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Gautam Gambhir (गौतम गंभीर)

Gautam Gambhir (गौतम गंभीर), born 1981, Indian left-handed opening batter, 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 World Cup winner, KKR captain, and India men's head coach since July 2024.

Gautam Gulati (गौतम गुलाटी)

Gautam Gulati (गौतम गुलाटी), Indian TV actor and model born 1987 in Delhi, winner of Bigg Boss 8 (2015). Known for Diya Aur Baati Hum, Bollywood debut Azhar (2016), Roadies gang leader, Rise and Fall 2 contestant.

Gautam R. Desiraju

Gautam R. Desiraju, born 1952, is an Indian chemist at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, a founder of crystal engineering who introduced the supramolecular synthon.

Gautam Rode (गौतम रोडे)

Gautam Rode (गौतम रोडे), born 1977 in Delhi, is an Indian actor and host; lead of Saraswatichandra (2013-14), Karna in Suryaputra Karn, married to Pankhuri Awasthy.

Gautam Singhania

Gautam Hari Singhania is an Indian businessman who has led the Raymond Group as Chairman and Managing Director since 2000, succeeding his father Vijaypat Singhania.

Gautam Vig (गौतम सिंह विज)

Gautam Singh Vig (गौतम सिंह विज, born 1987, New Delhi) is an Indian actor and model in Hindi television, debuting in Naamkarann (2016), known for Ishq Subhan Allah, Agni Vayu, Bigg Boss 16 (2022), and Junooniyatt.

Gautama Dharmasutra

The Gautama Dharmasutra is one of four surviving Dharmasutras, aphoristic Sanskrit manuals of Hindu law and custom, ascribed to the seer Gautama and tentatively dated 600 to 400 BCE.

Gautami

Gautami (Gautami Tadimalla, Gouthami), Indian actress and AIADMK politician, Tamil cinema lead of 1987–1998, debut Guru Sishyan (1988), Filmfare winner for Nee Pathi Naan Pathi, comeback in Papanasam (2015).

Gautamiputra Satakarni

Gautamiputra Satakarni (Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi), Satavahana king of the Deccan, late 1st–early 2nd century CE; defeated the Kshaharata satrap Nahapana, overstruck his coins, ruled Krishna-to-Malwa per the Nasik inscription of his mother Gautami Balasri.

Gautamiputra Satakarni (గౌతమిపుత్ర శాతకర్ణి) (film)

Gautamiputra Satakarni (గౌతమిపుత్ర శాతకర్ణి), 2017 Telugu historical drama directed by Krish, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna as the Satavahana emperor in his 100th film; released 12 January 2017, Rs 77 crore revenue, criticized for historical accuracy.

Gautamiputra Satakarni's defeat of Nahapana

Gautamiputra Satakarni's defeat of Nahapana was the Satavahana king's victory over the Shaka ruler Nahapana in the western Deccan around Nashik, which destroyed the Kshaharata dynasty.

Gautamiputra Satakarni's reconquest of the Deccan

Gautamiputra Satakarni's reconquest of the Deccan was the Satavahana king's campaign that destroyed the Western Kshatrapa ruler Nahapana around 124–125 CE and restored Satavahana power.

Gauteng

Gauteng (Sesotho for "Place of Gold") is South Africa's smallest province by area (18,178 km²) but its most populous (15.1 million, Census 2022) and its economic core, contributing about a third of national GDP, with Johannesburg as capital and Pretoria as the administrative capital.

Gauthali (गौंथली)

Gauthali (गौँथली) is a 2026 Nepali social drama directed by Dr. Kapil Rijal from a story by Dr. Bhola Rijal, about child marriage, denied education, and an autistic husband; released July 17, 2026, it became Nepal's second highest-grossing film.

Gautham Karthik

Gautham Karthik (Gautham Ram Karthik), Indian Tamil film actor born 1989 in Chennai, son of Karthik and grandson of R. Muthuraman; debuted in Mani Ratnam's Kadal (2013), won SIIMA and Filmfare debut awards, known for Rangoon, Pathu Thala, and Mr X.

Gautham Ramachandran

Gautham Ramachandran is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter, and producer, a former lawyer who assisted Rajeev Menon and Mysskin. He directed Richie (2017), a remake of Ulidavaru Kandanthe with Nivin Pauly, and the acclaimed courtroom drama Gargi (2022) with Sai Pallavi.

Gautham Vasudev Menon (கௌதம் வாசுதேவ் மேனன்)

Gautham Vasudev Menon (கௌதம் வாசுதேவ் மேனன்), or GVM, born 1973, is an Indian Tamil cinema director, producer, and actor; debut Minnale (2001), National Award for Vaaranam Aayiram, Malayalam debut Dominic and the Ladies' Purse (2025).

Gauthier Boccard

Gauthier Boccard, born 1991 in Uccle, is a Belgian field hockey defender, Red Lions Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020), 2018 world and 2019 European champion with 310 caps, now player-director and Directeur Sportif at Royal Léopold Club.

Gauthier Grumier

Gauthier Grumier, born 1984 in Nevers, is a French left-handed épée fencer, Rio 2016 Olympic team champion and individual bronze medallist, five-time world team champion, later French men's épée national coach.

Gautrain

The Gautrain is an 80-kilometer rapid rail network in Gauteng province, South Africa, running between Johannesburg, Pretoria, and OR Tambo International Airport, which opened in June 2010.

Gautseshen

Gautseshen, also written Gatseshen, was a daughter of the Theban High Priest of Amun Menkheperre in Egypt's 21st Dynasty, known above all from an exceptionally long Book of the Dead papyrus.

Gauze

Gauze is a thin open-weave fabric, in strict textile terms the densest leno weave with crossing warp ends, also the name for loosely woven cotton surgical dressings; from French gaze, 1560s, origin uncertain.

Gauze sponge

Gauze sponge: a folded square of absorbent woven or non-woven cotton gauze (USP Type VII, 4x4 inch, 8-16 ply) used to absorb fluid, dress, clean, or pack wounds; first sterilized in bulk by Johnson & Johnson in 1887; main risk is retention, causing 48-69% of retained surgical items.

Gauzy

Gauzy is an Israeli technology company based in Tel Aviv that makes smart glass and camera-based driver assistance systems, listed on Nasdaq under the ticker GAUZ.

GaV4S8

GaV4S8, gallium vanadium sulfide, is a multiferroic semiconductor of the lacunar spinel family, known as the first bulk crystal in which a Néel-type skyrmion lattice was discovered in 2015.

Gavage

Gavage is the delivery of liquid nutrition or medication through a tube passed into the stomach, by nose or mouth, used for feeding, gastric decompression, and rodent dosing.

Gavampati

Gavampati (गवाम्पति) was a disciple of the Buddha, counted among the first ten ordained and to reach arhatship, later worshipped in Thailand as the "Fat Monk."

Gavan O'Herlihy

Gavan O'Herlihy (1951–2021), Irish-born actor, played Chuck Cunningham in season one of Happy Days and villains in Superman III, Never Say Never Again, Death Wish 3, and Willow.

Gavdos (Γαύδος)

Gavdos (Γαύδος), Greek island south of Crete and the southernmost point of Greece and Europe; 142 residents (2021), Natura 2000 site with Gavdopoula, oil-fired power, and a noted Miocene Metochia geological section.

Gávea Investimentos

Gávea Investimentos is an independent asset management firm in Rio de Janeiro, founded in 2003 by former Brazilian central bank governor Arminio Fraga, which wound down its hedge funds in 2026.