• Gabe DunnActor/actress — known for The Focus Group
• Gabor Csupo1952Hungarian-born animator who co-founded Klasky Csupo, producing 'Rugrats' and 'The Wild…
• Gabor Somorjai1935Physical chemist, pioneer of surface science and heterogeneous catalysis
• Gabor Szego1895Theory of orthogonal polynomials
• Gábor Tardos2020Hungarian mathematician
• Gabriel Almond1963Co-founder of comparative political culture research (The Civic Culture)
• Gabriel Lippmann1908Invented interference method of color photography
• Gabriel Macht2011Actor
• Gabriel Marcel1889French existentialist philosopher (of Jewish descent)
• Gabriel PinskiComputer & information scientist
• Gabriel Valentin1810Physiologist and histologist who made early discoveries on nerve and cell structure.
• Gabriel Zucman2023French economist of tax havens and wealth inequality
• Gabriela ShalevGabriela Shalev, one of the outstanding Israeli academicians in the field of law, has…
• Gabriele Tergit1894Rising to prominence as a journalist in Weimar-era Berlin, Gabriele Tergit, née Elise…
• Gabriele Veneziano1942Physicist
• Gaby Aghion1952Fashion designer, founder of Chloé and pioneer of luxury prêt-à-porter
• Gaby Hoffmann1982Actress known for Transparent and Girls
• Gad ElbazIsraeli Jewish pop singer.
• Gad Elmaleh2000Moroccan-French Jewish comedian and actor, one of France's most successful stand-up…
• Gail Berman1956Gail Berman made history as part of the youngest team of producers in Broadway history…
• Gail Martin1995Co-discoverer of embryonic stem cells (coined the term)
• Gail Rubin1938In her photos of Israeli nature, Rubin focused her attention on diverse objects…
• Gail Twersky Reimer1950Gail Twersky Reimer is a teacher, writer, editor, passionate advocate for the humanities…
• Gal Gadot2017Actress
• Gal Uchovsky1958Israeli screenwriter, producer, and cultural commentator.
• Galia Lahav1984Founder of the Galia Lahav couture and bridal house (1984)
• Galinka Ehrenfest1910Galinka Ehrenfest, born in Estonia but raised in the Netherlands, was the chief…
• Gamaliel the Elderc. 40Leading Pharisee and president of the Sanhedrin in the first century
• Garcia de Orta1563Physician and naturalist in Portuguese India
• Garry Kasparov1985World Chess Champion 1985-2000, among the greatest players ever (Jewish father)
• Garry Shandling1949Comedian who reinvented the sitcom twice ('It's Garry Shandling's Show', 'The Larry…
• Garson Kanin1949Wrote Born Yesterday and, with Ruth Gordon, Adam's Rib
• Gary Becker1992Economic Analysis of Human Behavior
• Gary Bertini1927Orchestra conductor
• Gary Cohn1960Former president and COO of Goldman Sachs
• Gary Felsenfeld1929Biophysicist known for research on chromatin and gene regulation
• Gary Geld1970Composer of Purlie and Shenandoah
• Gary Graffman1928Classical pianist
• Gary Gulman1970Stand-up comedian
• Gary Horowitz1955Physicist
• Gary Ross1988Screenwriter of Big and Dave
• Gary Roubin1951Interventional cardiologist, pioneer of coronary and carotid stenting
• Gary Ruvkun1952Awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene…
• Gary Struhl1953Developmental biologist, research on morphogen signaling in Drosophila
• Gaston Schwarz1938Revolutionized surgical education by introducing live surgery teaching at conferences and…
• Gavin DeGraw1977Singer-songwriter behind hits like 'I Don't Want to Be' and 'Not Over You'.
• Gavriel Lipkind1977Classical cellist
• Geddy Lee1953Lead singer and bassist of the rock band Rush.
