinnell College _1821-1891
Gris, Juan (orig. Jose Victoriano Gonzalez)  Sp. Cubist painter in France _1887-1927
Grisham, John  US lawyer & law nov.; wrote novels "A Time to Kill" 1989, "The Firm" 1991, "The Pelican Brief" 1992, "The Client" 1993, "The Chamber" 1994 _1955--
Grissom, Virgil Ivan (Gus)  US astronaut; 2nd American in space 1961; 1st human to make a 2nd space flight 1965; member of original Mercury 7; died in Apollo 1 fire _1926-1967
Griswold, [Alfred] Whitney (A. Whitney Griswold)  US educator & political sci.; pres. of Yale Univ. 1950-1963 _1906-1963
Grivas, George Theodorus (Dighenis Akritas)  Cypriot-Gk. gen. & nationalist; supported enosis; founded EOKA rebel group 1954 _1898-1974
Grizzard, Lewis McDonald Jr.  US columnist & humorist; wrote collections "Won't You Come Home, Billy Bob Bailey?" 1980, "Elvis Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself" 1986 _1946-1994
Groener, Wilhelm  Ger. admin. & gen.; Ger. defense minister 1928-1932 _1867-1939
Groening, Matthew Akbar (Matt)  US cartoonist & satirist; created Life in Hell 1980, The Simpsons _1954--
Grofe, Ferde  US composer & conductor _1892-1972
Grolier [de Servieres], Jean (Vicomte d'Aguisy)  Fr. bibliophile & scholar _1479-1565
Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich  Rus. Soviet diplomat, economist, & polit.; 1st Soviet ambassador to UN 1946-1948; Soviet foreign minister 1957-1985; chairman of Presidium of Supreme Soviet 1985-1988 _1909-1989
Gronchi, Giovanni  It. polit.; pres. of Italy 1955-1962 _1887-1978
Gronouski, John Jr.  US admin.; Postmaster Gen. 1963-1965 _1919--
Groom, Robert (Bob)  US baseball player _1884-1948
Groote, Gerhard (Gerardus Magnus)  Dutch religious reformer _1340-1384
Gropius, Walter Adolph  Ger. architect in US; founder of Bauhaus movement _1883-1969
Gropper, William  US artist _1897-1977
Gross, Courtlandt Sherrington  US aircraft industrialist; co-founded Lockheed Corp. 1927 _1904-1982
Gross, Robert Ellsworth  US aircraft businessman; pres. of Lockheed Corp. 1934-1956; chairman of Lockheed Corp. 1933-1961 _1897-1961
Grosvenor, Gilbert Hovey  US editor & geographer _1875-1966
Grosz, George  US (Ger.-born) painter _1893-1959
Grote, George  Eng. banker, historian, & polit.; wrote "History of Greece" 1846-1856 _1794-1871
Grotewohl, Otto  E. Ger. Communist polit.; 1st chancellor of E. Germany 1949-1964 _1894-1964
Grotius, Hugo (also Huig de Groot)  Dutch jurist & polit.; father of international law; wrote "De Jure Belli et Pacis" 1625 (also "On the Law of War and Peace") _1583-1645
Grouchy, Emmanuel  Fr. gen. _1766-1847
Grove, Andrew  US (Hung.-born) computer businessman; pres. of Intel Corp. 1967--; CEO of of Intel Corp. 1987-- _1936--
Grove, George, Sir  Eng. music expert; editor & eponym of "Grove's Dictionary of Music & Musicians" 1878-1889 _1820-1900
Grove, Robert Moses (Lefty)  US baseball player _1900-1975
Groves, Leslie Richard  US gen.; oversaw construction of Pentagon 1941-1943; military admin. of Manhattan Project _1896-1970
Grow, Galusha Aaron  US polit.; Speaker of the House 1861-1863 _1823-1907
Groza, Petru  Romanian Communist polit.; 1st Communist prime min. of Romania 1948-1952; pres. of Romania 1952-1958 _1884-1958
Gruber, Edmund  US army officer; wrote & composed song "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" 1907 _1879-1941
Gruber, Franz  Aus. organist; composed song "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" 1818 (also "Silent Night") _1792-1848
Gruelle, John Barton (Johnny)  US cartoonist & juvenile aut.; created Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy _1880-1938
Grueneisen, Eduard (also Eduard Gruneisen)  Ger. phys.; co-eponym of Mie-Grueneisen equation of state _1877-1949
Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian  US gen.; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1953-1956 (SACEUR); pres. of American Red Cross 1957-1964 _1899-1983
Grumman, Leroy Randle  US aircraft industrialist; founder & eponym of Grumman Corp. 1929 _1895-1982
Grundy, Felix  US polit.; Atty. Gen. 1838-1840 _1777-1840
Grunewald, Matthias  Ger. mystical painter _1455?-1528
Grunitzky, Nicolas  Togolese polit.; prime min. of Togo 1956-1958, 1963-1967; pres. of Togo 1963-1967 _1913-1969
Grynszpan, Herschel  Pol. assassin of Ernst vom Rath _1921-1943?
