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Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University: private Jesuit Catholic university in Spokane, Washington, founded 1887 by Father Joseph Cataldo and named for St. Aloysius Gonzaga; about 7,470 students, NCAA Division I Bulldogs, 27th president Katia Passerini.

Gonzague de Reynold

Gonzague de Reynold (1880–1970) was a Swiss Catholic conservative historian and essayist from Fribourg, professor of French literature at the Universities of Bern and Fribourg.

Gonzaguinha

Gonzaguinha, stage name of Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Júnior (1945–1991), was a Brazilian MPB singer-songwriter and son of Luiz Gonzaga, known for "O que é, o que é".

Gonzalo Arango

Gonzalo Arango (Gonzalo Arango Arias; 1931–1976) was a Colombian poet, journalist, and essayist who founded Nadaísmo, the countercultural movement proclaimed in Medellín in 1958 that broke with Colombian cultural and religious tradition.

Gonzalo Capellán

Gonzalo Capellán is a Spanish politician of the Partido Popular who has served as President of La Rioja since 2023 and leads the party in the region.

Gonzalo Cosa

Gonzalo Cosa is an Argentine-born chemist at McGill University, Professor and Chair of Chemistry since 2024, who designs fluorescent probes and single-molecule microscopy to visualize molecular processes one at a time.

Gonzalo de Sandoval

Gonzalo de Sandoval (c. 1497, Medellín, Spain – 1528) was a Spanish conquistador and one of Hernán Cortés's most effective captains in the conquest of Mexico.

Gonzalo E. Torres

Gonzalo E. Torres is a Chilean-born American neuroscientist who studies dopamine transporter regulation, applied to schizophrenia genetics and adolescent psychiatric vulnerability, and won the 2008 PECASE award.

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo

Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478–1557) was a Spanish chronicler and soldier, the official Chronicler of the Indies and author of the Historia general y natural de las Indias.

Gonzalo Higuaín

Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín, "El Pipita", Argentine striker born 1987 in Brest, France; played for River Plate, Real Madrid, Napoli, Juventus, Chelsea, Milan, and Inter Miami; 365 goals in 776 games, 2014 World Cup runner-up, retired 2022.

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada was a Spanish lawyer and conquistador who led the 1536 expedition that conquered the Colombian highlands and founded Bogotá in 1538.

Gonzalo Lira

Gonzalo Lira (Gonzalo Ángel Quintilio Lira López, 'Coach Red Pill'), Chilean-American novelist, filmmaker, and pro-Russian video blogger (1968-2024); arrested in Kharkiv in 2023 under Ukraine's Article 436-2 and died in detention in January 2024.

Gonzalo Luján

Gonzalo Luján, full name Gonzalo Luján Melli, is an Argentine defender who debuted with San Lorenzo in 2021 and joined Inter Miami CF of Major League Soccer in 2025.

Gonzalo Montiel

Gonzalo Ariel Montiel (born 1997), Argentine right-back, River Plate academy product, 2018 Copa Libertadores and 2022 World Cup winner who scored the decisive final shootout penalty; also Sevilla, Nottingham Forest loan, Copa América 2021 and 2024.

Gonzalo P. Curiel

Gonzalo Paul Curiel is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of California, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012.

Gonzalo Peillat

Gonzalo Peillat, born 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentine-German field hockey defender; Olympic gold 2016 with Argentina, world champion 2023 and Olympic silver 2024 with Germany; penalty corner drag-flick specialist.

Gonzalo Pizarro

Gonzalo Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador and younger brother of Francisco Pizarro who governed Quito, led the 1544 encomendero revolt in Peru, and was executed in 1548.

Gonzalo Rojas

Gonzalo Rojas (1916–2011) was a Chilean poet and one of the major figures of twentieth-century Hispanic American poetry, winner of the 2003 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Spanish-language letters' highest award.

Gonzalo Thought

Gonzalo Thought (Pensamiento Gonzalo) is the ideology of Peru's Shining Path, developed by Abimael Guzmán as the application of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism to Peru, launched with the 1980 people's war, with roots in 20th-century Peruvian indigenist and socialist thought.

Gonzo (Muppet)

Gonzo the Great, also known as the Great Gonzo, is the blue-purple, long-nosed Muppet stuntman of undefined species, originated as Snarl in 1970 and performed by Dave Goelz since The Muppet Show debuted in 1976.

Gonzo (ゴンゾ) (company)

Gonzo (株式会社ゴンゾ, GONZO K.K.) is a Tokyo-based Japanese animation studio founded in 1992 by Maeda, Yamaguchi, Higuchi, and Murahama, known for Last Exile, GANTZ, Basilisk, and Hellsing, and for its 2009 delisting and GDH merger.

Gonzo journalism

Gonzo journalism, also called gonzo reporting, is Hunter S. Thompson's subjective first-person journalism without objectivity claims, born with the 1970 Kentucky Derby article in Scanlan's Monthly and named by Bill Cardoso.

Gonzo pornography

Gonzo pornography is a non-narrative, documentary-style porn genre, also called POV porn, named after gonzo journalism. Born from 1989 titles by Stagliano, Gillis, and Powers, it is the dominant style on mainstream porn sites.

Goo (album)

Goo (1990) is Sonic Youth's sixth studio album and first for Geffen's DGC, produced with Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain, with a Raymond Pettibon cover, the single Kool Thing, and the band's highest chart position.

Goo Goo Dolls

The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in Buffalo, New York, around 1986 by Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac, known for the hits "Name" and "Iris."

Goo Hara (구하라)

Goo Hara (구하라, 1991–2019), South Korean singer and TV personality; KARA main dancer from 2008 debut with 'Rock U' through 2016 disbandment; solo EP ALOHARA (2015) and Japanese album Midnight Queen (2019).

Good

Good (philosophy): the general term of positive evaluation, studied by value theory or axiology. Covers intrinsic vs instrumental value, hedonism, Moore, Frankena's list, objective list theory, and utilitarian, deontological, and virtue-ethical accounts of the good.

Good 4 U

"Good 4 U" (good 4 u), Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 pop-punk single from SOUR on Geffen Records, debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, later credited to Paramore's Williams and Farro for a "Misery Business" interpolation.

Good American Family

Good American Family is a 2025 Hulu drama series starring Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, and Imogen Faith Reid, inspired by the Natalia Grace adoption case; renewed in 2026 as a Bobbitt-case anthology.

Good American Speech

Good American Speech is a consciously learned American accent taught in acting and elocution courses in the early to mid-20th century, later known as the Mid-Atlantic or Transatlantic accent.