Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an Italian philosopher best-known as an early proponent of heliocentrism and the infinity of the

Was an Italian philosopher best-known as an early proponent of heliocentrism and the infinity of the universe. In addition to his cosmological writings, he also wrote extensive works on the art of memory, a loosely-organized group of mnemonic techniques a

Is an Italian philosopher who teaches at the Università IUAV di Venezia. He also teaches at the Col

Is an Italian philosopher who teaches at the Università IUAV di Venezia. He also teaches at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and previously taught at the University of Macerata an

Was a Tyrolian physician and naturalist.He spent two years as private secretary to the Count of Seck

Was a Tyrolian physician and naturalist.He spent two years as private secretary to the Count of Seckan, and then was appointed as physician of the mercury mines in Idrija, a small Slovenian town in the Habsburg realm, remaining there for sixteen years. In 1761 he published De Hydroargyro Idriensi Tentamina on the symptoms of mercury poisoning among mercury miners.Scopoli spent time studying the local natural history, publishing Flora Carniolica (1760) as well as a major work on the insects of Carniola as well, Entomologia Carniolica (1763). He also published a series of Anni Historico-Naturales (1769-72), which included first descriptions of birds from various collections.

Was an Italian botanist who was a native of Firenze.In 1862 he earned his degree in natural sciences

Was an Italian botanist who was a native of Firenze.In 1862 he earned his degree in natural sciences from the University of Pisa, where he later became an instructor and professor. In 1880 he was a professor of botany at the University of Turin, and in 18

Was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology".Arduino was born at Caprino

Was an Italian geologist who is known as the "Father of Italian Geology".Arduino was born at Caprino Veronese, Veneto. He was a mining specialist who developed possibly the first classification of geological time, based on study of the geology of northern

Was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist. A critic of modern rationalism and a

Was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist. A critic of modern rationalism and apologist of classical antiquity, Vico's magnum opus is titled "Principles/Origins of [re]New[ed] Science about the Common Nature of Nations" (Principi di S

Was an Italian astronomer.Donati graduated at the university in his native city Pisa and afterwards

Was an Italian astronomer.Donati graduated at the university in his native city Pisa and afterwards he joined the staff of the Observatory of Florence in 1852 and was appointed director in 1864. Donati was the first to obtain and analyze the spectrum of comets. Between 1854 and 1864 he discovered six new comets, including the spectacular Comet Donati (C/1858 L1), found in 1858. He also pioneered spectroscopy of comets to determine their physical composition, discovering that the spectrum changed when a comet approached the Sun and heating caused it to emit its own light rather than reflected sunlight, concluding that the composition of comets is, at least in part, gaseous.

Was an Italian astronomer. He was a Jesuit who entered the order in 1614. He was also the first pers

Was an Italian astronomer. He was a Jesuit who entered the order in 1614. He was also the first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a freely falling body.He devoted his career to the study of astronomy, often working with Francesco Maria Grimaldi. He wrote the important work Almagestum novum in 1651. By necessity, he opposed the Copernican heliocentric theory though praising its value as a simple hypothesis.He and Grimaldi extensively studied the Moon, of which Grimaldi drew a map. Much of the nomenclature of lunar features still in use today is due to him and Grimaldi. He also observed Saturn, and was one of the first Europeans to note that Mizar was a double star.

Was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, best known for his 1589 work Della ragione di St

Was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, best known for his 1589 work Della ragione di Stato (The Reason of State). In this work, he argued against the amoral political philosophy associated with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, not only because it lacked a Christian foundation but also because it simply did not work. Basing his political and economic ideas primarily on the thought of Thomas Aquinas, Botero argued for a more sophisticated relationship between princes and their subjects, one that would give the people more power in the political and economic matters of the state. In this way, Botero foreshadowed the thought of later liberal thinkers, such as John Locke and Adam Smith.

Was an Italian-born astronomer, nephew of Giacomo F. Maraldi. Maraldi came to Paris in 1727 and beca

Was an Italian-born astronomer, nephew of Giacomo F. Maraldi. Maraldi came to Paris in 1727 and became a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1731. There, while observing Comet De Chéseaux with Jacques Cassini in 1746, he discovered two "nebulous stars", which later turned out to be globular clusters M15 and M2. Maraldi retired to Perinaldo, Italy in 1772. He was poshumously honored, along with his uncle, by the naming of lunar crater Maraldi in 1935.

Was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer. Cassini, also known as Giandomen

Was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, engineer, and astrologer. Cassini, also known as Giandomenico Cassini, was born in Perinaldo, near Sanremo, at that time in the Republic of Genoa.Cassini was an astronomer at the Panzano Observatory, from 1648 to 1669. He was a professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna and became, in 1671, director of the Paris Observatory. He thoroughly adopted his new country, to the extent that he became interchangeably known as Jean-Dominique Cassini —although that is also the name of his great-grandson.Along with Robert Hooke, Cassini is given credit for the discovery of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter (ca. 1665). Cassini was the first to observe four of Saturn's moons, which he called Sidera Lodoicea; he also discovered the Cassini Division (1675). Around 1690, Cassini was the first to observe differential rotation within Jupiter's atmosphere.

Was an Italian astronomer. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory and worked f

Was an Italian astronomer. He studied at the University of Turin and Berlin Observatory and worked for over forty years at Brera Observatory.He observed objects in the solar system, and after observing Mars he named the "seas" and "continents". Beginning in 1877 he also believed he had observed long straight features he called canali in Italian, meaning "channels" but mistranslated as "canals". Many decades later these canals of Mars were definitively shown to be an optical illusion. He was also the first to demonstrate that the Perseid and Leonid meteor showers were associated with comets.His niece Elsa Schiaparelli became a famed couturiere.

