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. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: *

Gregor (musician) Krikor Kélékian (February 28, 1898 – 1971), better known as Gregor, was an Ottoman-French jazz bandleader of Armenian origin. Gregor founded a group called the Gregorians in France in 1928, whose sidemen included Philippe Brun, Edmond Cohanie ...

(1898–1971), Armenian bandleader * 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 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 (born 1963), American businessman * Gregor Bajde (born 1994), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Balažic (born 1988), Slovenian footballer * Gregor Baumgartner (born 1979), Austrian ice hockey player * Gregor Becke (born 1972), Austrian canoer * Gregor Belkovsky (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 Grégor Miguel Blanco Pedraza (born December 24, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, and Arizona Diamondbacks. ...

(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. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Aruba national team. Club career He formerly played for De Graafschap and joined NEC in 2014. After a s ...

(born 1991), Aruban footballer *

Gregor Brown Gregor Brown (born 1 July 2001) is a Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player for Glasgow Warriors in the United Rugby Championship, URC. Brown's primary position is Lock (rugby union), lock or Flanker (rugb ...

(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 club Stenhousemuir where he is the club's captain. After progressing through Falkirk's youth academy, Buchanan played for Scottish Junior clubs Armada ...

(born 1990), Scottish footballer *

Gregor Cailliet Gregor Michel Cailliet is an American scientist who studies the ecology of marine fishes. He is professor emeritus at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, part of The California State University, having officially retired in 2009. Education and c ...

, 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, an ...

(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 (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as At ...

(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 is an American author, speaker, producer and former actor, most known for writing '' The Accidental Caregiver'', a memoir about the three years he spent with Maria Altmann. Career Collins moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue a ...

(born 1976), American actor, writer and producer * Gregor Croudis (born 1993), New Zealand cricketer * Gregor Cvijič (born 1972), Slovenian handball player * Gregor Deschwanden (born 1991), Swiss ski jumper * Gregor Dorfmeister (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) (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 (born 1977), Scottish athlete * Gregor Erhart, German sculptor * Gregor Ewan (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 (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, and at the restart nudg ...

(born 1965), Swiss racing driver *

Gregor Fučka Gregor Fučka (; born 7 August 1971) is a Slovenian-Italian former 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 pla ...

(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 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 Sl ...

(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 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 () political party. He belonged to the reformist wing of the governing Socialist Unity ...

(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 spann ...

(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 in 2012. Life and career Gregor Hammerl was born on 8 April 1942. From 1986 to 1987, Hammerl was an organization off ...

(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 The 2012 Summer Olympics, ...

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

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

(born 1966), Australian film director *

Gregor Mackintosh Gregor Mackintosh (born 20 June 1970) is a British guitar player and singer. He is the lead guitarist in the metal band Paradise Lost, which he founded in 1988 together with singer Nick Holmes, rhythm guitarist Aaron Aedy, and bassist Steve Edm ...

, 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 Order of Saint Augustine, OSA (; ; ; 20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinians, Augustinian friar and abbot of St Thomas's Abbey, Brno, St. Thom ...

(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 ...

(1790–1861), German classical scholar *

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

(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 , see ß; 31 May 1892 – 30 June 1934) was a German politician and early leader of the Nazi Party. Along with his younger brother Otto, he was a leading member of the party's left-wing faction, which brought them into ...

(1892–1934), German Nazi Party official and politician *

Gregor Townsend Gregor Peter John Townsend (born 26 April 1973) is a Scottish professional rugby union coach and former player who has been coaching the Scotland national team since 2017. Townsend was previously the assistant coach from 2009 to 2012. As a p ...

(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 (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 Assem ...

(born 1969), Slovenian politician *

Gregor Weiss Gregor Richard Weiss (born February 18, 1941) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics, placing 7th in the team eve ...

(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 y ...

(1898–1978), German physicist * Gregor Werner (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 (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's ''

A Song of Ice and Fire ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. Martin began writing the first volume, ''A Game of Thrones'', in 1991, and published it in 1996. Martin, who originally envisioned the ser ...

'' and its television adaptation ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by ...

'' *

Gregor Samsa ''The Metamorphosis'' (), also translated as ''The Transformation'', is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''The Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself inex ...

, main character of Franz Kafka's ''

The Metamorphosis ''The Metamorphosis'' (), also translated as ''The Transformation'', is a novella by Franz Kafka published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, ''The Metamorphosis'' tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes to find himself inex ...

'' * 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 T ...

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 high fantasy, 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 l ...

'' * 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'' () 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'' (). ''Venus in Furs'' was ...

'' * Gregor, one of the 12 playable characters in

Limbus Company ''Limbus Company'' is an indie gacha strategy video game for Microsoft Windows and mobile devices using iOS or Android, developed and published by South Korean studio Project Moon. It was released worldwide on February 26, 2023. The game is se ...

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