 | | Kenny G | Musician | Saxophonist | 1956 | |
| | | Clark Gable | Actor | Gone With the Wind | 1901 | 1960 |
| | | Milt Gabler | Music Producer | | 1911 | 2001 |
 |  | Dennis Gabor | Physicist | Inventor of holography | 1900 | 1979 |
| | | Eva Gabor | Actor | Green Acres | 1921 | 1995 |
| | | Zsa Zsa Gabor | Actor | Gabor sister | 1917 | |
| | | Peter Gabriel | Musician | Genesis | 1950 | |
 | | Giovanni Gabrieli | Composer | Italian composer at St. Mark's | 1554 | 1612 |
| | | Kenneth Gaburo | Composer | | 1926 | 1993 |
| | | John Wayne Gacy | Criminal | Twenty-eight boys in his crawlspace | 1942 | 1994 |
 | | Niels Wilhelm Gade | Composer | | 1817 | 1890 |
| | | Franchinus Gaffurius | Composer | Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaiss | 1451 | 1522 |
 | | Yuri Gagarin | Astronaut | First person to orbit earth | 1934 | 1968 |
| | | Neil Gaiman | Author | DC Comics epic Sandman series | 1960 | |
| | | Ernest Gaines | Author | A Lesson Before Dying; | 1933 | |
| | | Thomas Gainsborough | Painter | Portrait and landscape painter | 1927 | 1788 |
 | | Serge Gainsbourg | Singer/Songwriter | Je t'aime ... moi non plus | 1928 | 1991 |
| | | John Kenneth Galbraith | Economist | Modern economics renegade | 1908 | 2006 |
 |  | Galen | Doctor | Medical authority | 0129 | 0216 |
| | | Galileo Galilei | Astronomer | Invented telescope | 1564 | 1642 |
| | | Vincenzo Galilei | Composer | Father of Galileo Galilei | 1520 | 1591 |
| | | Noel Gallagher | Guitarist | Guitarist for Oasis | 1967 | |
| | | Peter Gallagher | Actor | American Beauty | 1955 | |
| | | Robert C. Gallagher | Business | Associated Banc-Corp. | 1939 | |
 | | Rory Gallagher | Guitarist | Irish blues rock guitarist | 1949 | 1995 |
| | | Amelita Galli-Curci | Singer | Coloratura soprano | 1882 | 1963 |
| | | Ernest Gallo | Business | Billionaire winemaker | 1909 | 2007 |
| | | Vincent Gallo | Actor | Buffalo '66, Brown Bunny | 1962 | |
| | | George Gallup | Business | The Gallup Organization | 1901 | 1984 |
| | | Simon Gallup | Musician | The Cure | 1960 | |
 |  | Jacobus Gallus | Composer | | 1550 | 1591 |
| | | John Galsworthy | Novelist | The Forsyte Saga | 1867 | 1933 |
| | | Francis Galton | Anthropologist | Word Association Test | 1822 | 1911 |
| | | Baldassare Galuppi | Composer | Il Filosofo di Campagna | 1706 | 1785 |
 | | Vasco da Gama | Explorer | Route from Europe to India around Cape Hood | 1469 | 1524 |
| | | Kenneth Gamble | Songwriter | Gamble and Huff | 1943 | |
| | | Mason Gamble | Actor | Dennis the Menace | 1986 | |
 | | Indira Gandhi | Head of State | First Female Prime Minister of India | 1917 | 1984 |
| | | Mahatma Gandhi | Activist | Advocate of pacifism as a means of revolution | 1869 | 1948 |
| | | Rajiv Gandhi | Head of State | Prime Minister of India 1984-9 | 1944 | 1991 |
| | | James Gandolfini | Actor | Tony Soprano | 1961 | |
| | | Joe Garagiola | Baseball | | 1926 | |
| | | Jan Garber | Musician | Idol of the Air Lanes | 1894 | 1977 |
| |  | Greta Garbo | Actor | Grand Hotel | 1905 | 1990 |
 | | Federico Garcia Lorca | Poet | Lament for a Bullfighter | 1898 | 1936 |
| | | Jerry Garcia | Musician | Grateful Dead | 1942 | 1995 |
| | | Pauline Garcia-Viardot | Singer | | 1821 | 1910 |
| | | John Eliot Gardiner | Conductor | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | 1943 | |
| | | Ava Gardner | Actor | The Barefoot Contessa | 1922 | 1990 |
| | | Booth Gardner | Politician | Governor of Washington, 1985-93 | 1936 | |
| | | Ed Gardner | Actor | Duffy's Tavern | 1905 | 1963 |
| | | Erle Stanley Gardner | Novelist | Creator of Perry Mason | 1899 | 1970 |
| | | Hy Gardner | Columnist | New York Herald Tribune | 1904 | 1989 |
| | | John W. Gardner | Government | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | 1912 | 2002 |
| | | Martin Gardner | Mathematician | Mathematical games, Scientific American | 1914 | |
| | | James A. Garfield | President | 20th US President | 1831 | 1881 |
