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J. Paul Getty

J. Paul Getty

Born: December 15, 1892 Minneapolis, Minnesota Died: June 6, 1976 London, England American businessman J. Paul Getty ...

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Stan Getz

Of the great instrumental soloists who emerged from the revolution in jazz styles that grew in the years after World War II, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (1927–1991) was perhaps the...

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Carlos Ghosn

Brazilian-born executive Carlos Ghosn (born 1954) has become known as one of the automobile industry's great turnaround artists. Dubbed "le cost killer" and "the destroye...

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

Born: January 6, 1883 Besharri, Lebanon Died: April 10, 1931 New York, New York Lebanese poet, author, and artist Leb...

Althea Gibson

Althea Gibson

Born: August 25, 1927 Silver, South Carolina African American tennis player Althea Gibson is noted not only for her exceptional abilities as a tennis ...

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Althea Gibson

Born August 25, 1927, in Silver, SC; died of respiratory failure, September 28, 2003, in East Orange, NJ. Professional tennis player. Althea Gibson broke the color barrier in the world of ...

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Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Professional hockey player Born on May 16, 1977, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; son of Claude (a bus driver) and Gisele Giguere; married Kristen Fawthrop, 2003. Addre...

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Dizzy Gillespie

Born: October 21, 1917 Cheraw, South Carolina Died: October 6, 1993 Englewood, New Jersey African American musician and bandleader ...

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Ian Ginsberg

Pharmacist and entrepreneur Born c. 1962; son of a pharmacist, Jerry. Education: Earned pharmacy degree from Long Island University, 1985. A...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Born: March 15, 1933 Brooklyn, New York American Supreme Court justice and lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second woman ever to sit on the United Sta...

St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls

St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls

Science and education

St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls is one of the oldest schools for girls in Britain. It was established in 1699 as a charitable enterprise by the parish of St Martin-in-the-Field

Glamour

Glamour

Advertising and media

Glamour is a multinational online women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications and based in New York City. It was originally called Glamour of Hollyw

Spire Global

Spire Global

Science and education

Spire Global, Inc. is a space-to-cloud data and analytics company that specializes in the tracking of global data sets powered by a large constellation of nanosatellites,

Paramount Global

Paramount Global

Advertising and media

Paramount Global (doing business as Paramount) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation operated and owned by theater company Natio

FGS Global

FGS Global

Advertising and media

FGS Global is a public relations company formed in 2021 by the merger of Finsbury Glover Hering and Sard Verbinnen & Co. It is a subsidiary of British advertising and media conglome

Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH

Consumer goods

Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian private conglomerate company known for its range of energy drinks of the same name. It is also known for its sponsorship of a range

GoFundMe

GoFundMe

Communication and Internet

GoFundMe is an American for-profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challeng

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

Born: March 30, 1853 Groot-Zundert, Holland Died: July 29, 1890 Auvers, France Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh was a D...

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Thomas Gold

Born May 22, 1920, in Vienna, Austria; died of heart disease, June 22, 2004, in Ithaca, NY. Scientist. Through his maverick research at Cornell University, Thomas Gold first came to promin...

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Born: November 13, 1955 New York, New York African American actress and comedian The high-energy actress Whoopi Goldberg has appeared in such films as ...

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