American Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an American diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Was an American diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 to 1935. Named the greatest baseball player i

Was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 to 1935. Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings

Was a U.S. diplomat and political figure.Moses was appointed the United States Minister to Greece fr

Was a U.S. diplomat and political figure.Moses was appointed the United States Minister to Greece from 1909-1912. He was elected as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1918 to 1933 and served as President pro tempore of the Senate from 1925 to

Is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTour Team Columbia – HT

Is an American professional road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTour Team Columbia – HTC. Hincapie resides in Greenville, South Carolina.Hincapié is most widely known as a key domestique of Lance Armstrong, having been the only rider to assist

American artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island.Hitchcock graduated from the University of Man

American artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island.Hitchcock graduated from the University of Manitoba, and from Harvard Law School in 1874. He then turned his attention to art and became a pupil of Gustave Boulanger and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre in Paris.

Was a politician, business man and community leader from Alberta, Canada. To most people he is known

Was a politician, business man and community leader from Alberta, Canada. To most people he is known as a great man serving many years as a Calgary Alderman but to those people who are part of the inner Chinatown Circle know him as "The Traitor of the Chinese".George also served as president of the Calgary Junior Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the board for 16 years of the Calgary Auxiliary Hospital. Ho Lem was a founding director of the Metropolitan Calgary Foundation.He represented Cardston in the legislature for the Alberta Social Credit Party from 1952 to 1967 and returned to the legislature from 1971 to 1975. Hinman was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Was a Democratic polit.Hoadly served as Governor from 1884 to 1886. During his term in office, the C

Was a Democratic polit.Hoadly served as Governor from 1884 to 1886. During his term in office, the Cincinnati Riots of 1884 broke out over a case in which a jury gave a verdict of manslaughter rather than murder in a case that many suspected was rigged. H

Was the Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Although Ryan became

Was the Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. Although Ryan became nationally known when he "raised the national debate on capital punishment" by issuing a moratorium on executions in 2000[1], his 35-year political career was tarnished by scandal. Investigations into widespread corruption during his administration led to his retirement from politics in 2003 and federal corruption convictions in 2006. Ryan entered federal prison on November 7, 2007 to begin serving a sentence of six years and six months. As of June 13, 2008, he is housed at the satellite prison camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Terre Haute, Indiana.

Was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful

Was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

Is an American cross country skier who has been competing since the 1950's. He competed in the 1952

Is an American cross country skier who has been competing since the 1950's. He competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. He is a four time Central USSA four-event champion (jumping, cross-country, slalom, and downhill) He has completed every Birkebein

Was the 22nd Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1831 to 1833. Howard was we

Was the 22nd Governor of the State of Maryland in the United States from 1831 to 1833. Howard was well known as a fervent anti-Jacksonian during his term in office. He was the only son of a governor to have been elected governor.He was elected a member of

(born May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kan

(born May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. He is considered one of the greatest third basemen in Major League Baseball history.

An astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.He received his Ph.D in 1948 at th

An astronomer at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy.He received his Ph.D in 1948 at the University of California, Berkeley; his dissertation is entitled A Study of Variable Stars in Nebulosity. His specialty is stars at an early stage of evolution (a class of intermediate mass pre-main sequence stars are named Herbig Ae/Be stars after him) and the interstellar medium. He is perhaps best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of the Herbig-Haro objects; bright patches of nebulosity excited by bipolar outflow from a star being born. Herbig has also made prominent contributions to the field of diffuse interstellar band (DIB) research, especially through a series of nine articles published between 1963 and 1995 entitled "The diffuse interstellar bands."

American physician, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple sh

American physician, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia.

Is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day Int

Is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; O'Brien took two wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method. Thre

Was an American alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Cham, Switzerl

Was an American alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. He was born in Cham, Switzerland. In 1936 he finished 13th in the alpine skiing combined event.

Was an American physician.Huntington's disease bears his name because he described the condition in

Was an American physician.Huntington's disease bears his name because he described the condition in the first of only two academic papers he ever wrote. He wrote this paper when he was 22, one year after getting his medical degree at Columbia University i

Was an heir to the The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company fortune. Hartford was born in New York

Was an heir to the The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company fortune. Hartford was born in New York City and was the son of Edward V. Hartford, heir to the A&P fortune and auto parts inventor. His father died in 1922 and he was cared for by his mother Henrietta Guerard Hartford.

Was a photographer who made a significant contribution to the image of glamour presented by Hollywoo

Was a photographer who made a significant contribution to the image of glamour presented by Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.Hurrell originally studied as a painter with no particular interest in photography. He first began to use photography only as

Was a Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in int

Was a Canadian diplomat and was the recipient of the 1984 Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in international service.He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, the youngest of five sons, to a distinguished Russian family. His mother was Princess Natasha Mestchersky and his father was Count Paul Ignatieff, a close advisor to Tsar Nicholas II serving as his last Minister of Education. In 1918, the year after the Russian Revolution, Ignatieff was arrested and slated for execution but fled to Canada with his family after he was released by sympathetic guards.

Was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland.

Was an American landscape painter; born in Newburgh, New York; died at Bridge of Allan in Scotland. His work was influenced, in turn, by that of the old masters, the Hudson River school, the Barbizon school, and, finally, by the theology of Emanuel Sweden

Was one of America’s foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an import

Was one of America’s foremost figure and landscape artists and the son of George Inness, an important American landscape painter.Later he returned to the United States and became known for his paintings of animals and illustration of hunting scenes. In 18

(August 1, 1923 - April 4, 2004) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1951-1952 New York Gian

(August 1, 1923 - April 4, 2004) was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the 1951-1952 New York Giants and the 1959 Baltimore Orioles.

Was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Mégantic in the Legislat

Was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Mégantic in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1876 and from 1878 to 1884 and in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative.

Was a Canadian lawyer who was recruited by Robert Stanfield to help rebuild the Progressive Conserva

Was a Canadian lawyer who was recruited by Robert Stanfield to help rebuild the Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia. He was the 18th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1967 to 1970.Smith's government was defeated by the Liberals in 1970 and Smith resigned as party leader the next year. In 1975 he was summoned to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Colchester, Nova Scotia. A Progressive Conservative, he died in office in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1982.