American Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define liter

Is an American author. He wrote for The New York Times in the early 1960s and helped to define literary journalism or "new nonfiction reportage", also known as New Journalism. His most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

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 a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer O

Is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team.

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.

Is the Green Party mayor of the city of Richmond, California and a member of Richmond's City Council

Is the Green Party mayor of the city of Richmond, California and a member of Richmond's City Council. McLaughlin was elected on November 7, 2006 by a 279-vote[1] margin over incumbent mayor Irma A. Anderson.[2] Richmond is, as of 2009, the largest city in the country with a Green Party mayor.[3]McLaughlin is a social activist who has participated in the peace, social justice, civil rights, and environmental movements. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology, with graduate study in psychology and education.

Was a marathon runner and bodybuilder from Canada.Olinekova grew up in Toronto, attending Alderwood

Was a marathon runner and bodybuilder from Canada.Olinekova grew up in Toronto, attending Alderwood High School and Ryerson Polytechnic Institute. She was the Canadian 400-meter champion in 1969 with a time of 55.5 seconds, and was a 400-meter and 800-met

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 American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He attended Wichita State Univer

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He attended Wichita State University, Butler Community College, Kansas State University, and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.Nickerson was selected in the second round (34th overall) of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks. He split the 1996-97 NBA season with the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Bullets, playing just four games. Nickerson was also selected in the 2nd round of the 1994 Continental Basketball Association (CBA) Draft, and he led the league in scoring in 1996-97, averaging 22.5 points per game while with the Oklahoma City Cavalry.[

An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have proven very inf

An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, and Cliff Burton of Metallica.

Is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress, producer, writer,

Is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress, producer, writer, athlete, and former fashion model.

A Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Felicity King in the television series Road to

A Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Felicity King in the television series Road to Avonlea and the movie The Challengers. She is the elder sister of twins Dominic and Amanda.

Is an American actress and model. She is best known for her television appearances on The Price Is R

Is an American actress and model. She is best known for her television appearances on The Price Is Right and Baywatch in the 1990s. Gena Lee Nolin was born in Duluth, Minnesota. During her childhood, Nolin lived on a farm. An athletic child, she enjoyed ice fishing, mens basketball, volleyball and softball. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she worked as a waitress. She later entered the Miss Las Vegas beauty pageant--and went on to win the title.

Is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, four-time Emmy Award-and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning

Is a two-time Academy Award-nominated, four-time Emmy Award-and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning American actress.

Is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team

Is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Better known as Tony Sirico, is an American character actor who is most famous for his role as Pauli

Better known as Tony Sirico, is an American character actor who is most famous for his role as Paulie Gualtieri in the hit television series The Sopranos.

He racked up a record of 13-0 with 6 knockouts, and a solid reputation as a future champion around S

He racked up a record of 13-0 with 6 knockouts, and a solid reputation as a future champion around Southern California, when he met former Julio César Chávez world title challenger Refugio Rojas on November 22, 1988. He beat Rojas, who had lasted seven ro

Is a former boxer from South Central Los Angeles who currently works as a compubox technician for HB

Is a former boxer from South Central Los Angeles who currently works as a compubox technician for HBO Boxing and a boxing instructor in Southern California. During his days as a world champion Hernandez was a staple of the major cable television boxing sh

(born on July 21, 1930) is an American golfer.

(born on July 21, 1930) is an American golfer.

Was an American professional wrestler best known for his days of teaming with his (kayfabe) brother

Was an American professional wrestler best known for his days of teaming with his (kayfabe) brother Ole Anderson.Gene then reformed the tag team with his "brother" (another fellow collegian) Ole Anderson in 1969 after Lars left. They became one of the mos

Born in Harlem, New York, Ray grew up in the neighborhood of West 153rd Street.[1] He attended the N

Born in Harlem, New York, Ray grew up in the neighborhood of West 153rd Street.[1] He attended the New York High School of the Performing Arts, the inspiration for the film Fame, but was kicked out after one year. "It was too disciplined for this wild chi

Was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on telev

Was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. Autry, the grandson of a Methodist preacher, was born near Tioga, Texas. His parents, Delbert Autry and Elnora Ozmont, moved to Ravia, Oklahoma in t

(born on August 22, 1962) is an American professional golfer

(born on August 22, 1962) is an American professional golfer

Was a US painter known especially for paintings of vertical stripes of color, and a member of the gr

Was a US painter known especially for paintings of vertical stripes of color, and a member of the group of abstract painters in Washington DC during the 1960s known as the Washington Color School.Davis was born in Washington DC in 1920, and spent nearly all his life there. Before he began to paint in 1949, he worked as a sportswriter, covering the Washington Redskins and other local teams. Working as a journalist in the late 1940s, he covered the Roosevelt and Truman presidential administrations, and was often President Truman's partner for poker games. His first art studio was in his apartment on Scott Circle, and later he worked out of a studio on Pennsylvania Avenue.

An American ecologist and a leading pioneer in the study of acid rain.Likens obtained his PhD from t

An American ecologist and a leading pioneer in the study of acid rain.Likens obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1962, and joined the faculty of Dartmouth College in 1961. He was co-founder in 1963 of a group with Drs. F. Herbert Bormann, Robert S. Pierce and Noye M. Johnson working on the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.[1] The study immediately found that the rain was abnormally acidic, and the group made one of the first scientific studies linking acid rain to air pollution such as Sulphur Dioxide. The group also devised a range of highly influential long-term experiments on the ecosystem scale.

(born September 20, 1954 in Montebello, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1976 to

(born September 20, 1954 in Montebello, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1976 to 1983 for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays. Klutts, an infielder, was a favorite of manager Billy Martin, for whom he played in both New York and Oakland.