Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Hans Geiger
Born: September 30, 1882 Neustadt an-der-Haardt, Germany Died: September 24, 1945 Potsdam, Germany German experimental physicist ...
Theodor Geisel
Born: March 2, 1904 Springfield, Massachusetts Died: September 24, 1991 La Jolla, California American children's book author and ill...
Martha Gellhorn
American journalist Martha Gellhorn (1908–1998) was one of the first female war correspondents ever and one of the best American war reporters of the twentieth century. Instead of ...
Julie Gerberding
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Born Julie Louise Gerberding, August 22, 1955, in Estelline, SD; married David Rose (a computer software engineer); chil...
Julie Gerberding
August 22, 1955 • Estelline, South Dakota Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding is a physician and an expert ...
J. Paul Getty
Born: December 15, 1892 Minneapolis, Minnesota Died: June 6, 1976 London, England American businessman J. Paul Getty ...
Stan Getz
Of the great instrumental soloists who emerged from the revolution in jazz styles that grew in the years after World War II, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (1927–1991) was perhaps the...
Carlos Ghosn
Brazilian-born executive Carlos Ghosn (born 1954) has become known as one of the automobile industry's great turnaround artists. Dubbed "le cost killer" and "the destroye...
Kahlil Gibran
Born: January 6, 1883 Besharri, Lebanon Died: April 10, 1931 New York, New York Lebanese poet, author, and artist Leb...
Althea Gibson
Born August 25, 1927, in Silver, SC; died of respiratory failure, September 28, 2003, in East Orange, NJ. Professional tennis player. Althea Gibson broke the color barrier in the world of ...
Althea Gibson
Born: August 25, 1927 Silver, South Carolina African American tennis player Althea Gibson is noted not only for her exceptional abilities as a tennis ...
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Professional hockey player Born on May 16, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of Claude (a bus driver) and Gisele Giguere; married Kristen Fawthrop, 2003. Addre...
Dizzy Gillespie
Born: October 21, 1917 Cheraw, South Carolina Died: October 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey African American musician and bandleader ...
Ian Ginsberg
Pharmacist and entrepreneur Born c. 1962; son of a pharmacist, Jerry. Education: Earned pharmacy degree from Long Island University, 1985. A...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born: March 15, 1933 Brooklyn, New York American Supreme Court justice and lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second woman ever to sit on the United Sta...
Vincent Van Gogh
Born: March 30, 1853 Groot-Zundert, Holland Died: July 29, 1890 Auvers, France Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was a D...
Thomas Gold
Born May 22, 1920, in Vienna, Austria; died of heart disease, June 22, 2004, in Ithaca, NY. Scientist. Through his maverick research at Cornell University, Thomas Gold first came to promin...
Whoopi Goldberg
Born: November 13, 1955 New York, New York African American actress and comedian The high-energy actress Whoopi Goldberg has appeared in such films as ...
William Golding
Born: September 19, 1911 Saint Columb, Cornwall, England Died: June 19, 1993 Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England English author ...
Andy Goldsworthy
Artist Born July 25, 1956, in Cheshire, England; son of Fredrick Alan (a professor) and Muriel (Stanger) Goldsworthy; married Judith Elizabeth Gregson; children: James, Holl...