| | | Art Garfunkel | Singer/Songwriter | Simon and Garfunkel | 1941 | |
| | | Beverly Garland | Actor | Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1923 | |
| | | Hamlin Garland | Author | A Son of the Middle Border | 1860 | 1940 |
| | | Judy Garland | Singer | | 1922 | 1969 |
| | | Erroll Garner | Composer | | 1921 | 1977 |
| | | John Nance Garner | Politician | US Vice President, 1933-41 | 1868 | 1967 |
| | | Janeane Garofalo | Comic | Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist | 1964 | |
| | | Teri Garr | Actor | Inga in Young Frankenstein | 1944 | |
| | | Stuart Garrard | Guitarist | | 1963 | |
| | | Kenny Garrett | Jazz Musician | Post bop jazz saxophonist and flutist | 1960 | |
| | | David Garrick | Actor | Manager of Drury Lane Theatre | 1717 | 1779 |
| | | William Lloyd Garrison | Activist | The Liberator | 1805 | 1879 |
| | | Greer Garson | Actor | Mrs. Miniver | 1904 | 1996 |
 | | Mort Garson | Composer | | 1924 | |
| | | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil | Head of State | UK Prime Minister three times | 1830 | 1903 |
| | | Elizabeth Gaskell | Author | Cranford | 1810 | 1865 |
| | | George J. Gaskin | Singer | | 0000 | 1920 |
| | | Ana Gasteyer | Actor | | 1967 | |
| | | Bill Gates | Business | Co-Founder, Microsoft Corporation | 1955 | |
| | | Daryl Gates | Government | Chief of LAPD 1978-92 | 1926 | |
| | | Rudy Gatlin | Country Musician | The Gatlin Brothers | 1952 | |
| | | Philippe Gaubert | Composer | Composer, primarily for the flute | 1879 | 1941 |
| | | Chad Gaudin | | Chicago Cubs pitcher (RH) | 1983 | |
| | | Bob Gaudio | Singer/Songwriter | Four Seasons | 1942 | |
| | | Paul Gaugin | Painter | French post-impressionist painter | 1948 | 1903 |
| | | Percy Gaunt | Songwriter | A Trip to Chinatown | 1853 | 1896 |
| | | Henry Gauntlett | Composer | Irby (Once in Royal David's City) | 1805 | 1876 |
 | | Carl Friedrich Gauss | Mathematician | Perhaps the greatest German mathematician | 1777 | 1855 |
| | | Dick Gautier | Actor | Hymie on Get Smart | 1931 | |
| | | Connie B. Gay | Country Musician | | 1914 | 1989 |
| | | John Gay | Poet | | 1685 | 1732 |
| | | Marvin Gaye | Singer/Songwriter | Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. | 1939 | 1984 |
| | | Gloria Gaynor | Singer | I Will Survive | 1949 | |
| | | Janet Gaynor | Actor | A Star Is Born | 1906 | 1984 |
| | | Ben Gazzara | Actor | he Thomas Crown Affair | 1930 | |
| | | Nicolai Gedda | Singer | Tenor | 1925 | |
| | | Judy Geeson | Actor | Maggie Conway in Mad About You | 1948 | |
| | | Lou Gehrig | Baseball | Played 2,130 consecutive games | 1903 | 1941 |
| | | Dr. Theodore Seuss Geisel | Author | Cat in the Hat | 1904 | 1991 |
| | | Larry Gelbart | Film/TV Producer | M*A*S*H | 1928 | |
| | | Bob Geldof | Musician | Live Aid, Boomtown Rats | 1951 | |
| | | Murray Gell-Mann | Physicist | Theory of elementary particles | 1929 | |
| | | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Actor | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 1977 | |
| | | Francesco Geminiani | Composer | Art of Playing the Violin | 1687 | 1762 |
| | | Harold Geneen | Business | CEO of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. | 1910 | 1997 |
| | | Jean Genet | Novelist | Theatre of the Absurd | 1910 | 1986 |
| | | Bobbie Gentry | Musician | Ode to Billie Joe | 1944 | |
| | | George II of Great Britain | Royalty | King of Great Britain and Ireland | 1683 | 1760 |
| | | George III of the United Kingdom | Royalty | | 1738 | 1820 |
 | | George Tupou V | Royalty | King of Tonga | 1948 | |
| | | George V | Royalty | King of England, 1910-1936 | 1865 | 1936 |
| | | David Lloyd George | Head of State | UK Prime Minister, 1916-22 | 1863 | 1954 |
| | | Henry George | Economist | Progress and Poverty | 1839 | 1897 |
| | | Phyllis George | Business | | 1949 | |
| | | Ralph Gerard | Scientist | Neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist | 1900 | 1974 |