• Gedeon Dagan1932Hydrologist, pioneer of the stochastic theory of groundwater flow and transport in porous…
• Gella Sänger1871Gella Sänger (née Hirsch) was a Neo-Orthodox author, editor, and bookseller living in…
• Gene Barry1919Actor known for Bat Masterson and The War of the Worlds
• Gene Colan1973Co-created Blade, the Falcon (first African-American superhero in mainstream comics) and…
• Gene Golub1932Numerical linear algebra
• Gene GrossmanEconomist
• Gene Robinson2018Pioneer of the sociogenomics of the honey bee
• Gene Simmons1973Israeli-born co-founder, bassist and vocalist of the rock band KISS.
• Gene Wilder1933Actor and comedian, star of Willy Wonka and Young Frankenstein
• Geneviève Janssen-PevtschinGeneviève Janssen-Pevtschin was an accomplished lawyer, magistrate, and human rights…
• Geneviève StrausGeneviève Straus-“an incomparable woman, unique, with infinite grace, and a supreme…
• Genndy Tartakovsky1970Russian-American animator and creator of Samurai Jack.
• Geoffrey AldermanBritish historian noted for his scholarship on Anglo-Jewish history.
• Geoffrey Hartman1929Yale literary theorist
• Geoffrey Marcy1954Astronomer, a pioneer in the discovery of extrasolar planets
• Geoffrey Raisman1939Neuroscientist who discovered synaptic plasticity and advanced nerve regeneration
• Georg BrandesLiterary & drama critic
• Georg Cantor1845Founder of set theory (Jewish ancestry disputed)
• Georg Kreisel1923Mathematical logic and proof theory
• Georg Pick1859Geometry
• Georg Simmel1858German sociologist and philosopher
• Georg Solti1912Conductor of the Chicago Symphony who won a record number of Grammy Awards
• Georg Tintner1917Orchestra conductor
• Georg Zuelzer1870Physician whose early pancreatic extract experiments anticipated the discovery of insulin
• George Akerlof1940Nobel laureate (2001) whose 'Market for Lemons' paper founded the economics of asymmetric…
• George Axelrod1961Screenwriter of Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Manchurian Candidate
• George Benedek1928Physicist
• George Benjamin1960Classical composer and conductor
• George Boas1891American philosopher and historian of ideas
• George Boolos1940Philosopher and mathematical logician
• George Burns1896Comedian and actor, Oscar winner for The Sunshine Boys
• George Cowan1990Manhattan Project radiochemist
• George Cukor1899Classic Hollywood director of 'My Fair Lady', for which he won the Best Director Oscar…
• George Dantzig1914Developed the simplex algorithm for linear programming.
• George de Hevesy1943Use of radioactive isotopes as tracers in chemical and biological processes
• George Feher1924Biophysical chemist known for ENDOR and the photosynthetic reaction center
• George Froeschel1942Screenwriter of Mrs. Miniver (Academy Award 1942)
• George Gershwin1924Composer - Rhapsody in Blue and Porgy and Bess
• George Glauberman1941Finite group theory
• George Henschel1850Conductor, singer and composer
• George Jean NathanLiterary & drama critic
• George Klein1925Tumor biologist who advanced understanding of viral oncology and tumor immunology.
• George Lakoff1941Cognitive linguist known for conceptual metaphor theory.
• George Lerner1952Invented Mr. Potato Head (developed 1949, launched by Hasbro 1952).
