Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an American pair skater. After competing with partner Robert Daw for several years, she teamed w

Was an American pair skater. After competing with partner Robert Daw for several years, she teamed with Todd Waggoner. She and Waggoner won the gold medal at the 1986 United States Figure Skating Championships. They finished fifth at the 1988 Winter Olymp

Is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, A

Is a singer-songwriter whose musical style combines elements of bluegrass, neotraditional country, Americana, old-time string band music, and folk into a rustic style that she dubs "American Primitive".[2] All of her recordings feature the close harmonies

Was a Dutch painter, working in a Flemish style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds. Later o

Was a Dutch painter, working in a Flemish style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds. Later on d'Hondecoeter painted in a more Dutch, realistic style. Gillis was the father of Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter and grandfather of the more successful Melchior d'Hondecoeter and Jan Weenix. His daughter Josijntje married Jan Baptist Weenix.

Was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe.

Was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe.

Was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe.Gina Bachauer w

Was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe.Gina Bachauer was born in Athens, Greece. She gave her first recital in Athens at the age of eight.[1] Her first concert with an orchestra was in 1932, when she was 19 years old. She recorded for the HMV (His Master's Voice), RCA Victor and Mercury labels. Before she died in 1976, she gave hundreds of concerts - including 630 for the Allied troops in the Middle East during World War II. Gina Bachauer was also the piano teacher of Princess Irene.

Was a French-Italian opera singer, one of the leading dramatic soprano of the inter-war period.Cigna

Was a French-Italian opera singer, one of the leading dramatic soprano of the inter-war period.Cigna was born in Paris, France, to parents of Italian origin. She trained as a pianist at the Paris Conservatory studying with Alfred Cortot and graduated with

An American actress and singer. Her father is a third generation Japanese American and her mother is

An American actress and singer. Her father is a third generation Japanese American and her mother is from Japan. [1Her early TV acting roles include City Guys, Port Charles and Quintuplets. Her film credits include Day of Independence , Hot Spot and Only

An Australian country singer. She was born on 1 April 1968 at Toowoomba, Queensland. She has often b

An Australian country singer. She was born on 1 April 1968 at Toowoomba, Queensland. She has often been called Australia's "Queen of Country" and has won numerous Australian country music awards.She has released 5 studio albums, 1 Christmas album and 1 Greatest hits to date.

An Australian Dance-pop/House and Eurodance singer/songwriter based in the United Kingdom. Gina is a

An Australian Dance-pop/House and Eurodance singer/songwriter based in the United Kingdom. Gina is also a Grammy Award Nominee.Gina G's music career began back in 1990, as a DJ in Melbourne. However, her profile would begin to grow in 1992 as the lead singer in the Australian Dance music group Bass Culture, which scored a Top 20 hit on the dance charts in her native country with Love The Life, a song that she also wrote. But she would leave the act in 1993 to pursue a solo career in the United Kingdom, where she would find her biggest success.

Is a Cuban painter who lives in France. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong

Is a Cuban painter who lives in France. She is known for her abstract expressive paintings in strong colours, usually depicting women. She has also written collections of poems.In 1959 she fled from the Cuban dictatorship of Fidel Castro, and in 1960 she made her first solo exhibition in Luzern, Switzerland. Since then she has mad exhibitions in various countries. Particularly in France where she lives, but also in the United States. She got a close relationship to the Danish painter Asger Jorn from the CoBrA group, and the influence from this artistic group is obvious in her works.

Is best known as the drummer in the all-girl punk/pop band, The Go-Go's.Schock's career began as dru

Is best known as the drummer in the all-girl punk/pop band, The Go-Go's.Schock's career began as drummer for Edie and the Eggs, a band assembled to feature the John Waters star Edith Massey. After her stint in Edie and the Eggs, Schock relocated to Los An

Is an American blues singer. She is the youngest daughter of Giovanni Sicilia, an Italian immigrant,

Is an American blues singer. She is the youngest daughter of Giovanni Sicilia, an Italian immigrant, born in southern Italy) and Patricia Sicilia, born in Philadelphia.Exposed to music by her parents, Sicilia showed a passion for music at a young age. By

Was a French pianist and expert and leading performer[1] on the twentieth-century electronic instrum

Was a French pianist and expert and leading performer[1] on the twentieth-century electronic instrument the ondes Martenot, which was invented by her brother Maurice. At the age of sixteen, she entered the Paris Conservatory, where she studied counterpoint and fugue with the composer Arthur Honegger. She gave the first performance (and subsequently made recordings) as solo ondist in Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie, with Yvonne Loriod taking the solo piano part.