| | | Ernst Ludwig Gerber | Composer | German composer | 1746 | 1819 |
| | | Richard Gere | Actor | An Officer and a Gentleman | 1949 | |
| | | Valery Gergiev | Conductor | London Symphony Orchestra | 1953 | |
| | | Gerhard Schroeder | Head of State | German Chancellor 1998-2005 | 1944 | |
| | | Roberto Gerhard | Composer | Spanish Catalan composer | 1896 | 1970 |
| | | Edward German | Composer | | 1862 | 1936 |
| | | Lisa Germano | Singer/Songwriter | Geek the Girl | 1958 | |
| |  | Hugo Gernsback | Author | Founded Amazing Stories in 1926 | 1884 | 1967 |
| | | Geronimo | Military | The last Indian to surrender | 1829 | 1909 |
| | | George Gershwin | Songwriter | Rhapsody In Blue | 1898 | 1937 |
| | | Ira Gershwin | Songwriter | American composer | 1896 | 1983 |
| | | Louis Gerstner | Business | | 1942 | |
| | | Stefano Gervasoni | Composer | | 1962 | |
| | | Carlo Gesualdo | Composer | Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife | 1560 | 1613 |
| | | Estelle Getty | Actor | The Golden Girls | 1923 | 2008 |
| | | J. Paul Getty | Business | Founder of Getty Oil Company | 1892 | 1976 |
| | | Stan Getz | Jazz Musician | Jazz tenor saxophonist | 1927 | 1991 |
| | | Georgie Anne Geyer | Columnist | | 1935 | |
| | | Gherardello da Firenze | Composer | Italian ars nova | 1320 | 1363 |
 | | Nicolai Ghiaurov | Singer | Bulgarian opera singer (Bass) | 1929 | 2004 |
| | | Alice Ghostley | Actor | Bernice Clifton on Designing Women | 1926 | 2007 |
 | | Alberto Giacometti | Sculptor | Head of a Man on a Rod | 1901 | 1966 |
| | | A. Bartlett Giamatti | Baseball | Baseball Commissioner | 1938 | 1989 |
| | | A. P. Giannini | Business | Founder of Bank of America | 1870 | 1949 |
| | | Vittorio Giannini | Composer | Symphony no. 3 for band | 1903 | 1966 |
| | | Andy Gibb | Musician | I Just Want To Be Your Everything | 1958 | 1988 |
| | | Barry Gibb | Musician | The Bee Gees | 1946 | |
| | | Maurice Gibb | Bassist | Bee Gees | 1949 | 2003 |
| | | Robin Gibb | Musician | Vocalist for the Bee Gees | 1949 | |
| | | Edward Gibbon | Historian | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | 1737 | 1794 |
| | | Billy Gibbons | Guitarist | ZZ Top | 1949 | |
| | | Orlando Gibbons | Composer | The Silver Swan | 1583 | 1625 |
| | | Wolcott Gibbs | Author | 1936 parody of Time magazine | 1902 | 1958 |
| |  | Kahlil Gibran | Poet | The Prophet | 1883 | 1931 |
| | | Althea Gibson | Tennis | First black woman to win Wimbledon | 1927 | 2003 |
| | | Bob Gibson | Baseball | Two-time Cy Young Award winner | 1935 | |
| | | Debbie Gibson | Singer | Former teen idol | 1970 | |
| | | Don Gibson | Country Musician | I Can't Stop Loving You | 1928 | 2003 |
| | | Henry Gibson | Actor | Laugh-In | 1935 | |
| | | Hoot Gibson | Actor | Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s | 1892 | 1962 |
 | | Mel Gibson | Actor | Mad Max | 1956 | |
| | | William Gibson | Author | Pioneer of Cyberpunk science fiction | 1948 | |
| | | Andre Gide | Author | Le Voyage d'Urien | 1869 | 1951 |
| | | Miriam Gideon | Composer | American composer | 1906 | 1996 |
| | | John Gielgud | Actor | | 1904 | 2000 |
| | | Walter Gieseking | Pianist | French-German pianist and composer | 1895 | 1956 |
| | | Frank Gifford | Football | Monday Night Football | 1930 | |
| | | Kathy Lee Gifford | Talk Show Host | Half of Regis and Kathie Lee | 1953 | |
| | | Nicolas Gigault | Composer | French Baroque organist and composer | 1627 | 1707 |
| | | Billy Gilbert | Actor | Comic actor and vaudevillian | 1894 | 1971 |
| | | L. Wolfe Gilbert | Songwriter | One of the leading songwriters on Tin Pan Alley | 1886 | 1970 |
| | | W. S. Gilbert | Songwriter | Gilbert & Sullivan | 1836 | 1911 |
| | | William Gilbert | Physicist | De Magnete | 1544 | 1603 |
| | | Brendan Gill | Author | The New Yorker | 1914 | 1997 |
| | | Eric Gill | Engraver | Perpetua, Gill Sans Serif, Joanna and Bunyan | 1882 | 1940 |
| | | Vince Gill | Country Musician | Country music singer | 1957 | |
