Pope and ruler of the Papal States (c.972-999) (r.996-999)
Gregory V
Pope Gregory V, born Bruno of Carinthia, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 May 996 to his death.
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Pope of the Catholic Church from 1073 to 1085
Gregory VII
Pope Gregory VII, born Hildebrand of Sovana, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085.
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Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
Gregory VIII
Pope Gregory VIII, born Alberto di Morra, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States for two months in 1187.
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Pope from 1271 to 1276
Gregory X
Pope Gregory X was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Third Order of St.
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22nd & 24th President of the United States (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.
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German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (1927-2015)
Günter Grass
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism
Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak, also known as Bābā Nānak, was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
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Austrian symbolist painter (1862–1918)
Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement.
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French painter (1819–1877)
Gustave Courbet
Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.
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