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Gregor Abel Gregor Abel (born 9 April 1949) is a Scottish former football player and manager. Abel played for Falkirk, Clydebank and Alloa Athletic. After retiring as a player, he became a coach at Alloa Athletic and then Falkirk, assisting Alex Totten ...

(born 1949), Scottish footballer *

Gregor Adlercreutz Gregor Nils Henric Adlercreutz (16 August 1898 – 3 June 1944) was a Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He and his horse ''Teresina'' placed fourth in the individual dressage competition and won a bronze medal with th ...

(1898–1944), Swedish equestrian *

Gregor Aichinger Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565 – 21 January 1628) was a German composer. Life He was organist to the Fugger family of Augsburg in 1584. In 1599 he went for a two-year visit to Rome for musical, rather than religious reasons, although he had taken h ...

(c. 1565–1628), German composer *

Gregor Amann Gregor Amann (born 15 August 1962 in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. Amann was from 2005 to 2009 a List of members of the 16th Bundestag, member of the 16th Bundes ...

(born 1962), German politician * Gregor Arbet (born 1983), Estonian basketball player *

Gregor Bailar Gregor Bailar (born May 3, 1963) is a US technology executive, professional director, and philanthropist who held executive roles at Citibank, NASDAQ and Capital One. He managed technology and operations for the NASDAQ Stock Market during the dot ...

(born 1963), American businessman *

Gregor Bajde Gregor Bajde (born 29 April 1994) is a Slovenian footballer who plays for Celje as a winger. Honours Maribor *Slovenian Championship: 2016–17, 2018–19 *Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related ...

(born 1994), Slovenian footballer *

Gregor Balažic Gregor Balažic (born 12 February 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Mura. In Slovenia, he played for Mura and Gorica. He had spells abroad in Spain, Ukraine, Serbia, Russi ...

(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 Gregor Becke (born 12 October 1972 in Salzburg) is an Austrian slalom canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He finished 33rd in the K-1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the ...

(born 1972), Austrian canoer * Gregor Belkovsky (1865–1948), Zionist activist *

Gregor Benko Gregor Benko (born August 4, 1944 Cleveland, Ohio, United States) is an American writer, lecturer, record producer, and collector-historian whose primary focus is classical piano performance documented on recordings from (or having to do with) the ...

(born 1944), American music historian *

Gregor Bermbach Gregor Bermbach (born 17 February 1981) is a German bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He has two World Cup victories in the four-man events during the 2008–09 season. At the FIBT World Championships 2009 in Lake Placid, New York, Bermba ...

(born 1981), German bobsledder *

Gregor Betz Gregor Betz (born 21 November 1948) is a German former swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munic ...

(born 1948), German swimmer *

Gregor Bialowas Gregor Bialowas (born 26 August 1959) is an Austrian weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 198 ...

(born 1959), Austrian weightlifter * Gregor Blanco (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player * Gregor Blatnik (born 1972), Slovenian footballer *

Gregor Brandmüller Gregor Brandmüller (or Georg), was a late 17th-century Swiss painter, a pupil of Charles Le Brun. Life Brandmüller was born at Basel, Basle in 1661, the son of a member of the council. His father owned a collection of drawings and prints, and Br ...

(1661–1691), Swiss painter * Gregor Braun (born 1955), German cyclist *

Gregor Breinburg Gregor Breinburg (born 16 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Aruba national team. Club career He formerly played for De ...

(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 ( Dha ...

(born 1972), Slovenian handball player *

Gregor Deschwanden Gregor Deschwanden (born 27 February 1991) is a Swiss ski jumper. His best individual World Cup showing so far is 10th in an individual large hill in Germany in 2013. Deschwanden competed for Switzerland in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, ...

(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) Gregor Keane Duncan (February 12, 1910–May 28, 1944) was an American artist who specialized in pen-and-ink drawings for magazines, books and newspapers. Born in Seattle, Washington, Duncan grew up in Sausalito, California, the son of Charles an ...

(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 Gregor Ebner (24 June 1892 – 22 March 1974) was a medical doctor from Kirchseeon near Munich. During the time of Nazi Germany he served as the medical leader of all the Lebensborn Homes. Life Ebner was born in Ichenhausen to Gregor Ebner, a ...

(1892–1974), German military doctor * Gregor Edelmann (born 1954), German journalist and screenwriter *

Gregor Edmunds Gregor Edmunds (born 1977) is a Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, world record holder in Highland games throwing the 28lb weight 95’10.5" Highlander Challenge, and ...

