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Gwangyang LNG Terminal
Gwangyang LNG Terminal (광양 LNG 터미널) is a liquefied natural gas import and regasification terminal in Gwangyang, South Korea, opened in 2005 and owned by POSCO International.
Gwangyang power station
Gwangyang power station is a 1,074 MW liquefied natural gas combined cycle plant in Gwangyang, South Korea, opened in 2006 as Korea's first private commercial power plant.
Gwansanggam
Gwansanggam (관상감, 觀象監) was the Joseon dynasty's central astronomical office, handling calendars, timekeeping, weather observation, and astrology; founded in 1392 as Seoun-gwan, it was abolished in 1894.
Gwar
Gwar (GWAR) is a satirical thrash metal and punk band formed in 1984 in Richmond, Virginia, whose costumed members play alien warlords in blood-soaked theatrical shows; founded by Dave Brockie (Oderus Urungus), now fronted by Michael Bishop as Blothar the Berserker.
Gweedore
Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), a district and parish in the Donegal Gaeltacht, northwest Ireland, south of Bloody Foreland; the largest Irish-speaking everyday community, with Errigal, Bunbeg, Derrybeg, and a strong Gaelic tradition.
Gweilo (鬼佬)
Gweilo (鬼佬, gwai2 lou2) is Cantonese slang for a white man, literally "ghost man" or "foreign devil", dating to 16th-century Pearl River Delta contact; widely used in Hong Kong and ruled not inherently derogatory in a 2022 discrimination case.
Gwembe Tonga resettlement
The Gwembe Tonga resettlement was the forced relocation of roughly 57,000 Gwembe Tonga people in 1958 to make way for the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi River.
Gwen (singer)
Gwen (Gweneth Llaguno Apuli, born 2003, Daraga, Albay) is a Filipino singer, lead vocal and lead rapper of P-pop girl group BINI under Star Music; ex-PBB Otso housemate, Star Hunt Academy trainee, debuted 2021.
Gwen Bell
Gwen Bell, born in 1934, is an American engineer who cofounded The Computer Museum in Boston with Gordon Bell and Ken Olsen, serving as its first director.
Gwen Farrell
Gwen Farrell (Gwendolyn Yancey Farrell, later Gwen Farrell Adair or Gwen Adair) was an American actress and boxing referee who played nurses on M*A*S*H (1972–1983) and became the first woman to referee a world title fight, June 5, 1998.
Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill (1955–2016), American journalist, moderated Washington Week and co-anchored PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff; first Black woman to anchor a national political talk show, author of The Breakthrough, moderator of the 2004 and 2008 vice presidential debates.
Gwen John
Gwen John (Gwendolen Mary John, 1876-1939), Welsh painter and sister of Augustus John, Rodin's model and lover, known for quiet portraits of solitary women in muted tones; died in Dieppe in 1939.
Gwen Jorgensen
Gwen Jorgensen (Gwen Rosemary Jorgensen-Lemieux, born 1986, Waukesha, Wisconsin) is an American triathlete, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2014 and 2015 ITU World Champion, holder of a 12-race WTS winning streak, later marathoner and 2022 comeback athlete.
Gwen Mons
Gwen Mons is a 200-km-diameter mountain (mons) on Venus at 21.4°S, 238.7°E, in quadrangle v39. Named by the IAU in 2003 after an Irish goddess of happiness and smiles.
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore is an American Democratic politician who has represented Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2005, the first African American elected to Congress from Wisconsin.
Gwen Shamblin Lara
Gwen Shamblin Lara, known as Gwen Shamblin, was an American diet guru who founded the Weigh Down Workshop and Remnant Fellowship Church and died in a 2021 plane crash.
Gwen Stacy
Gwen Stacy is a Marvel Comics character, Peter Parker's girlfriend in The Amazing Spider-Man, killed by the Green Goblin in "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" (ASM #121-122, 1973). She is also the basis of the alternate-universe hero Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider of Earth-65, created in 2014.
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani (Gwen Renée Stefani), American singer born 1969 in Fullerton, California; frontwoman of No Doubt (Tragic Kingdom, 1995) and three-time Grammy-winning solo artist (Love.Angel.Music.Baby., Hollaback Girl, Bouquet), fashion entrepreneur, and The Voice coach.
Gwen Stefani discography
Gwen Stefani discography: five solo studio albums by the No Doubt frontwoman, from Love.Angel.Music.Baby. (2004) and The Sweet Escape (2006) to Bouquet (2024), plus the Billboard 200 number-one This Is What the Truth Feels Like (2016).
Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde
Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde is an American Samoan attorney and former District Court judge serving as Attorney General of American Samoa, confirmed by the Senate in a 14-0 vote in February 2025.
Gwen Taylor
Gwen Taylor (Gwendoline M. Allsop, born 19 February 1939, Derby) is an English actress known for Duty Free, A Bit of a Do, Barbara, Heartbeat, Coronation Street, and EastEnders, and a 1981 Olivier Award winner.
Gwen Torrence
Gwen Torrence, born 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American retired sprinter; Olympic 200m champion at Barcelona 1992 with five Olympic medals, eight World Championship medals, and personal bests of 10.82 (100m), 21.72 (200m), and 49.64 (400m).
Gwen Verdon
Gwen Verdon (Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon, 1925-2000), American Broadway dancer and four-time Tony winner, original Lola in Damn Yankees, Charity in Sweet Charity, Roxie Hart in Chicago, Grammy winner for Redhead, and Bob Fosse's wife and collaborator.
Gwen Walz
Gwen Walz (nee Whipple) is Minnesota's 39th first lady, a 29-year public school educator, first gubernatorial spouse with a Capitol office, Bard Prison Initiative supporter, and 2024 Democratic campaign surrogate.
Gwendal Feve
Gwendal Fève, born 1978, is a French condensed-matter physicist, professor at Sorbonne Université, known for founding electron quantum optics and the 2020 anyon statistics experiments.
Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat, French ice dancer born 1972, won 2002 Olympic gold and 1998 bronze with Marina Anissina, was 2000 World champion, then founded Soléus and became a singer.
Gwendalyn J. Randolph
Gwendalyn J. Randolph is an American immunologist at Washington University School of Medicine who studies how immune cells and lipoproteins leave tissues through lymphatic vessels.
Gwendoline Christie
Gwendoline Christie (Gwendoline Tracey Philippa Christie), English actress and model, 6 ft 3 in, known as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones, Captain Phasma in Star Wars, Weems in Wednesday, and Lorne in Severance; 2019 and 2025 Emmy nominee.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000), American poet of Chicago's South Side and author of A Street in Bronzeville, Annie Allen, and We Real Cool; first Black Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry (1950), Illinois poet laureate 1968–2000.
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood
Gwendolyn Graham and Cathy Wood, the "Lethal Lovers," killed five elderly patients at Alpine Manor Nursing Home, Walker, Michigan, in 1987; Graham is serving life without parole, Wood was paroled in 2020.