Subjects of historical plaques - G

G. P. O. Film Unit
(1933-1943) pioneer of documentary film making
Clark Gable
(1901-1960) actor
Dennis Gabor CBE FRS
(1900-1979) inventor of holography
Hugh Gaitskell
(1906-1963) statesman
Sir Francis Galton
(1822-1911) explorer
Mary Garden
(1874-1967) opera singer
Gas Street Basin
canal basin
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
(1891-1915) sculptor
Duke John of Gaunt
(1340-1399) Duke of Lancaster
Théophile Gautier
(1811-1872) poet
George Gershwin
(1898-1937) composer
Ira Gershwin
(1896-1983) lyricist
Mario Lanza Ghostwriter
James Gibbs
(1682-1754) architect
William Gibson
(1838-1913) goldsmith
George Gilbert
(1857-1915) circus artiste
James Giles
(1801-1870) artist
Sir Dr David Gill KCB FRS FRSE LLD
(1834-1914) astronomer
Sir Harold Gillies
(1882-1960) pioneer plastic surgeon
John Joseph Gilmore
(1900-1945) aviator
Alex Glasgow
(1935-2001) singer
Robert Glover
potter
Sir John Bagot Glubb CMG OBE MC KCB DSO
(1897-1986) "Glubb Pasha"
William Godell
(d.1509)
George Godwin
(1813-1888) architect
Minna Goldberg
Holocaust victim
Sir William Golding CBE
(1911-1993) novelist
Jamie Gordon
(d.2005) bombing victim
Adam Lindsay Gordon
(1833-1870) poet
Dr Charles Gorman
Doctor (unknown type)
Lucie Regina Graetz
Holocaust victim
W. S. Graham
(1918-1986) poet
The Most Revd and Rt Hon Walter de Gray
(1188-1255) Archbishop of York
Frank Green
W. A. Green
(1870-1958) photographer
Michael Greenwood
(1731-1812) mariner
Edward John Gregory RA
(1850-1909) artist
Hutchinson Gresham
pawnbroker
Frances Evelyn Greville
(1861-1938) Countess of Warwick
Sir Rt Hon. Viscount Edward Grey KG PC 3rd Baronet
(1862-1933) Foreign Secretary
Edvard Grieg
(1843-1907) composer
George Grossmith Junior
(1874-1935) actor-manager
Earl Richard Grosvenor
(1731-1802) Baronet Grosvenor of Eaton
George Grosz
(1893-1959) painter
George Grote
(1794-1871) historian
Sir George Grove
(1820-1900) writer on music
Dr James Manby Gully
(1808-1883) pioneer of the Malvern Water Cure
Charles Gunther
(1863-1931) breeder of prime beef cattle for export to Argentina
Sarah Guppy
(1770-1852) inventor
Dr Kurt Gödel
(1906-1978) Professor