• George Low1969NASA engineer who steered the Apollo Moon program
• George Lusztig1946Representation theory
• George Mostow1923Mostow rigidity theorem for hyperbolic manifolds
• George Nemhauser2012Leading figure of integer programming and its applications
• George Olah1927Chemist known for carbocations and superacids
• George OppenPulitzer Prize for Poetry
• George Oppenheimer1937Screenwriter of A Day at the Races
• George Placzek1905Physicist
• George Platzman1920Meteorologist known for numerical weather prediction and tidal dynamics
• George Polya1887Combinatorics and heuristics
• George R. Roberts1943Co-founder and co-chairman of KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts)
• George Rochberg1918Classical composer
• George S. Kaufman1889Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('You Can't Take It with You')
• George SachsGairdner Award (biomedicine)
• George Sebastian1903Orchestra conductor
• George Segal1934Oscar-nominated actor known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Goldbergs
• George Sidney1916Director of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate')
• George Soros1970Investor and Philanthropist
• George Steiner1929Literary critic and essayist ('After Babel')
• George Szell1897Orchestra conductor
• George Wald1906Awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for discovering the biochemical processes of vision in the…
• George Wells1957Screenwriter of Designing Woman (Academy Award 1957)
• George Wyle1963Co-wrote 'It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year' and the 'Gilligan's Island' theme
• George Zweig1937Physicist
• Georges Charpak1924Physicist
• Georges Cravenne1976Born Joseph-Raoul Cohen
• Georges Fernand Widal1862Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.
• Georges Friedmann1902French sociologist of work and industrial labor
• Georges Gougenheim1900French linguist who developed 'français fondamental', a basic French vocabulary.
• Georges Gurvitch1894French sociologist known for the sociology of law and social depth levels
• Georges Hayem1841Physician regarded as a founder of modern hematology
• Georges Moustaki1969French singer-songwriter born in Alexandria to a Greek-Jewish family
• Georges Perec1936French novelist ('Life: A User's Manual', 'A Void')
• Georges-Henri Halphen1844Algebraic geometry and differential equations
• Georgie Stoll1945MGM conductor
• Georgy Flerov1964Nuclear physicist
• Gerald Aurbach1927Endocrinologist who advanced understanding of parathyroid hormone and calcium regulation
• Gerald Caplan1917Founder of community psychiatry and crisis intervention theory
• Gérald Dahan1970French impressionist, comedian and prankster.
• Gerald Davison1939Clinical psychologist influential in behavior therapy
• Gerald Edelman1929Awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize for determining the chemical structure of antibodies.
• Gerald Feinberg1933Physicist
• Gerald Fink1940Geneticist who pioneered yeast as a model organism for molecular genetics
• Gerald Finzi1901Classical composer
• Gerald Gunther1927Constitutional law scholar
• Gerald Guralnik1936Physicist
• Gerald M. Levin1939CEO of Time Warner
• Gerald Ronson1965Head of Heron International
• Gerald Rubin1950Geneticist who led the sequencing of the fruit fly genome
• Gerald Schubert1939Geophysicist known for research on mantle convection and the interiors of planets
• Gerald SussmanComputer & information scientist
• Gerald Wasserburg1927Geochemist who advanced isotope geochronology and the dating of meteorites and the solar…
• Geraldine Brooks1925American film and stage actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
• Gerard Darmon1948French actor and singer of Algerian Sephardic Jewish descent, known for Diva and Asterix…
• Gerard Guez1985Co-founder and chairman of Tarrant Apparel Group (1985), a NASDAQ-listed apparel…
• Gérard Oury1966Director of La Grande Vadrouille, Le Corniaud and Rabbi Jacob
• Gerard SaltonComputer & information scientist
• Gerard Schwarz1947Orchestra conductor
• Gerard Wertheimer1951Co-owner of the fashion house Chanel with his brother Alain
• Gerda Lerner1920Founder of the academic field of women's history, establishing the first graduate program…
• Gerda Weissmann Klein1924Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein has used her experiences to educate countless…
• Gerhard Hochschild1915Homological algebra
• Gerhard Neumann1917GE Aircraft Engine chief/VP (1963-1980)
• Gerhart Friedlander1916Nuclear chemist known for studies of nuclear reactions
• Geri M. Joseph1923Geri M. Joseph, a pioneer in the acceptance of women in journalism and politics, was a…
• German Khan1991Co-founder of Alfa Group
• Gerry GoffinPoet / lyricist
• Gersh Budker1918Physicist
• Gershom ScholemProfiled in Thinkers of the 20th Century
• Gerson Goldhaber1924Physicist
• Gersonides1288Medieval mathematician
• Gertrud Amon Natzler1908Gertrud Amon Natzler’s collaboration with her husband, Otto Natzler, over almost four…
• Gertrud Bing1892Art historian Gertrud Bing was a key figure at the Warburg Institute, a research library…
• Gertrud BodenwieserA member of the first generation of modern dancers in Vienna, Gertrud Bodenwieser…
• Gertrud KolmarPoet / lyricist
• Gertrud Kornfeld1891Gertrud Kornfeld was the first woman scientist to receive an academic appointment at the…
• Gertrud KrausGertrud Kraus was a pioneer dancer and choreographer, mainly in expressionist dance.
