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Guidon (U.S. Army) In the United States Army and Air Force, a guidon is a military standard that company-sized elements carry to signify their unit designation and corps affiliation. A basic guidon can be rectangular, but sometimes has a triangular portion removed as in the picture to the right.
Guidonian hand In Medieval music, the Guidonian hand was a mnemonic device used to assist singers in learning to sight sing. It is attributed to Guido of Arezzo, a medieval music theorist who wrote a number of treatises, including one instructing singers in sightreading.
Guignard University of Art of Minas Gerais University of fines arts, founded in 28 February 1944 by Alberto da Veiga Guignard in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil, on request of Juscelino Kubitschek Mayor of Belo Horizonte and later President of Brazil (Universidade do Estado de Minas-Gerais).
Guigues VII, Dauphin de Viennois Guigues VII (1225 – 1269), of the House of Burgundy, was the dauphin of Vienne and count of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans, Briançon, Embrun, and Gap from 1237 to his death. He was the son of Andrew Guigues VI and Beatrice of Montferrat.
Guichi District Guichi District (simplified Chinese: 贵池区; pinyin: Guìchí Qū) is a district in Anhui under the jurisdiction of Chizhou and is the city seat. Its population is 630,000 and its area is 2432 square kilometers.
Guilbert and Betelle Guilbert and Betelle was an architecture firm that was a prolific designer of schools and architectural buildings throughout the East Coast of the United States, notable for its adaptation of diverse styles to create a new American "Collegiate Gothic" style of school architecture. The firm was a partnership of Ernest F.
Guild A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The earliest guilds are believed to have been formed in India circa 3800 BC, and though they are not as commonplace as they were a few centuries ago, many guilds continue to flourish around the world today.
Guild for Exceptional Children The Guild for Exceptional Children is a nonprofit organization in Brooklyn which offers schooling and other services for children and adults with a disability. It identifies itself as a "provider of direct and indirect services for developmentally delayed or disabled persons, from infancy through old age, and their families.
Guild Guitar Company The Guild Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer begun in 1952 by Alfred Dronge. The first Guild workshop was located in New York City and produced exclusively crafted guitars from carefully chosen woods, hand wound pickups and fine lacquers.
Guild hosting A guild hosting or clan hosting service is a specialized type of web hosting service designed to support online gaming communities, generally referred to as guilds or clans. They vary from game server hosting in that the focus of such companies is to provide applications and communication tools outside of the gaming environments themselves.
Guild Navigator In the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert, Guild Navigators are humans, mutated through high consumption of the spice melange, who are able to safely navigate interstellar space in a heighliner using prescience.
Guild of All Souls The Guild of All Souls is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to prayer for faithful departed Christians. As stated on its website, it is a "devotional society praying for the souls of the Faithful Departed, and teaching the Catholic doctrine of the Communion of Saints.
Guild of Blades The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is a small independently owned game publishing firm based in Michigan, USA. Founded in 1996 the Guild of Blades Publishing Group began operations with the publication of a small format fantasy miniatures game and several fantasy role playing games.
Guild of Calamitous Intent The Guild of Calamitous Intent is a fictional organization of supervillains in the Adult Swim program The Venture Bros.. The Guild was first mentioned in the season one episode "Home Insecurity", with its first major appearance being in "The Trial of the Monarch".
Guild of Carillonneurs in North America The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America is a professional society of carillonneurs in the United States and Canada, dedicated to the promotion of the carillon art. The GCNA was founded in Ottawa, Ontario in 1936 and is a member of the World Carillon Federation (WCF).
Guild of St George The Guild of St George is charitable trust founded by John Ruskin in England in the 1870s as a vehicle to implement his ideas about how society should be re-organised. Its members, who are called Companions, were originally required to give a tithe of their income (one tenth) to the Guild.
Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards 1954 The 1954 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards were presented in October 1954 at the "Television Ball", held at the Savoy Hotel in London. They were the first major television awards of their kind in the United Kingdom.
Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards 1957 The 1957 Guild of Television Producers and Directors Awards were the fourth annual giving of the awards which later became known as the British Academy Television Awards. This year saw the expansion of the Awards from their initial four categories to seven.
