Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is an American Country Music singer and theater actor, who enjoyed a string of Countrypolitan hit so

Is an American Country Music singer and theater actor, who enjoyed a string of Countrypolitan hit songs throughout the 1980s. He is also known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings". He later became a successful theater actor.

Is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commerci

Is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music[1] and has been described as the "King of synthpop."[2] Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

Is an English actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 80s through

Is an English actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 80s through a number of television appearances, and subsequently moved into theatre.

Is an American artist best known for his cover paintings for works of science fiction and fantasy li

Is an American artist best known for his cover paintings for works of science fiction and fantasy literature. His cover artwork for Dan Simmons's novel Hyperion was nominated for the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork.Ruddell's commercial clients include Bantam Books, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Avon Books, Ace Books, Ballantine Books and Baen Books. His artwork has been featured on the covers of books by such science fiction luminaries as Robert Lynn Asprin, Lois McMaster Bujold, C. J. Cherryh, and Connie Willis. Other commercial clients have included Playboy Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Broderbund Software, Magic: The Gathering and Sega Corporation.

Was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock

Was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound. During the peak of his popularity in the mid-1970s Time magazine described him as the "king of honkytonk."[2]

Was an American figure skater. He won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice

Was an American figure skater. He won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice and captured the bronze medal at the World Figure Skating Championships two times. He currently works as a coach.

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Van Wittel learned painting in his hometown of Amersfoort. His first e

Was a Dutch landscape painter.Van Wittel learned painting in his hometown of Amersfoort. His first extant works were made in Hoorn in 1672, but he relocated to Rome with his family ca. 1675 and made his career there. In Amersfoort, he likely was exposed to Dutch landscape artists such as Jan van der Heyden and Gerrit Berckheyde.

Was a French painter.The adoptive son of Nicolas Poussin, he was actually the brother of Poussin's w

Was a French painter.The adoptive son of Nicolas Poussin, he was actually the brother of Poussin's wife. He devoted himself to landscape painting and rendered admirably the severer beauties of the Roman Campagna; a noteworthy series of works in tempera representing various sites near Rome is to be seen in the Colonna Palace; but one of his finest easel-pictures, the Sacrifice of Abraham, formerly the property of the Colonna, is now, with other works by the same painter, in the National Gallery, London.

Is the name given to Gasparo di Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers of which many and very

Is the name given to Gasparo di Bertolotti, one of the earliest violin makers of which many and very detailed historical records (documents and instruments) exist. His native village was Salò on Lake Garda, Italy. His father and uncle were clever violin p

Was a French animalier sculptor who specialised in horses. His bronze statuettes are very realistic.

Was a French animalier sculptor who specialised in horses. His bronze statuettes are very realistic. Gaston d'Illiers devoted all his life to his two passions: horses and sculpture. He was a very fine rider and showed a deep knowledge of horses. He decided to become a sculptor and took to modelling horses.

Was a French organist and composer. Considered one of the 20th century masters of the French organ[1

Was a French organist and composer. Considered one of the 20th century masters of the French organ[1], he toured, recorded, worked at churches, and taught students in and around Paris. Blind from infancy, he studied and taught for most of his life at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute for the Blind).

Was a French-American sculptor, active in the early 20th century. A native of Paris he was most note

Was a French-American sculptor, active in the early 20th century. A native of Paris he was most noted for his female nudes such as Standing Woman.French-born American sculptor known for his massively proportioned female nudes. Lachaise was the son of a cabinetmaker. At age 13 he entered a craft school, where he was trained in the decorative arts, and from 1898 to 1904 he studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts. He began his artistic career as a designer of Art Nouveau decorative objects for the French jeweler René Lalique. Having fallen in love with an American woman, Lachaise immigrated to the United States in 1906 and worked in Boston for H. H. Kitson, an academic sculptor of military monuments. In 1912 Lachaise went to New York City and worked as an assistant to the sculptor Paul Manship. Like Manship his work can be seen at Rockefeller Center.

