Famous Personalities & Cultural Icons
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All Personalities (341 listed)
Galina Vishnevskaya
Legendary Russian Operatic Soprano, Bolshoi Theatre Prima Donna, People’s Artist of the USSR & Human Rights Advocate
Garrincha
Legendary Brazilian Footballer & Two-Time World Cup Champion
Gene Roddenberry
Visionary Television Screenwriter, Producer & Legendary Creator of "Star Trek"
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 C. Scott
Academy Award & Emmy-Winning American Actor, Stage Director & Iconic Star of Patton and Dr. Strangelove
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
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