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- Gaius Caligula (under Roman Empire)
- Gaius Marius the Younger (under Roman Empire)
- Gardiner, Wira
- Garrison, William Lloyd
- Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
- Gaveston, Piers
- Gay, John
- Geisha
- Genée, Adeline
- Genet, Jean
- German Democratic Republic
- Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
- Gertrude the Great
- Gilbert, Jonathan
- Gilbert, Melissa Ellen
- Gill, Madge
- Gingrich, Newton Leroy
- Glazer, Tom
- Glazier, Sidney
- God's Wife
- Goldie
- Goldwyn, Sam
- Goolagong-Cawley, Evonne Fay
- Gorham, Clare
- Govind Singh (under India - Princely States: 8)
- Graham, Eddie
- Grahame, Kenneth
- Grant, Julia
- Grayson, Larry
- Green, Tim
- Grey Owl
- Griffis, Joseph
- Griffith, Calvin
- Grimsby, Roger
- Guang Xu (under Chinese Qing Dynasty)
- Gyda (under Norwegian Ruling Families)
- Gülnüs Ummetüllah
- Gökçen, Sabiha
German Democratic Republic
During these decades, under the direction of Margot Honecker, wife of Communist Party and government head Erich Honecker and minister of education, the authorities in the GDR (the former Ea... [more]
Germanicus Julius Caesar (under Roman Empire)
Ancient Roman society institutionalized the adoption of adults. It was relatively common for a wealthy Roman couple to adopt an adult man, even a slave, as heir if they did not have any son... [more]
Gertrude the Great
Gertrude was an oblate , taken to the convent of Hefta in Thuringia at the age of five, and she remained a nun for life. From the age of 25 she was subject to mystical experiences, especia... [more]
Gilbert, Jonathan
Melissa Gilbert was adopted as a new-born baby by a well-known Hollywood family. Her parents were actors and her grandfather was a television writer. Her parents divorced when she was eight... [more]
Gilbert, Melissa Ellen
Melissa Gilbert was adopted as a new-born baby by a well-known Hollywood family. Her parents were actors and her grandfather was a television writer. Her parents divorced when she was eight... [more]
Gill, Madge
Gill was born to an unmarried woman and spent 10 years in an orphanage. She married in 1907 but did not begin to paint until one of her sons died of influenza. She became a spiritualist ... [more]
Gingrich, Newton Leroy
Gingrich never knew his birth father. His mother married Robert Gingrich, and he was adopted by his step-father. After university (Emory and Tulane) he became a college professor, and th... [more]
Glazer, Tom
Tom Glazer and Sidney Glazier (they spelled their last names differently) were two of the three sons born in Philadelphia to Jewish immigrants from Minsk. Their father died i... [more]
Glazier, Sidney
Tom Glazer and Sidney Glazier (they spelled their last names differently) were two of the three sons born in Philadelphia to Jewish immigrants from Minsk. Their father died i... [more]
God's Wife
Prior to the XXIst Dynasty of ancient Egypt the title God's Wife was given to Pharaoh's wife. During the XXIst Dynasty it was transferred to Pharaoh's daughter, who was consecrated as an ob... [more]
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