Gryphius, Andreas (also Andreas Greif; the German Shakespeare)  Ger. dram. & poet; wrote poetry collection "Sonn-und-Feiertagssonette" 1639, plays "Leo Arminius" 1646, "Herr Peter Squentz" 1650?, "Horribilicribrifax" 1650? _1616-1664
Guardia, Ernesto de la  Panamanian polit. _1899-1970
Guardia, Ernesto de la, Jr.  Panamanian polit.; pres. of Panama 1956-1960 _1904-1983
Guarneri, Giuseppe Antonio (also Guarnerius)  It. violin maker _1687-1745
Guccione, Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini (Bob)  US magazine publisher; founded magazine "Penthouse" 1965 _1930--
Guderian, Heinz Wilhelm  Ger. gen. in World War II; pioneer of tank warfare _1888-1954
Guedalla, Philip  Eng. aut. & popular historian; wrote "Second Empire" 1922, "The Duke" 1931, "The Hundred Days" 1934, "1936: The Hundredth Year" 1940 _1889-1944
Guercino (orig. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)  It. artist _1591-1666
Guerin, Jules  US painter _1866-1946
Guerrero, Jose Gustavo  El Salvadoran diplomat & jurist; last pres. of Permanent Court of International Justice 1937-1945; 1st pres. of World Court 1946-1949 _1876-1958
Guesclin, Bertrand du  Fr. soldier _1320?-1380
Gusde, Jules (Mathieu Basile)  Fr. socialist _1845-1922
Guest, Edgar Albert  US (Brit.-born) journalist & popular poet; wrote poetry collections "A Heap o' Livin'" 1916, "When Day is Done" 1921, "Harbor Lights of Home" 1928, "Today and Tomorrow" 1942 _1881-1959
Guevara [de la Serna], Ernesto (Che Guevara)  Latin American (Argentine-born) revolutionary & guerrilla leader; helped overthrow Fulgencio Batista; supported Fidel Castro; executed for attempted rebellion in Bolivia _1928-1967
Guggenheim, Meyer  US (Swi.-born) industrialist & philanthropist _1828-1971
Guicciardini, Francesco  It. historian & polit.; wrote history "Storia d'Italia" 1561-1564 _1483-1540
Guido, Jose Maria  Argentine polit.; acting pres. of Argentina 1962-1963 _1910-1975
Guido of Arezzo (also Aretinus)  Benedictine monk & music reformer _991?-1050
Guild, Curtis Jr.  US polit.; gov. of Massachusetts 1906-1909 _1860-1915
Guillaume, Charles Edouard  Swi. phys. in France; NP Phys. 1920 _1861-1938
Guillaume, Robert (orig. Robert Peter Williams)  US actor; starred in series "Benson" 1979-1986 _1928--
Guillemin, Roger Charles Louis  US (Fr.-born) physiologist; NP Med. 1977 _1924--
Guillotin, Joseph Ignace  Fr. physician; inventor & eponym of guillotine _1738-1814
Guinness, Alec  Eng. actor _1914--
Guise, Duc Francois de Lorraine de  Fr. polit. & soldier _1519-1563
Guise, Duc Henri I de Lorraine de  Fr. polit. & soldier _1550-1588
Guisewite, Cathy  US cartoonist; created Cathy _1950--
Guiteau, Charles Julius  US assassin of James Garfield; executed _1844-1882
Guiteras, Juan  Cuban physician _1852-1925
Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume  Fr. historian & monarchist polit. _1787-1874
Gulbenkian, Calouste Sarkis (Mr. Five Percent)  Armenian-Brit. (Turkish-born) oil industrialist _1869-1955
Guldberg, Cato Maximilian  Norw. chem.; with Peter Waage, co-discovered law of mass action 1864-1879 _1836-1902
Gulick, Luther Halsey  US educator; founded Camp Fire Girls 1910 _1865-1918
Gullstrand, Allvar  Swed. ophthalmologist; NP Med. 1911 _1862-1930
Gumbel, Bryant Charles  US broadcast journalist _1948--
Gumilev, Nikolai  Rus. poet; wrote poetry collections "The Quiver" 1915, "The Pyre", "The Pillar of Fire"; executed by Bolsheviks; husband of Anna Akhmatova 1910 _1886-1921
Gunderic  king of Burgundy 436-473? _4XX-473?
