Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a defining social worker who excelled in the field of politics as well as literature.He served h

Was a defining social worker who excelled in the field of politics as well as literature.He served his people even at the cost of his family. At the age of twelve, he married Apti, but continued his education. After completion of primary education, he joined Puri Zilla School in 1893, where he met his teacher Mukhtiar Ramachandra Dash, who was not only a genius but also a nationalist. It was at this school and with this teacher that Gopabandhu learned many nationalistic values. The inadequate response of authorities for the victims of cholera prompted him to start a voluntary corps Puri Seva Samiti. This movement later led to establishment of a separate hospital for cholera patients at Puri, and made Gopabandhu's name in society.

Was a Singaporean author and neurosurgeon. He was known for his frank style and his ability to write

Was a Singaporean author and neurosurgeon. He was known for his frank style and his ability to write about topics that were often considered controversial in the conservative city-state.

Maharashtra. Educated at Aundh and Pune. Currently Resident of Nashik, Maharashtra.Author of several

Maharashtra. Educated at Aundh and Pune. Currently Resident of Nashik, Maharashtra.Author of several Marathi books, both fiction and non-fiction. Anthropologist. Lead writer for Marathi daily Gavkari for number of years.

Was an eminent poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bol

Was an eminent poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963. He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including "Umang" (published in 1933). He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, Ratlam Times, Chitrapat, Sudha, and Yogi. He was born in Bettiah in the state of Bihar. In fact, he was not a Nepali but has taken this as a part of his literary name.

Was an eminent poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bol

Was an eminent poet of Hindi literature and a famous lyricist of Bollywood. His association with Bollywood spanned around two decades, beginning in 1944 and ended with his death in 1963. He was a poet of post-Chhayavaad period, and he wrote several collections of Hindi poems including "Umang" (published in 1933). He was also a journalist and edited at least four Hindi magazines, namely, Ratlam Times, Chitrapat, Sudha, and Yogi. He was born in Bettiah in the state of Bihar. In fact, he was not a Nepali but has taken this as a part of his literary name.

Indian English poet, is in the words of the eminent poet-critic Ayyappa Paniker, ‘a poet who has d

Indian English poet, is in the words of the eminent poet-critic Ayyappa Paniker, ‘a poet who has discovered his own voice distinct from that of his ancestors or his compeers’. His poetry, known for its ‘rich visual imagery embalmed with feeling’ has won h

Was a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer. His autobiography is known under the title

Was a yogi, mystic, teacher, social reformer, and writer. His autobiography is known under the title Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man.In the 1970s he founded together with Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker a research foundation "for western sciences and eastern wisdom".[citation needed]

The prestigious jnanpith award winner, eminent Oriya novelist of the mid-twentieth century is arguab

The prestigious jnanpith award winner, eminent Oriya novelist of the mid-twentieth century is arguably the greatest Oriya writer after Fakir Mohan Senapati . He and his elder brother, Kahnu Charan, along with his nephew GuruPrasad exercised tremendous influence of Oriya fiction for about three decades. Born at Nagabali(A small village on the bank of river Mahanadi which can boast of producing some of the trendsetters in oriya literature be it Gopinath himself, Kahnu Charan and GuruPrasad Mohanty) in Cuttack district on 20 April 1914 , Mohanty received higher education at Ravenshaw College.

Is a leading Macedonian dramatist and scriptwriter, now based in Canterbury, Kent in the UK. He achi

Is a leading Macedonian dramatist and scriptwriter, now based in Canterbury, Kent in the UK. He achieved considerable success with his work before moving to the UK in the early nineties.

Is a British journalist and television presenter who became known as the host of Granada TV's popula

Is a British journalist and television presenter who became known as the host of Granada TV's popular game show The Krypton Factor. Since 1997, he has been the anchorman for BBC North West Tonight, the regional news programme in North West England, currently co-hosting with Ranvir Singh.[1]

Was an Australian writer. Stewart was born in Melbourne into a wealthy Australian family with pastor

Was an Australian writer. Stewart was born in Melbourne into a wealthy Australian family with pastoral interests in the Bathurst district of New South Wales. He was a descendent of Major General William Stewart (1769-1854) Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales from 1825 to 1827. Stewart received a spasmodic education at The Scots College, Sydney due to his parents' frequent travels, but developed a love of reading from long holidays spent in the library of his uncle's house (Abercrombie House) in Bathurst. The family moved to Paris when Stewart was in his late teens. He attended an English language school and then studied art. With other members of his family now based in England, Stewart settled in London where he worked from time to time as a journalist and became involved in radical politics.

Was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota

Was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota as a teenager. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle and the Dragon Knight series. He won three Hugo awards and one Nebula award.

Was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader. He wrote over a thousand songs.He was born Kram

Was an Italian songwriter, musician and band leader. He wrote over a thousand songs.He was born Kramer Gorni at Rivarolo Mantovano (Lombardy). Despite the exotic sound of Gorni Kramer in Italian language, which lead part of his audience to believe he was a foreigner or had adopted a fancy pseudonym, it was his real name. Gorni was in fact his family name, and Kramer his first name, after the US cyclist Frank Kramer who became road race world champion in 1912, who Gorni's father was a fan of.

