People

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...

Herod the Great

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

Alexander the Great

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

Catherine the Great

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aurelius Group

Banks and investments

Aurelius Group is an investment company with offices in five European countries. History In 2005, Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert, both former McKinsey consultants, founded Aurel