| | | Ian Gillan | Singer | Deep Purple | 1945 | |
| | | Dizzy Gillespie | Jazz Musician | Be-bop jazz trumpeter | 1917 | 1993 |
 | | Mickey Gilley | Country Musician | Seventeen #1 country hits | 1936 | |
| | | Terry Gilliam | Film Director | Monty Python alumnus, Brazil | 1940 | |
| | | Penelope Gilliatt | Screenwriter | Sunday, Bloody Sunday | 1932 | 1993 |
| | | Dorothy Gilman | Author | Mrs. Pollifax series of spy novels | 1923 | |
| | | Lawrence Gilman | Critic | U.S. author and music critic | 1879 | 1939 |
| | | Patrick Gilmore | Composer | Father of The American Band | 1829 | 1892 |
| | | Norman Gimbel | Songwriter | Canadian Sunset | 1927 | |
 | | Alberto Ginastera | Composer | | 1916 | 1983 |
| | | Hermione Gingold | Actor | Madame Alvarez in Gigi | 1897 | 1987 |
| | | Newt Gingrich | Politician | Speaker of the House, 1995-99 | 1943 | |
| | | Greg Ginn | Guitarist | Black Flag, founded SST records | 1954 | |
| | | Allen Ginsberg | Poet | Howl! | 1926 | 1997 |
| | | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Judge | US Supreme Court Justice | 1933 | |
| | | Tommaso Giordani | Composer | | 1730 | 1806 |
| | | Umberto Giordano | Composer | Opera composer | 1867 | 1948 |
| | | Nikki Giovanni | Poet | Black Feeling, Black Talk | 1943 | |
| | | Jean Giraudoux | Novelist | The Madwoman of Chaillot | 1889 | 1994 |
| | | Giraut de Bornelh | Songwriter | Troubadour | 1138 | 1215 |
| | | Dorothy Gish | Actor | Orphans of the Storm | 1898 | 1968 |
| | | Lillian Gish | Actor | Silent film actress, director | 1893 | 1993 |
| | | George Gissing | Novelist | New Grub Street | 1857 | 1903 |
| | | Mauro Giuliani | Composer | | 1781 | 1828 |
| | | Rudy Giuliani | Politician | Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 | 1944 | |
| | | Carlo Maria Giulini | Conductor | | 1914 | 2005 |
| | | William Ewart Gladstone | Head of State | UK Prime Minister | 1809 | 1898 |
| | | Peggy Glanville-Hicks | Composer | Australian composer | 1912 | 1990 |
| | | Ellen Glasgow | Novelist | | 1873 | 1945 |
| | | Sheldon Glashow | Physicist | Electroweak Theory | 1932 | |
| | | Arnold H. Glasow | Author | Glasow's Gloombusters | 1905 | 1998 |
| | | Philip Glass | Composer | Master of arpeggiation | 1937 | |
| | | Tom Glazer | Singer/Songwriter | On Top of Spaghetti | 1914 | 2003 |
| | | Alexander Glazunov | Composer | Raymonda | 1865 | 1936 |
| | | Jackie Gleason | Actor | | 1916 | 1987 |
| | | Natalie Glebova | Model | Miss Universe 2005 | 1981 | |
| | | John Glenn | Astronaut | First American to orbit earth | 1921 | |
| | | Srul Irving Glick | Composer | Canadian composer | 1934 | 2002 |
 | | Reinhold Gliere | Composer | The Red Poppy | 1875 | 1956 |
| | | Mikhail Glinka | Composer | Ruslan and Lyudmila | 1804 | 1857 |
| | | Crispin Glover | Actor | Rubin and Ed | 1964 | |
| | | John Glover | Actor | Lionel Luthor on Smallville | 1944 | |
| | | Christoph Willibald Gluck | Composer | Orfeo ed Eurydice | 1714 | 1787 |
| | | Elinor Glyn | Novelist | Pioneered women's erotic fiction | 1864 | 1943 |
| | | George Gobel | Comic | Harper Valley P.T.A. - Mayor Otis Harper | 1919 | 1991 |
| | | Benjamin Godard | Composer | French violinist and Romantic composer | 1849 | 1895 |
| | | Jean-Luc Godard | Film Director | Vivre sa Vie | 1930 | |
| | | Paulette Goddard | Actor | | 1910 | 1990 |
| | | Robert Goddard | Scientist | Father of modern rocketry | 1882 | 1945 |
| |  | Kurt Gödel | Mathematician | Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems | 1906 | 1978 |
| | | Arthur Godfrey | Actor | Arthur Godfrey and His Friends | 1903 | 1983 |
| | | Leopold Godowsky | Composer | | 1870 | 1938 |
| | | Godric of Finchale | Saint | English hermit and popular medieval saint | 1065 | 1170 |
| | | William Godwin | Philosopher | An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice | 1756 | 1836 |
| | | Roger Goeb | Composer | Symphony No. 3 | 1914 | 1997 |
| | | Joseph Goebbels | Government | Minister of Propaganda | 1897 | 1945 |