Was an Indian singer and dancer meaning a Tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers

Was an Indian singer and dancer meaning a Tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India [1].Gauhar Jaan was born as Angelina Yeoward in 1873 in Patna, to William Robert Yeoward, an Armenian Jew working as an engineer in dry ice factory at Azamgarh, near Banaras, who married a Jewish Armenian lady, Allen Victoria Hemming around 1870. Victoria was born and brought up in India, and trained in music and dance.

An Indian artist.His early art education was at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Bombay an

An Indian artist.His early art education was at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Bombay and he later he went on to train in Fresco and Mural techniques in Banasthali, Rajasthan. From 1962 to 1994, he was associated with the Weaver's Service Centre, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India in various posts, and retired as Director, Coordination and Design Exports for the Centres and Indian Institutes of Handloom Technology. The W.S.C's had artists working closely with weavers for the development of modern textile designs, and Vaghela here developed deep interactions with artists like K.G. Subramanyan, Prabhakar Barwe and Ambadas.

Is a Norwegian singer and was the Idol runner-up to Kurt Nilsen in 2003.

Is a Norwegian singer and was the Idol runner-up to Kurt Nilsen in 2003.

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Gavin DeGraw grew up in Catskills, in South Fallsburg

Is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Gavin DeGraw grew up in Catskills, in South Fallsburg, New York. His father was a prison guard and his mother was a detox specialist, as mentioned in his song

Is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter.Gavin grew up in Glasnevin, a neighbourhood

Is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer and painter.Gavin grew up in Glasnevin, a neighbourhood located on Dublin's Northside. He was a founding member of the gothic rock group The Virgin Prunes and has recorded several solo albums and soundtracks. He has maintained a close friendship with U2's Bono since both were children, and they collaborated on the soundtrack for the Jim Sheridan film In the Name of the Father.

Is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former British rock

Is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former British rock band, Bush, and later the lead singer and guitarist of Institute, which broke up in 2006 after only one album. He is also married to Gwen Stefani, they ha

Is an Australian country music entertainer and recording artist. Gay used her maiden name in her pro

Is an Australian country music entertainer and recording artist. Gay used her maiden name in her professional career until 1978, when she changed the spelling to Kayler to maintain a consistency of pronunciation.

Is a blues singer and guitarist, teacher, lecturer, activist, and photographer.Gaye's father, Claren

Is a blues singer and guitarist, teacher, lecturer, activist, and photographer.Gaye's father, Clarence R. Todd, was the first Black school board member in Fredericksburg and was also a jazz musician.[1] He later founded a performing arts group for black y

Is perhaps best known for her song, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia, 1953). A child

Is perhaps best known for her song, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" (Columbia, 1953). A child star from Ponca City, Oklahoma, she was ten years old when she recorded the novelty song, which had been written by John Rox in 1950.

A mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. Her first novel, Touch, was published

A mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. Her first novel, Touch, was published by Edmonton's NeWest Press in 2005.Froese was educated at Ryerson University in Toronto and currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta. Her first CD, Obituary, won an Undiscovered Artist Award from CBC Radio. Froese appeared on Canadian Learning Television's A Total Write Off in 2006 and was one of twelve writers selected as a finalist for BookTelevision's 3 Day Novel Contest in 2007. She was also shortlisted in the overall 2007 International Three-Day Novel Contest.

Is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the E

Is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the English alternative rock band, Supergrass. He first entered the music scene aged sixteen as the lead singer of the band The Jennifers which featured current Supergrass band mate Danny Goffey. Gaz was soon noticeable for his large sideburns during the 1990s.

Is an Egyptian painter.

Is an Egyptian painter.

Is a Chinese artist best known for painting the massive 6 x 4.6 meter portrait of Mao Zedong that ha

Is a Chinese artist best known for painting the massive 6 x 4.6 meter portrait of Mao Zedong that hangs at Tiananmen Gate in Tiananmen Square. [1]In 1976, the year of Mao Zedong's death, Wang Guodong retired and Ge Xiaoguang took his place in 1977 as the author of Mao's portrait at Tiananmen Gate, which must be re-painted and re-hung yearly due to the effects of weather and air pollution.[5] It is a job that Ge Xiaoguang continues to this day in a studio located near Tiananmen Square. He is also an artist of landscape paintings.