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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great

Born: September 20, 356 B.C.E. Pella, Macedonia Died: June 13, 323 B.C.E. Babylon Macedoni...

Herod the Great

Herod the Great

Born: 73 B.C.E. Died: 4 B.C.E. Jericho, Judea King of Judea Herod the Great, king of Judea, ...

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Brian Greene

February 9, 1963 • New York, New York Physicist, author With his hip New York wardrobe, salt-and-pepper hair, and quick grin, Brian Gre...

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Born: October 2, 1904 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Died: April 3, 1991 Vevey, Switzerland English author, novelist, and drama...

Greenpeace

Greenpeace

Security

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists. Greenpeace states its goal is to "ensure the ability of th

Deborah Gregory

Deborah Gregory

Brooklyn, New York Author, designer Deborah Gregory had already achieved success in several careers, including working as a fashion model, entertainer, and magazine col...

Helen Greiner

Helen Greiner

1967 • London, England Roboticist, president and cofounder of iRobot Corporation For roboticist Helen Greiner the future is not found in the ...

Wayne Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky

Born: January 26, 1961 Brantford, Ontario, Canada Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, known by hockey fans simply as "The Great One," became th...

National Grid

National Grid

Industry and Production

National Grid plc is a British multinational electricity and gas utility company headquartered in London, England. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom, where it owns

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Martha Griffiths

Born Martha Wright, January 29, 1912, in Pierce City, MO; died April 22, 2003, in Armada, MI. United States Representative. Martha Griffiths entered Congress in 1955, was re–elected nine t...

Brothers Grimm

Brothers Grimm

Jakob Grimm Born: January 4, 1785 Hanau, Germany Died: September 20, 1863 Berlin, Germany German ...

Josh Groban

Josh Groban

February 27, 1981 • Los Angeles, California Singer Josh Groban is not a typical twenty-something pop singer, and record store owners ha...

Grok

Grok

Computers and software

Grok is a generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) chatbot developed by xAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LLM) of the sam

Octopus Energy Group

Octopus Energy Group

Industry and Production

Octopus Energy Group is a British renewable energy group specialising in sustainable energy. It was founded in 2015 with the backing of British fund management company Octopus Group, a

Restaurant Group

Restaurant Group

Leisure

The Restaurant Group plc is a British chain of restaurants and public houses. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE SmallCap Index.

Simon Property Group

Simon Property Group

The property

Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the

Volvo Group

Volvo Group

Auto and Transport

The Volvo Group (Swedish: Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company headquart

Mozambique Mining Mineral Group

Mozambique Mining Mineral Group

Other

Founded in 2009, MMG’s vision is to create a leading international mining company for a low carbon future. We mine to create wealth for our people, host communities and shareholders with an

Zillow Group

Zillow Group

The property

Zillow is an American online real estate marketplace company that was founded in 2006, and was created by Rich Barton and Lloyd Frink, former Microsoft executives and founders

RTL Group

RTL Group

Advertising and media

RTL Group is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company operate

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