Popularly known as Gorur, was an Kannada writer; well known for his humour and satire. Born at "Goru

Popularly known as Gorur, was an Kannada writer; well known for his humour and satire. Born at "Gorur" in Hassan district of Karnataka, he was influenced by Indian Independence Movement and became a staunch follower of Mahatma Gandhi. He was jailed by the British administration in 1942 for his participation in the Quit India Movement.

Was a German composer, cantor, and organist.Homilius predominantly composed church music: more than

Was a German composer, cantor, and organist.Homilius predominantly composed church music: more than 10 Passions (one printed 1775), an oratorio to Christmas (1777) and to Easter, over 60 motets, more than 150 cantatas (six arias from which appeared in 1786), chorales, preludes, and choral works.

Was a German essayist, novelist, and expressionist poet. A doctor of medicine, he became an early ad

Was a German essayist, novelist, and expressionist poet. A doctor of medicine, he became an early admirer, and later a critic, of the National Socialist revolution. Benn had a literary influence on German verse immediately before and after the Nazi German

Was a German composer, conductor and virtuoso violist. Although praised in their time for their rhyt

Was a German composer, conductor and virtuoso violist. Although praised in their time for their rhythmic vitality and unusual blend of Wagnerian chromaticism and Brahmsian structural integrity, Eschenbach's works have later fallen into obscurity.

Was a Moravian Baroque composer. Many of his compositions were for the viol; he also wrote operas. H

Was a Moravian Baroque composer. Many of his compositions were for the viol; he also wrote operas. He was born in Olomouc, modern-day Czech Republic, and worked for the court of James II of England before becoming a freelance composer.After a contest in London to set "The Judgement of Paris" as opera, in which Finger came in fourth, he left England and moved to Germany. He died in Mannheim.

Was a prolific German composer. Stölzel grew up in Schwarzenberg, Saxony in the Erzgebirge. From 17

Was a prolific German composer. Stölzel grew up in Schwarzenberg, Saxony in the Erzgebirge. From 1707 he was a student of theology in Leipzig, and of Melchior Hofmann, the musical director of the Neukirche. He studied, worked and composed in Breslau and Halle. Then an eighteen-month sojourn in Italy from 1713 — where he met Antonio Vivaldi in Venice — rendered him au courant with the latest musical taste. After working for three years in Prague, he became briefly court Kapellmeister in Bayreuth and Gera. Then in 1719 he married, and the next year took up an appointment in Gotha, where he worked until his death for the dukes Frederick II and Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, composing a cantata each week.

Was a German composer who is perhaps most known for his scores to German expressionist silent films

Was a German composer who is perhaps most known for his scores to German expressionist silent films such as the science fiction epic Metropolis. He also collaborated numerous times with legendary director Fritz Lang.[1][2]

Is a contemporary German-Dutch composer. Koenig studied church music in Braunschweig, composition, p

Is a contemporary German-Dutch composer. Koenig studied church music in Braunschweig, composition, piano, analysis and acoustics in Detmold, music representation techniques in Cologne and computer technique in Bonn. He attended and later lectured at the "Darmstädter Ferienkurse" (Darmstadt music summer schools). From 1954 to 1964 Koenig worked in the electronic studio of West German Radio (WDR) producing his electronic compositions Klangfiguren, Essay and Terminus 1 and wrote orchestral and chamber music. Furthermore he assisted other composers, including M. Kagel, F. Evangelisti, Gy. Ligeti, H. Brün and K. Stockhausen (with the realization of Kontakte and Gesang der Jünglinge).

Was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. He is best known for having been Johann

Was a German trumpet player and composer of the Baroque era. He is best known for having been Johann Sebastian Bach's chief trumpeter at Leipzig from Bach's arrival there in 1723 until Reiche's death. Reiche was steeped in trumpet playing from an early age -- he was born in the town of Weissenfels, which had a long tradition of trumpet music at its court. He went to Leipzig in 1688, eventually succeeding trumpeter Johann C. Genzmer there as Senior Stadtmusicus in 1719.

Was a German composer and organist. he moved to Amsterdam in 1611 to study with Jan Pieterszoon Swee

Was a German composer and organist. he moved to Amsterdam in 1611 to study with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, returning home in 1615 to further study with his older brother Samuel Scheidt and others. He was appointed organist to the Altenburg court in 1617, and held the post until his retirement on 5 May 1658. He was successful and respected, and aside from playing the organ, directed the newly-founded Hofkapelle, despite the strictures of the Thirty Years' War. He was unsuccessful in his application, in 1622/1623, for the post of principal organist of the Marienkirche, Danzig, which his brother had refused and which eventually went to Paul Siefert.

Is a German journalist.

Is a German journalist.

One of India's best known historians of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods[citation needed]. He has

One of India's best known historians of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods[citation needed]. He has served a professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universities. He was also the chairman of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla for several years, the Chairman of Allahabad museum Society and the Chairman of Central Tibetan Society, Sarnath Varanasi.