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. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

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* Gregor Abel (born 1949), Scottish footballer * Gregor Adlercreutz (1898–1944), Swedish equestrian * Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628), German composer * Gregor Amann (born 1962), German politician * Gregor Arbet (born 1983), Estonian basketball player * Gregor Bailar (born 1963), American businessman * Gregor Bajde (born 1994), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Balažic (born 1988), Slovenian footballer *

Gregor Baumgartner Gregor Baumgartner (born 13 July 1979) is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger who played the last 9 seasons of his career for EHC Black Wings Linz in the Austrian Hockey League, Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. He was ...

(born 1979), Austrian ice hockey player * Gregor Becke (born 1972), Austrian canoer *

Gregor Belkovsky Zvi Hirsch Gregor Belkovsky (RU: Григорий Александрович Белковский) (1865, Odessa, Russian Empire - 1948, Tel Aviv) was a jurist, political economist, one of the leaders of the Bulgarian Zionists and an organizer for ...

(1865–1948), Zionist activist * Gregor Benko (born 1944), American music historian * Gregor Bermbach (born 1981), German bobsledder * Gregor Betz (born 1948), German swimmer * Gregor Bialowas (born 1959), Austrian weightlifter * Gregor Blanco (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player * Gregor Blatnik (born 1972), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Brandmüller (1661–1691), Swiss painter * Gregor Braun (born 1955), German cyclist * Gregor Breinburg (born 1991), Aruban footballer * Gregor Brown (born 2001), Scottish rugby union player * Gregor Brück (1483–1557), German figure of the Reformation, and Saxon Chancellor * Gregor Buchanan (born 1990), Scottish footballer * Gregor Cailliet, American scientist * Gregor Cameron (born 1964), New Zealand athlete * Gregor Cankar (born 1975), Slovenian long jumper * Gregor Chatsatourian (born 1977), Greek handball player * Gregor Clemens (born 1982), German fashion designer * Gregor Collins (born 1976), American actor, writer and producer * Gregor Croudis (born 1993), New Zealand cricketer *

Gregor Cvijič Gregor Cvijič (born 26 March 1972) is a Slovenian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharu ...

(born 1972), Slovenian handball player * Gregor Deschwanden (born 1991), Swiss ski jumper *

Gregor Dorfmeister Gregor Dorfmeister (7 March 1929 – 4 February 2018) was a German journalist and writer. Under the pseudonym Manfred Gregor, Dorfmeister published three novels. His debut novel, ''Die Brücke'' ("The Bridge"), was turned into a Golden Globe Award ...

(1929–2018), German writer * Gregor Duncan (artist) (1910–1944), American illustrator *

Gregor Duncan (bishop) Gregor Duthie Duncan (born 11 October 1950) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church who served as the Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway from 2010 to 2018. Early life Duncan was born on 11 October 1950. He was educated at Al ...

(born 1950), Scottish Episcopalian bishops * Gregor Ebner (1892–1974), German military doctor * Gregor Edelmann (born 1954), German journalist and screenwriter * Gregor Edmunds (born 1977), Scottish athlete *

Gregor Erhart Gregor Erhart (c. 1470? – 1540) was a German sculptor who was born at Ulm, the son of sculptor Michel Erhart. Gregor spent his working career at Augsburg, where he was made master in 1496, and where he died. Attributions of sculpture to his ...

, German sculptor * Gregor Ewan (born 1971), Scottish wheelchair curler *

Gregor Fink Gregor Fink (born 3 July 1984) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charge ...

(born 1984), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Fisher (born 1953), Scottish comedian and actor * Gregor Fisken (born 1964), British racing driver *

Gregor Foitek Gregor Foitek (born 27 March 1965) is a Swiss former racing driver. He won the 1986 Swiss Formula 3 Championship. Moving up to Formula 3000 he was widely blamed for causing a race-stopping crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, the restart of which led ...

(born 1965), Swiss racing driver * Gregor Fučka (born 1971), Slovenian-Italian basketball player and coach * Gregor Gall (born 1967), British academic * Gregor Gazvoda (born 1981), Slovenian cyclist * Gregor George, Australian rugby union player * Gregor Gillespie (born 1987), American mixed martial artist * Gregor Glas (born 2001), Slovenian basketball player * Gregor Golobič (born 1964), Slovenian politician * Gregor Grant (born 1911), British writer *

Gregor Grilc Gregor Grilc (born 13 February 1970 in Šenčur) is a Slovenian former alpine skier who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. oly ...

(born 1970), Slovenian alpine skier *

Gregor Gysi Gregor Florian Gysi (; born 16 January 1948) is a German attorney, former president of the Party of the European Left and a prominent politician of The Left (''Die Linke'') political party. He belonged to the reformist wing of the governing So ...

