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

Kathryn Garraway
English broadcaster and journalist
Kathryn Mary Draper Garrawayis an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she...

Paul Gascoigne
English former professional footballer
Paul John Gascoigne, nicknamedGazza, is an English former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Regarded as one of the best playmakers of his generation and one of the best En...

Karla Gascon
Spanish actress
Karla Sofía Gascónis a Spanish actress. She has developed part of her career in the Americas, featuring in the comedy film The Noble Family (2013) and the narcoseries El Señor de los Cielos. Gascón ga...

Gary Gaskarth
External Communications Manager at Slough Estates Group (Segro)
Gary Gaskarthis External Communications Manager at Slough Estates Group (Segro). Career Head of Communications Mola (Museum of London Archaeology)External Communications Manager Segro PLCHead of Exter...

Simon Lawrance Gass
Civil Servant
Sir Simon Lawrance GassKCMG CVO (born 2 November 1956) is a British civil servant. Since 2019, he has been appointed as Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Between 2018 and 2019, he was the Com...

Henry Gates
American literary critic
Henry Louis Gates Jr.(born September 16, 1950) is an American literary critic, professor, historian, and filmmaker who serves as the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the Hutc...

Mark Gatiss
English actor and comedian
Mark Gatissis an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the television series Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Dracula. Together w...

Warren Gatland
New Zealand rugby union coach
Warren David Gatlandis a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player who is the head coach of the Wales national team. As head coach of Wales from 2007 to 2019, he won four Six Nations titles, inc...

Ncuti Gatwa
Rwandan-Scottish actor
Mizero Ncuti Gatwais a Rwandan-Scottish actor. He is best known as the fifteenth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2023–present) and Eric Effiong in the Netflix comed...

Cori (Gauff Coco) Gauff
American professional tennis player
Cori Dionne "Coco" Gauffis an American professional tennis player. She has won seven WTA Tour singles titles, including a major at the 2023 US Open, and eight doubles titles. Gauff has career-high ran...

David Gauke
British political commentator
David Michael Gaukeis a British political commentator, solicitor and former politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Hertfordshire from 2005 to 2019. He served in the Cabinet un...

Jean Gaultier
French fashion designer
Jean Paul Gaultieris a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs ...

Rebecca Gayheart
American actress and model
Rebecca Gayheartis an American actress and model. Gayheart began her career as a teen model in the 1980s, then advertising spokeswoman and subsequently appeared in a student short film by Brett Ratner...

Gloria Gaynor
American singer
Gloria Gaynoris an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), "Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), "I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye...

Lee Gaze
Welsh musician
Lee James Gazeis a Welsh musician. He is the lead guitarist, and one of the founding members, of the Welsh/American alternative rock band No Devotion, and a former member and co-founder of the Welsh r...

Henry (Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig) Gehrig
American professional baseballer
Henry Louis Gehrig, also known asHeinrich Ludwig Gehrig, was an American professional baseball first baseman who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–...

Christopher Geidt
Member of the House of Lords
Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt, Baron Geidtis a member of the House of Lords and Chairman of the Council of King's College London. He was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 200...

Uri Geller
Israeli-British illusionist
Uri Gelleris an Israeli-British illusionist, magician, and television personality who rose to international fame in the 1970s for his dramatic on-screen demonstrations of spoon bending and other mind-...

Stefani (Lady Gaga) Germanotta
Singer
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga)is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenager, sing...

Steven Gerrard
English professional football manager
Steven George Gerrardis an English professional football manager and former player, who manages Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation...