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Gary Mitchell (Star Trek) Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell was a Starfleet officer serving aboard the USS Enterprise as helmsman (and, it is speculated, her first officer). Portrayed by actor Gary Lockwood, the character appeared in one episode Where No Man Has Gone Before.
Gary Mokotoff Gary Mokotoff ( born 1937 ) is an American genealogist who focuses primarily on Jewish genealogy. He is the first person to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies for which he was president (1989-1995).
Gary Morris Gary Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American Country Music singer and theater actor, who enjoyed a string of Countrypolitan hit songs throughout the 1980s. He is best known for the 1983 ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings".
Gary Mounfield Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born November 16, 1962, Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English rock bassist, with a distinctive rich playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove. He is held in high regards to fans of the Stone Roses and music fans across the UK.
Gary Mule Deer Gary Mule Deer is a comedian and country musician. During a career spanning several decades, he has appeard in films such as Annie Hall, Up In Smoke and Tilt, and has been a frequent performer on television shows such as Make Me Laugh, The Gong Show, Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show.
Gary Nairn Gary Roy Nairn (born 3 January 1951), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Eden-Monaro, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at the University of New South Wales.
Gary Newbon Gary Newbon is currently a Sky Sports presenter giving fans the opportunity to reflect on the evening's game. He hosts the football phone-in show You're On Sky Sports, which is usually scheduled immediately after the evening's main game.
Gary Nixon Gary Nixon (Born on January 25, 1941, in Anadarko, Oklahoma) is an American motorcycle racer who most notably won the AMA Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968. He was also known for his partnership with legendary tuner Erv Kanemoto when they won the 1973 U.
Gary Nodler Gary Nodler (born August 10, 1950) is a Missouri politician currently serving as a Republican in the Missouri State Senate, where he is Assistant Majority Floor Leader. He is a resident of Joplin, Missouri, married to the former Joncee Edwards with one child, Justin.
Gary Nolan (baseball player) Gary Lynn Nolan (born May 27, 1948 in Herlong, California) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played with the Cincinnati Reds (1967-73, 1975-77) and California Angels (1977). He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1983.
Gary Nolan (radio host) Gary Nolan (born 1954) is a former Talk radio host and a former candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. From 1994 to 1998, he hosted "USA Radio Daily" on the USA Radio Network.
Gary Norman Australian guitarist Gary Norman formed the fusion trio Triangle featuring Michael Mathews on bass and Justin Humphries on drums in 2000 which resulted in the release of the Cd “Against the Grain” on the Vorticity label in 2001.
Gary Nylund Gary Nylund (born October 28, 1963 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 608 National Hockey League games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders.
Gary Orfield Gary Orfield, Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, formerly of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is one of the founders of The Civil Rights Project, now called The Civil Rights Project/ El Proyecto de CRP. He founded the project in 1996 to provide needed intellectual capital to academics, policy makers and civil rights advocates.
Gary Osborne Gary Osborne is a singer and songwriter (most notably a lyricist) from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his lyrical work with Elton John throughout the album A Single Man and on parts of the albums, 21 at 33, The Fox, Jump Up!
Gary Paffett Gary Paffett is a British racing driver, and a test driver for Formula One team McLaren. Born March 24 1981 in Bromley, he progressed through the ranks of karting and junior fomulae in the UK, winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999.
Gary Panter Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter is a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW.
Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen (born May 17, 1939) is a prolific American writer, who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books (many of which are out of print), 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for young adults.
Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23 1968, in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He is best known for his 12-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Gary Perkins Born in 1937 in Abilene, Texas, Gary Perkins (July 14, 1937 - June 28, 1991) DJ, a man of major importance to the industry who began his radio career in 1957 at Midland Texas' KCRS where Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly used to drop their records off. After joining the army were he served in the National Security Agency as well as in Armed Forces Radio, he moved to El Paso Texas and became known as the silver-throated morning guy at KHEY radio in the 1960s.
Gary Peters Gary Charles Peters (born April 21 1937 in Grove City, Pennsylvania) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox drafted Peters as an amateur free agent in 1956 after he graduated from Grove City College.
Gary Pettis Gary George Pettis (born April 3, 1958, in Oakland, California) is the current first base coach of the Texas Rangers and a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, and San Diego Padres during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Gary Phillips Gary Phillips is retired goalkeeper now working as reserve team manager at League Two side Barnet FC. Phillips spent the majority of his playing days at Underhill with Barnet, taking over as manager prior to the start of the 1993-94 season, before being replaced by Ray Clemence.
Gary Pittman Gary Pittman is a prison guard and former United States Marine Corps reservist who was received a reduction in rank from Sergeant to Private and sixty days hard labor, for his role in the death in custody of Nagem Hatab, an Iraqi he believed was involved in torturing Jessica Lynch.
Gary Plummer (basketball) Gary Plummer (born February 21, 1962 in Highland Park, Michigan), is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'9" forward-center from Boston University, Plummer played in two NBA seasons.
Gary Price Gary Price is a librarian, best known for founding resourceshelf.com and originating Price's List of Lists, "a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet", which is now maintained by others.
Gary Pritchard Gary Pritchard (Born 1970 in Bangor, North Wales) is a professional broadcaster and journalist. He currently reports on sport, especially football, in the Welsh language for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
Gary Public Transportation Corporation The Gary Public Transportation Corporation (GPTC) is a commuter bus system in Gary, Indiana that offerrs service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs. GPTC also has express service to locations outside of the city including connections to CTA and Pace.
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (initially credited as "The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett") was a popular American pop rock group in the late 1960s (see 1967 in music, 1968 in music, 1969 in music).
Gary Reams Gary Reams is a telecommunications industry manager and was the 2001 Libertarian candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This candidacy followed an unsuccessful 2000 election bid for United States Senate.
Gary Reed Gary Reed is an American comic book writer who was also the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and gave a chance to many of today’s top comic talents into the business such as Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack, Vince Locke, Guy Davis, Michael Lark, Patrick Zircher, Jim Calafiore, Ed Brubaker, Mike Gaydos, James O'Barr, Mike Carey and others.
Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes OBE (born April 22, 1960) is a British restauranteur, cookery writer, and celebrity chef, known for his love of British cuisine, distinctive hair style (which has since been shaved off) and use of butter and mustard (as he says - "if you don't like it, just add a little") in many of his recipes, he is also known as Jonathan Calvert.
Gary Ridgway Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30, 2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was arrested for the murders of seven women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green River Killer".
Gary Richardson Gary Richardson was born February 5, 1941, in Caddo, Oklahoma (located in Bryan County, Oklahoma) and is an American lawyer who practices law in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presently, he is employed by the Richardson Law Firm, P.
Gary Riley Gary Riley is an American character actor who has appeared in film and on television. He is well known for his role in the 1986 film Stand By Me as Charlie Hogan, and for his role as Dave Frazier in the 1987 comedy film Summer School.
Gary Rissling Gary Daniel Rissling (born August 8, 1956 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Originally signed in 1978 as a free agent by the Washington Capitals, Rissling also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Gary Rodkin Gary Rodkin is the current CEO and President of ConAgra, one of the largest food processing companies in North America. Rodkin was formerly the CEO and President of the North America division of PepsiCo from 1995 to 2005, and still is a special consultant through his exit agreement with the company.
Gary Royal "Gorgeous" Gary Royal (born Gary Rowell) was a professional wrestler in the United States. In the early part of his career, he was a member of the Convertible Blondes, a heel stable with Rip Rogers and Pistol Pez Whatley.
Gary Rydstrom Gary Roger Rydstrom (born 1959) is an award winning sound designer who began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, Gary received the opportunity to work with his mentor, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt.
Gary Sanctuary Gary Sanctuary is a British pianist, keyboard player, composer and in-demand session musician. He has recorded and toured with a number of well-known musicians, including Chris de Burgh, Maxi Priest, Aztec Camera, Beverley Craven, Terence Trent D'Arby, Jaki Graham and Terry Callier.
Gary Sange Gary Sange is a contemporary American poet and professor of poetry at Virginia Commonwealth University. His poetry has been anthologized in New Voices in American Poetry and Southern Poetry Review 20 Year Anniversary.
Gary Scelzi Gary Scelzi, (born August 11, 1960, Fresno, California), is an American dragster racer who has won the NHRA top fuel championship on three occasions and the funny car title once. In 1997 he won the title in his first full year of competition, after replacing Blaine Johnson, who had been killed at the 1996 US Nationals, while leading the top fuel championship, in the Johnson family-owned car.
Gary Shaw Gary Shaw was an explosive striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980's. His goals helped Aston Villa win the English 1st Division championship in 1980-81 and the European Cup the following year - the only Birmingham-born player in the team.
Gary Sherman Gary Sherman, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, started directing short films, commercials, industrials, and documentaries while still an undergraduate at IIT's Institute of Design. After graduating, Gary moved to London, England, where he continued directing commercials, then co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Death Line starring Donald Pleasence.
Gary Shoefield Gary Shoefield is a television and film producer. He had a part in producing a famous hoax "alien autopsy" film with Ray Santilli, which was the subject of much debate following its appearance in 1995.
Gary Schaer Gary Schaer (born September 11, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 36th legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006. Schaer was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, and took the seat of Republican Paul DiGaetano, who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 1992 (and also served from 1986-1987).
Gary Schellenberger Gary Ralph Schellenberger (born September 15, 1943 in Stratford, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party.
Gary Schmidt Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books as well as some novels, the most notable being Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, winner of the 2005 Newbery Honor citation, and First Boy.
Gary Smith (ice hockey) Gary "Suitcase" Smith, a former professional ice hockey goaltender, was born in Ottawa, Ontario on February 4, 1944. He is the brother of the late former professional hockey player and CJOH television sports anchor, Brian Smith.
Gary Smith (record producer) Gary Smith is an entrepreneur, record producer, and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Fort Apache Studios. Smith, who is sole owner of the studio, first became a partner co-owning the studio business in the late 1980s, moving it from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 2002.
Gary Spani Gary Spani (born January 9, 1956) is a former NFL linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1978-1986. He has worked for the Chiefs' front office since 1989, and is currently the director of tickets and events marketing for the Chiefs.
Gary Steelheads The Gary Steelheads are a professional basketball team of the United States Basketball League that previously played in the International Basketball League and the Continental Basketball Association. They are based in Gary, Indiana.
Gary Stewart (politician) Gary Stewart (born March 23, 1938 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and briefly served as a cabinet minister under Mike Harris.
Gary Streeter Gary Nicholas Streeter (born 2 October 1955) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Since 1997 he has been Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South West Devon, having previously been the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton between 1992 and 1997.
Gary Stronach Gary Stronach (born February 14 1964 in North Shields, England) is a former British professional basketball player, and current head coach for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball League, a position he has held since 1998 when he retired from playing with the team to become the full-time coach.
Gary Sturgess Gary L. Sturgess, a lawyer by training, is presently a board member of Engine Australia, the company created by his father the late Lindsay Sturgess, along with his mother and brothers and an executive director of the Serco Institute.
Gary Sullivan (radio) Gary Sullivan is the host of the American nationally syndicated radio program At Home with Gary Sullivan, which airs from 9AM to noon (Eastern Time) Saturdays and Sundays. The show is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks and airs on many stations owned by Clear Channel Communications and on XM Satellite Radio.
Gary Sundgren Kari Juhani Sundgren was born on october 25 1967 in Vammala, Finland) and raised in Västerås, Sweden where Kari Juhani was called Gary which caught on and he is always referred to as Gary Sundgren instead of Kari Sundgren.Gary Sundgren was a prominent swedish footballer and is still an icon in the city of Zaragoza were he played for the club Real Zaragoza from 1997 to 2002.
Gary Sunshine Gary Sunshine is an American playwright and television writer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island, where his father was a self-employed plastic slipcover cutter and his mother was a computer programmer.
Gary Sutherland Gary Lynn Sutherland (born September 27, 1944 in Glendale, California) was a Second Baseman and Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies (1966-68), Montreal Expos (1969-71), Houston Astros (1972-73), Detroit Tigers (1974-76), Milwaukee Brewers (1976), San Diego Padres (1977) and St. Louis Cardinals (1978).
Gary the Rat Gary the Rat was an adult-oriented animated series. The main character Gary "The Rat" Andrews (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), is a lawyer who somehow mutated into a rat when he woke up, although we never get to see the human version of Gary.
Gary the Snail Gary the Snail is a character in the Nickelodeon animated series series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired in July 1999. Gary is SpongeBob's pet snail, although his behavior in several aspects resembles a housecat.
Gary Tanaka Gary Tanaka is a Japanese-American businessman who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investments in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar. Tanaka was an undergraduate at MIT, followed by a PhD at Imperial College London.
Gary Taxali Gary Taxali is an artist/illustrator living in Canada. Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time traveling through lecturing and teaching at various arts organizations and schools such as The Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.
Gary Taylor Gary Taylor (born October 14, 1961) is a former strongman from Wales who won the World's Strongest Man contest in 1993. His strongman career ended in 1997 when he sustained a serious leg injury in the tire flip in a contest in Holland.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher Gary Taylor-Fletcher (formerly Gary Fletcher) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One in England. He has been known as Gary Taylor-Fletcher, since his marriage, after he compromised with his wife who was the last Taylor in her family.
Gary Teichmann Gary Hamilton Teichmann (born 9 January 1967 in Gwelo, Zimbabwe) is a retired South African rugby player. He played number eight (eighthman) and was the captain of the South African national team, the Springboks, between 1995 and 1999.
Gary Tibbs Gary Tibbs (born Gary Brian Tibbs, 25 January 1958, in Northwood, Middlesex, England) is a bass guitarist and actor, who appeared (playing the part of bass guitarist, Dave) in the film Breaking Glass, alongside Hazel O'Connor.
Gary Timberlake Gary Dale Timberlake (born August 9, 1948 in Laconia, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft, and later drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Yankees as the 48th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Gary Titley Gary Titley (born January 19, 1950 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is a British politician, currently leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.
Gary Trent Gary Dajaun Trent (born September 22 1974 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played with the Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Gary Troup (Lost) Gary Troup is the fictitious author of Bad Twin, a tie-in novelization set within the universe of the television series Lost and the related Lost Experience. Troup, created as a marketing strategy to sell the book, is portrayed by an actor in a series of fictional book interviews, released on some online booksellers' Web sites.
Gary Trousdale Gary Trousdale (born in La Crescenta, California) is the director of such movies as Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Cranium Command (1989), and the animated short, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. He has been working for Disney since 1985.
Gary van Egmond Gary van Egmond is an Australian football (soccer) manager who is currently in charge of the Newcastle United Jets. After Round 7 of season 2006-07, the Jets were last and winless and so Nick Theodorakopoulos was sacked by the club and former Socceroo van Egmond was installed as caretaker coach.
Gary Valenciano Edgardo JosĂ© MartĂn Santiago Valenciano, better known as simply Gary Valenciano (shortened to Gary V.), is a Filipino musician, composer, actor, producer, and gospel singer who is best known for many songs, especially those that became theme songs for movies.
Gary Vandermeulen Gary Vandermeulen (born June 19, 1965 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 26th position in the 400 m Freestyle, and in eighth place with the Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay Team.
Gary Wagner Gary Wagner, often credited simply as Wagner, is a German musician, most notable for being the singer and one of the founding members of German electronic music band Dance Or Die. He also did guest on other records, like the And One song "Take Some More" (1995).
Gary Waller Gary Peter Anthony Waller (born 24 June, 1945) is a British Conservative politician. He was originally MP for Brighouse and Spenborough from 1979 until 1983, when after boundary changes abolished the seat, he was elected for nearby Keighley – defeating the Labour incumbent Bob Cryer.
Gary Walters Gary D. Walters, a 1967 graduate of Princeton University who played point guard on the 1965 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball team, and who was also featured with teammate Chris Thomforde on the cover of Sports Illustrated in February 1967 while leading that year’s team to a 25-3 record, a Top Ten final ranking (No.
Gary Wamsley Gary Wamsley is professor emeritus at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy. He is perhaps best known as the coordinating editor of Refounding Public Administration, a work that followed from a well-known public administration paper called the Blacksburg Manifesto.
Gary Ward Gary Lamell Ward (born December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Minnesota Twins (1979-83), Texas Rangers (1984-86), New York Yankees (1987-89) and Detroit Tigers (1989-90).
Gary Warren Gary Warren (born 5 July 1954 in London) was a well-known English child actor, most famous for his role as Peter in the 1970 film The Railway Children. He also featured in the 1970s shows Catweazle, Z-Cars, and Alexander the Greatest.
Gary Webb Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist, best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" investigative report series, written for the San Jose Mercury News. In the three-part series (later published as a book), Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly distributed crack cocaine into Los Angeles and funneled profits to the Contras.
Gary Whitehead Gary Joseph Whitehead (born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, on March 23, 1965) is an American poet and cruciverbalist. He is the author of The Velocity of Dust (Salmon/Dufour Editions), After the Drowning (Finishing Line Press), A Cool, Dry Place (White Eagle Coffee Store Press), and Walking Back to Providence (Sow's Ear Press).
Gary Wilkerson Gary Wilkerson is the son of David Wilkerson and comes from a long line of ministers of the Gospel. His great grandfather who was a tent revival preacher, his grandfather was a denominational leader, and his father who is an internationally recognized author, evangelist and pastor.
Gary Willis Gary Willis is an american bassist and composer known foremost as the co-founder of the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech. Aside from his work in Tribal Tech Willis has worked with numerous other jazz musicians including Wayne Shorter, Dennis Chambers and Allan Holdsworth.
Gary Wilmot Gary Owen Wilmot (born May 8 1954 in Lambeth, London) is a British actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s through a number of television appearances, and subsequently moved into theatre.
Gary Wilson (musician) Gary Wilson (born October 1953) is an experimental musician/performance artist best known for his 1977 album You Think You Really Know Me, after which he promptly retired from recording and performing concerts. He slowly gained a strong cult following during the 1980's and 1990's and in the early 2000's became active again.
Gary Wurth Gary Wurth (born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) was an Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the Newcastle Knights in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership and National Rugby League competitions. His position of choice was at fullback.
Gary's Gang Gary's Gang was a disco group, who just missed having a Top 40 hit, when their lone Billboard Hot 100 entry "Keep on Dancin'" hit #41 in 1979. The song did go to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, along with the songs "Do It At the Disco" and "Let's Love Dance Tonight," the latter of which would be used as the sampling background track to Soulsearcher's 1999 #20 Club Play hit "Can't Get Enough.
Garysauruses Garysauruses is a term coined for some of the works of sculptor Jim Gary (1939-2006). Andrew Roth of the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom created the neologism on February 14, 2006 to describe his sculptures that relate the essence of dinosaurs to viewers at exhibitions of Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs.
Garywood Christian School Garywood Christian School is a Christian private school located in Hueytown, Alabama, in the western suburbs of Birmingham, USA. It is affiliated with Garywood Assembly of God, a large Pentecostal church that houses the school's facilities.
GarzĂŞ Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture GarzĂŞ Tibetan Autonomous Region (Tibetan: དཀར་ŕ˝ŕ˝›ŕ˝şŕ˝¦ŕĽ‹ŕ˝–ོད་རིགས་རང་སŕľŕľ±ŕ˝Ľŕ˝„་ŕ˝ŕ˝´ŕ˝ŁŕĽ‹ , Wylie transliteration: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese: ç”ĺśč—Źć—Źč‡Şć˛»ĺ·ž, Pinyin: GÄnzÄ« ZĂ ngzĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Kangding (Dardo).
Garzhvog Garzhvog is the leader of the Urgals who fight with Eragon and the Varden against the armies of Galbatorix in the book Eldest, the second book in the Inheritance trilogy written by Christopher Paolini. Upon entering his consciousness, Eragon discovers that Urgals like Garzhvog are not completely evil monsters, but rather organisms which strive to survive and live just like others.
Gas A gas is one of the four major states of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma), that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. Thus, as energy in the form of heat is added, a solid (e.
Gas 5 "Gas 5" was Gasolin's fifth album in five years and was released in November 1975. From the humble beginnings of their debut album they had developed into a confident arena rock band with this release.
Gas balloon A gas balloon is any balloon that stays aloft due to being filled with a gas less dense than air or lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen). A gas balloon may also be called a Charlière for its inventor, the Frenchman Jacques Charles.
Gas bladder The gas bladder (also fish maw, less accurately swim bladder or air bladder) is an internal organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming.
Gas Cap Law The Hawaii Gas Cap Law is a legal limit on wholesale gasoline prices, or the maximum amount that may be charged for producing gasoline and delivering it to a service station. Under the law, the gas cap is set weekly by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) based on average spot prices for regular unleaded gasoline in three U.
Gas diffusion in soil The air space in soil contains oxygen to provide for respiration of plant roots and soil organisms. This air space could also contain carbon dioxide as a product of respiration of plant roots and soil organisms.
Gary Mokotoff Gary Mokotoff ( born 1937 ) is an American genealogist who focuses primarily on Jewish genealogy. He is the first person to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies for which he was president (1989-1995).
Gary Morris Gary Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American Country Music singer and theater actor, who enjoyed a string of Countrypolitan hit songs throughout the 1980s. He is best known for the 1983 ballad "Wind Beneath My Wings".
Gary Mounfield Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born November 16, 1962, Failsworth, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English rock bassist, with a distinctive rich playing style that combines a fast moving rock style with a dance rhythm or dub groove. He is held in high regards to fans of the Stone Roses and music fans across the UK.
Gary Mule Deer Gary Mule Deer is a comedian and country musician. During a career spanning several decades, he has appeard in films such as Annie Hall, Up In Smoke and Tilt, and has been a frequent performer on television shows such as Make Me Laugh, The Gong Show, Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show.
Gary Nairn Gary Roy Nairn (born 3 January 1951), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Eden-Monaro, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at the University of New South Wales.
Gary Newbon Gary Newbon is currently a Sky Sports presenter giving fans the opportunity to reflect on the evening's game. He hosts the football phone-in show You're On Sky Sports, which is usually scheduled immediately after the evening's main game.
Gary Nixon Gary Nixon (Born on January 25, 1941, in Anadarko, Oklahoma) is an American motorcycle racer who most notably won the AMA Grand National Championship in 1967 and 1968. He was also known for his partnership with legendary tuner Erv Kanemoto when they won the 1973 U.
Gary Nodler Gary Nodler (born August 10, 1950) is a Missouri politician currently serving as a Republican in the Missouri State Senate, where he is Assistant Majority Floor Leader. He is a resident of Joplin, Missouri, married to the former Joncee Edwards with one child, Justin.
Gary Nolan (baseball player) Gary Lynn Nolan (born May 27, 1948 in Herlong, California) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played with the Cincinnati Reds (1967-73, 1975-77) and California Angels (1977). He was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1983.
Gary Nolan (radio host) Gary Nolan (born 1954) is a former Talk radio host and a former candidate for the Libertarian Party nomination for President of the United States. From 1994 to 1998, he hosted "USA Radio Daily" on the USA Radio Network.
Gary Norman Australian guitarist Gary Norman formed the fusion trio Triangle featuring Michael Mathews on bass and Justin Humphries on drums in 2000 which resulted in the release of the Cd “Against the Grain” on the Vorticity label in 2001.
Gary Nylund Gary Nylund (born October 28, 1963 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played 608 National Hockey League games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and New York Islanders.
Gary Orfield Gary Orfield, Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, formerly of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is one of the founders of The Civil Rights Project, now called The Civil Rights Project/ El Proyecto de CRP. He founded the project in 1996 to provide needed intellectual capital to academics, policy makers and civil rights advocates.
Gary Osborne Gary Osborne is a singer and songwriter (most notably a lyricist) from the United Kingdom. He is best known for his lyrical work with Elton John throughout the album A Single Man and on parts of the albums, 21 at 33, The Fox, Jump Up!
Gary Paffett Gary Paffett is a British racing driver, and a test driver for Formula One team McLaren. Born March 24 1981 in Bromley, he progressed through the ranks of karting and junior fomulae in the UK, winning the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1999.
Gary Panter Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950 in Durant, Oklahoma) is an illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter is a luminary of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW.
Gary Paulsen Gary Paulsen (born May 17, 1939) is a prolific American writer, who writes many young adult coming of age stories about the wilderness. He is the author of more than 200 books (many of which are out of print), 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for young adults.
Gary Payton Gary Dwayne Payton (born July 23 1968, in Oakland, California) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He is best known for his 12-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Gary Perkins Born in 1937 in Abilene, Texas, Gary Perkins (July 14, 1937 - June 28, 1991) DJ, a man of major importance to the industry who began his radio career in 1957 at Midland Texas' KCRS where Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly used to drop their records off. After joining the army were he served in the National Security Agency as well as in Armed Forces Radio, he moved to El Paso Texas and became known as the silver-throated morning guy at KHEY radio in the 1960s.
Gary Peters Gary Charles Peters (born April 21 1937 in Grove City, Pennsylvania) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox drafted Peters as an amateur free agent in 1956 after he graduated from Grove City College.
Gary Pettis Gary George Pettis (born April 3, 1958, in Oakland, California) is the current first base coach of the Texas Rangers and a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, and San Diego Padres during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Gary Phillips Gary Phillips is retired goalkeeper now working as reserve team manager at League Two side Barnet FC. Phillips spent the majority of his playing days at Underhill with Barnet, taking over as manager prior to the start of the 1993-94 season, before being replaced by Ray Clemence.
Gary Pittman Gary Pittman is a prison guard and former United States Marine Corps reservist who was received a reduction in rank from Sergeant to Private and sixty days hard labor, for his role in the death in custody of Nagem Hatab, an Iraqi he believed was involved in torturing Jessica Lynch.
Gary Plummer (basketball) Gary Plummer (born February 21, 1962 in Highland Park, Michigan), is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the 2nd round (45th overall) of the 1984 NBA Draft. A 6'9" forward-center from Boston University, Plummer played in two NBA seasons.
Gary Price Gary Price is a librarian, best known for founding resourceshelf.com and originating Price's List of Lists, "a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet", which is now maintained by others.
Gary Pritchard Gary Pritchard (Born 1970 in Bangor, North Wales) is a professional broadcaster and journalist. He currently reports on sport, especially football, in the Welsh language for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
Gary Public Transportation Corporation The Gary Public Transportation Corporation (GPTC) is a commuter bus system in Gary, Indiana that offerrs service to numerous stops throughout the city and neighboring suburbs. GPTC also has express service to locations outside of the city including connections to CTA and Pace.
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (initially credited as "The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett") was a popular American pop rock group in the late 1960s (see 1967 in music, 1968 in music, 1969 in music).
Gary Reams Gary Reams is a telecommunications industry manager and was the 2001 Libertarian candidate for Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This candidacy followed an unsuccessful 2000 election bid for United States Senate.