(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 wo ...

, 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 Gregor Gall (born 1967) is a British left-wing academic and writer, who has taught at several British universities. Career He was professor of industrial relations at the University of Bradford and before then professors of industrial relatio ...

(born 1967), British academic *

Gregor Gazvoda Gregor Gazvoda (born 15 October 1981) is a Slovenian former professional racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Career After racing for at Continental level for four years – the team folded ...

(born 1981), Slovenian cyclist * Gregor George, Australian rugby union player * Gregor Gillespie (born 1987), American mixed martial artist *

Gregor Glas Gregor Glas (born 29 April 2001) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for KK Mornar Bar of the Montenegrian Prva A Liga and the Adriatic ABA League. He is a 1.97 m tall shooting guard. Professional career Glas started playing professio ...

(born 2001), Slovenian basketball player *

Gregor Golobič Gregor Golobič (born January 20, 1964) is a Slovenian politician. Between 2007 and 2012 he was president of the left liberal party ''Zares'' and between November 2008 and June 2011, he served as Minister for Science and Higher Education of Slo ...

(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 Gregor Haloander (born as Gregor Meltzer; 1501 – 7 September 1531) was a German legal scholar. He authored a recension of the '' Digest'' of Roman law Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spannin ...

(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 Gregor Hasler, M.D. is a Swiss psychiatry researcher, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is professor and chair of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). His research areas covers stress, depression, bipolar ...

, Swiss psychiatrist * Gregor Hauffe (born 1982), German rower *

Gregor Hayter Gregor Hayter (born 13 August 1976 in Scotland) is a Scotland, Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Rugby union positions#Lock, Lock position. He also previously played for Caledonia Reds and Edinburgh Rugby ...

(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 Paradise Lost are an English gothic metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, considered to be among the pioneers of the death-doom genre, and regarded as the main influence for the later gothic metal movement. Bands that have cited Paradis ...

, lead guitarist and main composer of English doom metal band Paradise Lost *

Gregor McGregor Gregor McGregor (18 October 1848 – 13 August 1914) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for South Australia from 1901 until his death in 1914, representing the Labor Party. He was the party's inaugural Senate leader, and serv ...

(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 Gregor Piatigorsky (, ''Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy''; August 6, 1976) was a Russian Empire-born American cellist. Biography Early life Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. As a child, ...

(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 Gregor Peter John Townsend, (born 26 April 1973) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Scotland national team having previously been an assistant coach from 2009 to 2012. As a player, he won ...

(born 1973), Scottish rugby union player and coach *

Gregor Urbas Gregor Urbas (born 20 November 1982 in Jesenice) is a Slovenian former competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a five-time Triglav Trophy champion, the 2006 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and a nine-time ...

(born 1982), Slovenian figure skater *

Gregor Verbinski Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and musician. He is best known for directing '' The Ring'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. He won the Academy Awar ...

(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 Assemb ...

(born 1969), Slovenian politician *

Gregor Weiss Gregor Richard Weiss (born February 18, 1941) is an American artistic gymnast. He represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics, placing 7th in the team event and 59th in the individual all-around. He was a member of the U.S. team at t ...

(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 the ...

(1693–1766), Austrian classical composer * Gregor Widholm (born 1948), Austrian academic and musician * Gregor Willmes (born 1966), German musicologist * Gregor W. Yeates (1944–2012), New Zealand scientist *

Gregor Young Gregor Young (born 8 February 1966) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player. International career Young was part of the Canada team that played at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship. He made his senior debut for Canada ...

(born 1966), Canadian soccer player and coach

Fictional characters

* Gregor Clegane, nicknamed "The Mountain", a character in

George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels ''A Song ...

'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 Justice Young Justice is a fictional DC Comics superhero team consisting of teenaged heroes. The team was formed in 1998 when DC's usual teen hero group, the Teen Titans, had become adults and changed their name to the Titans. Like the original ''Teen ...

s third season * Gregor, a beetle-shaped demon in the novel ''

Slawter Darren O'Shaughnessy (; born 2 July 1972), is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series ''The Saga of Darren Shan'', ''The Demonata'', and ''Zom-B'', published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The former w ...

'' * 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 ''Venus in Furs'' (german: Venus im Pelz, links=no) is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called ''Legacy of Cain ...

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