Biography
1803 peopleBiographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
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. ...
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...
Herod the Great
Born: 73 B.C.E. Died: 4 B.C.E. Jericho, Judea King of Judea Herod the Great, king of Judea, ...
Alexander the Great
Born: September 20, 356 B.C.E. Pella, Macedonia Died: June 13, 323 B.C.E. Babylon Macedoni...
Catherine the Great
Born: April 21, 1729 Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland) Died: November 6, 1796 Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Russia) German-born...
Graham Greene
Born: October 2, 1904 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Died: April 3, 1991 Vevey, Switzerland English author, novelist, and drama...
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...
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 ...