Guild socialism Guild socialism is a political movement advocating workers' control of industry through the medium of trade-related guilds. It originated in the United Kingdom and was at its most influential in the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Guild Software Guild Software is a small computer game developer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA) founded in 1993. So far, Guild Software's only product is Vendetta Online, a first-person MMORPG that uses their in-house WGAF game engine.
Guild Wars Guild Wars is the name of a series of Competitive/Cooperative Online Role-Playing Games (CORPG) created by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of the South Korean game publisher NCsoft. The series is episodic, with each episode known as a campaign.
Guild Wars Factions Guild Wars Factions is a computer game released in 2006 by ArenaNet and is the first stand-alone campaign expanding on Prophecies, the original Guild Wars game. Factions introduces the player to the continent of Cantha where two warring factions, Luxon and Kurzick, battle for domination.
Guild Wars Nightfall Guild Wars Nightfall is a fantasy Competitive/Co-operative Online RolePlaying Game (CORPG) and the third stand-alone campaign in the Guild Wars computer game series developed by ArenaNet. Nightfall was released worldwide on October 27, 2006 after beginning in development in November 2005.
Guild Wars Prophecies Guild Wars Prophecies, initially known simply as Guild Wars, is the first campaign of the Guild Wars series of computer games released in April 2005 by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of Korean game publisher NCSoft. Prophecies introduced players to the world of Guild Wars, known as Tyria, and premiered several elements that are now known as core components of the Guild Wars games.
Guilden Morden Guilden Morden, England, is a village and parish located in Cambridgeshire about 5 miles west of Royston in Hertfordshire. It is served by the main line Ashwell and Morden railway station which is actually three miles away in the hamlet of Odsey.
Guilderland Central School District The Guilderland Central School District serves approximately 5,700 students and encompasses most of the Town of Guilderland and part of the towns of Knox, New Scotland and Bethlehem in Albany County, of New York’s Capital District.
Guildford Guildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region. Surrey County Council, however, has its administrative base in Kingston upon Thames which, although formerly in Surrey, is now in Greater London.
Guildford and Woking Alliance League The Guildford and Woking Alliance League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions, the highest of which, the Premier Division, sits at level 14 of the English football league system and is a feeder to the Surrey County Intermediate League (Western).
Guildford Castle Guildford Castle () is thought to have been built shortly after then 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror as he built many castles in the important towns to prevent rebellions and strengthen his hold over the country. Guildford is likely to have been chosen as the location for the castle as at the time it was the only town in the county of Surrey and was also a major routeway between London and south coast and west England.
Guildford Cathedral Guildford Cathedral claims to be "the only cathedral to be built on a new site in the southern Province of England since the Reformation". Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later.
Guildford Four The Guildford Four were a group of people (Paul Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick 'Paddy' Armstrong and Carole Richardson), who were wrongly convicted in the United Kingdom in October 1975 for the Provisional IRA's Guildford pub bombing — which killed five people and injured sixty-five more — and imprisoned for over 15 years. In 1990 their case overturned based on evidence that the police had lied in order to convict them.
Guildford Kings The Guildford Kings were a successful British Basketball League franchise during the early 1990s. They ceased operations at the end of the 1993-94 season, but before that the Kings were one of the leading clubs in British basketball.
Guildford pub bombing The Guildford pub bombing occurred on 5 October, 1974. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted a bomb in the Horse and Groom pub on North Street in Guildford which killed five people and injured 65.
Guildford Rugby Club Guildford Rubgy Club is a Rugby Union team that was formed in 2003 following the merger of Old Guildfordians RFC and Guildford & Godalming RFC. The club is based at Broadwater, which is close to Farncombe between the Surrey towns of Guildford and Godalming.
Guildford School of Acting Guildford School of Acting is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. GSA has built an international reputation for excellence in training for actors and technicians in all areas of theatre and the recorded media.
Guildford Town Centre Guildford Town Centre is a town centre of Surrey, British Columbia. It is well known for its retail corridors down 104th Avenue and 152nd Street, at the intersection of which is found the 200-store Guildford Town Centre Mall (also known as the Guildford Shopping Centre).