• Gertrude Berg1898American actress and writer who created and starred in the pioneering sitcom The…
• Gertrude Elion1988Rational drug design principles yielding treatments for leukemia and other diseases
• Gertrude Geraldine Michelson1925G. G. Michelson (1925-2015) was a corporate and civic leader who was a trailblazer for…
• Gertrude Himmelfarb1922Gertrude Himmefarb (1922-2019) was an American historian and public intellectual who…
• Gertrude Hirschler1929A celebrated translator of deft skill and a woman of great principle, Gertrude Hirschler…
• Gertrude RosenblattGertrude Rosenblatt earned praise for the many ways she helped build the State of Israel.
• Gertrude Stein1874Modernist writer and art patron ('The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas')
• Gertrude Weil1879A dedicated activist for women’s rights and racial equality, Gertrude Weil showed that…
• Gertrude/Gego GoldschmidtGego, born Gertrude Goldschmidt, was one of Venezuela’s most creative and ingenious…
• Gerty Cori1896Biochemist awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize for discovering the Cori cycle of glycogen…
• Geulah Cohen1925A perennial firebrand of the Israeli Right, Geulah Cohen was a major fixture in Israeli…
• Géza Herczeg1937Co-wrote The Life of Emile Zola (Academy Award 1937)
• Géza Révész1878Psychologist known for research on the psychology of music and talent
• Géza Róheim1891Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
• Ghermezian family1981Built West Edmonton Mall, the Mall of America and American Dream — the three largest…
• Ghitta Caiserman-RothGhitta Caiserman-Roth was a well-known Canadian artist who showed her work in galleries…
• Giacomo Lumbroso1844Italian philologist and historian of Greco-Roman Egypt and papyrology.
• Giacomo Meyerbeer1831German-born composer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer), leading figure of 19th-century French…
• Gideon (Jerubbaal)traditionally c. 12th century BCE (biblical narrative)Judge who, in the biblical narrative, defeated Midianite raiders with a force of three…
• Gideon Glick2019American actor and writer
• Gideon Oberson1976Israeli luxury-swimwear designer
• Gideon Raff1972Israeli creator of 'Prisoners of War', the series that inspired the American hit…
• Gidi Gov1950Israeli singer and popular television host.
• Gidon Kremer1947Latvian violinist and champion of contemporary works, founder of Kremerata Baltica
• Gil CohenIsraeli actor featured in the drama series Tuner.
• Gil Kalai1955Combinatorics and the theory of convex polytopes
• Gil Kane1959Comic book artist (born Eli Katz) who co-created the modern Green Lantern and the Atom…
• Gil SchweidComputer & information scientist
• Gil Shaham1971Classical violinist
• Gil ShohatIsraeli composer and pianist known for his operas and orchestral works.
• Gil Shwed1993Check Point Software and Stateful Firewall
• Gila Almagor1939The 'First Lady' of Israeli theatre and film.
• Gila Golan1940Israeli-American actress and former Miss Israel.