Gundicar  1st king of Burgundy 413-436; killed _3XX-436
Gundimar  last king of Burgundy 523-532 before incorporation into France; killed; son of Gundobad; brother of Sigismund _4XX-532
Gundobad  king of Burgundy 473-516; son of Gunderic _4XX-516
Gunnarsson, Gunnar  Icelandic aut.; wrote novel "Af Borgslaegtens Historie" 1920 (also "Guest the One-Eyed"; 1st Icelandic work ever made into movie), autobiographical novel "The Church on the Mountain" 1923-1928 _1889-1975
Gunther, John  US aut. & journalist; wrote "Death Be Not Proud" 1949 _1901-1970
Gunther, Kristian  Swed. diplomat; Swed. foreign minister 1940-1945 _1886-1966
Guppy, Robert John Lechmere  Brit. (Trinidadian-born) zoologist; source of word "guppy" _1836-1916
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovich  Armenian mystic _1872-1949
Gurevich, Mikhail Iosifevich  Rus. Soviet aircraft designer; co-designer & co-eponym of MIG (also MiG, Mig) series of fighter planes with Artem Mikoyan; co-designed MIG-1 1940 _1893-1976
Gursel, Cemal  Turkish gen. & polit.; prime min. of Turkey 1960-1961; pres. of Turkey 1961-1966 _1895-1966
Gustav I Eriksson (also Gustavus I)  Swed. king 1523-1560 _1496?-1560
Gustav II Adolph (also Gustavus Adolphus)  Swed. king 1611-1632; son of Carl IX _1594-1632
Gustav III (also Gustavus III)  Swed. king 1771-1792; assassinated; son of Adolph Frederick _1746-1792
Gustav IV Adolph (also Gustavus Adolphus)  Swed. king 1792-1809; deposed; son of Gustav III _1778-1837
Gustav V (also Gustavus V)  Swed. king 1907-1950; son of Oscar II _1858-1950
Gustav VI Adolph (also Gustavus Adolphus; Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf)  Swed. king 1950-1973; son of Gustav V _1882-1973
Gustloff, Wilhelm  Ger. Nazi leader in Switzerland; assassinated _1895-1936
Gutenberg, Johannes  Ger. inventor of printing with movable type 1454? _1390?-1468?
Guth, Alan Harvey  US cosmologist & phys. _1947--
Guth, Charles  US drink industrialist; founded modern Pepsi-Cola Co. 1931 _1876-1948
Guthrie, Arlo  US folksinger; son of Woody Guthrie _1947--
Guthrie, James  US polit.; Secy. of Treasury 1853-1857 _1792-1869
Guthrie, Samuel  US physician; discovered chloroform 1831 _1782-1848
Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson (Woody)  US folksinger _1912-1967
Gutierrez, Gustavo  Peruvian theol.; developer of liberation theology; wrote "A Theology of Liberation" 1971, "The Power of the Poor in History" 1984 _1928--
Gutierrez, Santos  Colombian polit.; pres. of Colombia 1868, 1869, 1869-1870 _1820-1872
Guttorm Sigurdsson  infant Norw. king 1204; ruled under regency; nephew of Haakon III _1200?-1204
Gutzkow, Karl Ferdinand  Ger. dram., journalist, & nov.; leader of Young Germany movement; wrote novels "Wally, die Zweiflerin" 1833, "Die Ritter vom Geiste" 1850-1852, plays "Richard Savage" 1839, "Zopf und Schwert" 1844 _1811-1878
Guyon, Joseph (Joe)  US football player _1892-1971
Guyug Khan (also Kulug Khan, Kuyuk Khan)  ruler of Mongol Empire 1246-1248; son of Ogdai Khan _1206-1248
Guzman, Abimael (Chairman Gonzalo)  Peruvian Communist rebel; leader of Shining Path rebel group (Sendero Luminoso) _1934--
Guzman [Fernandez], [Silvestre] Antonio  Dominican polit. & reformer; pres. of Dominican Rep. 1978-1982; possibly assassinated _1911-1982
Guzman Blanco, Antonio  Venezuelan polit.; dictator of Venezuela 1870-1889 _1829-1899
Gwinnett, Button  US (Eng.-born) polit. in American Revolution; killed in duel _1735?-1777
Gwyn, Eleanor (Nell; also Nell Gwynn, Nell Gwynne)  Eng. actress _1650-1687
Gwynn, Anthony Keith (Tony)  US baseball player; played for San Diego Padres 1982-- _1960--
Gwynne, Frederick Hubbard (Fred)  US actor; starred in series "Car 54, Where Are You?" 1961-1963, "The Munsters" 1964-1966 _1926-1993
Gyllenstierna, Johan, Count  Swed. diplomat & polit. _1635-1680
Gyndyn (also Gendun)  Mongolian polit.; 1st pres. of Mongolia 1924-1928; premier of Mongolia 1928-1930 _18XX-1937
Gyrowetz, Adalbert  Aus. composer _1763-1850
Gyongyosi, Istvan  Hung. poet; wrote epic poem "Muranyi Venus" 1664, poetry collections "Rose Wreath" 1690, "Kemeny-Janos" 1693 _1620-1704

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