Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (310 listed)
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)
Gilbert Bécaud
Legendary French Singer, Chanson Composer, Pianist & "Monsieur 100,000 Volts"
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
Editor & President of the National Geographic Society ("Father of Photojournalism")
Giuditta Pasta
Legendary 19th-Century Italian Operatic Soprano / Mezzo-Soprano & Muse of Bellini and Donizetti
Godfrey Chitalu
Greatest Zambian Footballer of All Time ("Ucar"), Scored a Record 107 Goals in a Single Year
Gough Whitlam
21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972–1975), Reformist Statesman & Architect of Modern Australia
Guillermo Valencia
Colombian Modernismo Poet, Diplomat, Statesman & Author of "Ritos"
Gustav Kirchhoff
Pioneer German Physicist & Formulator of Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws
Gustavo Gutiérrez
Peruvian Theologian, Dominican Priest & Founding Father of Liberation Theology
Hachiro Kasuga
Pioneering Japanese Enka Singer & Cultural Legend ("The Father of Modern Enka")
Hans Leo Hassler
German Late Renaissance / Early Baroque Composer & Organist Who Synthesized Italian and German Polyphony
Hans Merensky
South African Geologist, Prospector, Philanthropist & Discoverer of the Bushveld Platinum Complex
Heinrich von Kleist
Seminal German Romantic Playwright, Novelist & Poet Behind Michael Kohlhaas and The Broken Jug
Helen Reddy
Legendary Australian Singer, "Queen of 1970s Pop", Global Feminist Anthem Creator ("I Am Woman") & Grammy Winner
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Prussian Field Marshal, Chief of the Prussian and German Great General Staff & Modern Military Strategist
Henri Bergson
Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate, Leading French Philosopher & Metaphysician