Guildford, Western Australia Guildford, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permanent fresh water supply. During Captain Stirling's exploration for a suitable site to establish a colony on the western side of the Australian continent the early 1820's.
Guildhall Library The Guildhall Library is administered by the Corporation of London, the government of the City of London, which is the historical heart of London, England. It was founded in the 1420s under the terms of the will of legendary Lord Mayor Dick Whittington.
Guildhall Museum The ancient guildhall of St Mary's Guild in Boston, Lincolnshire, England was built around 1450. After the Dissolution, it became the town hall where William Brewster and his followers (the Separatists, later to be known as the Pilgrim Fathers) were taken following their arrest.
Guildhall School of Music and Drama [School of Music and Drama is a music] and [[drama school|dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in the City of London, UK. The first Guildhall School was housed in an old warehouse in Aldermanbury, but these premises soon proved too small.
Guildhall, London The Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Cheapside and Basinghall Street, near Bank. It has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial centre of the City of London.
Guildhall, York York Guildhall is located behind the York's Mansion House and was built in the 15th century, it served as a meeting place for the guilds of York. The city's guilds largely controlled the trade within York, they oversaw the quality of the workmanship within the city and looked after the members interests
Guildown The Guildown is an old name for a long hill to the west of Guildford in Surrey now known locally as the Hog's Back because of its visual appearance. This hill is part of the North Downs and is famous for its views.
Guilds of Ankh-Morpork In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of fantasy novels, there are almost 300 Guilds in the city of Ankh-Morpork. Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, The Thieves' Guild Diary and the Death's Domain mapp all quote Guild publications.
Guildwood Guildwood, often called "Guildwood Village", is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located along the Scarborough Bluffs, south of Kingston Road, from Morningside Avenue in the east to the end of Sylvan Avenue in the west.
Guilford College Guilford College is a small, private, four-year liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina originally founded by the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers). Originally founded in 1837 as the New Garden Boarding School; the name was changed to Guilford College in 1888 when the academic program expanded considerably.
Guilford Court House, North Carolina Guilford Court House, North Carolina, was the county seat of Guilford County before being replaced by Greensboro. It was the site of the Battle of Guilford Court House, which is now commemorated at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, at 2331 New Garden Road in Greensboro, North Carolina, commemorates the Battle of Guilford Court House, fought on March 15, 1781. This battle opened the campaign that led to American victory in the Revolutionary War.
Guilford Dudley (ambassador) Guilford Dudley (born 1907, Nashville, Tennessee-died June 13, 2002, Nashville) was the United States ambassador to Denmark under the Nixon and Ford presidential administrations. From 1952 until 1969 Dudley served as president of Life & Casualty Insurance Company.
Guilford Lindsey Molesworth Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth (1828-1925) was an English civil engineer. He was educated at the college of civil engineers at Putney, then became chief assistant engineer of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railroad, but soon resigned to conduct the constructions at Woolwich Arsenal during the Crimean War.
Guilford Native American Association The Guilford Native American Association (GNAA) is a Native American community association in Guilford County, North Carolina. It was incorporated in September of 1975 by local parents as a non-profit education advocacy group, and has grown to encompass child care, employment, and age-based community programs.
Guilford Puteal The Guilford Puteal (alternative, though incorrect, spelling - Guildford Puteal) or Corinth Puteal is a Pentelic marble Roman sculpture. Its name derives from one of its previous owners (an Earl of Guilford), its discovery in Corinth and its use as a puteal or well-head.
Guilford Technical Community College Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) is a two-year accredited community college in Guilford County, North Carolina. GTCC offers certificates, one-year and two-year career-related programs, a two-year college transfer program, personal enrichment courses, a variety of adult literacy opportunities and training for business and industry.
Guilford, Connecticut Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford and Durham, and is situated on I-95 and the coast. The population was 21,398 at the 2000 census.
GuilFest GuilFest, formerly the Guildford Festival of Folk and Blues, is a British music festival, held in Stoke Park, Guildford each July. The festival, like the larger Glastonbury Festival, features a range of genres including rock, folk, blues, and in recent years pop.
