Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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Icons Remembered & Celebrated Today
Burt Lancaster
David Schwimmer
James K. Polk
Warren G. Harding
Eva Cassidy
James Thurber
George Bernard Shaw
All Personalities (991 listed)
Geoffrey Chaucer
"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales
Georg Büchner
Revolutionary German Playwright, Poet, Scientist & Author of Woyzeck and Danton's Death
George Abbot
Archbishop of Canterbury & Bible Translator
George Baker
Actor & Parliamentarian
George Bernard Shaw
Nobel Laureate in Literature, Academy Award-Winning Playwright, Critic & Polemicist
George Boole
Mathematician, Logician & Philosopher, Father of Boolean Logic
George C. Scott
Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove
George Foreman
Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Entrepreneur
Georges Bizet
Immense French Romantic Composer, Virtuoso Pianist & Creator of the Masterpiece Opera Carmen
Georges Danton
Titan of the French Revolution, First President of the Committee of Public Safety & Master Orator of the Cordeliers Club
Georges Sorel
Social Philosopher & Theorist
Gerard van Honthorst
Dutch Golden Age Master Painter & Leader of the Utrecht Caravaggisti ("Gherardo delle Notti")
Gerd Müller
"Der Bomber", 1974 FIFA World Cup Champion, Ballon d'Or Winner & Bayern Munich Legend
Gerhard Ertl
Physicist, Physical Chemist & Nobel Laureate
Ghazan Khan
7th Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate & Renowned Political and Cultural Reformer
Gideon Sundback
Swedish-American Electrical Engineer & Inventor of the Modern Zipper (Hookless Fastener)