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Godfrey P. Oakley Jr.
Godfrey P. Oakley Jr. was an American epidemiologist and Emory professor who led the campaign that made the FDA require folic acid fortification of enriched grains to prevent spina bifida.
Godfrey Phillips India
Godfrey Phillips India Limited (GPI, NSE: GODFRYPHLP) is the second-largest Indian tobacco and cigarette company, a Modi Enterprises flagship founded in 1936, maker of Four Square and Red & White and distributor of Marlboro with Philip Morris.
Godfrey Rampling
Godfrey Lionel Rampling (1909-2009), British Royal Artillery officer and 400m runner, won 4x400m relay silver at Los Angeles 1932 and gold at Berlin 1936 in 3:09.0; father of actress Charlotte Rampling.
Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio (born 1940, New Orleans) is an American experimental filmmaker, former Christian Brothers monk, creator of the wordless Qatsi trilogy, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, Naqoyqatsi, scored by Philip Glass, plus Anima Mundi, Evidence, Visitors, and Once Within a Time.
Godfrey Thomson
Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson (1881–1955) was a British educational psychologist and psychometrician, Bell Professor of Education at Edinburgh, who created the Moray House Tests used for school selection across Britain.
Godfried Bomans
Godfried Bomans (Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, 1913–1971) was a popular Dutch writer, columnist, and television personality, best known for the fairy tale Erik of het klein insectenboek (1941).
Godha (ഗോദ) (film)
Godha (ഗോദ) is a 2017 Malayalam sports comedy directed by Basil Joseph, starring Tovino Thomas, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Renji Panicker, about gatta gusthi wrestling in a Kerala village; released 19 May 2017, distinct from other films named Godha.
Godhika
Godhika (गोधिक) was an early Buddhist monk whose suicide is recorded in the Godhikasutta (SN 4.23), where the Buddha declared he had attained final Nibbāna.
Godhra (ગોધરા)
Godhra (ગોધરા) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Panchmahal district, Gujarat, India, a historic railway and market town known for the 27 February 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning that triggered the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Godhra train burning
Godhra train burning: 27 February 2002 fire in coach S-6 of the Sabarmati Express near Godhra, Gujarat, killed 59 karsevaks returning from Ayodhya and triggered the 2002 Gujarat riots; two inquiries reached opposite conclusions.
Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire
The Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire, also called the Godin-Shephard questionnaire, is a four-item self-report measure of weekly leisure-time physical activity, developed by Godin and Shephard in 1985.
Godin Tepe
Godin Tepe (Godin Depe) is an archaeological mound in the Kangavar valley, Iran, occupied from about 5000 to 500 BC and excavated from 1965 to 1973.
Godiva Chocolatier
Godiva Chocolatier: Belgian premium chocolate brand (Belgium 1926), founded by Pierre Draps in Brussels, named after Lady Godiva; royal warrant 1968; owned by Turkey's Yıldız Holding via pladis, not Campbell Soup or Hershey.
Godless (miniseries)
Godless is a 2017 Netflix seven-episode Western limited series created, written, and directed by Scott Frank, starring Jeff Daniels, Jack O'Connell, Michelle Dockery, and Merritt Wever; an outlaw hunts his betrayer in La Belle, New Mexico, a mining town populated by women, winning 3 Emmys from 12 nominations.
Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme: English art pop duo of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, ex-10cc, formed 1976-77. Known for Consequences, the Gizmotron, UK hits Under Your Thumb and Wedding Bells, and pioneering music videos like Cry and Girls on Film.
Godman (India)
A godman in India is a self-styled male religious leader, typically a guru or ascetic with a personal following, who may claim divine powers or divinity itself.
Godmother (गॉडमदर)
Godmother (गॉडमदर) is a 1999 Hindi biographical crime drama directed by Vinay Shukla, starring Shabana Azmi as Rambhi, inspired by Gujarat gangster-politician Santokben Jadeja; it won six National Film Awards including Best Hindi Feature Film.
Godmothered
Godmothered is a 2020 Disney+ original fantasy comedy directed by Sharon Maguire, starring Jillian Bell as fairy godmother-in-training Eleanor and Isla Fisher as Mackenzie, released December 4, 2020.
Godolphin Arabian
Godolphin Arabian (Godolphin Barb), foaled c. 1724, died 1753: one of the three foundation sires of the Thoroughbred, sire of Lath, Cade, Regulus, and Matchem's line; origin contested between Yemen and Barbary.
Godomè
Godomè is an arrondissement of the commune of Abomey-Calavi in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin, west of Cotonou, with a census population of 253,262.
Godot (Ace Attorney)
Godot is a fictional prosecutor in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations (2004), known for his red visor, his mask, and his devotion to coffee.
Godot (game engine)
Godot, also known as Godot Engine, is a free and open-source game engine for 2D and 3D games, released under the MIT license with no royalties or fees.
Godparent
Godparent: a baptismal sponsor creating spiritual kinship with a child and the child's parents; also called fictive kinship or, in Latin America, compadrazgo. First mentioned by Tertullian; parents were barred from sponsoring their own children by the eighth century.
Godrej
Godrej is an Indian conglomerate founded in 1897 and headquartered in Mumbai, whose businesses range from locks and soaps to aerospace, real estate, and agricultural science.
Godrej Agrovet
Godrej Agrovet Limited is an Indian diversified agri-business company of the Godrej group, incorporated in 1991, that is India's largest producer of crude palm oil and a major animal feed maker.
Godrej Enterprises Group
Godrej Enterprises Group, also known as the Godrej Group, is an Indian conglomerate built around Godrej & Boyce, tracing to Ardeshir Godrej's lock business founded in Mumbai in 1897.
Gods
Gods (Gods Lake, Cree Manitou Sakayigun, "Lake of the Gods") is a large deep lake in northeastern Manitoba, about 550 km northeast of Winnipeg, site of a 1935-1943 gold mine on Elk Island and a remote fly-in trophy fishery.
Gods and Generals (film)
Gods and Generals is a 2003 American Civil War drama directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, starring Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, and Jeff Daniels, following Stonewall Jackson through the war's first two years.
Gods and Monsters (film)
Gods and Monsters is a 1998 drama by Bill Condon, adapted from Christopher Bram's novel Father of Frankenstein, starring Ian McKellen as director James Whale, Brendan Fraser as a fictional gardener, and Lynn Redgrave; it won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Gods of Dharmapuri
Gods of Dharmapuri (G.O.D) is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action drama web series on ZEE5, directed by Anish Yohan Kuruvilla, following the mining mafia's rise to power.