Gary Reed Gary Reed is an American comic book writer who was also the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and gave a chance to many of today’s top comic talents into the business such as Brian Michael Bendis, David W. Mack, Vince Locke, Guy Davis, Michael Lark, Patrick Zircher, Jim Calafiore, Ed Brubaker, Mike Gaydos, James O'Barr, Mike Carey and others.
Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes OBE (born April 22, 1960) is a British restauranteur, cookery writer, and celebrity chef, known for his love of British cuisine, distinctive hair style (which has since been shaved off) and use of butter and mustard (as he says - "if you don't like it, just add a little") in many of his recipes, he is also known as Jonathan Calvert.
Gary Ridgway Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30, 2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was arrested for the murders of seven women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green River Killer".
Gary Richardson Gary Richardson was born February 5, 1941, in Caddo, Oklahoma (located in Bryan County, Oklahoma) and is an American lawyer who practices law in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presently, he is employed by the Richardson Law Firm, P.
Gary Riley Gary Riley is an American character actor who has appeared in film and on television. He is well known for his role in the 1986 film Stand By Me as Charlie Hogan, and for his role as Dave Frazier in the 1987 comedy film Summer School.
Gary Rissling Gary Daniel Rissling (born August 8, 1956 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Originally signed in 1978 as a free agent by the Washington Capitals, Rissling also played for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Gary Rodkin Gary Rodkin is the current CEO and President of ConAgra, one of the largest food processing companies in North America. Rodkin was formerly the CEO and President of the North America division of PepsiCo from 1995 to 2005, and still is a special consultant through his exit agreement with the company.
Gary Royal "Gorgeous" Gary Royal (born Gary Rowell) was a professional wrestler in the United States. In the early part of his career, he was a member of the Convertible Blondes, a heel stable with Rip Rogers and Pistol Pez Whatley.
Gary Rydstrom Gary Roger Rydstrom (born 1959) is an award winning sound designer who began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, Gary received the opportunity to work with his mentor, Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt.
Gary Sanctuary Gary Sanctuary is a British pianist, keyboard player, composer and in-demand session musician. He has recorded and toured with a number of well-known musicians, including Chris de Burgh, Maxi Priest, Aztec Camera, Beverley Craven, Terence Trent D'Arby, Jaki Graham and Terry Callier.
Gary Sange Gary Sange is a contemporary American poet and professor of poetry at Virginia Commonwealth University. His poetry has been anthologized in New Voices in American Poetry and Southern Poetry Review 20 Year Anniversary.
Gary Scelzi Gary Scelzi, (born August 11, 1960, Fresno, California), is an American dragster racer who has won the NHRA top fuel championship on three occasions and the funny car title once. In 1997 he won the title in his first full year of competition, after replacing Blaine Johnson, who had been killed at the 1996 US Nationals, while leading the top fuel championship, in the Johnson family-owned car.
Gary Shaw Gary Shaw was an explosive striker who played for Aston Villa in the early 1980's. His goals helped Aston Villa win the English 1st Division championship in 1980-81 and the European Cup the following year - the only Birmingham-born player in the team.
Gary Sherman Gary Sherman, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, started directing short films, commercials, industrials, and documentaries while still an undergraduate at IIT's Institute of Design. After graduating, Gary moved to London, England, where he continued directing commercials, then co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Death Line starring Donald Pleasence.
Gary Shoefield Gary Shoefield is a television and film producer. He had a part in producing a famous hoax "alien autopsy" film with Ray Santilli, which was the subject of much debate following its appearance in 1995.
Gary Schaer Gary Schaer (born September 11, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly where he represents the 36th legislative district, having taken office on January 10, 2006. Schaer was elected to the Assembly on November 8, 2005, and took the seat of Republican Paul DiGaetano, who did not run for re-election and had held the seat in the Assembly since 1992 (and also served from 1986-1987).
Gary Schellenberger Gary Ralph Schellenberger (born September 15, 1943 in Stratford, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Perth—Wellington for the Conservative Party.
Gary Schmidt Gary D. Schmidt (born 1957) is an American children's writer of nonfiction books as well as some novels, the most notable being Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, winner of the 2005 Newbery Honor citation, and First Boy.
Gary Smith (ice hockey) Gary "Suitcase" Smith, a former professional ice hockey goaltender, was born in Ottawa, Ontario on February 4, 1944. He is the brother of the late former professional hockey player and CJOH television sports anchor, Brian Smith.
Gary Smith (record producer) Gary Smith is an entrepreneur, record producer, and artist's manager known for his work recording albums by alternative rock musicians since the mid-1980s at Fort Apache Studios. Smith, who is sole owner of the studio, first became a partner co-owning the studio business in the late 1980s, moving it from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Bellows Falls, Vermont, in 2002.
Gary Spani Gary Spani (born January 9, 1956) is a former NFL linebacker who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1978-1986. He has worked for the Chiefs' front office since 1989, and is currently the director of tickets and events marketing for the Chiefs.
Gary Steelheads The Gary Steelheads are a professional basketball team of the United States Basketball League that previously played in the International Basketball League and the Continental Basketball Association. They are based in Gary, Indiana.
Gary Stewart (politician) Gary Stewart (born March 23, 1938 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and briefly served as a cabinet minister under Mike Harris.
Gary Streeter Gary Nicholas Streeter (born 2 October 1955) is a politician in the United Kingdom. Since 1997 he has been Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South West Devon, having previously been the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton between 1992 and 1997.
Gary Stronach Gary Stronach (born February 14 1964 in North Shields, England) is a former British professional basketball player, and current head coach for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball League, a position he has held since 1998 when he retired from playing with the team to become the full-time coach.
