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German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat.

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German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic.

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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991)

Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.

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Italian novelist (1871-1936)

Grazia Deledda

Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island [i.e.

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6th-century Roman Pope, theologian and Church Father, Catholic and Orthodox saint, 64th Bishop of Rome and Doctor of the

Gregory I

Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.

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89th Pope of the Catholic Church (from 715 to 731)

Gregory II

Pope Gregory II was the bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731.

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90th Pope of the Catholic Church

Gregory III

Pope Gregory III was the bishop of Rome from 11 February 731 to his death on 28 November 741.

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Pope and bishop of Rome from 827 to 844

Gregory IV

Pope Gregory IV was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal States from October 827 to his death on 25 January 844.

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Pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241

Gregory IX

Pope Gregory IX was head of the Catholic Church and the ruler of the Papal States from 19 March 1227 until his death in 1241.

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