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Gin Craze
The Gin Craze was an early-18th-century London episode of mass cheap-gin drinking, roughly 1720 to 1751, prompting eight Gin Acts, Hogarth's Gin Lane, and later reassessment as a moral panic.
Gin rummy
Gin rummy, often simply Gin, is a two-player rummy card game created around 1909 by Elwood T. Baker in New York, where players knock on 10 or fewer deadwood points.
Gina (Canaan)
Gina was a town in ancient Canaan attested in the mid-14th century BC by a single mention in the Amarna letters, whose citizens killed Labaya.
Gina Belafonte
Gina Belafonte (born 1961) is an American actress, producer, director, and activist, daughter of Harry Belafonte; lead producer of Sing Your Song and co-founder of Sankofa.org.
Gina Bellman
Gina Bellman, born 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand, is a British actress known for Jane in Coupling, Sophie Devereaux in Leverage and Leverage: Redemption, and Dennis Potter's Blackeyes.
Gina Bennett
Gina Bennett, retired CIA counterterrorism analyst and University of Virginia 1988 graduate, authored the 1993 first warning about Osama bin Laden, built the interagency al Qaeda working group, and stayed at Langley on 9/11.
Gina Carano
Gina Carano, Gina Joy Carano, is an American actress and former mixed martial artist who competed in early women's MMA before moving into film and television.
Gina G
Gina G, born Gina Mary Gardiner (Australian dance-pop singer, Brisbane 1970), represented the UK at Eurovision 1996 with "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit"; eighth in Oslo but a UK number 1 and Grammy-nominated hit.
Gina G. Turrigiano
Gina G. Turrigiano is an American neuroscientist at Brandeis University, a MacArthur Fellow and National Academy of Sciences member known for discovering synaptic scaling, a form of homeostatic plasticity.
Gina Gershon
Gina Gershon (born 1962) is an American actress known for Cristal Connors in Showgirls (1995) and Corky in Bound (1996), plus Face/Off, Killer Joe, Broadway's Cabaret, and the 2026 memoir AlphaPussy.
Gina Haspel
Gina Haspel, American career CIA operations officer, first female CIA Director, confirmed 54-45 on May 17, 2018 after nomination by President Trump; earlier first female career Deputy Director; career linked to Thailand black site controversy.
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in 2026, facing incumbent Greg Abbott. A Democrat, she has represented central Austin in the Texas State House since 2016.
Gina Kingsbury
Gina Kingsbury (born 1981, Uranium City, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey forward and executive, two-time Olympic gold medallist (2006, 2010), former Hockey Canada women's team GM, and first GM of PWHL Toronto.
Gina Krog Oil and Gas Field
Gina Krog is an oil and gas field on the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea, proven in 1978 and operated by Equinor since production began in 2017.
Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida (Luigia Lollobrigida), known as "La Lollo," was an Italian actress, photojournalist, and sculptor who became a leading film star of the 1950s and 1960s.
Gina Lopez
Gina Lopez (Regina Paz La'O Lopez), Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist; led ABS-CBN Foundation (Bantay Bata 163, Bantay Kalikasan) and served as DENR Secretary 2016–2017, closing mines; died 2019.
Gina Lynn
Gina Lynn is a Puerto Rican former adult-film actress, director, and producer, known for Gina Lynn Productions, mainstream screen appearances, and her 2010 AVN Hall of Fame induction.
Gina M. Groh
Gina Marie Groh, born 1964, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012.
Gina M. MacDonald
Gina M. MacDonald is an American biochemist and Associate Professor of Chemistry at James Madison University, a 1999 PECASE recipient who studies nucleotide binding and protein function.
Gina McCarthy
Gina McCarthy (Regina McCarthy), American environmental official; 13th EPA Administrator 2013-2017 under Obama and first White House National Climate Advisor under Biden; led the Clean Power Plan, later NRDC president.
Gina McKee
Gina McKee (Georgina McKee, born 1964, Sunderland) is an English actress known for Our Friends in the North (BAFTA-winning Mary Cox), Notting Hill's Bella, The Forsyte Saga, The Borgias, Bodyguard, and Olivier-nominated stage work.
Gina Miller
Gina Miller is a British investment manager and campaigner who co-founded SCM Direct in 2009 and brought the two Brexit cases decided by the UK Supreme Court.
Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones is an American Democratic politician and Air Force veteran serving as Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, after serving as Air Force Under Secretary in the Biden administration.
Gina Philips
Gina Philips (Gina Consolo), American actress and producer born 1970 in Miami Beach, Florida; known for Trish Jenner in Jeepers Creepers (2001) and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017), Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and producing Love and Debate.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Gina Prince-Bythewood, also known as Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood, is an American director, writer, and producer of Love & Basketball, The Old Guard, The Woman King, and Children of Blood and Bone; UCLA alumna and first Black woman to direct a comic-based action blockbuster.
Gina Procaccio
Gina Procaccio (born 1964) is an American distance runner and Villanova women's track and cross country head coach since 2000; 1987 4x800m and DMR world record holder, 1995 USA 5000m champion, two-time NCAA cross country title coach.
Gina R. Méndez-Miró
Gina Raquel Méndez-Miró, born 1974 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a United States district judge for the District of Puerto Rico since 2023, nominated by President Biden.
Gina Raimondo
Gina M. Raimondo (born 1971) is an American Democratic politician and former venture capitalist: 75th and first woman Governor of Rhode Island (2015-2021), 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2021-2025), and implementer of the CHIPS Act.
Gina Riley
Gina Riley (born 1961, Melbourne) is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, and singer who co-created, wrote, and starred as Kim Craig in Kath & Kim, winning the 2002 AFI Award and multiple Logies, and later played Matron Mama Morton in Chicago.
Gina Rinehart
Gina Rinehart, born Georgina Hope Hancock, is an Australian mining magnate who has led Hancock Prospecting since 1992, rebuilding it into Australia's largest private company.