People

Tu Fu

` Born: c. 712 Kung-hsien, China Died: c. 770 Tanzhou, China Chinese poet Tu Fu was a great Chinese poe...

Tetsuya Fujita

A master of observation and detective work, Japanese-American meteorologist Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita (1920–1998) invented the F-Scale tornado damage scale and discovered dangerous ...

The Public Investment Fund

Banks and investments

The Public Investment Fund is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$776

Cornelia Funke

1958 • Dorsten, Westphalia, Germany Author, illustrator For years Cornelia Funke has been one of the best-known and bestselling children's authors in Germany. In fa...

Nelly Furtado

Singer Born December 2, 1978, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; daughter of Antonio Jose (a stonemason and landscaper) and Maria Manuela (a hotel maid) Furtado; childre...

Jim Furyk

Professional golfer Born May 12, 1970, in West Chester, PA; son of Michael and Linda Furyk; married Tabitha Skartved, 2000; children: Caleigh Lynn. Education: ...

The GMB

Politics and Administration

The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 600,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, s

GQ

Advertising and media

GQ (formerly Gentlemen's Quarterly and Apparel Arts) is an American international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931. The publica

GSMA

Consumer goods

The GSM Association (commonly referred to as 'the GSMA' or Global System for Mobile Communications, originally Groupe Spécial Mobile) is an industry organisation that repres

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana

Fashion designers Born Domenico Dolce, August 13, 1958, in Polizzi Generosa, Sicily. Born Stefano Gabbana, November 14, 1962, in Milan, Italy. Education: ...

Neil Gaiman

November 10, 1960 • Portchester, England Writer Neil Gaiman is an extraordinarily imaginative writer who works in a variety of formats,...

Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg (1928–1991), the greatest French songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s, was as famous for his decadent life and cynical wit as for the songs he sang. He made a career ...

Virgin Galactic

Auto and Transport

Virgin Galactic is an American spaceflight company founded by Richard Branson and his British Virgin Group retains an 18% stake through Virgin Investments Limit

John Kenneth Galbraith

Born: October 15, 1908 Iona Station, Ontario, Canada Canadian-born American scholar and economist John Kenneth Galbraith became a leading scholar and a...

Galen

Born: c. 130 Pergamon, Asia Minor Died: c. 200 Rome (now in Italy) Greek physician, anatomist, and philosopher The Gr...

Galileo

Born: February 15, 1564 Pisa, Italy Died: January 8, 1642 Arcetri, Florence, Italy Italian scientist, author, and astronomer ...

Peter Gallagher

Actor Born August 19, 1955, in New York, NY; son of Tom (an advertising executive) and Mary (a bacteriologist) Gallagher; married Paula Harwood (a music video producer), 198...

The National Gallery

Other

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of ove

John Galliano

Fashion designer Born Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano-Guillen in 1960 in Gibraltar, Spain. Education: Earned design degree from Central Saint Martins College ...

George Gallup

Born: November 18, 1901 Jefferson, Iowa Died: July 27, 1984 Tschingel, Switzerland American professor, researcher, author, and organ...