Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter G

A Norwegian actress and singer. She is known in Norway for her acting career, and was part of the 20

A Norwegian actress and singer. She is known in Norway for her acting career, and was part of the 2005 round of the Norwegian version of Dancing with the Stars, where she came in second.Her debut as an actor came in 1982 on Oslo Nye Teater. Since then she has been part of a number of successful musicals, such as "Les Misérables", "Summer in Tyrol" and "Annie Get Your Gun". She has taken part in a number of TV show and productions, for example the Norwegian TV series Hotel Cæsar. She has been married to Øivind Blunck since 1991.

An Indian classical dancer, Kathakali master and mentor of a relatively new creative modern dancing

An Indian classical dancer, Kathakali master and mentor of a relatively new creative modern dancing style, Kerala Natanam. A dance museum is comig up as his memorial at Trivandrum . The cultural department Kerala Govt. has already established a dance village named 'Guru Gopinath Natanagramam'.He is considered one of the epic personalities of Indian dancing in the twentieth century like Uday Shankar. He carved out a style of dancing fit for the modern day, classical in form but popular in appeal, through which the fame of Kathakali spread far and wide in the beginning of the 1930s.

Was a Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi dance, who is credited for the revival o

Was a Indian classical dancer, guru and proponent of Odissi dance, who is credited for the revival of the classical dance form in the 20th century [2].Among the many gems of Orissa has produced in different fields of art along the centuries, one of the latest is certainly the Odissi dance Guru Sri Kelucharan Mohapatra born on 8th January 1926 at Raghurajpur, Puri. As it is the case with most of the geniuses, who emerge from time to time in the history of humanity, the story of his life is one of struggle and unending dedication. The story of his artistic experience touches all the salient features of the cultural life of Orissa of the last sixty years and it becomes the story of the growth and recognition of the Odissi style as one of the classical dances of India.

Is an American actor. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised in Irvine, California. He starr

Is an American actor. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised in Irvine, California. He starred in Bring It On: All or Nothing as Jesse, love interest of the main character Britney. One of Carr's songs, which he wrote and performed, is featured in

Was a British music hall singer. He achieved success from 1891, performing cockney songs and sketche

Was a British music hall singer. He achieved success from 1891, performing cockney songs and sketches as a 'coster' comedian.Gus Elen began his career busking, and found a position singing in a minstrel troupe. His solo success began with the coster songs

Was a Swedish illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of

Was a Swedish illustrator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.

Was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of C

Was a popular Danish singer, composer and music publisher. He grew up in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen and started his career as a decorator.

Norwegian singer-songwriter. From being half of the successful duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, he went solo

Norwegian singer-songwriter. From being half of the successful duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, he went solo in 1986, winning 4 Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannprisen) and one nomination for his 5 albums. In addition to music, Lorentzen has made several TV series and written quite a few books.

Was a German figure and portrait painter, born at Berlin. He began his studies at the academy there

Was a German figure and portrait painter, born at Berlin. He began his studies at the academy there under Eduard Holbein, then was a pupil of Cogniet in Paris, and studied in Rome until 1849. The technical qualities of his "Raising of Jairus's Daughter" (1856, National Gallery, Berlin), painted for King Frederick William IV, aroused great enthusiasm on its exhibition, but both this and a large oil painting "Building of the Pyramids" (1859-72), Maximilianeum, Munich), ordered by the King of Bavaria, suffer from theatrical pathos. Recognizing the limitations of his talent, Richter confined himself thereafter to single figures and portraiture, in which he was more successful.

Was a Norwegian sculptor.Gustav was born on a farm called Vigeland in Mandal, a small coastal town i

Was a Norwegian sculptor.Gustav was born on a farm called Vigeland in Mandal, a small coastal town in the south of Norway, to a family of craftsmen and countrymen. As a youth, he was sent to Oslo where he learned to read and carve wood at a local school.

Was a printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America

Was a printmaker and painter, and one of the leading figures of the color woodcut revival in America.[1] His works have been shown at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the New Mexico Museum of Art.[2] He is also recognized for his role in the 1930s as area coordinator the Public Works of Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.[3]At the age of 10, he moved to the United States with his family, and by age 17 he was working for an engraving house while attending night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Germany in 1904 to attend the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Munich where he studied wood carving and learned the techniques of wood block prints. After returning to the U.S. he began producing color woodcuts as early as 1908, earning his living as a graphic artist.

Was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he p

Was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group. Caillebotte was noted for his early interest in photography as an artform.

