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Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero, a rhythm-action video game series debuting 2005, developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane, later Activision; guitar-controller note-matching gameplay, over 25 million units sold, closed 2010, revived as Guitar Hero Live 2015.
Guitar Hero (video game)
Guitar Hero, the 2005 PlayStation 2 rhythm game by Harmonix and RedOctane, had players play rock songs on a guitar controller; under Activision it became the first billion-dollar game series before its 2010 shutdown.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (GH3) is a 2007 Neversoft-developed, RedOctane-published rhythm game for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, and Mac; 73 songs, Les Paul controller, over 16 million sold.
Guitar Hero Live
Guitar Hero Live (GHL) is a 2015 Activision rhythm game by FreeStyleGames with a six-button guitar controller, a first-person GH Live mode (42 tracks), and the GHTV streaming music video network (484 tracks), shut down December 1, 2018.
Guitar Hero World Tour
Guitar Hero World Tour (GHWT) is Activision's 2008 full-band rhythm game by Neversoft, adding velocity-sensitive drums, vocals, Music Studio/GHTunes song creation, and 86 master tracks; it outsold Rock Band 2 in 2008 before the rhythm-game crash.
GuitarFreaks and DrumMania
GuitarFreaks and DrumMania (ギターフリークス) are Konami's linked 1999 Bemani arcade rhythm games played with a three-button guitar and a five-pad drum controller, featuring session mode and a song library that grew past 500 tracks before becoming GITADORA.
Guizhou Junchi International Circuit
Guizhou Junchi International Circuit (贵州骏驰国际赛车场), also called Guiyang International Circuit, is an FIA Grade 4, 2.2 km, 14-turn circuit in Huaxi District, Guiyang, near Qingyan Ancient Town; opened for CTCC in October 2016, it was Southwest China's first FIA-certified F3 circuit and China's first rallycross circuit.
Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans (GT), Ahmedabad-based IPL cricket franchise added in 2021 for $670 million; won the 2022 IPL in its debut season under Hardik Pandya, runners-up 2023 and 2026, captained by Shubman Gill, highest IPL win percentage.
Gukesh D
Gukesh D (Dommaraju Gukesh, born 2006, Chennai) is an Indian grandmaster and 18th World Chess Champion, the youngest ever, having beaten Ding Liren 7.5–6.5 in Singapore in December 2024 after winning the 2024 Candidates.
Gulf Of Gulbahce
Gulf of Gülbahçe (Gülbahçe Körfezi, Gul Baghche Gulf), a bay in İzmir Province, Turkey, on the Gulf of İzmir near the Karaburun Peninsula; known for the active Gülbahçe Fault Zone, a strike-slip geothermal system, and Posidonia oceanica meadows.
Gulfiya Khanafeyeva
Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Гульфия Ханафеева, later Agafonova), Russian hammer thrower born 1982 in Chelyabinsk; 77.26 m world record in 2006, 2006 European silver, three doping sanctions including London 2012 disqualification.
Gulmarg
Gulmarg, Kashmir: high-altitude ski resort in the Pir Panjal range near Srinagar, home of the Gulmarg Gondola to Apharwat Peak (3,979 m), ~1,400 cm snowfall a season, founded as a ski club in 1927.
Gulnara Samitova Galkina
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (Гульнара Самитова-Галкина), Russian steeplechase runner born 1978 in Naberezhnye Chelny; 2008 Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion in world-record 8:58.81, first woman under nine minutes.
Gulraiz Akhtar
Gulraiz Akhtar, Pakistani field hockey left halfback (1943-2021), won gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1970 Asian Games, played for Pakistan Customs, and was recalled for the 1973 World Cup.
Gumball 3000
Gumball 3000 is an annual 3,000-mile international supercar rally and lifestyle brand founded in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, officially a rally not a race, with a 2013 youth charity foundation that has raised over $12 million.