| | | Reinhard Goebel | Conductor | | 1952 | |
| | | Alexander Goedicke | Composer | Russian composer and pianist | 1877 | 1957 |
| | | Alexander Goehr | Composer | English composer and academic | 1932 | |
| | | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Author | Faust | 1749 | 1832 |
| | | Dwayne Goettel | Musician | Skinny Puppy | 1964 | 1995 |
| | | Hermann Goetz | Composer | German composer | 1840 | 1876 |
| | | Gerry Goffin | Songwriter | Brill Building song writing team | 1939 | |
| | | Andrew Gold | Singer/Songwriter | Lonely Boy | 1951 | |
| | | Ernest Gold | Composer | | 1921 | 1999 |
| | | Arthur Goldberg | Judge | US Supreme Court Justice 1962-65 | 1908 | 1990 |
| | | Whoopi Goldberg | Actor | The Color Purple | 1955 | |
| | | Jeff Goldblum | Actor | The Fly | 1952 | |
| | | Billy Golden | Artist | | 0000 | 1926 |
| | | William Golding | Novelist | Lord of The Flies | 1911 | 1993 |
| |  | Emma Goldman | Anarchist | Anarchist and feminist libertarian | 1869 | 1940 |
| | | William Goldman | Novelist | Marathon Man, Princess Bride | 1931 | |
| | | Karl Goldmark | Composer | | 1830 | 1915 |
| | | James Goldsmith | Business | | 1933 | 1997 |
| | | Jerry Goldsmith | Composer | The Omen | 1929 | 2004 |
| | | Oliver Goldsmith | Author | The Vicar of Wakefield | 1730 | 1774 |
| | | Olivia Goldsmith | Novelist | The First Wives Club | 1949 | 2004 |
| | | Bobcat Goldthwait | Film Director | Shakes the Clown | 1962 | |
| | | Barry Goldwater | Politician | US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 | 1909 | 1998 |
| |  | Samuel Goldwyn | Film/TV Producer | The G in MGM | 1882 | 1974 |
| | | Lefty Gómez | Baseball | El Goofy | 1908 | 1989 |
| | | Wladyslaw Gomulka | Head of State | Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70 | 1905 | 1982 |
| | | Edmond de Goncourt | Author | Founder of the Académie Goncourt. | 1822 | 1896 |
| | | Maud Gonne | Actor | Yeats's muse | 1866 | 1953 |
| | | Benny Goodman | Jazz Musician | Bespectacled jazz clarinettist | 1909 | 1983 |
| | | Ellen Goodman | Journalist | | 1941 | |
| | | John Goodman | Actor | King Ralph | 1952 | |
| | | Paul Goodman | Anarchist | Growing Up Absurd | 1911 | 1972 |
| | | Roy Goodman | Conductor | Freelance conductor, violinist and organist | 1951 | |
| | | Steve Goodman | Singer/Songwriter | City of New Orleans | 1948 | 1984 |
| | | Samuel Griswold Goodrich | Author | American author, better known as Peter Parley. | 1793 | 1860 |
| | | Richard Goodwin | Government | Speechwriter to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson | 1931 | |
| | | Sidonie Goossens | Musician | Harpist | 1899 | 2004 |
| | | Mikhail Gorbachev | Head of State | Final leader of the Soviet Union, 1985-91 | 1931 | |
 | | Nadine Gordimer | Author | South African novelist | 1923 | |
| | | Caroline Gordon | Novelist | Penhally | 1895 | 1981 |
| | | Dexter Gordon | Musician | | 1923 | 1990 |
| | | Jeff Gordon | Auto Racing | Four-time Winston Cup winner | 1971 | |
| | | Mack Gordon | Songwriter | You'll Never Know | 1904 | 1959 |
| | | Mike Gordon | Bassist | Phish | 1965 | |
| | | Ruth Gordon | Actor | Oscar for Rosemary's Baby | 1896 | 1985 |
| | | Berry Gordy | Music Producer | | 1929 | |
| | | Albert Gore Sr. | Politician | US Senator from Tennessee, 1953-71 | 1907 | 1998 |
| | | Al Gore | Politician | | 1948 | |
| | | Martin Gore | Musician | Depeche Mode | 1961 | |
| | | Tipper Gore | First Lady | Al Gore's wife | 1948 | |
| | | Henryk Gorecki | Composer | Symphony No. 3 | 1933 | |
| | | Edward Gorey | Artist | | 1925 | 2000 |
| | | Christopher Gorham | Actor | Harrison John on Popular | 1974 | |
| | | Maxim Gorky | Author | The Lower Depths | 1861 | 1936 |
| | | Eydie Gorme | Musician | Blame it on the Bossa Nova | 1931 | |
| | | Stone Gossard | Musician | | 1966 | |
 | | Jakov Gotovac | Composer | Ero s onoga svijeta | 1895 | 1982 |
| | | Gottfried von Strassburg | Author | Tristan and Isolde | 1210 | 1210 |
