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* Gregor Abel (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 t ...

(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 , established_title = Founded , established_date = 75 ...

(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 SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social demo ...

(born 1962), German politician *

Gregor Arbet Gregor Arbet (born 19 June 1983) is a former Estonian professional basketball player and the current assistant coach for TalTech of the Estonian Korvpalli Meistriliiga. He is a 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) tall shooting guard and small forward. He rep ...

(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 d ...

(born 1963), American businessman * Gregor Bajde (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 (born 1979), Austrian ice hockey player *

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

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

(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 Gregor Miguel Blanco Pedraza (born December 24, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, the Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, ...

(born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player *

Gregor Blatnik Gregor Blatnik (born 15 December 1972) is a Slovenian retired international footballer who played as a defender. Career Blatnik was capped twice by the Slovenian national team Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or relate ...

(born 1972), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Brandmüller (1661–1691), Swiss painter *

Gregor Braun Gregor Braun (; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was ...

(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 D ...

(born 1991), Aruban footballer *

Gregor Brown Gregor Brown (born 1 July 2001) is a Scottish rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14. Brown's primary position is lock or flanker. Rugby Union career Amateur career Brown was a pupil at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen an ...

(born 2001), Scottish rugby union player *

Gregor Brück Gregor Brück (1485–1557) was a 16th-century figure of the Reformation, and Saxon Chancellor. He is also known by his latinised name Gregorius Pontanus. His role in the early 16th century in Germany, as legal advisor to Martin Luther, may ...

(1483–1557), German figure of the Reformation, and Saxon Chancellor *

Gregor Buchanan Gregor Buchanan (born 31 March 1990) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish League Two club Dumbarton where he is the club's vice-captain. After progressing through Falkirk's youth academy, Buchanan played for Scottish ...

(born 1990), Scottish footballer *

Gregor Cailliet Gregor Michel Cailliet is an American scientist who studies the ecology of marine fishes. He is professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, direct ...

, American scientist *

Gregor Cameron Gregor Ewen Cameron (born 11 January 1964) is a former New Zealand athlete who represented his country at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Early life and family Cameron was born in Dunedin on 11 January 1964, the son of Linda and Clive Cameron, and ...

(born 1964), New Zealand athlete *

Gregor Cankar Gregor Cankar (born 25 January 1975 in Celje) is a Slovenian track and field athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer ...

(born 1975), Slovenian long jumper *

Gregor Chatsatourian Gregor Chatsatourian (born 19 April 1977) is a Greek handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the ...

(born 1977), Greek handball player *

Gregor Clemens Gregor Clemens (born 26 June 1982 in Leipzig, Germany) is a fashion designer and designer of jewellery. Clemens grew up as the son of information technology specialist Eberhard Clemens and his wife Sylvia Clemens. After finishing grammar school ...

(born 1982), German fashion designer *

Gregor Collins Gregor Collins (born August 22, 1976) is an American author, speaker, actor and former reality television producer, best known for playing Matt in the mumblecore film ''Goodbye Promise'', and for writing the memoir '' The Accidental Caregiver: H ...

(born 1976), American actor, writer and producer *

Gregor Croudis Greg Croudis (born 14 January 1993) is a New Zealand cricketer. He made his List A debut for Otago on 15 January 2017 in the 2016–17 Ford Trophy. He made his first-class debut for Otago on 21 March 2017 in the 2016–17 Plunket Shield season ...

(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 (born 1991), Swiss ski jumper * Gregor Dorfmeister (1929–2018), German writer * Gregor Duncan (artist) (1910–1944), American illustrator * Gregor Duncan (bishop) (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 Gregor Edelmann (born 1954) is a German journalist, screenwriter and dramaturge based in Berlin. Life Edelmann was born in Suhl, an industrial town near Erfurt in the southern part of what was then the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). H ...

(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 Gregor Ewan (born 28 June 1971) is a Scottish wheelchair curler who competed for Great Britain at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. It was his Paralympic debut. Career He won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics at Sochi Sochi ( rus ...

(born 1971), Scottish wheelchair curler * Gregor Fink (born 1984), Slovenian footballer *

Gregor Fisher Gregor Fisher (born 22 December 1953) is a Scottish comedian and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the comedy series '' Rab C. Nesbitt'', a role he has played since the show's first episode in 1988. He has also ...

(born 1953), Scottish comedian and actor *

Gregor Fisken Gregor Fisken is a British racing driver and businessman (born 28 September 1964) who currently races historic and modern-day sportscars. He is one of only a handful of racing drivers to have driven in all four classes (LMP1, LMP2, GT1 and GT2) ...

