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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Gable, (William) Clark to Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis.
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Gabo, Naum (Russian sculptor, architect & educator)
Gabor, Dennis (Hungarian-born British physicist)
Gad (in the Old Testament)
Gadsden, James (American statesman/stateswoman)
Gage, Thomas (English general in North America)
Gainsborough, Thomas (English painter)
Gaius (Roman jurist)
Galba, Servius Sulpicius (Ancient Roman emperor)
Galbraith, John Kenneth (American economist & statesman/stateswoman)
Galen (Ancient Roman physician & writer)
Galileo Galilei (Astronomer/Mathematician)
Gallatin, (Abraham Alfonse) Albert (American financier & statesman/stateswoman)
Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins (American educator)
Galli-Curci, Amelita (Italian musician)
Gallup, George Horace (American statistician)
Galsworthy, John (English novelist & dramatist)
Galvani, Luigi (Italian physician)
Gama, Vasco da (Explorer)
Gamow, George (American-Russian physicist & writer)
Gandhi, Indira Nehru (Political Figure)
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand (Spirtitual/Political Leader)
Gao Xingjian (Chinese writer)
Garbo, Greta (Actor)
García Lorca, Federico (Poet / Playwright)
García Márquez, Gabriel (Colombian novelist & journalist)
García Robles, Alfonso (Mexican statesman/stateswoman)
Garcia, Jerome John (Guitarist / Rock Musician)
Garcilaso de la Vega (Peruvian historian)
Garden, Alexander (Scottish-born American naturalist and physician)
Gardner, Erle Stanley (American writer)
Gardner, Isabella Stewart (American artist)
Garfield, James Abram (20th President of the United States)
Garibaldi, Giuseppe (Italian-South American politician & military leader)
Garland, (Hannibal) Hamlin (American writer)
Garland, Judy (Actor / Singer)
Garnett, Constance Black (English librarian & writer)
Garrick, David (English actor, dramatist & businessman/businesswoman)
Garrison, William Lloyd (Antislavery Activist / Publisher)
Gates, Horatio (American military leader)
Gates, William Henry (Computer Tycoon)
Gatling, Richard Jordan (American inventor)
Gaudí, Antonio (Spanish architect)
Gauguin, (Eugène Henri) Paul (French painter & artist)
Gauss, Karl Friedrich (German mathematician, physicist & astronomer)
Gautier, Théophile (French poet, novelist & critic)
Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis (French chemist & physicist)