Was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.Best known as an i

Was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.Best known as an innovator in Realism (and credited with coining the term), Courbet was a painter of figurative compositions, landscapes and seascapes. He also worked with social issues, and addressed peasantry and the grave working conditions of the poor.

Was a figure skating coach. His students include many champions, such as Dick Button, Donald Jackson

Was a figure skating coach. His students include many champions, such as Dick Button, Donald Jackson, Ronald Robertson, Ronald Ludington, Barbara Ann Scott, David Jenkins, Hayes Jenkins, Dorothy Hamill (during her novice years), John Misha Petkevich, and

Was a French sculptor, according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first dec

Was a French sculptor, according to Marina Warner "one of the most famous sculptors of the first decades of this century in France," although virtually unknown today.

Was a French operatic bass-baritone who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during

Was a French operatic bass-baritone who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the first quarter of the twentieth century. He sang a wide repertoire encompassing material from French composers like Gounod and Massenet to the Italian grand operas of Verdi, the verismo operas of Mascagni, and the German operas of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss. He sang in numerous premieres during his 30 year career, including the original production of Puccini's La rondine in 1917.

Was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He claimed to have invented the term vers libre, or free

Was a French Symbolist poet and art critic. He claimed to have invented the term vers libre, or free verse; he was in any case one of the first European exponents of the form. His principal publications include Les Palais nomades, 1887, Domaine de fée, 1895, and Le Livre d'images, 1897. Kahn also made a valuable contribution to the history of the movement with his book Symbolistes et décadents, 1902.

Was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris.Moreau's main focus was the illustrati

Was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris.Moreau's main focus was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter of literary ideas rather than visual images, he appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists, who saw him as a precursor to their movement.

Was an illustrator, best known for his newspaper cartoons in the early 1900s featuring an inventive

Was an illustrator, best known for his newspaper cartoons in the early 1900s featuring an inventive use of wordplay and visual storytelling tricks.Verbeek's first strip was Easy Papa, a fairly conventional strip about two mischievous kids and their father

Is best known in the media as *JAN*.His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an old

Is best known in the media as *JAN*.His parents are Gustavo Cardenas and Aurora Avila. He has an older sister named Aurora. He started his career in 1997 when he was discovered by Raul Velasco and was given the opportunity to sing in the dominical show Siempre en Domingo. He recorded his first album in 1997 and soon he was given the opportunity to act in the soap opera Soñadoras. He also participated in Dkda, Mi destino eres tu, La intrusa, navidad sin fin, Nina amada mia, Amarte es mi Pecado, Rubí, Apuesta por un amor, Alborada, Peregrina, and Heridas de Amor.

Was a pianist from Plock, Poland. He attended the Vienna Conservatory and graduated with distinction

Was a pianist from Plock, Poland. He attended the Vienna Conservatory and graduated with distinction, before heading to Paris. There he became a member of the orchestra of the Pas de Loup concerts. In 1882, he became a professor at the Warsaw Conservatory. He later gave concerts to Archduke Franz Karl in Vienna and to the Emperor of Brazil, during his later American tour.

Is an American composer, pianist and producer.His first record deal was signed with a band called Lo

Is an American composer, pianist and producer.His first record deal was signed with a band called Lodgic on A&M Records in 1985. This band included Michael Sherwood, Billy Sherwood, Jimmy Haun and Gary Starnes. The band was discovered by the 80's group Toto and was subsequently produced by Toto members David Paich and Steve Porcaro (also credited are Greg Ladanyi and Tom Knox). Although the album Nomadic Sands failed to chart in the U.S., the first single Lonely Man was featured in the movie Prince of Bel Air, starring Mark Harmon & Kirstie Alley.

Is a French singer and songwriter.When his father died in 1952, the young Guy Béhart chose to pursu

Is a French singer and songwriter.When his father died in 1952, the young Guy Béhart chose to pursue a career in engineering in order to help support his family, studying at the prestigious École nationale des ponts et chaussées. Simultaneously, however, he enrolled in Paris's École nationale de musique, studying violin and mandolin, and in his spare time wrote songs and worked the Paris cabaret circuit, where he played guitar and sang under the stage name "Guy Béart".

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and s

Is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist, children's book author/illustrator, director, and screenwriter, best known for Bloom County, a 1980s cartoon-comic strip which dealt with socio-political issues as understood by fanciful characters (e.g. Bi

Is a French artist and illustrator. Billout's aesthetic style is clean and spare, sometimes incorpor

Is a French artist and illustrator. Billout's aesthetic style is clean and spare, sometimes incorporating some ironic element. His work has been featured in Atlantic Monthly magazine and in several books, including a collection of Greek mythology.