Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Brian Grazer
Film producer Born Brian Thomas Grazer, July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, CA; married Corki Corman (divorced); married Gigi Levangie, 1997 (separated, April, 2006); children: S...
Catherine the Great
Born: April 21, 1729 Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland) Died: November 6, 1796 Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Russia) German-born...
Alexander the Great
Born: September 20, 356 B.C.E. Pella, Macedonia Died: June 13, 323 B.C.E. Babylon Macedoni...
Herod the Great
Born: 73 B.C.E. Died: 4 B.C.E. Jericho, Judea King of Judea Herod the Great, king of Judea, ...
Brian Greene
February 9, 1963 • New York, New York Physicist, author With his hip New York wardrobe, salt-and-pepper hair, and quick grin, Brian Gre...
Graham Greene
Born: October 2, 1904 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Died: April 3, 1991 Vevey, Switzerland English author, novelist, and drama...
Deborah Gregory
Brooklyn, New York Author, designer Deborah Gregory had already achieved success in several careers, including working as a fashion model, entertainer, and magazine col...
Helen Greiner
1967 • London, England Roboticist, president and cofounder of iRobot Corporation For roboticist Helen Greiner the future is not found in the ...
Wayne Gretzky
Born: January 26, 1961 Brantford, Ontario, Canada Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, known by hockey fans simply as "The Great One," became th...
Martha Griffiths
Born Martha Wright, January 29, 1912, in Pierce City, MO; died April 22, 2003, in Armada, MI. United States Representative. Martha Griffiths entered Congress in 1955, was re–elected nine t...
Brothers Grimm
Jakob Grimm Born: January 4, 1785 Hanau, Germany Died: September 20, 1863 Berlin, Germany German ...
Josh Groban
February 27, 1981 • Los Angeles, California Singer Josh Groban is not a typical twenty-something pop singer, and record store owners ha...
Wang Guangmei
Former Chinese first lady Wang Guangmei (1921–2006) lived through many of the most turbulent events of twentieth-century Chinese history. Born into Well-Off Famil...
Ismail Omar Guelleh
President of Djibouti Born November 27, 1947, in Ethiopia; son of Omar Guelleh and Moumina Rirache; married; children: four. Addresses: Office ...
Christopher Guest
Actor, writer, and director Born Christopher Haden–Guest, February 5, 1948, in New York, NY; son of Peter (an editor) and Jean (maiden name, Hindes; a network executive) Had...
Woody Guthrie
Born: July 14, 1912 Okemah, Oklahoma Died: October 3, 1967 New York, New York American musician, songwriter, and singer ...
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor Born Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal, December 19, 1980, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Stephen Gyllenhaal (a film director) and Naomi Foner (a screenwriter). Educatio...
Sabiha Gökçen
Turkish aviator Sabiha Gökçen (1913–2001) was the first woman in her country to earn a pilot's license, and is believed to be the world's first female combat pilot. Gökçe...