(born 1964), British racing driver * Gregor Foitek (born 1965), Swiss racing driver *

Gregor Fučka Gregor Fučka (; born 7 August 1971) is a Slovenian-Italian retired professional basketball player and coach. A 215 cm (7' ") forward-center, he was a both a Mister Europa and Euroscar laureate in 2000. Professional career Fučka playe ...

(born 1971), Slovenian-Italian basketball player and coach * Gregor Gall (born 1967), British academic * Gregor Gazvoda (born 1981), Slovenian cyclist *

Gregor George William Gregor George (13 October 1903 – prior to 22 March 1933) was a rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of ...

, Australian rugby union player *

Gregor Gillespie Gregor Volz Gillespie (born March 18, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist and graduated collegiate wrestler who currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since ...

(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 Gregor J. Grant was born in 1911. He attended the Glasgow School of Art and soon was contributing articles, drawings, and caricatures to newspapers and magazines including The Light Car. He was injured in Normandy during World War II. In Augus ...

(born 1911), British writer * Gregor Grilc (born 1970), Slovenian alpine skier * Gregor Gysi (born 1948), German politician *

Gregor Hagedorn Gregor Hagedorn (born 1965) is a German botanist and academic director at the Natural History Museum, Berlin. Life Gregor Hagedorn studied biology at the University of Tübingen and at Duke University (North Carolina). Afterwards, he worke ...

(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 legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning ov ...

(1501–1531), German legal scholar * Gregor Hammerl (born 1942), Austrian politician * Gregor Hasler, Swiss psychiatrist * Gregor Hauffe (born 1982), German rower * Gregor Hayter (born 1976), Scottish rugby union player * Gregor Helfenstein (1559–1632), Roman Catholic prelate * Gregor Henderson, Australian Christian minister *

Gregor Herzfeld Gregor Herzfeld (born in 1975) is a German musicologist. Life and career Herzfeld studied musicology and philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and at the "Scuola di Paleografia musicale" from 1996 to 2001. In 2001 he obtained ...

(born 1975), German musicologist * Gregor Hildebrandt (born 1974), German contemporary artist *

Gregor Jordan Gregor Jordan (born 1966) is an Australian film director. Jordan's films include '' Two Hands'' (1999), ''Buffalo Soldiers'' (2001), and '' Ned Kelly'' (2003). ''Two Hands'' won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and Best Sc ...

(born 1966), Australian film director * Gregor Mackintosh, 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 Gregor Johann Mendel, OSA (; cs, Řehoř Jan Mendel; 20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884) was a biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas' Abbey in Brünn (''Brno''), Margraviate of Moravia. Mendel was ...

(1822–1884), scientist, father of genetics *

Gregor Mühlberger Gregor Mühlberger (born 4 April 1994) is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for the UCI WorldTeam . Career He was named in the start list for the 2016 Vuelta a España and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In July 2018, he was n ...

(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, he ...

(1903–1976), Russian-born American cellist *

Gregor Schlierenzauer Gregor Schlierenzauer (; born 7 January 1990) is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tourname ...

(born 1990), Austrian ski jumper *

Gregor Strasser Gregor Strasser (also german: Straßer, see ß; 31 May 1892 – 30 June 1934) was an early prominent German Nazi official and politician who was murdered during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. Born in 1892 in Bavaria, Strasser served i ...

(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, Jesenice, 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 ...

(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 ...

(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 ...

(born 1941), American artistic gymnast * Gregor Wenning (born 1964), German neurologist *

Gregor Wentzel Gregor Wentzel (17 February 1898 – 12 August 1978) was a German physicist known for development of quantum mechanics. Wentzel, Hendrik Kramers, and Léon Brillouin developed the Wentzel–Kramers–Brillouin approximation in 1926. In his early ...

(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 Gregor Clegane, nicknamed "The Mountain That Rides" or simply "The Mountain", is a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation ''Game of Th ...

, 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 So ...

's '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' and its television adaptation '' Game of Thrones'' *

Gregor Samsa ''Metamorphosis'' (german: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himsel ...

, main character of Franz Kafka's ''

The Metamorphosis ''Metamorphosis'' (german: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himsel ...

'' * 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 ''The Underland Chronicles'' is a series of five epic fantasy novels by Suzanne Collins, first published between 2003 and 2007. It tells the story of a boy named Gregor and his adventures in the "Underland,” a subterranean world located under ...

'' * Gregor, the slave name given to Severin by Wanda in the ''

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (; 27 January 1836 – 9 March 1895) was an Austrian nobleman, writer and journalist, who gained renown for his romantic stories of Galician life. The term ''masochism'' is derived from his name, invented by h ...

'' 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 Cai ...

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