Gary Sturgess Gary L. Sturgess, a lawyer by training, is presently a board member of Engine Australia, the company created by his father the late Lindsay Sturgess, along with his mother and brothers and an executive director of the Serco Institute.
Gary Sullivan (radio) Gary Sullivan is the host of the American nationally syndicated radio program At Home with Gary Sullivan, which airs from 9AM to noon (Eastern Time) Saturdays and Sundays. The show is distributed by Premiere Radio Networks and airs on many stations owned by Clear Channel Communications and on XM Satellite Radio.
Gary Sundgren Kari Juhani Sundgren was born on october 25 1967 in Vammala, Finland) and raised in Västerås, Sweden where Kari Juhani was called Gary which caught on and he is always referred to as Gary Sundgren instead of Kari Sundgren.Gary Sundgren was a prominent swedish footballer and is still an icon in the city of Zaragoza were he played for the club Real Zaragoza from 1997 to 2002.
Gary Sunshine Gary Sunshine is an American playwright and television writer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island, where his father was a self-employed plastic slipcover cutter and his mother was a computer programmer.
Gary Sutherland Gary Lynn Sutherland (born September 27, 1944 in Glendale, California) was a Second Baseman and Shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies (1966-68), Montreal Expos (1969-71), Houston Astros (1972-73), Detroit Tigers (1974-76), Milwaukee Brewers (1976), San Diego Padres (1977) and St. Louis Cardinals (1978).
Gary the Rat Gary the Rat was an adult-oriented animated series. The main character Gary "The Rat" Andrews (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), is a lawyer who somehow mutated into a rat when he woke up, although we never get to see the human version of Gary.
Gary the Snail Gary the Snail is a character in the Nickelodeon animated series series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired in July 1999. Gary is SpongeBob's pet snail, although his behavior in several aspects resembles a housecat.
Gary Tanaka Gary Tanaka is a Japanese-American businessman who co-founded the investment company Amerindo Investments in 1979 along with Alberto Vilar. Tanaka was an undergraduate at MIT, followed by a PhD at Imperial College London.
Gary Taxali Gary Taxali is an artist/illustrator living in Canada. Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time traveling through lecturing and teaching at various arts organizations and schools such as The Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.
Gary Taylor Gary Taylor (born October 14, 1961) is a former strongman from Wales who won the World's Strongest Man contest in 1993. His strongman career ended in 1997 when he sustained a serious leg injury in the tire flip in a contest in Holland.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher Gary Taylor-Fletcher (formerly Gary Fletcher) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Huddersfield Town in Coca-Cola League One in England. He has been known as Gary Taylor-Fletcher, since his marriage, after he compromised with his wife who was the last Taylor in her family.
Gary Teichmann Gary Hamilton Teichmann (born 9 January 1967 in Gwelo, Zimbabwe) is a retired South African rugby player. He played number eight (eighthman) and was the captain of the South African national team, the Springboks, between 1995 and 1999.
Gary Tibbs Gary Tibbs (born Gary Brian Tibbs, 25 January 1958, in Northwood, Middlesex, England) is a bass guitarist and actor, who appeared (playing the part of bass guitarist, Dave) in the film Breaking Glass, alongside Hazel O'Connor.
Gary Timberlake Gary Dale Timberlake (born August 9, 1948 in Laconia, Indiana) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft, and later drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Yankees as the 48th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
Gary Titley Gary Titley (born January 19, 1950 in Salford, Greater Manchester) is a British politician, currently leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) and Labour Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England.
Gary Trent Gary Dajaun Trent (born September 22 1974 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American former professional basketball player. During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played with the Portland Trail Blazers, Toronto Raptors, Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Gary Troup (Lost) Gary Troup is the fictitious author of Bad Twin, a tie-in novelization set within the universe of the television series Lost and the related Lost Experience. Troup, created as a marketing strategy to sell the book, is portrayed by an actor in a series of fictional book interviews, released on some online booksellers' Web sites.
Gary Trousdale Gary Trousdale (born in La Crescenta, California) is the director of such movies as Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Cranium Command (1989), and the animated short, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. He has been working for Disney since 1985.
Gary van Egmond Gary van Egmond is an Australian football (soccer) manager who is currently in charge of the Newcastle United Jets. After Round 7 of season 2006-07, the Jets were last and winless and so Nick Theodorakopoulos was sacked by the club and former Socceroo van Egmond was installed as caretaker coach.
Gary Valenciano Edgardo JosĂ© MartĂn Santiago Valenciano, better known as simply Gary Valenciano (shortened to Gary V.), is a Filipino musician, composer, actor, producer, and gospel singer who is best known for many songs, especially those that became theme songs for movies.
Gary Vandermeulen Gary Vandermeulen (born June 19, 1965 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 26th position in the 400 m Freestyle, and in eighth place with the Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay Team.
Gary Wagner Gary Wagner, often credited simply as Wagner, is a German musician, most notable for being the singer and one of the founding members of German electronic music band Dance Or Die. He also did guest on other records, like the And One song "Take Some More" (1995).
Gary Waller Gary Peter Anthony Waller (born 24 June, 1945) is a British Conservative politician. He was originally MP for Brighouse and Spenborough from 1979 until 1983, when after boundary changes abolished the seat, he was elected for nearby Keighley – defeating the Labour incumbent Bob Cryer.
