Persons

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

George Gershwin

American composer

George Gershwinwas an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (192...

Ricky Gervais

English comedian and actor

Ricky Dene Gervaisis an English comedian, actor, director, and writer. He is best known for co-creating, co-writing, and acting in the British television mockumentary sitcom The Office (2001–2003). He...

Michael Van Gerwen

Dutch professional darts player

Michael van Gerwenis a Dutch professional darts player. He is currently the World No. 3, having been the World No. 1 from 2014 to 2021. He is also a three-time PDC World Champion, having won the title...

Greta Gerwig

American actress

Greta Celeste Gerwigis an American actress, screenwriter, and director, known for acting in and making dialogue-driven independent films. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in...

Vaughan Gething

Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician

Humphrey Vaughan ap David Gethingis a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as First Minister of Wales and leader of Welsh Labour since 2024. He previously served as the Minist...

Rokhsaneh Ghawam-shahidi

English actress

Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidiis an English actress. She is known for portraying the role of Leyla Harding in ITV soap Emmerdale. In 2024, she is set to appear as a contestant on the sixteenth series of Dan...

Natasha Ghouri

British model

Natasha Amber Ghouriis a British model, author and television personality from Thirsk, England. Born deaf, she became a commercial dancer and fashion model, appearing in the music video for "More Than...

Mossimo Giannulli

American fashion designer

Mossimo Giannulliis an American fashion designer who founded Mossimo, a mid-range clothing company, in 1986; Giannulli sold this company to Iconix Brand Group in 2006, exactly twenty years after it wa...

John Gibbs

Chief Information Officer at International Airlines Group (IAG)

John Gibbsis Chief Information Officer at International Airlines Group (IAG). Career John became Chief Information Officer (CIO) in September 2019. He is responsible for all the Group’s IT and Digital...

Morgan Gibbs-white

English professional footballer

Morgan Anthony Gibbs-Whiteis an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Nottingham Forest. He has represented England at under-16 through...

Sheridan (Taylor Sheridan) Gibler

American writer

Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr., known professionally asTaylor Sheridan, is an American writer, producer, director and actor. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series Yellowstone and cre...

Josephine Gibson

English television personality

Josephine Diane Shirley Gibsonis an English television personality. In 2010, she won the 11th series of the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother. Since 2019, Gibson has been a regular segment presenter ...

Sian Gibson

Welsh comedy actress and television writer

Sian Gibsonis a Welsh comedy actress and television writer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the sitcom Peter Kay's Car Share, alongside Kay, for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted ...

Frederick (Fred Again) Gibson

English record producer

Frederick John Philip Gibsonknown professionally asFred Again, is an English record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ. At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, he was nominated for B...

Melanie Giedroyc

English actress

Melanie Clare Sophie Giedroycis an English actress, comedian and television presenter. With Sue Perkins, she has co-hosted series including Light Lunch for Channel 4, The Great British Bake Off for th...

Ryan Giles

English professional footballer

Ryan John Gilesis an English professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back for Premier League club Luton Town. Club career Giles was born in Telford, Shropshire, grew up in St George's and att...

Jonathan (JB Gill) Gill

British singer

Jonathan Benjamin Gillalso known professionally asJB Gill, is a British singer and television presenter. He is best known as a member of the boy band JLS, who were runners-up to Alexandra Burke on the...

Robert Gillespie

Scottish musician

Robert Gillespieis a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band Primal Scream. As the band’s primary...

Crawford Gillies

Independent Non-Executive Director at Barclays

Crawford Gilliesis Independent Non-Executive Director at Barclays. Skills, experience and contribution Extensive business transformation and management experience in international and cross-sector org...

Mosiah Gilligan

British stand-up comedian

Mosiah Bikila Gilliganis a British stand-up comedian. He is known for his observational comedy. After several years of uploading comedy clips to social media, he found global success in 2017. He hoste...