• Gilbert Gottfried1955Stand-up comedian with the unmistakable voice
• Gilbert Stork1921Organic chemist renowned for advances in the total synthesis of complex molecules
• Gilda Radner1946Comedian, original cast member of Saturday Night Live
• Gill MarcusAfter the African National Congress was unbanned in South Africa in 1990, Gill Marcus…
• Gilles-William Goldnadel1985French-Israeli lawyer and author
• Gina Bachauer1913Classical pianist
• Gina Gershon1996American actress of Jewish heritage.
• Ginevra BlanisGinevra Blanis was a late sixteenth-century silk manufacturer of the Florentine ghetto…
• Ginnifer Goodwin1978American actress known for Once Upon a Time and Big Love.
• Gino FannoFluid mechanics
• Gino Fano1871Algebraic geometry
• Gino Loria1862Historian of mathematics and geometry
• Giorgio BassaniAuthor
• Giovanni Jona-Lasinio1932Physicist
• Gisela Peiper Konopka1910Berlin-born Gisela Konopka built an international reputation as a group social worker and…
• Gisèle Freund1908Gisèle Freund was a European intellectual and writer, a sociologist, a historian of…
• Gisèle Halimi1972Tunisian-French lawyer who defended Djamila Boupacha and exposed torture in the Algerian…
• Gisi FleischmannGisi Fleischmann was a steadfast and brave fighter in the underground resistance to…
• Giulio Ascoli1843Analysis
• Giulio Racah1909Physicist
• Giuseppe Levi1872Histologist and pioneer of tissue culture who mentored three future Nobel laureates.
• Gladys Davidson WeinbergGladys Davidson Weinberg’s pioneering archaeological work on ancient and medieval glass…
• Gladys Heldman1922After originally planning to be a medieval historian, Gladys Heldman became a competitive…
• Gladys Noon Spellman1918During her five years in Congress, Gladys Noon Spellman was a voice for fiscal reform.
• Gladys Rosen1924Gladys Rosen created resources that changed how people approached Jewish history.
• Glika Bilavsky1884Glika Bilavsky’s activities ran the gamut of secular Yiddish culture, from her political…
• Gloria Allred1941Civil-rights and women's-rights attorney who litigated many high-profile cases advancing…
• Gloria Gervitz1943The Mexican Ashkenazi poet Gloria Gervitz (1943–2022) is known for her award-winning…
• Gloria Shayne Baker1962Co-wrote the Christmas hymn 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' (1962)
• Gloria Steinem1934Pioneering American feminist icon, journalist, and co-founder of Ms. magazine.
• Gluckel of Hamelnc. 1646German-Jewish businesswoman and memoirist whose Yiddish diary is a landmark record of…
• Golda Meir1969Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
• Golde BamberGolde Bamber envisioned and institutionalized new educational structures to serve Jewish…
• Goldie Hawn1969Oscar-winning American actress
• Gordon Baym1935Theoretical physicist
• Gordon Kane1937Physicist
• Gordon PlotkinComputer & information scientist
• Gordon Schochet1937Political theorist and historian of political thought
• Gottfried BernhardyLiterary & drama critic
• Gottfried Fuchs1912Scored 10 goals in one match for Germany (1912) — a national record for a century
• Gotthold Eisenstein1823Number theory
• Grace Aguilar1816Grace Aguilar was an Anglo-Jewish poet, historical romance writer, domestic novelist…
• Grace PaleyPoet / lyricist
• Grace SchulmanDuring her decades-long career as both poet and professor, Dr. Grace Schulman has…
• Grace Seixas Nathan1752Although it was never published in her lifetime, Grace Seixas Nathan’s writing showed her…
• Grace Wahba1934Statistics
• Gracia Mendes Nasi1553Banker and head of the Mendes-Benveniste house
• Graham MooreAcademy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
• Graziadio Ascoli1829Italian linguist, founder of Italian dialectology and glottology.
