Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich
Austrian-born British writer and educator Ernst Gombrich (1909–2001) penned The Story of Art (1950), a textbook that dominated its field like fe...
Samuel Gompers
Born: January 27, 1850 London, England Died: December 13, 1924 San Antonio, Texas English-born American union leader and union organ...
Jane Goodall
Born: April 3, 1934 London, England English primatologist and scientist Jane Goodall was a pioneering English primatologist (a person who studies ...
Mal Goode
As a network news reporter, Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) was the first African American to hold a regular on-air job in the journalism field. He started out in radio news in Pi...
Benny Goodman
Born: May 30, 1909 Chicago, Illinois Died: 1986 New York, New York American musician, bandleader, and clarinetist Ben...
Drew and Myra Goodman
Founders of Earthbound Farm Born Drew Goodman, c. 1961; son of James Goodman (an art dealer); married Myra, 1986; children: Marea, Jeffrey. Born Myra Rubin, c. 1964; daughter ...
Mikhail Gorbachev
Born: March 2, 1931 Privolnoe, Russia Russian politician and president Mikhail Gorbachev achieved national recognition as member of the Communist ...
Michael Gordon
Hair stylist and executive Born c. 1951; son of a hairdresser; married (divorced); children: two. Education: Apprenticed at the salons of Rene of Mayfair a...
Al Gore
Born: March 31, 1948 Washington, D.C. American vice president, senator, and congressman Al Gore, U.S. representative, senator, and forty-fifth vice pre...
William Gottlieb
Born William Paul Gottlieb, January 28, 1917, in New York, NY; died of complications from a stroke, April 23, 2006, in Great Neck, NY. Photographer, jazz writer, and children's book author...
Jay Gould
Born: May 27, 1836 Roxbury, New York Died: December 2, 1892 New York, New York American financier and businessman Ame...
Stephen Jay Gould
Born: September 10, 1941 New York, New York Died: May 20, 2002 New York, New York American paleontologist, scientist, and author ...
Topher Grace
Actor Born Christopher Grace, July 19, 1978, in New York, NY. Education: Attended the University of Southern California, c. 1997-98. Address...
Brian Graden
President of Entertainment for MTV and VH1 Born March 23, 1963, in Hillsboro, IL. Education: Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, B.A, 1985; Harvard Busines...
Brian Graden
March 23, 1963 • Hillsboro, Illinois President of programming, MTV and VH1 Brian Graden has the knack—the knack for knowing what twenty...
Martha Graham
Born: May 11, 1894 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: April 1, 1991 New York, New York American dancer, choreographer, and teacher ...
Katharine Graham
Born: June 16, 1917 New York, New York Died: July 17, 2001 Boise, Idaho American publisher The renowned publisher Kat...
Temple Grandin
Scientist, inventor, and author Born August 29, 1947, in Boston, MA; daughter of Richard Grandin (a real estate agent) and Eustacia Cutler (a writer, singer, and actress; maiden ...
Christine Granville
Polish-born secret agent Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952) was a heroine of World War II. Using the name Christine Granville, she risked death on multiple occasions in support of Britai...
Spalding Gray
Born on June 5, 1941, in Barrington, RI; went missing on January 10, 2004, confirmed dead from suicide on March 8, 2004, after his body was recovered from the East River in New York City. ...