An Italian politician and economist. He is the current Minister of Economy and Finance in the Italia

An Italian politician and economist. He is the current Minister of Economy and Finance in the Italian government, presided over by Silvio Berlusconi. He served in the same capacity and as Deputy Prime Minister in prior Berlusconi cabinets.He first ran for the Italian Parliament in 1987 with the Italian Socialist Party. Elected for the first time in 1994 for the Pact for Italy, he switched his allegiance to Forza Italia soon after the Parliament held session, and obtained a position in the first Berlusconi cabinet.Born in Sondrio, Northern Lombardy, in a family of Venetian ancestry (from Lorenzago di Cadore, Northern Veneto), he was the man who facilitated the dialogue between Silvio Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi,

Was an American molecular biologist of Italian origin, a professor at the California Institute of Te

Was an American molecular biologist of Italian origin, a professor at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He made pioneering studies on the human mitochondrial structure and function.[1][2][3] He received the Gairdner Foundation International Award in 1998 for his contributions to medical science.[4]

Italian astronomer and physician. He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Ro

Italian astronomer and physician. He was a Jesuit and director of the observatory at the Collegio Romano.His works include:De veneris per solem transitu exercitatio astronomica habita in Collegio Romano (Rome, 1761).

Was an Italian volcanologist.Subsequently the Italian government appointed him a professor at Domodo

Was an Italian volcanologist.Subsequently the Italian government appointed him a professor at Domodossola, followed by a post at Reggio di Calabria and finally a post at the Naples University. He was also director of the Vesuvius Observatory until the time of his death. Among his pupils was Giuseppe Moscati.He is best remembered today for his Mercalli scale for measuring earthquakes which is still used today. The Mercalli scale, unlike the more famous Richter scale, doesn't measure the actual energy released by an earthquake but how much effect an earthquake had on a given area, making it poorly suited for measuring earthquakes in sparsely populated areas, but ideal for comparing damage done by various tremors. The Mercalli scale, which has been widely used in earthquake engineering, gives a rating from I to XII, where I is felt only by a very few and XII has near total damage, few or no masonry structures remain standing, and objects are thrown into the air.

Was an Italian naturalist.Olivi was born at Chioggia. He was the author of Zoologia Adriatica (1792)

Was an Italian naturalist.Olivi was born at Chioggia. He was the author of Zoologia Adriatica (1792). He died in Padua.

Was an Italian mathematician, whose work was of exceptional philosophical value. The author of over

Was an Italian mathematician, whose work was of exceptional philosophical value. The author of over 200 books and papers, he was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory, to which he contributed much notation. The standard axiomatization of the natu

Was an Italian Theatine monk, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and

Was an Italian Theatine monk, mathematician, and astronomer. He was born in Ponte in Valtellina, and died in Naples. He established an observatory at Palermo, now the Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo – Giuseppe S. Vaiana[1].Piazzi discovered the Ceres, today known as the largest member of the asteroid belt. On January 1, 1801, Piazzi discovered a "stellar object" that moved against the background of stars. At first he thought it was a fixed star, but once he noticed that it moved, he became convinced it was a planet, or as he called it, "a new star".In his journal, he wrote: "The light was a little faint, and of the colour of Jupiter, but similar to many others which generally are reckoned of the eighth magnitude. Therefore I had no doubt of its being any other than a fixed star. In the evening of the second I repeated my observations, and having found that it did not correspond either in time or in distance from the zenith with the former observation,

Was an American zoologist.

Was an American zoologist.

Was a behavioral geneticist and psychology professor at Florida State University. Beyond his work in

Was a behavioral geneticist and psychology professor at Florida State University. Beyond his work into the genetics of sensory system function in mice, in his later life he supported race and intelligence research and eugenics, and for these views was frequently accused of supporting scientific racismHe earned his bachelor's degree from University of Minnesota, as well as his doctorate from there in 1966. He then enlisted in the United States Air Force and served until 1969. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics with the University of Colorado, under Gerry McClearn and John DeFries. In 1970, Whitney was hired by the Florida State University to represent behavioral genetics in the psychobiology program,[1] where he would stay until his death.

Was a wildcatter and a flamboyant oil tycoon. Within the oil industry and the media he was sometimes

Was a wildcatter and a flamboyant oil tycoon. Within the oil industry and the media he was sometimes referred to as "Diamond Glenn" and "The King of the Wildcatters". McCarthy was noted as an oil prospector and entrepreneur who owned many businesses in diverse fields. McCarthy founded the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, which gained him brief national fame and inspired the fictional character Jett Rink in Edna Ferber's 1952 novel Giant along with its 1956 film adaptation which starred James Dean in the role.

Is an Australian economist and the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Is an Australian economist and the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia.

A former TV spokesperson for "Senior Dimensions" a Nevada-based healthcare organization, was born (D

A former TV spokesperson for "Senior Dimensions" a Nevada-based healthcare organization, was born (December 14, 1925) in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is grandmother to famous child actor Ryan Malgarini who lives with her along with her husband in Nevada. She has played some small movie roles, including an uncredited apperence in Freaky Friday, 2003, as the mother of the groom "Ryan" ('played by Mark Harmon' ). In the rehearsal dinner scene, she is seated at the same table as Harmon, as well as her real-life grandson, who plays young Harry.

He was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (S

He was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) Allen, and studied at Harvard University, Massachusetts. After graduating, he lectured in zoology at Harvard and held the position of Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.