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James G. Horsfall
James G. Horsfall (1905–1995) was an American plant pathologist who led the invention of organic fungicides and directed the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven.
James G. Jollis
James G. Jollis is an American cardiologist and outcomes researcher, adjunct professor at Duke University, known for showing that hospital volume and admitting specialty affect heart attack survival.
James G. Krueger
James G. Krueger is an American physician-scientist who heads the Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology at Rockefeller University, where his research on psoriasis shaped modern immune therapies.
James G. March
James G. March (James Gardner March, 1928–2018) was an American political scientist and organization theorist at Stanford, known for A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and the garbage can model.
James G. Maser
James G. Maser is an American aerospace executive and engineer who led launch vehicle programs at Boeing, Sea Launch, SpaceX, and Aerojet Rocketdyne, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2023.
James G. Moore
James G. Moore is an American research geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey known for studies of Hawaiian submarine landslides and the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.
James G. Morin
James G. Morin is a professor emeritus at Cornell University who, with J. Woodland Hastings, named green fluorescent protein in 1971 and proposed the energy-transfer mechanism behind coelenterate bioluminescence.
James G. Nuckolls
James G. Nuckolls, known as James Garland Nuckolls, was an American general internist from Galax, Virginia, elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 1992.
James G. O'Connor
James G. O'Connor is a retired American aerospace engineer and executive who led Pratt & Whitney as president and chief executive from 1989 until his 1993 retirement.
James G. Rheinwald
James G. Rheinwald is an American cell biologist who, as a graduate student in Howard Green's MIT lab, developed the first reliable method for growing human skin cells in culture.
James G. Stavridis
James G. Stavridis (born 1955) is a retired U.S. Navy four-star admiral, 16th NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (2009-2013), first naval officer in that post, former SOUTHCOM commander, 12th Fletcher School dean, and Carlyle vice chairman.
James Galante
James Galante, Danbury, Connecticut trash hauler and owner of Automated Waste Disposal and the Danbury Trashers, ran a mob-linked property rights system and pleaded guilty in 2008 to racketeering conspiracy.
James Gallagher (California politician)
James Gallagher, born 1981, is an American Republican politician representing California's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House since 2026, after serving as California Assembly Republican leader.
James Gallagher (fighter)
James "The Strabanimal" Gallagher (born 1996, Strabane, Northern Ireland) is a featherweight MMA fighter, ex-SBG Ireland Bellator prospect, 13-4 pro record, first loss to Ricky Bandejas at Bellator 204, later Glory MMA, PFL, and Rizin.
James Galway
Sir James Galway (born 1939, Belfast), "The Man with the Golden Flute," Northern Irish flutist; Berlin Philharmonic principal flute 1969-75 under Karajan, solo career from 1975, 30 million recordings, "Annie's Song" UK No. 3, knighted 2001.
James Gamble (soapmaker)
James Gamble (1803–1891) was an Irish-born soapmaker who emigrated to America in 1819 and co-founded Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati in 1837, running manufacturing while William Procter handled sales.
James Gammon
James Richard Gammon (1940-2010), American character actor known as Lou Brown in Major League and Nick Bridges on Nash Bridges, a Sam Shepard stage regular.
James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini (1961-2013), American actor and Rutgers graduate, played mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos (1999-2007), winning three Emmys, a Golden Globe, and three SAG Awards; also known for True Romance, God of Carnage, and The Drop.
James Gang
The James Gang was an American rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1966, best known as the hard-rock power trio that first brought guitarist Joe Walsh wide attention.
James Garner
James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928–2014), American actor known as Bret Maverick and Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files; Emmy and Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee, and twice a studio-suing contract litigant.
James Garner (footballer, born 2001)
James Garner (born 2001, Birkenhead) is an English midfielder for Everton and England. Ex-Manchester United academy player, Forest loanee, £15m 2022 signing, U21 EURO 2023 winner, senior England debut March 2026.
James Garner filmography
James Garner filmography: screen credits of American actor James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner, 1928-2014), star of Maverick and The Rockford Files, Oscar-nominated for Murphy's Romance, spanning 1950s westerns to The Notebook.
James George Frazer
James George Frazer was a Scottish anthropologist, author of The Golden Bough, a comparative study of magic and religion that grew from two volumes in 1890 to twelve.
James German
James German, also known as James L. German, was an American human geneticist who spent 50 years studying Bloom's syndrome and founded the Bloom's Syndrome Registry.
James Gillray
James Gillray (1756–1815) was a British printmaker and caricaturist whose satirical etchings of politicians, royalty, and social life made him the leading graphic satirist of his age.
James Gilluly
James Gilluly (1896–1980) was an American field geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey whose 1949 paper argued that mountain building is continuous, not periodic, and that the geologic record grows more incomplete with age.
James Giovannoni
James Giovannoni is an American plant molecular biologist at the USDA who cloned the tomato RIN ripening gene and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.
James Gladstone (American football)
James Gladstone (born 1990) is general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars since February 2025, formerly Rams director of scouting; his 2025 Jaguars went 13-4 and won the AFC South after trading up for Travis Hunter.
James Glaisher
James Glaisher (1809–1903) was an English astronomer and meteorologist at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, who organized Britain's first weather observation network and made a record balloon ascent in 1862.
James Glimm
James Glimm (born 1934) is an American mathematician and computational physicist at Stony Brook University, known for constructive quantum field theory and front-tracking fluid dynamics.