| | | Gilbert Gottfried | Comic | Loudmouth Jewish comic | 1955 | |
| | | John Gotti | Criminal | The Teflon Don | 1940 | 2002 |
| | | Victoria Gotti | Relative | Growing Up Gotti | 1962 | |
| | | Louis Moreau Gottschalk | Composer | A Night in the Tropics | 1829 | 1869 |
| | | Claude Goudimel | Composer | Settings of the psalms of the Genevan Psalter | 1520 | 1572 |
| | | Lloyd Gough | Actor | Blacklisted character actor | 1907 | 1984 |
| | | Elliott Gould | Actor | Trapper John in M*A*S*H film | 1938 | |
| | | Elliott Gould | Actor | Trapper John in M*A*S*H film | 1938 | |
| | | Glenn Gould | Pianist | Canadian pianist, Bach soloist | 1932 | 1982 |
| | | Morton Gould | Composer | Billion Dollar Baby | 1913 | 1996 |
| | | Stephen Jay Gould | Biologist | Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist | 1941 | 2002 |
| | | Robert Goulet | Actor | Baritone star of stage and screen | 1933 | 2007 |
| | | Charles Gounod | Composer | Faust | 1818 | 1893 |
| | | Remy de Gourmont | Poet | Promenades Littéraires | 1858 | 1915 |
| | | Curt Gowdy | Radio Personality | Voice of the Red Sox | 1919 | 2006 |
| | | Alan Gowen | Jazz Musician | Jazz-rock keyboardist | 1947 | 1981 |
| | | Patrick Gowers | Composer | | 1936 | |
| | | Baltasar Gracian | Philosopher | The Art of Worldly Wisdom | 1601 | 1658 |
| | | Lew Grade | Business | Pye Records and ATV | 1906 | 1998 |
| | | Sue Grafton | Author | | 1940 | |
| | | Aubrey Graham | Actor | Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi | 1986 | |
| | | Billy Graham | Religion | Televangelist | 1918 | |
| | | Charles Graham | Songwriter | | 0000 | |
| | | Heather Graham | Actor | Rollergirl in Boogie Nights | 1970 | |
| | | Katharine Graham | Journalist | Washington Post publisher | 1917 | 2001 |
| | | Larry Graham | Bassist | Inventor of Bass Slappin' | 1946 | |
| | | Martha Graham | Dancer | | 1894 | 1991 |
| | | Ronald Graham | Mathematician | Mathematician, Computer Scientist | 1935 | |
| | | Gloria Grahame | Actor | The Bad and the Beautiful | 1923 | 1981 |
| | | Kenneth Grahame | Novelist | Wind in the Willows | 1859 | 1932 |
| | | Percy Grainger | Composer | Country Gardens | 1882 | 1961 |
| | | Phil Gramm | Politician | US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002 | 1942 | |
| | | Enrique Granados | Composer | Goyescas | 1867 | 1916 |
| | | Marcel Grandjany | Composer | French-born American harpist and composer | 1891 | 1975 |
| | | Grandmaster Flash | Musician | | 1958 | |
| | | Fred Grandy | Actor | | 1948 | |
| | | Stewart Granger | Actor | King Solomon's Mines | 1913 | 1993 |
| | | Amy Grant | Singer/Songwriter | Christian rocker | 1960 | |
| | | Cary Grant | Actor | North by Northwest | 1904 | 1986 |
| | | Gogi Grant | Musician | The Wayward Wind | 1924 | |
| | | Hugh Grant | Actor | Music and Lyrics | 1960 | |
| | | Lee Grant | Actor | Portnoy's Complaint | 1927 | |
| | | Ulysses S. Grant | President | 18th US President | 1822 | 1885 |
| | | Bonita Granville | Actor | These Three | 1923 | 1988 |
| | | Norman Granz | Music Producer | American jazz music impresario | 1918 | 2001 |
| | | Gunter Grass | Author | The Tin Drum | 1967 | |
| | | Ella T. Grasso | Politician | First woman elected governor of Connecticut | 1919 | 1981 |
| | | Carl Heinrich Graun | Composer | German composer of Italian opera | 1704 | 1759 |
| | | Denyce Graves | Singer | Mezzo-soprano | 1965 | |
| | | Robert Graves | Poet | I, Claudius | 1895 | 1985 |
| | | Charles Gray | Actor | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1928 | 2000 |
| | | David Gray | Singer/Songwriter | Life in Slow Motion | 1968 | |
| | | Glen Gray | Musician | Bandleader and saxophonist | 1906 | 1963 |
| | | Linda Gray | Actor | Sue Ellen on Dallas | 1940 | |
| | | Macy Gray | Singer | R&B vocalist | 1967 | |
| | | Spalding Gray | Actor | | 1941 | 2004 |
| | | Thomas Gray | Poet | An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard | 1716 | 1771 |
| | | Izhak Graziani | Conductor | | 1924 | 2003 |