Gun (video game)
Gun (2005) is a Western open-world action-adventure by Neversoft and Activision starring gunslinger Colton White, with Quickdraw bullet-time shooting, horseback combat, and a cast including Thomas Jane and Kris Kristofferson.
Gunalan Kamalini
Gunalan Kamalini (G Kamalini), born 2008 in Madurai, is an Indian left-handed wicketkeeper-batter and legbreak bowler for Mumbai Indians (WPL, Rs 1.6 crore signing), Tamil Nadu, and India Women, debuting in T20Is in December 2025.
Gunar Kirchbach
Gunar Kirchbach, German flatwater canoeist (born 1971, Bad Saarow), KC Potsdam; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold in C2 1,000 m with Andreas Dittmer (3:31.870), two world titles, later coach at SC DHfK Leipzig.
Gundam Card Game
The Gundam Card Game (GCG) is a Bandai trading card game in which players battle with mobile suits and pilots from the Gundam franchise, released worldwide in July 2025.
Gundappa Viswanath (ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್)
Gundappa Viswanath (ಗುಂಡಪ್ಪ ರಂಗನಾಥ್ ವಿಶ್ವನಾಥ್), "Vishy", Indian Test batsman 1969-1983, 91 Tests, 6,080 runs at 41.93, 14 centuries, famous 97 vs West Indies 1975; Gavaskar's brother-in-law.
Gunde Svan
Gunde Svan (born 1962), Swedish cross-country skier; four Olympic golds (Sarajevo 1984, Calgary 1988), seven world titles, five World Cup overall crowns, 30 World Cup wins; later TV presenter.
Gundersen method
Gundersen method: Nordic combined scoring system, also called the Gundersen format, created by Norway's Gunder Gundersen and used since Calgary 1988; converts ski jumping points into staggered cross-country start times (1 point = 4 seconds individual, 1.33 seconds team), first finisher wins.
Gunhild Hoffmeister
Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 1944, Forst, Brandenburg), East German middle-distance runner for SC Cottbus: three Olympic medals (1972 800 m bronze, 1972 and 1976 1500 m silver), 1974 European 1500 m champion, 1000 m world record 2:35.9.
Gunilla Jacobsson
Gunilla Jacobsson, later Gunilla Sjöström (born 1946, Göteborg), Swedish speed skater for IK Wega who competed in all four women's events at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics, placing sixth in the 500 m and 1,000 m.
Gunn Rita Dahle Flesja
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå, Norwegian cross-country mountain bike racer born 1973 in Stavanger; 2004 Athens Olympic champion, 10 world titles, four straight World Cup overalls 2003-06, record 30 World Cup wins; retired 2018.
Gunnar Akerlund
Gunnar Åkerlund (Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund), Swedish sprint canoeist, Nyköpings KK; with Hans Wetterström won K2 10,000 m gold at London 1948 and silver at Helsinki 1952, plus world championship titles.
Gunnar Asmussen
Gunnar Henry Asmussen, Danish track cyclist born 1944 in Aarhus, won 1968 Olympic gold in the 4,000 m team pursuit, took five Danish team-pursuit titles with Niels Fredborg, and later ran a bicycle shop and made funny bikes.
Gunnar Bentz
Gunnar Bentz (Joseph Gunnar Bentz, born 1996) is an American swimmer, two-time Olympian, and Rio 2016 4x200m freestyle relay gold medalist who swam for the University of Georgia.
Gunnar Bjork
Gunnar Björk (Ernst Gunnar Björk, 1891-1980), Swedish road cyclist, 51st in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic road race and non-scoring member of the gold-medal Swedish team; also a 1952 Olympic reserve skier and a quantum-optics physicist.
Gunnar Eriksson
Gunnar Eriksson (Krång Erik Gunnar Eriksson, 1921-1982), Swedish cross-country skier of IFK Mora; 1948 Olympic relay gold and 18 km bronze, 1950 world 50 km champion. Not the IOC member Gunnar Ericsson or the AIK footballer.