Biography

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Kahlil Gibran

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

William Golding

Born: September 19, 1911 Saint Columb, Cornwall, England Died: June 19, 1993 Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England English author ...

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Andy Goldsworthy

Artist Born July 25, 1956, in Cheshire, England; son of Fredrick Alan (a professor) and Muriel (Stanger) Goldsworthy; married Judith Elizabeth Gregson; children: James, Holl...

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Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich

Austrian-born British writer and educator Ernst Gombrich (1909–2001) penned The Story of Art (1950), a textbook that dominated its field like fe...

Samuel Gompers

Born: January 27, 1850 London, England Died: December 13, 1924 San Antonio, Texas English-born American union leader and union organ...

Jane Goodall

Born: April 3, 1934 London, England English primatologist and scientist Jane Goodall was a pioneering English primatologist (a person who studies ...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...