• Greg Kurstin2015Producer of Adele's 'Hello' and '25'
• Gregg Sulkin2017Actor: Mason Greyback in Wizards of Waverly Place and Chase Stein in Marvel's Runaways
• Gregor Piatigorsky1903Cellist and teacher who premiered numerous concertos written for him
• Gregori Margulis1946Lie groups and ergodic theory (Fields Medal, Abel Prize)
• Gregory Breit1899Physicist
• Gregory Chaitin1947Founder of algorithmic information theory
• Gregory Pikus1923Physicist
• Gregory Pincus1903Biologist who co-developed the first oral contraceptive pill.
• Gregory SivashinskyFluid mechanics
• Gregory Zilboorg1890Psychoanalyst and historian of psychiatry
• Grete SternGrete Stern was one of the founders of Argentina’s modern photography.
• Gretel Bergmann1914Gretel Bergmann was a highly successful German track and field athlete.
• Grigori Landsberg1890Physicist
• Grigori Perelman1966Proved the Poincare conjecture (declined Fields Medal)
• Grigori Volovik2014Physicist of topological superfluids
• Grigorii Lozanovsky1937Functional analysis
• Grigory Barenblatt1927Fluid mechanics
• Grigory Ginsburg1904Classical pianist
• Grigory Sokolov1950Classical pianist
• Grigory VinokurLiterary & drama critic
• Grigory Volovik1946Physicist
• Groucho Marx1890Comedian and actor, leader of the Marx Brothers comedy team
• Grzegorz RozenbergComputer & information scientist
• Guido Calabresi1932Founder of law and economics and federal judge
• Guido Castelnuovo1865Italian school of algebraic geometry
• Guido Fubini1879Analysis
• Guido Pontecorvo1907Geneticist who pioneered fungal genetics and the mapping of genes within a chromosome.
• Gummo Marx1910Member of the Marx Brothers comedy family
• Günther Anders1902German philosopher, critic of technology and the nuclear age
• Gunther Stent1924Molecular biologist and later neurobiologist, an early leader of the phage group
• Gunther Uhlmann1952Inverse problems and the theory of cloaking
• Gurit Kadman1897Gurit Kadman earned fame as a pioneer of Israeli folk dancing.
• Gus Kahn1934Lyricist of 'Makin' Whoopee'
• Gussie Edelman WynerGussie Edelman Wyner was an early leader of the Boston Jewish community and a national…
• Gusta Dawidson DraengerGusta Dawidson Draenger was active in resistance movements during World War II, enduring…
• Gustav Bergmann1906Philosopher of the Vienna Circle and logical positivism
• Gustav Bucky1880Radiologist who invented the Bucky grid, greatly improving the clarity of X-ray images.
• Gustav Embden1874Biochemist who helped elucidate glycolysis, the Embden-Meyerhof pathway of sugar…
• Gustav Hollaender1855Violinist and composer
• Gustav Magnus1802Chemist and physicist known for Magnus's green salt
• Gustav Mahler1888Composer
• Gustav Nossal1931Immunologist known for research on antibody formation and immune tolerance.
• Gustave "Gus" Levy1910Senior partner of Goldman Sachs (1969-1976)
• Gustave Aufricht1895Co-founded the American Society of Plastic Surgeons after training under Jacques Joseph…
• Gustave KahnPoet / lyricist
• Gustave Solomon1930Co-invented Reed-Solomon error-correcting codes.
• Guy Oseary1997Israeli-born music manager of Madonna and U2
• Guy Ourisson1926Chemist known for terpene and biomolecule chemistry
• Gwyneth Paltrow1998American actress (Shakespeare in Love, Iron Man)
• György FaludyPoet / lyricist
• György KonrádAuthor
• György Kurtág1926Hungarian composer celebrated for concentrated, aphoristic chamber works
• György Ligeti1923Avant-garde composer whose works featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Gyorgy Lukács1885Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary theorist
• György Pauk1936Classical violinist
• György Sebők1922Classical pianist

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