Guilherme Finkler Guilherme Ozelame Finkler (born September 24, 1985) is a Brazilian football player who is currently signed to Brazilian side Juventude and plays as a midfielder. In August 2006 he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers of the English Football League Championship on a season-long loan.
Guilherme Posser da Costa Guilherme Posser da Costa (born 1953) was elected leader of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe-Social Democratic Party (MLSTP-PSD) on 27 February 2005, succeeding party founder and former president Manuel Pinto da Costa."Election de maréchal pour Guilherme Posser da Costa", Afriquecentrale.
Guilherme Tâmega Tâmega is a six-time world bodyboarding champion. His eminence in the sport is only threatened by Mike Stewart who is unanimously (even by Tâmega himself) praised as the king of the sport, due to his dominance on the bodyboarding scene in the earlier days of the sport, and also for his contributions in making bodyboarding what it is today.
Guilin Guilin (; Wade-Giles: Kuei-lin, Postal map spelling: Kweilin; Zhuang: Gveilinz) is one of China's most picturesque cities, with a population of 670,000, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China on the west bank of the Lijiang River (also called the Li River). Its name means "forest of Sweet Osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant Sweet Osmanthus trees located in the city.
Guilio Alenio Guilio Alenio was a Chinese missionary and scholar, born at Brescia, in Italy, in 1582; died at Fou-Tcheou, China, in August, 1644. He became a member of the Society of Jesus in 1600, and was distinguished for his knowledge of mathematics and theology.
Guilio Kukurugya Guilio Kukurugya was born in Coolspring, Pennsylvania December 2 1955 On television, he played the villain Saw Boss on DiC Entertainment's Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. His other roles include Hidden Assassin, Seinfeld, Johnny Bravo, Iron Monkey, Angels in the Infield and Romeo Must Die.
Guillaume aux Blanches Mains Guillaume de Blois (1135 – 1202), called Guillaume aux Blanches Mains (William Whitehands), archbishop of Sens (1169 – 1176), archbishop of Rheims (1175 – 1202), and first Peer of France to bear that title, was a son of Theobald the Great, count of Blois and count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia.
Guillaume Affair The Guillaume Affair was the biggest espionage scandal in the Cold War history of Germany. The scandal revolved around the exposure of an East German spy within the West German government and had far-reaching political repercussions in Germany, the most prominent being the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1974.
Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (French IPA: ) (August 26, 1880 – November 9, 1918) was a poet, writer, and art critic born in Italy. Among the foremost poets of the early 20th century, he is credited with coining the word surrealism and writing one of the earliest works described as surrealist, the play Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1917).
Guillaume Cale Guillaume Cale (sometimes anglicised to William Kale, also known as Guillaume Caillet, popularly known as Jacques Bonhomme ("Jack Goodfellow") or Callet.) was a wealthy peasant from the town of Mello in the Beauvais north of Paris, who rose to fame as the leader of the Peasant Jacquerie which exploded into violence in May 1358 and rampaged for a month unchecked until the Battle of Mello on the 10 June.
Guillaume Costeley Guillaume Costeley (1530, possibly 1531 – January 28, 1606) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was the court organist to Charles IX of France and famous for his numerous chansons, which were representative of the late development of the form; his work in this regard was part of the early development of the style known as musique mesurée.
Guillaume Coustou the Elder Guillaume Coustou the Elder (November 29, 1677, Lyon - February 22, 1746, Paris) was a French sculptor and academician. Coustou was the younger brother of French sculptor Nicolas Coustou and the pupil of his mother's brother, Antoine Coysevox.
Guillaume Couture Guillaume Couture (1617-April 4 1701) was one of the biggest heroes in New France. During his life he was a lay missonary with the Jesuits,a survivor of torture, a member of a Mohawk council, a translator, a dipolmat, a militia captain, and a lay leader among the colonists of the Lauzon district of New France.