| | | Horace Greeley | Editor | | 1811 | 1872 |
| | | Adolph Green | Screenwriter | Singin' in the Rain | 1914 | 2002 |
| | | Al Green | Singer | | 1946 | |
| | | Eva Green | Actor | The Dreamers | 1980 | |
| | | Henry Green | Novelist | Loving | 1905 | 1973 |
| | | John Green | Songwriter | Body and Soul | 1908 | 1989 |
| | | Keith Green | Singer/Songwriter | Contemporary Christian Music artist | 1953 | 1982 |
| | | Peter Green | Musician | Fleetwood Mac | 1946 | |
| | | Seth Green | Actor | Dr. Evil's son Scott | 1974 | |
| | | Daniel Greenberg | Educator | Sudbury Valley School | 1934 | |
| | | Daniel S. Greenberg | Educator | Science, Money, and Politics | 1933 | |
| | | Graham Greene | Novelist | The Third Man | 1904 | 1991 |
| | | Maurice Greene | Composer | Hearken Unto Me, Ye Holy Children | 1696 | 1755 |
| | | Nathanael Greene | Military | Revolutionary War general | 1742 | 1786 |
| | | Richard Greene | Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1918 | 1985 |
| | | Howard Greenfield | Songwriter | | 1936 | 1986 |
| | | Jeff Greenfield | Pundit | ABC, CNN talking head | 1942 | |
| | | Meg Greenfield | Journalist | The Washington Post | 1930 | 1999 |
| | | Alan Greenspan | Economist | Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 | 1926 | |
| | | Sydney Greenstreet | Actor | Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon | 1879 | 1954 |
| | | Ellie Greenwich | Singer/Songwriter | Brill Building composer | 1940 | |
| | | Colin Greenwood | Musician | | 1969 | |
| | | Jonny Greenwood | Musician | Member of Radiohead | 1971 | |
| | | Lee Greenwood | Country Musician | God Bless the U.S.A. | 1942 | |
| | | Dabbs Greer | Actor | Rev. Alden on Little House | 1917 | 2007 |
| | | Germaine Greer | Activist | The Female Eunuch | 1933 | |
| | | Jane Greer | Actor | Out of the Past | 1924 | 2001 |
| | | Dick Gregory | Comic | Autobiography: NIGGER! | 1932 | |
| | | Joyce Grenfell | Actor | The Happiest Days of Your Life | 1910 | 1979 |
| | | Nicolas Grenon | Composer | French composer of the early Renaissance | 1375 | 1456 |
| | | Alexander Gretchaninov | Composer | Russian Romantic composer | 1864 | 1956 |
| |  | André Grétry | Composer | Richard Coeur de Lion | 1741 | 1813 |
| | | Wayne Gretzky | Hockey | The Great One | 1961 | |
| | | Fulke Greville | Poet | Life of the Renowned Sir Philip Sidney | 1554 | 1628 |
| | | Alex Grey | Artist | Chapel of Sacred Mirrors | 1953 | |
 | | Edvard Grieg | Composer | Norway's greatest composer | 1843 | 1907 |
| | | Pam Grier | Actor | Blaxploitation queen, star of Jackie Brown | 1949 | |
| | | Charles Griffes | Composer | The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan | 1884 | 1920 |
| | | Ken Griffey Jr. | Baseball | All-Star outfielder | 1969 | |
| | | Khamani Griffin | Actor | Daddy Day Care | 1998 | |
| | | Merv Griffin | Talk Show Host | The Merv Griffin Show, Jeopardy & Wheel of Fortune | 1925 | 2007 |
| | | Florence Griffith Joyner | Track and Field | Olympic Sprinter | 1959 | 1998 |
| | | Andy Griffith | Actor | | 1926 | |
| | | D. W. Griffith | Film Director | The Birth of a Nation | 1875 | 1948 |
| | | Melanie Griffith | Actor | Working Girl | 1957 | |
| | | Nanci Griffith | Singer/Songwriter | | 1953 | |
| | | Martha Griffiths | Politician | United States House of Representatives | 1912 | 2003 |
| | | Sandi Griffiths | Singer | The Lawrence Welk Show | 1945 | |
| | | Nicolas de Grigny | Composer | French organ composer | 1672 | 1703 |
| | | Shenae Grimes | Actor | Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation | 1989 | |
| | | Angelina Grimke | Activist | Abolitionist and suffragist | 1805 | 1879 |
| | | Sarah Grimke | Activist | Abolitionist and suffragist | 1792 | 1873 |
| | | Jo Grimond | Politician | | 1913 | 1993 |
| | | Alfred Whitney Griswold | Educator | President of Yale University. | 1906 | 1963 |
| | | Lewis Grizzard | Comic | Columnist for the Atlanta Constitution | 1946 | 1994 |
