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Gojko Pijetlovic
Gojko Pijetlovic (Гојко Пијетловић; born 1983 in Novi Sad) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who won Olympic gold with Serbia in 2016 and 2020, and bronze in 2012.
Gojong of Goryeo
Gojong of Goryeo (고종) was a king of Korea's Goryeo dynasty, reigning from 1213 to 1259, the longest of any Goryeo king, during the Mongol invasions.
Gojong of Korea (이명복)
Gojong of Korea (이명복, 1852–1919), 26th king of Joseon and first emperor of the Korean Empire, proclaimed October 1897; led the Gwangmu Reforms, was forced to abdicate in 1907 after the Hague envoys affair, and died in 1919, sparking the March 1 Movement.
Gojoseon (고조선)
Gojoseon (고조선, Old Joseon, Ancient Joseon) was the first state in Korean history, in the northern peninsula and Manchuria, legendary founder Dangun, destroyed by Han China in 108 BCE, center of Korea-China historiographical disputes.
Gojra
Gojra (گوجرہ) is a city and tehsil headquarters in Toba Tek Singh District, Punjab, Pakistan; founded 1896 as a canal-colony grain market, population 214,349 (2023), a cotton trading center and hockey stronghold on the M-4 motorway.
Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流)
Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流), hard-soft style, is an Okinawan karate style founded by Miyagi Chōjun, who named it in 1930 from the Bubishi; it descends from Higaonna Kanryō's Naha-te and centers on Sanchin and Tensho kata.
Gok Wan
Gok Wan (Kowkhyn Wan, born 1974, Leicester) is a British fashion stylist, TV presenter, author, and DJ, famous for Channel 4's How to Look Good Naked and Gok's Fashion Fix, later a TV cook with Gok Cooks Chinese, MBE 2020.
Gokaidō
The Gokaidō (五街道, "Five Routes") were the five major highways of Edo-period Japan that the Tokugawa shogunate administered directly, all radiating from Nihonbashi bridge in Edo.
Gōkan
Gōkan (合巻) are illustrated Japanese fiction books of the late Edo period, the last and most elaborate kusazōshi, combining full-page ukiyo-e pictures with text on every page.
Gokarna, Karnataka
Gokarna, also known as Gokarnam, is a temple town on Karnataka's Arabian Sea coast, home to the Mahabaleshwar temple and its sacred Atmalinga of Shiva.
Gökbez relief
The Gökbez relief is a Neo-Hittite rock relief of the storm god Tarhunzas at Gökbez village in Niğde Province, Turkey, dated to the 8th century BCE.
Gökçe
Gökçe, full name Gökçe Dinçer, is a Turkish singer-songwriter born in Istanbul in 1979 whose fusion of hip-hop, Balkan, and retro pop rock produced the 2011 chart-topper "Tuttu Fırlattı".
Gökdoğan (air-to-air missile)
Gökdoğan, Turkish for "Peregrine falcon," is a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by TÜBİTAK SAGE, one of Türkiye's first indigenous air-to-air missiles, with a range of 65 km.
Gökhan (missile)
Gökhan (Millî Ramjet Motorlu Hava-Hava Füzesi) is a liquid-fueled ramjet beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile under development by TÜBİTAK SAGE for Turkish F-16 and KAAN fighters, unveiled in 2025.
Gökhan Inler
Gökhan Inler (Gökhan İnler) is a Swiss former footballer who won 89 caps as a defensive midfielder from 2006 to 2015 and is now Udinese's Technical Director.
Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil
Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil is a physician-scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health who studies how inflammation drives obesity and type 2 diabetes, and coined "metaflammation."
Gökhan Saki
Gökhan Saki (Gokhan Saki), "The Rebel" or "Turkish Tyson", is a Turkish-Dutch kickboxer born 1983 in Schiedam; GLORY light-heavyweight world champion 2014, K-1 Grand Prix 2010 standout, later a brief UFC fighter.
Gökhan Töre
Gökhan Töre, born 1992 in Cologne, is a retired Turkish right winger; Chelsea, Hamburg, Rubin Kazan and Beşiktaş (two Süper Lig titles), 26 Turkey caps, retired 29 February 2024.
Goki Eda
Goki Eda (枝 五紀) is a Japan-born physicist at the National University of Singapore known for research on atomically thin two-dimensional materials and exciton physics.
Gokstad ship
The Gokstad ship, in Norwegian Gokstadskipet, is a Viking Age clinker-built oak ship about 23.8 m long, buried in a mound at Gokstad in Sandefjord, Norway, and excavated in 1880.
GÖKSUR
GÖKSUR is a Turkish naval point defense missile system developed by ASELSAN with TÜBİTAK SAGE, protecting ships against air threats, especially sea-skimming anti-ship missiles, with a 15 km range.
Göktürks
The Göktürks, also known as the Blue Turks or Tujue, were a Turkic people who founded the first state named Türk, ruling Central Asia from 552 to 744.
Goku (孫悟空)
Son Goku (孫悟空), also called Goku, is the protagonist of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga (Weekly Shonen Jump, 1984–1995, over 260 million copies), modeled on Sun Wukong, voiced by Masako Nozawa since 1986, and honored with Goku Day on May 9.
Gokul Suresh (ഗോകുൽ സുരേഷ്)
Gokul Suresh (ഗോകുൽ സുരേഷ്), born 1993 in Thiruvananthapuram, is a Malayalam film actor, eldest son of Suresh Gopi, debut Muddhugauv (2016), known for Paappan, King of Kotha, Gaganachari.
Gokula Nirgamana
Gokula Nirgamana (ಗೋಕುಲ ನಿರ್ಗಮನ) is a 1945 Kannada song-play by the poet P. T. Narasimhachar that dramatizes Krishna and Balarama leaving Gokula for Mathura and the grief of Radha and the gopis left behind.
Gokulanātha
Gokulanātha (गोकुलनाथ, also called Gokulnathji) was a 16th- and 17th-century ācārya of the Puṣṭimārga, grandson of Vallabhācārya and fourth son of Viṭṭhalanātha, known for the vārtā hagiographies and Sanskrit commentaries attributed to him.
Gokusen (ごくせん)
Gokusen (ごくせん), short for Gokudo Sensei, is a josei manga by Kozueko Morimoto serialized in YOU from 2000 to 2007, adapted into anime and live-action drama.
GOL Airlines
GOL Airlines (GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes) is a Brazilian low-cost airline founded in 2000 that pioneered the low-cost model in Brazil with an all-Boeing 737 fleet.
Gol Gumbaz (ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್)
Gol Gumbaz (ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್), Gol Gumbad, round dome: mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah II, seventh Adil Shahi Sultan of Bijapur, in Vijayapura, Karnataka. 44 m external diameter dome on eight intersecting arches, famous Whispering Gallery, largest domed floor area at 1703.56 m².
Gol Maal (गोल माल)
Gol Maal (गोल माल) is a 1979 Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hindi comedy starring Amol Palekar as Ramprasad, who invents a clean-shaven twin, Laxmanprasad, to fool his mustache-obsessed boss Bhavani Shankar (Utpal Dutt). It won three 1980 Filmfare Awards and was remade as Thillu Mullu.