Was a French violinist.Born in Paris into a very musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist an

Was a French violinist.Born in Paris into a very musical family, Ginette Neveu became a violinist and her brother Jean-Paul Neveu a classical pianist. She was also the grandniece of composer Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937). A child prodigy, Ginette Neveu took lessons from her mother and made her solo debut at the age of seven with the Colonne Orchestra in Paris. Her parents then decided to send her to study under Line Talluel, and after further studies with Jules Boucherit at the Paris Conservatory, she completed her training with instruction from George Enescu, Nadia Boulanger, and Carl Flesch.

Is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.In early 2001, Gi

Is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his band The Wildhearts.In early 2001, Ginger set out to release one CD single featuring three new tracks every month for the entire year, in a project known as The Singles Club. This would be the

Was an Italian illustrator.Following the lead of fellow poster artist Achille Mauzan, Boccasile went

Was an Italian illustrator.Following the lead of fellow poster artist Achille Mauzan, Boccasile went to Buenos Aires for a time where he met his future spouse Alma Corsi. Alma Corsi. He then leaves again for Paris, where he had an issue of the “Paris Tabou” excellent review dedicated to his work and participated in the 1932 Salon des Independants.

An Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.After a stint in New York City, Vannel

An Italian-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer.After a stint in New York City, Vannelli and his brothers went to Los Angeles, California. He signed with Herb Alpert's A&M Records, releasing his first album under that label in 1973. Gino's b

Is an American R&B singer and an occasional actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuw

Is an American R&B singer and an occasional actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the '90s heyday of hip-hop so

is a popular music singer, most noted as a member of the vocal group Exposé.Bruno was born in Bari

is a popular music singer, most noted as a member of the vocal group Exposé.Bruno was born in Bari, Italy. She was raised in New Jersey. At the age of 16, she started singing in night clubs with bands, after being encouraged by her friend David Fields to

Is an Italian female singer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high

Is an Italian female singer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities. She is one of the most iconic and famous Italian singers. She has released ten studio albums, which all enjoye

Is an Italian comic strip artist. He started his career at age 14, as an inker for Romano Scarpa. He

Is an Italian comic strip artist. He started his career at age 14, as an inker for Romano Scarpa. He made stories about Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and others.

Was an influential pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist Greek-Italian painter born in Volos, Greece, t

Was an influential pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist Greek-Italian painter born in Volos, Greece, to a Genovese mother and a Sicilian father. He founded the scuola metafisica art movement. His name (pronounced "JOHR-joh day KEE-ree-koh", IPA: /'d??r.d?o

Was an Italian painter who specialized in still life.Morandi was born in Bologna, Italy. In 1907 he

Was an Italian painter who specialized in still life.Morandi was born in Bologna, Italy. In 1907 he went to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti. The works of his formative years show him experimenting with a style related to Cézanne and to Cubism, with a

Was an Italian painter and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, co

Was an Italian painter and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.In 1529 he visited Rome and studied the works of Raphael and others of the Roman High Renaissance. Vasari's own Mannerist paintings were more admired in his lifetime than afterwards. He was consistently employed by patrons in the Medici family in Florence and Rome, and he worked in Naples, Arezzo and other places. Many of his pictures still exist, the most important being the wall and ceiling paintings in the great Sala di Cosimo I of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, where he and his assistants were at work from 1555, and his uncompleted frescoes inside the vast cupola of the Duomo, completed by Federico Zuccari and with the help of Giovanni Balducci. He also helped organize the decoration of the Studiolo, now reassembled in the Palazzo Vecchio.

The familiar name of Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, an Italian painter, a seminal artist of the

The familiar name of Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco, an Italian painter, a seminal artist of the High Renaissance in Venice. Giorgione is known for the elusive poetic quality of his work, though only about six surviving paintings are known for certain to be his work. The resulting uncertainty about the identity and meaning of his art has made Giorgione one of the most mysterious figures in European painting.