American Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was an American artist. She is associated with the American Southwest, where she found artistic insp

Was an American artist. She is associated with the American Southwest, where she found artistic inspiration, and particularly New Mexico, where she settled late in life. O'Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s. She is chiefly known for paintings in which she synthesized abstraction and representation in paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones and landscapes

Was an American artist.She is associated with the American Southwest, where she found artistic inspi

Was an American artist.She is associated with the American Southwest, where she found artistic inspiration, and particularly New Mexico, where she settled late in life. O'Keeffe has been a major figure in American art since the 1920s. She is chiefly known for paintings in which she synthesized abstraction and representation in paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones and landscapes. Her paintings present crisply contoured forms that are replete with subtle tonal transitions of varying colors. She often transformed her subject matter into powerful abstract images.

Was a Jewish-American boxer who once fought for the middleweight championship. Turning professional

Was a Jewish-American boxer who once fought for the middleweight championship. Turning professional in 1937, Abrams won his first 17 fights as a professional. He earned a shot at middleweight champion Tony Zale by defeating such contenders as Billy Soose,

A Canadian curler.Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sa

A Canadian curler.Wheatcroft made her Scott Tournament of Hearts debut in 1987 as a third for Pat Sanders. Wheatcroft's prior experience had been as a skip at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships in 1986 for British Columbia. At the 1987 Scott Tourna

Is a former Costa Rican soccer player who played most of his career for C.S. Herediano and later wit

Is a former Costa Rican soccer player who played most of his career for C.S. Herediano and later with Ramonense, Puntarenas FC and A D Belen.He was part of the national team squad, that played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The defender collected 11 caps (no goals) for the "Ticos". He made his debut in 1990 against Poland and played his last international on March 27, 2002 against Morocco, averaging only 1 international per year.

Is a retired male boxer from Honduras, who competed in the men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) divisio

Is a retired male boxer from Honduras, who competed in the men's light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the 1990s.

A member of the Hello! Project and former member and leader of Morning Musume. She was a member of T

A member of the Hello! Project and former member and leader of Morning Musume. She was a member of Tanpopo, one of the first sub groups, and also founded Minimoni. She was also was leader of Morning Musume Sakuragumi when Natsumi Abe graduated and ZYX, and was in Romans.Mari Yaguchi became a member of Morning Musume during the second generation auditions, but resigned suddenly in April 2005. She basically cited her desire to move on "as an adult" with her career. The underlying reason that she had to quit was because it was discovered by the tabloid magazine FRIDAY that she was in a relationship with actor Shun Oguri though she was 22 at the time.

Was an American wrestler and Olympic silver medalist.

Was an American wrestler and Olympic silver medalist.

Is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. Oberholtzer has been the mayor of Sn

Is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. Oberholtzer has been the mayor of Snellville, Georgia since November 10, 2003. His election as mayor was his third run for public office. He had previously lost a bid to become a city council

Is an American Democratic Party politician, who is the long-time mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey

Is an American Democratic Party politician, who is the long-time mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Calabrese played in the NBA for two seasons with the Syracuse Nationals.Mayor Calabrese is a graduate of Cliffside Park High School where he led the school's team to the state basketball championship.[1] After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he attended St. John's University where he was chosen for All-American honors. He went on to a professional basketball career with the Syracuse Nationals, predecessor to today's Philadelphia 76ers.

Cram spent parts of four seasons in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals (1969, 1976) and N

Cram spent parts of four seasons in the major leagues with the Kansas City Royals (1969, 1976) and New York Mets (1974-75) compiling an 0-3 record and 2.98 ERA over 23 career appearances. He began his professional career in the Minnesota Twins organization before selection in MLB expansion draft by the Kansas City Royals. He was traded to the New York Mets in 1973 and then was eventually dealt back to Kansas City three years later. He earned American Association All-Star honors in 1976. His Final professional season came in 1981 with Triple-A Omaha. Cram has spent the last nine years coaching in the San Francisco Giants Organization.

Was an American boxer. He fought as a heavyweight and occasionally as a light heavyweight under the

Was an American boxer. He fought as a heavyweight and occasionally as a light heavyweight under the name Tuffy Griffiths. Griffiths fought his first professional bout on December 11, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His debut was a successful one, defeating Donni

Is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He spent seven seasons w

Is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He spent seven seasons with the Atlanta Falcons from 1982-1988 and three with the Washington Redskins from 1989-1991.

Was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Was a pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Is a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1970 to 1978.He was fir

Is a Canadian politician, who served as the 19th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1970 to 1978.He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1963 federal election. He resigned his seat in 1965 when he was named leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Regan entered the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1967, and aggressively pursued the government of Premier George Isaac Smith as Leader of the opposition. Regan led a fourteen hour filibuster against the government's plans to increase the sales tax in 1969.

Is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" shooting guard/small forward, who played collegiatel

Is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" shooting guard/small forward, who played collegiately at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and later in the NBA.Gerald is the younger brother of former Atlanta Hawks superstar Dominique Wilkins and father of current Seattle SuperSonics guard Damien Wilkins. He was a key player on the New York Knicks team of the late 1980s, consistently being the second leading scorer after Patrick Ewing. He was selected in the 1985 NBA Draft and was once named Player of the Week (3/3/91). Gerald followed in his brother's footsteps, participating in the 1986 and 1987 slam dunk competition.

(August 9, 1946 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is a former professional baseball player who played catc

(August 9, 1946 in Yazoo City, Mississippi) is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1965-1975.

Is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Born the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spent muc

Is an American gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Born the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spent much of his early years on the move, living in many countries such as Japan and Germany. Brought up as a military dependent he was known by his last name only

Is an American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Pepperdine University and played for

Is an American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Pepperdine University and played for the Phoenix Suns (1998-99) in the NBA for 33 games[citation needed].

Is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, represen

Is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 11th congressional district.Weller was a staff member for Congressman Tom Corcoran from 1980 to 1981, assistant to the director of the Illi

He plays a custom "Devastator" Bass made out of graphite; the current model was made by Bernie Rico,

He plays a custom "Devastator" Bass made out of graphite; the current model was made by Bernie Rico, Jr. with an M like body and a cyclops skull on the headstock. It has no tone or volume control knobs because he only plays it on full blast. From 1977-198

Is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1982

Is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1982, where he represents the 39th Legislative District. He is the second-most senior senator in the state, behind Richard Codey, who also came in office in Ja

Were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who

Were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularly in the 1920s, that included a great number of artists and writers of the Lost Generation. Gerald had a brief but significant career as a painter.Gerald only painted from 1921 until 1929; he is known for his hard-edged still life paintings in a Precisionist, Cubist style. During the 1920s Gerald Murphy, along with other American modernist painters in Europe, notably Charles Demuth and Stuart Davis created paintings prefiguring the pop art movement that contained pop culture imagery such as mundane objects culled from American commercial products and advertising design.[

Was a painter of the American west.In 1940, Delano painted Navajo Shepherdess, placed in Monument Va

Was a painter of the American west.In 1940, Delano painted Navajo Shepherdess, placed in Monument Valley. In it he placed a saguaro cactus, although it was well outside the naturally occurring area for this plant. It is believed to be the first illustrative use of the plant to symbolize the American West, which has become almost ubiquitous.

Was mayor of the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1987 to 1991.Jernigan was elected to the Ann Arbo

Was mayor of the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, from 1987 to 1991.Jernigan was elected to the Ann Arbor city council from the city's fourth ward in 1982. In 1987, Jernigan ran for Ann Arbor mayor as a moderate Republican. He defeated the perennial conservat