(born 1948), German politician * Gregor Hagedorn (born 1965), German botanist * Gregor Haloander (1501–1531), German legal scholar *

Gregor Hammerl Gregor Hammerl (8 June 1942 – 1 November 2023) was an Austrian politician who was President of the Federal Council of Austria The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat, ) is the upper house of the Austrian Parliament, representing the nine St ...

(born 1942), Austrian politician * Gregor Hasler, Swiss psychiatrist *

Gregor Hauffe Gregor Hauffe (born 20 May 1982 in Magdeburg, East Germany) is a German former representative rower. He is a three time world champion and a dual Olympian. Hauffe competed at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 in the men's coxless four with ...

(born 1982), German rower * Gregor Hayter (born 1976), Scottish rugby union player *

Gregor Helfenstein Gregor Helfenstein (1559–1632) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Trier (1599–1632).

(1559–1632), Roman Catholic prelate *

Gregor Henderson Rev. Gregor Sutherland Henderson is an ordained Christian minister of the Uniting Church in Australia. For 12 years he was the General Secretary of the UCA's National Assembly and was the President of the National Assembly for three years 2006 ...

, Australian Christian minister * Gregor Herzfeld (born 1975), German musicologist *

Gregor Hildebrandt Gregor Hildebrandt (born 1974 in Bad Homburg, West Germany) is a German contemporary artist who lives and works in Berlin, Germany Early life and education Gregor Hildebrandt graduated from Hochschule der Künste, Berlin in 2002, after he stud ...

(born 1974), German contemporary artist * Gregor Jordan (born 1966), Australian film director * Gregor Mackintosh, lead guitarist and main composer of English doom metal band Paradise Lost * Gregor McGregor (1848–1914), Australian politician * Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), scientist, father of genetics * Gregor Mühlberger (born 1994), Austrian cyclist *

Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch Gregor Wilhelm Nitzsch (22 November 1790 – 22 July 1861) was a German classical scholar known chiefly for his writings on Homeric epic. Brother of Karl Immanuel Nitzsch, he was born at Wittenberg. In 1827 he was appointed professor of ancient l ...

(1790–1861), German classical scholar * Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976), Russian-born American cellist * Gregor Schlierenzauer (born 1990), Austrian ski jumper * Gregor Strasser (1892–1934), German Nazi Party official and politician * Gregor Townsend (born 1973), Scottish rugby union player and coach * Gregor Urbas (born 1982), Slovenian figure skater * Gregor Verbinski (born 1964), American film director, also known as Gore Verbinski *

Gregor Virant Gregor Virant (born 4 December 1969) is a Slovenian politician and public servant. Between 2004 and 2008, he served as Minister of Public Administration in Janez Janša's first government, between 2011–2013 he was Speaker of the National Ass ...

(born 1969), Slovenian politician * Gregor Weiss (born 1941), American artistic gymnast *

Gregor Wenning Gregor Karl Wenning (born 21 March 1964 in Horstmar, Westfalia) is a German neurologist best known for his clinical and scientific work in Parkinson's disease and atypical Parkinsonian disorders, particularly multiple system atrophy (MSA). In 20 ...

(born 1964), German neurologist * Gregor Wentzel (1898–1978), German physicist *

Gregor Werner Gregor Joseph Werner (28 January 1693 – 3 March 1766) was an Austrian composer of the Baroque period, best known as the predecessor of Joseph Haydn as the ''Kapellmeister'' of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Few of Werner's works survive to th ...

(1693–1766), Austrian classical composer *

Gregor Widholm Gregor Widholm (born 1948 in Gänserndorf) is an Austrian academic and musician, and from 2007 to 2012 Vice-Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna (german: Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien). Education an ...

(born 1948), Austrian academic and musician *

Gregor Willmes Gregor Willmes (born 30 March 1966) is a German musicologist, music writer and cultural manager. Life and career Born in Wanne-Eickel, Willmes took private piano, organ and music theory lessons with Matthias Kreuels. He studied musicology, ...

(born 1966), German musicologist *

Gregor W. Yeates Gregor William Yeates, publishing as GW Yeates (19 May 1944 – 6 August 2012),Death Notice, page 23, Manawatu Standard, 8 August 2012 was a New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist. He was ''"considered the world's leading authority in soi ...

(1944–2012), New Zealand scientist * Gregor Young (born 1966), Canadian soccer player and coach

Fictional characters

* Gregor Clegane, nicknamed "The Mountain", a character in George R.R. Martin's ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. He began the first volume of the series, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and it was published in 1996. Martin, who init ...

'' and its television adaptation ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' * Gregor Samsa, main character of Franz Kafka's '' The Metamorphosis'' * King Gregor Markov, a supporting character in DC Comics' '' Young Justices third season * Gregor, a beetle-shaped demon in the novel '' Slawter'' * Gregor, the protagonist of '' The Underland Chronicles'' * Gregor, the slave name given to Severin by Wanda in the '' Leopold von Sacher-Masoch'' novel '' Venus In Furs''

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