| | | Charles Grodin | Actor | Beethoven | 1935 | |
| | | Matt Groening | Cartoonist | Creator of The Simpsons | 1954 | |
| | | Ferde Grofe | Composer | | 1892 | 1972 |
| | | David Groh | Actor | Joe Gerard on Rhoda | 1939 | 2008 |
| | | Launy Grondahl | Composer | Trombone concerto | 1886 | 1960 |
| | | Walter Gropius | Architect | Founder of the Bauhaus school | 1883 | 1969 |
| | | Rex Grossman | Football | Chicago Bears QB | 1980 | |
| | | George Grossmith | Actor | Gilbert and Sullivan actor | 1847 | 1912 |
| | | George Grove | Historian | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians | 1820 | 1900 |
| | | Eivind Groven | Composer | Microtonal composer | 1901 | 1977 |
| | | Leslie Groves | Military | Director of the Manhattan Project | 1896 | 1970 |
| | | Franz Gruber | Musician | Silent Night | 1787 | 1863 |
| | | Edita Gruberova | Singer | Coloratura | 1946 | |
| | | Louis Gruenberg | Composer | The Emperor Jones, | 1884 | 1964 |
| | | Arthur Grumiaux | Violinist | | 1921 | 1986 |
| | | Agathe Backer Grřndahl | Composer | Norwegian pianist and composer | 1847 | 1907 |
| | | Vince Guaraldi | Musician | | 1928 | 1976 |
 | | Camargo Guarnieri | Composer | Brazilian composer | 1907 | 1993 |
| | | Carlos Guastavino | Composer | Argentine composer of songs for piano and voice | 1912 | 2000 |
| | | Sofia Gubaidulina | Composer | The Light of the End | 1931 | |
| | | Philip Guedalla | Historian | The Duke | 1889 | 1944 |
| | | Francisco Guerrero | Composer | Spanish composer of the Renaissance | 1528 | 1599 |
| | | Christopher Guest | Actor | This Is Spinal Tap | 1948 | |
| | | Edgar Guest | Poet | The most popular poet in WWI / depression-era USA | 1881 | 1959 |
| | | Judith Guest | Novelist | | 1936 | |
| | | William Guest | Singer | | 1941 | |
| | | Che Guevara | Revolutionary | Symbol of rebellion | 1928 | 1967 |
| | | Francesco Guicciardini | Historian | Father of Modern History | 1483 | 1540 |
| | | Guido of Arezzo | Musician | Musical theorist and teacher | 0991 | 1033 |
| | | Alexandre Guilmant | Composer | | 1837 | 1911 |
| | | Texas Guinan | Actor | The Queen of the West | 1884 | 1933 |
| | | Kenny Guinn | Politician | Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007 | 1936 | |
| | | Sir Alec Guinness | Actor | Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars | 1912 | 2000 |
| | | Albert Guinon | Playwright | French playwright | 1863 | 1923 |
| | | Ernest Guiraud | Composer | Wrote the recitatives used for Bizet's opera Carme | 1837 | 1892 |
| | | Cathy Guisewite | Cartoonist | Cathy comic strip | 1950 | |
| | | Sacha Guitry | Film Director | The Story of a Cheat | 1885 | 1957 |
| | | Jan Gullberg | Author | Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers | 1936 | 1998 |
| | | Joseph Gungl | Composer | Hungarian composer, bandmaster, and conductor | 1810 | 1889 |
| | | John Gunther | Author | Death Be Not Proud | 1901 | 1970 |
 | | G. I. Gurdjieff | Philosopher | The Fourth Way | 1877 | 1949 |
| | | Sigrid Gurie | Actor | The Adventures of Marco Polo | 1911 | 1969 |
| | | Cornelius Gurlitt | Composer | | 1820 | 1901 |
| | | Adrienne E. Gusoff | Author | Bubby Gram Singing Telegrams | 0000 | |
| | | Johannes Gutenberg | Inventor | Inventor of movable type | 1398 | 1468 |
| | | Arlo Guthrie | Singer/Songwriter | Alice's Restaurant | 1947 | |
| | | Woody Guthrie | Musician | This Land Is Your Land | 1912 | 1967 |
| | | Steve Guttenberg | Actor | Three Men and a Baby | 1958 | |
| | | Buddy Guy | Musician | | 1936 | |
 | | Angel Guzman | Baseball | Chicago Cubs. pitcher (RH) | 1981 | |
| | | Edmund Gwenn | Actor | Miracle on 34th Street | 1875 | 1959 |
| | | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Actor | Secretary | 1977 | |
| | | Jake Gyllenhaal | Actor | Donnie Darko | 1980 | |
| | | Maggie Gyllenhaal | Actor | Secretary | 1977 | |
| | | Brion Gysin | Artist | Inventor of the Dreamachine | 1916 | 1989 |
| | | The GZA | Rapper | Wu-Tang Clan | 1966 | |