Guillaume d'Estouteville Guillaume d'Estouteville (1403 - 1483) was a French ecclesiastic, was bishop of Angers, then of Digne, archbishop of Rouen, prior of Saint Martin des Champs, abbot of Mont St Michel, of St Ouen at Rouen, and of Montebourg. He was made a Cardinal in the consistory of December 18, 1439 by Pope Eugene IV, and later became Cardinal Bishop of Porto-Santa Rufina, then Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal Bishop of Ostia-Velletri; he was a cardinal elector during the conclaves that elected Pope Nicholas V, Pope Paul II, and Pope Sixtus IV, but was absent from Rome during the sede vacante prior to the election of Pope Calixtus III.
Guillaume de Sonnac Guillaume de Sonnac was Grand Master of the Knights Templar Temple from 1247 to 1250. He distinguished himself at the siege of Damietta, and commanded the vanguard of the Christian army together with the Count of Artois.
Guillaume Daniel Delprat Guillaume Daniel Delprat (1 September 1856 - 15 March 1937) was a Dutch-Australian metallurgist and engineer. Born in Delft, South Holland, Delprat migrated to Australia with his wife and children in 1898 to join mining company BHP as assistant to the General Manager.
Guillaume Depardieu Guillaume Depardieu (born April 7, 1971) is a French actor, the son of GĂ©rard Depardieu and brother of Julie Depardieu and Roxane Depardieu (who has a different mother, Karine Silla). He has a daughter named Louise.
Guillaume Dupuytren Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron (October 5, 1777 - February 8, 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's piles, he is best known for the Dupuytren's contracture named after him and which he described in 1831.
Guillaume Durand Guillaume Durand (c. 1230 – November 1, 1296) also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, from the Italian form of Durandi filius, as he sometimes signed himself, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop of Mende.
Guillaume Elmont Guillaume Ricaldo Elmont (born August 10, 1981 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a male judoka from the Netherlands, whose biggest success so far was winning the world title on September 9, 2005 at the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt. He did so in the 73 – 81 kg weight division.
Guillaume François Rouelle Guillaume François Rouelle (1703-1770) was a French chemist and apothecary. He is known as l'Aîné (the elder) to distinguish him from his younger brother, Hilaire Rouelle, who was also a chemist and known as the discoverer of urea.
Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques Guillaume Cheval dit St-Jacques (April 17 1828 – April 29 1880) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Rouville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1872 and from 1874 to 1878.
Guillaume Latendresse Guillaume Latendresse (born May 24, 1987 in Sainte-Catherine, Québec) is a professional ice hockey player. He currently plays at forward position for the Montreal Canadiens, having been drafted by them in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, 2nd round (45th overall).
Guillaume Raoux Guillaume Raoux (born February 14, 1970 in Bagnol-sur-Ceze) is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1989. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Zimbabwe's Byron Black.
Guillaume Rondelet Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), known also as Rondeletius, was professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France. Famed as a teacher, Rondelet was also the author of a book Libri de Piscibus Marinis on the natural history of fishes.
Guillaume Sarkozy Guillaume Georges Didier Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (born June 18, 1951, in Paris, 17th arrondissement), simply known as Guillaume Sarkozy, is a French textile entrepreneur and vice-president of the MEDEF, the French union of employers. Guillaume Sarkozy is the older brother of famous French politician Nicolas Sarkozy.
Guillaume Sayer Pierre Guillaume Sayer (c. 1796 – sometime after May 1849) was a Métis fur trader whose trial was a turning point in the ending of the Hudson's Bay Company's (HBC) monopoly of the fur trade in North America.
Guillaume Tirel Guillaume Tirel, alias Taillevent (Old French: "slicewind") (1310-1395) was the cook of several French kings, including Philip VI, Charles V and Charles VI from around 1325. He wrote a famous book on cookery named Le Viandier that has been influential on subsequent books on French cuisine and important to food historians as a detailed source on the medieval cuisine of northern France.
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes (December 6, 1721 – April 23, 1794) was a French statesman, minister, and afterwards counsel for the defence of Louis XVI.
Guillebert de Lannoy Guillebert de Lannoy, also seen as "Gilbert de Lannoy" or "Gilbert of Lannoy", (1386-1462), Flemish traveller and diplomat, chamberlain to the duke of Burgundy, governor of the fort of Sluys, and a knight of the Golden Fleece.
