Tag: Biography
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev (1931), Soviet statesman; as leader of the Soviet Union (1985-91) he introduced social and economic reforms and was largely responsible for ending the Cold War. …
Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn original name Schmuel Gelbfisz (1879-1974). US film producer, born in Warsaw. He came to Hollywood in 1910 and produced an enormous number of films, mostly …
Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (1730-74), Irish poet, novelist, and dramatist. A friend of Samuel Johnson, he spent most of his life in poverty. He rose to fame with a …
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, novelist, and dramatist. During the period of literary ferment known as the Sturm und Drang (`storm and stress’) …
Hermann Goering Hermann Goering (1893-1946), German Nazi politician. An ace fighter pilot in World War I and an early supporter of Hitler, he became minister for air and the …
Joseph Goebbels Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), German Nazi politician. In 1926 Hitler appointed him Nazi party leader in Berlin; following the Nazi takeover in 1933, he became minister of public …
Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard (1930), French film director, a leading figure in the New Wave of the late 1950s and 1960s. The son of a doctor, Godard began to …
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87), German operatic com-poser. He studied in Prague and Vienna and later visited Italy, where his early operas were produced. In 1749 he settled in Vienna …
