American Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. Brown trained at the Plainfield Boys

Was a professional boxer in the welterweight (147lb) division. Brown trained at the Plainfield Boys Club in Plainfield, New Jersey and won the 1986 New York Golden Gloves 139lb Open Championship. Brown defeated Raul Rivera of the Apollo Boys Club in the f

A Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays third for Diane Foster.Bakker played se

A Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She currently plays third for Diane Foster.Bakker played second for Shannon Kleibrink's bronze medal winning team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.Bakker has played for Shannon Kleibrink for most of her curling career.

Was an American soul singer. She scored a Top Ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1971, with the song

Was an American soul singer. She scored a Top Ten hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1971, with the song, "I'm Gonna Run Away From You".[2]Lynn was discovered by Jerry Wexler in 1965 after hearing her sing at a talent show.[3] Wexler had her record the Bert B

Is an American professional golfer

Is an American professional golfer

Is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never

Is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 #4, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)" (Hot 100 #42, 1980) and "I Am What I Am" (Hot 100 #82, 1983). She was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Was an Academy Award-winning American film actress. Grahame was born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles,

Was an Academy Award-winning American film actress. Grahame was born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles, California

Was a Mexican-born socialite and writer who was a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 u

Was a Mexican-born socialite and writer who was a contributing editor to Harper's Bazaar from 1963 until 1970. She also was a member of the International Best Dressed List.Reportedly born in Veracruz, Mexico, she was a daughter of José Rafael Rubio, a Mexican journalist, and his wife, Dolores Alatorre. As a young woman, she was employed as a nightclub hostess before moving to Germany.

Is an American singer and actress who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films between 1939 and 195

Is an American singer and actress who starred or co-starred in 26 feature films between 1939 and 1959. She also made radio, television, stage, and nightclub appearances.

Is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1966 LPGA Championship.She turned prof

Is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1966 LPGA Championship.She turned professional in 1965. Ehret finished fifth in the LPGA Championship in her rookie season and won it the following year. After a few years on tour without a win

Better known by the pen name bell hooks,[1] is an African-American author, feminist, and social acti

Better known by the pen name bell hooks,[1] is an African-American author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination.

Is an American singer and songwriter. She recorded the 1964 northern soul song, "Tainted Love", late

Is an American singer and songwriter. She recorded the 1964 northern soul song, "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo, Soft Cell.Jones was born in Cincinnati, and moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 7, where she first starte

Was a socialite best known as the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt. She is al

Was a socialite best known as the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt. She is also the maternal grandmother of American television journalist Anderson Cooper.

Is an American singer and actress.She began her music career at age 14, singing with a folk group kn

Is an American singer and actress.She began her music career at age 14, singing with a folk group known as Those Four. She went on to perform on a wide range of shows in the 70's, from The Carol Burnett Show to the Academy Awards ceremony.

A former TV spokesperson for "Senior Dimensions" a Nevada-based healthcare organization, was born (D

A former TV spokesperson for "Senior Dimensions" a Nevada-based healthcare organization, was born (December 14, 1925) in Chicago, Illinois, United States. She is grandmother to famous child actor Ryan Malgarini who lives with her along with her husband in Nevada. She has played some small movie roles, including an uncredited apperence in Freaky Friday, 2003, as the mother of the groom "Ryan" ('played by Mark Harmon' ). In the rehearsal dinner scene, she is seated at the same table as Harmon, as well as her real-life grandson, who plays young Harry.

Cuban American singer and songwriter. she is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over

Cuban American singer and songwriter. she is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide,[1] with 15.5 million of those alone in the United States[2]. She has won five Grammy Awards becoming among the most succe

Is an American feminist icon, journalist and women's rights advocate. She is the founder and origina

Is an American feminist icon, journalist and women's rights advocate. She is the founder and original publisher of Ms. magazine, and was an influential co-convener of the National Women's Political Caucus.

Is an American actress. DeHaven was the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora

Is an American actress. DeHaven was the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. DeHaven began her career as a child actor as an extra in Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936)

Is an African American novelist. Her novel The Women of Brewster Place was adapted into a 1989 film

Is an African American novelist. Her novel The Women of Brewster Place was adapted into a 1989 film of the same name by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

Is an American model, showgirl, film and television actress, author and businesswoman. Pall was born

Is an American model, showgirl, film and television actress, author and businesswoman. Pall was born in Brooklyn, New York to an English family. During World War II, she worked as an aircraft mechanic in upstate New York at Rome Army Air Depot. O On July 28, 1945 she was employed by the USO headquarters office on the 56th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City when a U.S. Army B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the 79th floor.

Reuben was born in Toronto to a gospel singer mother and an architect father.[1] Reuben is the siste

Reuben was born in Toronto to a gospel singer mother and an architect father.[1] Reuben is the sister of Denis Simpson, an actor and children's television host. She is a biracial Jamaican Canadian. She began learning piano as a child and studied later mus

Is an Academy Award, Golden Globe nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award winning American stage, te

Is an Academy Award, Golden Globe nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award winning American stage, television and film actress and artist best known as for her roles as The 100-year-old Rose in the film Titanic and as the invisible man's sweetheart in The Invisible Man.

Was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific du

Was an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American Hollywood actress. She was prolific during the silent film era, but her career declined with the advent of "talkies". She is now best known for her performance in the film Sunset Boulevard (1950), in which—mirroring her own life—she portrayed a former silent movie star largely forgotten by audiences of the day.

Is an American artist, actress, and socialite most noted as an early developer of designer blue jean

Is an American artist, actress, and socialite most noted as an early developer of designer blue jeans. She is a member of the prominent Vanderbilt Family of New York.

S an American bikini model, former Hip Hop model, dancer, Hip-Hop artist and actress who is a native

S an American bikini model, former Hip Hop model, dancer, Hip-Hop artist and actress who is a native of Long Island, New York. She is of Puerto Rican descent. She has a son with singer Aaron Hall, (Aaron Jr. b. Oct. 16, 1996) a member of the 80s and 90s trio, Guy.

Was an American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha

Was an American singer notable for being the original lead singer of an early incarnation of Martha and the Vandellas under the name, The Del-Phis.The group performed in benefits and high school parties before being signed to the Chess Records subsidiary