Gayl (other)
Gayl is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Gayl Jones (born 1949), African-American writer * Gayl King (born 1963), Canadian darts player * Wilhelm von Gayl (1879–1945), German politician * Georg Freiherr von Gayl (1850–1927), German general See also * Gael (other) * Gayle (other) * Gale (other) * Gail (other) Gail may refer to: People *Gail (given name), list of notable people with the given name Surname * Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), French Hellenist scholar * Max Gail (born 1943), American actor * Sophie Gail (1775–1819), French singer and ...

Gayl Jones
Gayl Jones (born November 23, 1949) is an American writer from Lexington, Kentucky. She is recognized as a key figure in 20th-century African-American literature. Imani Perry posits Jones as "one of the most versatile and transformative writers of the 20th century" while Calvin Baker describes her as "The Best American Novelist Whose Name You May Not Know." In ''The Guardian'' newspaper, Yara Rodrigues Fowler stated: "Gayl Jones is a literary legend. In novels and poetry, she has reimagined the lives of Black women across North, South and Central America, living in different centuries, in a way no other writer has done." Jones published her debut novel, '' Corregidora'' (1975), at the age of 25. The book, edited by Toni Morrison, was met with critical acclaim and praised by leading intellectuals including James Baldwin and John Updike. Her sophomore novel '' Eva's Man'' was met with less renown and characterized as "dangerous" by some critics for its raw depiction of cruelty and ...
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Gayl King
Gayl King (born 29 December 1963) is a Canadian former professional darts player. She was the first woman to be invited by the darts organization Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to complete in the PDC World Darts Championship in the 2001 PDC World Darts Championship, 2001 tournament and was the winner of several regional and national darts competitions in Canada. Personal background King was born and raised in a small community in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and has fourteen siblings. She has two grown-up sons, and worked as a Bookkeeping, bookkeeper for a restaurant chain in Edmonton, Alberta prior to her debut in the PDC World Darts Championship. Darts career King was introduced to the throwing game of darts by one of her older sisters Mary; her brother-in-law provided her with an instructional book which strengthened her interest in the sport. She made her British Darts Organisation debut in the 1989 World Masters (darts), World Masters where she wa ...
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Wilhelm Von Gayl
Wilhelm Moritz Egon Freiherr von Gayl (4 February 1879 – 7 November 1945) was a German jurist and politician of the German National People's Party (DNVP). Biography Gayl was born in Königsberg, capital of the Prussian province of East Prussia (today Kaliningrad, Russia) and studied law at the universities of Berlin, Göttingen and Bonn. In 1909 he became the director of the ''Ostpreussische Landgesellschaft'', a settlement society for East Prussia . He served throughout the First World War, initially as an officer on active service, and was decorated with the Iron Cross first class, but soon joined the administration of Ober Ost as Supreme Commander of All German Forces in the East. In 1916 he became Chief of the Department of interior politics and administration of Ober Ost and on 1 September 1918 ''Landeshauptmann'' ("State Captain") of northern Lithuania at Kaunas. In 1919 Gayl was a member of the German delegation at the Versailles conference and became the German Commis ...
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Georg Freiherr Von Gayl
Georg Freiherr von Gayl (25 February 1850, Berlin – 3 May 1927) was a Prussian officer, and General during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite. Awards * Iron Cross of 1870, 2nd class * Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with Oak Leaves and Swords (1901) * Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ... (8 May 1918) References * Hildebrand, Karl-Friedrich and Zweng, Christian (1999). ''Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs, Band 1: A-G''. Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. . 1850 births 1927 deaths Military personnel from Berlin People from the Province of Brandenburg Barons of Germany Generals of Infantry (Prussia) Members of the Prussian House of Lords German Army generals of World War I Recipients of the Iron C ...
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Gael (other)
The Gaels are a European ethnolinguistic group. Gael or Gaels may also refer to: People * Gaël (given name), a list of people with the personal name * Anna Gaël, stage name of Hungarian actress Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (born 1943) * Barent Gael (c. 1630–1698), Dutch landscape painter * Josseline Gaël (1917–1995), French film actress born Jeannine Augustine Jeanne Blanleuil * Gael (footballer), Equatoguinean footballer Sports *Clarington Green Gaels, lacrosse team in Ontario, Canada * Iona Gaels, athletic teams of Iona University in New York * Queen's Golden Gaels, athletic teams of Queen's University at Kingston in Ontario, Canada *Saint Mary's Gaels, athletic teams of Saint Mary's College of California Other uses * Gaël, a commune in Brittany, France ** Gael Airfield, an abandoned World War II military airfield near the commune * ''Gael'' (magazine), a monthly women's magazine in Belgium * Iona Gaels, the athletics teams of Iona College, in New Rochelle, N ...
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Gayle (other)
Gayle or Gayl may refer to: People * Gayle (given name), people with the given name * Gayle (surname), people with the surname * Gayle (singer) (born 2004), American singer-songwriter Places * Gayle, North Yorkshire, England * Gayle, Jamaica, a village * Gayle Mill, South Carolina, United States Other uses * Gayle language, a South African argot * Gayle, a system controller chip in the Amiga 600 and 1200 computers See also * * Gayl (other) * Gayles (other) * Gael (other) * Gail (other) * Gale (other) A gale is a very strong wind. Gale may also refer to: Places United States * Gale, Illinois, a village * Gale, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Gale Peak, a mountain in California * Gale, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Ga ...

Gale (other)
A gale is a very strong wind. Gale may also refer to: Places United States * Gale, Illinois, a village * Gale, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Gale Peak, a mountain in California * Gale, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Gale, Wisconsin, a town * Gale River, New Hampshire Elsewhere * Gale (crater), on Mars * Praia da Galé, a beach in Portugal * Gale (Chalcidice), an ancient Greek colony of Chalcis on Chalkidiki peninsula People and fictional characters * Gale (given name) * Gale (surname) * George Gale (cartoonist) (1929–2003), who drew under the name Gale * Gale (mythology), a Greek mythological witch Other uses * Gale (publisher), a publisher of reference books and databases, formerly known as the Gale Group, then Thomson Gale * Gale College, a defunct college in Wisconsin, US * HMNZS ''Gale'' (T04), a minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy * Gale, a variant of the Shannon switching game * Gale, a parcel of land leased to a Freeminer for min ...
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