People

Mal Goode

As a network news reporter, Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) was the first African American to hold a regular on-air job in the journalism field. He started out in radio news in Pi...

Benny Goodman

Born: May 30, 1909 Chicago, Illinois Died: 1986 New York, New York American musician, bandleader, and clarinetist Ben...

Drew and Myra Goodman

Founders of Earthbound Farm Born Drew Goodman, c. 1961; son of James Goodman (an art dealer); married Myra, 1986; children: Marea, Jeffrey. Born Myra Rubin, c. 1964; daughter ...

Mikhail Gorbachev

Born: March 2, 1931 Privolnoe, Russia Russian politician and president Mikhail Gorbachev achieved national recognition as member of the Communist ...

Michael Gordon

Hair stylist and executive Born c. 1951; son of a hairdresser; married (divorced); children: two. Education: Apprenticed at the salons of Rene of Mayfair a...

Al Gore

Born: March 31, 1948 Washington, D.C. American vice president, senator, and congressman Al Gore, U.S. representative, senator, and forty-fifth vice pre...

William Gottlieb

Born William Paul Gottlieb, January 28, 1917, in New York, NY; died of complications from a stroke, April 23, 2006, in Great Neck, NY. Photographer, jazz writer, and children's book author...

Stephen Jay Gould

Born: September 10, 1941 New York, New York Died: May 20, 2002 New York, New York American paleontologist, scientist, and author ...

Jay Gould

Born: May 27, 1836 Roxbury, New York Died: December 2, 1892 New York, New York American financier and businessman Ame...

Govia

Auto and Transport

Govia is a transport company based in the United Kingdom. It was formed in November 1996 as a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group (65%) and Keolis (35%) to bid for rail franc

Topher Grace

Actor Born Christopher Grace, July 19, 1978, in New York, NY. Education: Attended the University of Southern California, c. 1997-98. Address...

Brian Graden

President of Entertainment for MTV and VH1 Born March 23, 1963, in Hillsboro, IL. Education: Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, B.A, 1985; Harvard Busines...

Brian Graden

March 23, 1963 • Hillsboro, Illinois President of programming, MTV and VH1 Brian Graden has the knack—the knack for knowing what twenty...

Martha Graham

Born: May 11, 1894 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: April 1, 1991 New York, New York American dancer, choreographer, and teacher ...

Katharine Graham

Born: June 16, 1917 New York, New York Died: July 17, 2001 Boise, Idaho American publisher The renowned publisher Kat...

Temple Grandin

Scientist, inventor, and author Born August 29, 1947, in Boston, MA; daughter of Richard Grandin (a real estate agent) and Eustacia Cutler (a writer, singer, and actress; maiden ...

Christine Granville

Polish-born secret agent Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952) was a heroine of World War II. Using the name Christine Granville, she risked death on multiple occasions in support of Britai...

Spalding Gray

Born on June 5, 1941, in Barrington, RI; went missing on January 10, 2004, confirmed dead from suicide on March 8, 2004, after his body was recovered from the East River in New York City. ...

Brian Grazer

Film producer Born Brian Thomas Grazer, July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, CA; married Corki Corman (divorced); married Gigi Levangie, 1997 (separated, April, 2006); children: S...

Catherine the Great

Born: April 21, 1729 Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland) Died: November 6, 1796 Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin, Russia) German-born...