Guillem Balague Guillem Balague (Born Barcelona, Spain) is Sky Sports Spanish football expert and a respected journalist. He is a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga and has also written for some of Britain's top newspapers as well as several popular Spanish newspapers.
Guillemot The Guillemots comprise two genera of auks: Uria and Cepphus. The former are relatives of the Razorbill, Dovekie and the extinct Great Auk and together make up the tribe Alcini, while the latter form a tribe of their own, the Cepphini.
Guillermo Bauer Guillermo Bauer was a proprietor of the first steam-operated flour mill in Argentina. The first mill was authorized in 1859 by the provincial government of Antonio Gaspoz, who built it to the edge of the CululĂş River.
Guillermo Coria Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born January 13, 1982 in Rufino, Santa Fe Province), nicknamed El Mago (The Magician in Spanish), is a professional tennis player from Argentina. He was named after tennis champion and countryman Guillermo Vilas.
Guillermo DĂ­az Guillermo DĂ­az (born 1975 in New Jersey, USA) is an American actor who has starred in movies such as Half Baked (1998), 200 Cigarettes (1999), and Stonewall (1995), and has had several TV guest appearances on such shows as Chappelle's Show, Law & Order and ER.
Guillermo Gonzalez (astronomer) Guillermo Gonzalez is an astrophysicist and assistant research professor at Iowa State University. He is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, considered the hub of the Intelligent Design movement, and a fellow with the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design.
Guillermo González Camarena Guillermo González Camarena (Guadalajara, Jalisco, February 17, 1917 - Puebla, April 18, 1965), was a Mexican engineer who invented a system of color television. His family moved to Mexico City when Guillermo was almost 2 years old.
Guillermo Gorostiza Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes (born in Santurtzi, Vizcaya, February 15 1909; died August 23 1966), commonly referred to as Gorostiza, was a Spanish/Basque footballer who played as a forward. He spent most of his career at two clubs, Athletic Bilbao and Valencia CF.
Guillermo Guardia Guillermo Guardia is considered one of the best Costa Rican soccer strikers during the 1980s. He played the greatest years of his career for Deportivo Saprissa, where he became the best goal scorer of the Costa Rica's first division during 1981, year when Saprissa finished being the champion.
Guillermo Haro Professor Guillermo Haro (March 21, 1913 - April 26, 1988) was born in Mexico City where he grew during the time of the Mexican Revolution. He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Guillermo Haro Observatory The Guillermo Haro Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by The National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located 13 km north of Cananea, some 85 km south-east of Mount Hopkins, and is named after Professor Guillermo Haro.
Guillermo Hernández-Cartaya Guillermo Hernández-Cartaya was a Cuban banker born sometime in 1932 Biographical information from the entry for "GUILLERMO HERNANDEZ-CARTAYA" on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' website's "Inmate Locator" (the New York Times described him in 1977 as in his "mid-fifties"); he spent 20 years as a banker in Cuba, until he emigrated to the United States, where he became infamous as a dirty banker and the leader of the corrupt World Finance Corporation.
Guillermo Israilevich Guillermo Israilevich (Hebrew: 'גיז'רמו ישראלביץ), (born September 10, 1982) is an Argentinian-Israeli footballer currently plying his trade at Hapoel Kfar Saba. Guillermo's wife is set to receive a Spanish passport and rumors have it that Guillermo will receive a Spanish passport as well and plans to move to Europe at the end of this season since his contract will run out with Maccabi Haifa F.
Guillermo LeĂłn Guillermo "Viriguas" LeĂłn is a Costa Rican football player. He played with Deportivo Saprissa during the 40's and 50's, and was a member of that team when it reached Costa Rica's First Division in 1949.
Guillermo León Valencia Guillermo León Valencia Muñóz (April 27,1909–November 4, 1971) was the President of Colombia from August 7, 1962 to August 7, 1966 and was a member of the Conservative Party. The son of poet Guillermo Valencia (who unsuccessfully ran for president twice), he was born in Popayán, Colombia and died in New York City, United States.

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