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Garrett Hedlund
Garrett Hedlund (Garrett John Hedlund, born 1984) is an American actor from Roseau, Minnesota, known for Troy, Friday Night Lights, Tron: Legacy, Mudbound, and Tulsa King, with a parallel music career.
Garrett McNamara
Garrett McNamara (born 1967) is an American big wave surfer who set the Guinness record for the largest wave ever surfed, a 78-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal, in 2011, and starred in HBO's 100 Foot Wave.
Garrett Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan (1877–1963) was an American inventor in Cleveland, Ohio, known for a safety hood, an early gas mask, and a patented three-position traffic signal.
Garrett Morris
Garrett Morris, also Garrett Gonzalez Morris, is the American actor and singer who was the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980), creator of Chico Escuela, later seen on Martin and 2 Broke Girls.
Garrett Motion
Garrett Motion, formerly Honeywell Turbo Technologies, is a Swiss automotive technology company making turbochargers and electric boosting systems, spun off from Honeywell in 2018 and headquartered in Rolle.
Garrett Temple
Garrett Temple (Garrett Bartholomew Temple, born 1986, Baton Rouge) is a retired NBA guard-forward, undrafted from LSU, who played 16 seasons for 12 teams including the Wizards, Kings, and Raptors, and joined the Dallas Mavericks coaching staff in 2026.
Garrett Wang
Garrett Wang (born 1968) is an American actor best known as Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001), later a Dragon Con Trek Track director, convention moderator, and Delta Flyers podcast co-host.
Garrett Weber Gale
Garrett Weber-Gale, American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1985 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin; two 2008 Beijing Olympic relay golds, first American under 48 seconds in the 100m freestyle, Texas Longhorn and 2013 Maccabiah Games flag bearer.
Garrett Wilson
Garrett Wilson, New York Jets wide receiver (No. 5), Ohio State Buckeyes star, 10th overall pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, 2022 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, three straight 1,000-yard seasons, $130M extension in 2025.
Garri
Garri (gari) is a fermented, gelatinized dry coarse flour made from grated, pressed, and roasted cassava, a staple convenience food in Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, and Togo, eaten as eba or soaked, with sour flavor distinguishing it from Brazilian farinha.
Garrick Club
The Garrick Club, a London private members' club founded in 1831 and named after actor David Garrick, holds major theatrical art and library collections; it admitted its first women members, including Judi Dench, in 2024 after 193 years as men-only.
Garrick E. Louis
Garrick E. Louis is a Trinidad and Tobago-born American engineer and professor at the University of Virginia who researches how communities sustain drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste services.
Garrigue
Garrigue (garriga) is open, low Mediterranean scrubland on calcareous soils, under 1 m tall, dominated by kermes oak and aromatic shrubs, distinguished from denser maquis on siliceous soils.
Garrincha
Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos, 1933–1983), Brazilian right winger and dribbling genius, Botafogo 1953–1965, World Cup winner 1958 and 1962 and best player of 1962; never lost alongside Pelé.
Garrison
Garrison: a body of troops stationed in a fortified place or military post, or the place itself; from Old French garison, to defend. Covers Roman frontier garrisons, garrison towns, and modern US Army garrison organizations.
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications
Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications (Cidade-Quartel fronteiriça de Elvas), a 2012 UNESCO World Heritage Site in Alentejo, Portugal: the world's largest bulwarked dry-ditch system, designed by Cosmander, with the Amoreira Aqueduct and forts Santa Luzia and Graça.
Garrison Dam
Built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Garrison Dam is a rolled earthfill dam on the Missouri River near Riverdale, North Dakota, which was completed in 1955.
Garrison Diversion Unit
The Garrison Diversion Unit is a Bureau of Reclamation project in North Dakota, authorized in 1965 to divert Missouri River water for irrigation and water supply.
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor, born 1942 in Anoka, Minnesota, is the American humorist and radio personality who created and hosted A Prairie Home Companion (1974–2016) and invented Lake Wobegon; MPR severed ties with him in 2017.
Garrison Sposito
Garrison Sposito (born 1939) is an American environmental soil chemist and chemical physicist, Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, known for his 1999 paper on clay mineral surface geochemistry.
Garrison XR (musician)
Garrison XR, born Garrison Briggs, is a Detroit-based DJ, producer, and promoter working in techno, electro, and breakbeat, and founder of the XOXR party brand and clothing line.
Garrote
The garrote, also spelled garrotte or garotte, is a Spanish strangulation device and method of capital punishment in which an iron collar is tightened until death occurs.
Garrulax
Garrulax (Lesson, 1831) is a genus of laughingthrushes in the family Leiothrichidae of southern Asia; once broad, it was reduced after Moyle et al. 2012 split most species into Ianthocincla and Trochalopteron.
Garry
Garry Lake, an official lake name in Nunavut, Canada (65°58′N 100°18′W), monitored by DAHITI satellite altimetry since 2002; also Gary Lake, Nova Scotia, and Garrow Lake, Cornwallis Island.
Garry Chalk
Garry Chalk (born 1952, Southampton, England) is a British-born Canadian actor, the voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Optimus Prime in the Unicron Trilogy, and Gemini-winning star of Cold Squad.
Garry Herbert
Garry Herbert (Garry Gerard Paul Herbert, born 1969) is the British coxswain who steered Greg and Jonny Searle to 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the coxed pair, later a barrister, Goldman Sachs banker, and BBC rowing commentator.
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov (Гарри Каспаров), born 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijani-born Russian chess grandmaster; youngest world champion (1985, age 22), five Karpov matches, peak rating 2851, lost to Deep Blue 1997, retired 2005, now a human-rights and democracy activist.
Garry Marshall
Garry Marshall (1934-2016), American TV and film comedy producer-director, created Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Mork & Mindy, and directed Pretty Woman, Beaches, and The Princess Diaries; not the South African logistics figure or Pentagon strategist Andrew Marshall.
Garry Monk
Garry Monk (Garry Alan Monk, born 1979) is an English football manager and former defender who captained Swansea City to the 2013 League Cup and managed Swansea, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday, and Cambridge United.
Garry Moore
Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit, 1915-1993) was an American radio and television host of The Garry Moore Show, I've Got a Secret, and To Tell the Truth, famous for his crew cut, bow tie, and Durante partnership.