Gary Walters Gary D. Walters, a 1967 graduate of Princeton University who played point guard on the 1965 NCAA Final Four men’s basketball team, and who was also featured with teammate Chris Thomforde on the cover of Sports Illustrated in February 1967 while leading that year’s team to a 25-3 record, a Top Ten final ranking (No.
Gary Wamsley Gary Wamsley is professor emeritus at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy. He is perhaps best known as the coordinating editor of Refounding Public Administration, a work that followed from a well-known public administration paper called the Blacksburg Manifesto.
Gary Ward Gary Lamell Ward (born December 6, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Minnesota Twins (1979-83), Texas Rangers (1984-86), New York Yankees (1987-89) and Detroit Tigers (1989-90).
Gary Warren Gary Warren (born 5 July 1954 in London) was a well-known English child actor, most famous for his role as Peter in the 1970 film The Railway Children. He also featured in the 1970s shows Catweazle, Z-Cars, and Alexander the Greatest.
Gary Webb Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist, best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" investigative report series, written for the San Jose Mercury News. In the three-part series (later published as a book), Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly distributed crack cocaine into Los Angeles and funneled profits to the Contras.
Gary Whitehead Gary Joseph Whitehead (born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, on March 23, 1965) is an American poet and cruciverbalist. He is the author of The Velocity of Dust (Salmon/Dufour Editions), After the Drowning (Finishing Line Press), A Cool, Dry Place (White Eagle Coffee Store Press), and Walking Back to Providence (Sow's Ear Press).
Gary Wilkerson Gary Wilkerson is the son of David Wilkerson and comes from a long line of ministers of the Gospel. His great grandfather who was a tent revival preacher, his grandfather was a denominational leader, and his father who is an internationally recognized author, evangelist and pastor.
Gary Willis Gary Willis is an american bassist and composer known foremost as the co-founder of the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech. Aside from his work in Tribal Tech Willis has worked with numerous other jazz musicians including Wayne Shorter, Dennis Chambers and Allan Holdsworth.
Gary Wilmot Gary Owen Wilmot (born May 8 1954 in Lambeth, London) is a British actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s through a number of television appearances, and subsequently moved into theatre.
Gary Wilson (musician) Gary Wilson (born October 1953) is an experimental musician/performance artist best known for his 1977 album You Think You Really Know Me, after which he promptly retired from recording and performing concerts. He slowly gained a strong cult following during the 1980's and 1990's and in the early 2000's became active again.
Gary Wurth Gary Wurth (born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory) was an Australian rugby league player for the Canberra Raiders, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and the Newcastle Knights in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership and National Rugby League competitions. His position of choice was at fullback.
Gary's Gang Gary's Gang was a disco group, who just missed having a Top 40 hit, when their lone Billboard Hot 100 entry "Keep on Dancin'" hit #41 in 1979. The song did go to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, along with the songs "Do It At the Disco" and "Let's Love Dance Tonight," the latter of which would be used as the sampling background track to Soulsearcher's 1999 #20 Club Play hit "Can't Get Enough.
Garysauruses Garysauruses is a term coined for some of the works of sculptor Jim Gary (1939-2006). Andrew Roth of the Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom created the neologism on February 14, 2006 to describe his sculptures that relate the essence of dinosaurs to viewers at exhibitions of Jim Gary's Twentieth Century Dinosaurs.
Garywood Christian School Garywood Christian School is a Christian private school located in Hueytown, Alabama, in the western suburbs of Birmingham, USA. It is affiliated with Garywood Assembly of God, a large Pentecostal church that houses the school's facilities.
GarzĂŞ Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture GarzĂŞ Tibetan Autonomous Region (Tibetan: དཀར་ŕ˝ŕ˝›ŕ˝şŕ˝¦ŕĽ‹ŕ˝–ོད་རིགས་རང་སŕľŕľ±ŕ˝Ľŕ˝„་ŕ˝ŕ˝´ŕ˝ŁŕĽ‹ , Wylie transliteration: dkar mdzes bod rigs rang skyong khul; Chinese: ç”ĺśč—Źć—Źč‡Şć˛»ĺ·ž, Pinyin: GÄnzÄ« ZĂ ngzĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture in Sichuan whose capital is Kangding (Dardo).
Garzhvog Garzhvog is the leader of the Urgals who fight with Eragon and the Varden against the armies of Galbatorix in the book Eldest, the second book in the Inheritance trilogy written by Christopher Paolini. Upon entering his consciousness, Eragon discovers that Urgals like Garzhvog are not completely evil monsters, but rather organisms which strive to survive and live just like others.
Gas A gas is one of the four major states of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma), that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. Thus, as energy in the form of heat is added, a solid (e.
Gas 5 "Gas 5" was Gasolin's fifth album in five years and was released in November 1975. From the humble beginnings of their debut album they had developed into a confident arena rock band with this release.
Gas balloon A gas balloon is any balloon that stays aloft due to being filled with a gas less dense than air or lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen). A gas balloon may also be called a Charlière for its inventor, the Frenchman Jacques Charles.
Gas bladder The gas bladder (also fish maw, less accurately swim bladder or air bladder) is an internal organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming.
Gas Cap Law The Hawaii Gas Cap Law is a legal limit on wholesale gasoline prices, or the maximum amount that may be charged for producing gasoline and delivering it to a service station. Under the law, the gas cap is set weekly by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) based on average spot prices for regular unleaded gasoline in three U.
Gas diffusion in soil The air space in soil contains oxygen to provide for respiration of plant roots and soil organisms. This air space could also contain carbon dioxide as a product of respiration of plant roots and soil organisms.
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