Politics and government

Gregg Hart

Gregg Hart is an American Democratic politician representing California's 37th Assembly district since 2022, after serving Santa Barbara as a city council member and county supervisor.

Gregg Hull, also Greggory D. Hull, is an American Republican politician, former three-term mayor of Rio Rancho, New Mexico (2014–2026), and the 2026 GOP nominee for New Mexico governor facing Deb Haaland on November 3, 2026.

Gregg Johnson (Illinois politician)

Gregg Johnson is an American Democratic politician who represents Illinois' 72nd House district; before his election he spent 32 years as a corrections officer and supervisor.

Gregg Mele

Gregg Mele is an American lawyer and professor from Plainfield, New Jersey, and the Republican nominee for the U.S. House in the 12th district in 2026.

Grégoire Kayibanda

Grégoire Kayibanda was a Rwandan politician and leader of the Parmehutu party who served as the first president of independent Rwanda, from 1962 until his 1973 overthrow.

Gregor Strasser

Gregor Strasser (1892–1934), German pharmacist and NSDAP organizer, second figure of the Nazi Party after Hitler; built party organization 1925–1931, broke with Hitler over Schleicher coalition, shot 30 June 1934.

Gregorio Luperón

Gregorio Luperón (1839–1897) was a Dominican general, politician, and writer who fought Spanish annexation in the War of Restoration and served as provisional president from 1879 to 1880.

Gregorio Pacheco

Gregorio Pacheco Leyes (1823–1899) was a Bolivian silver-mining entrepreneur and politician who served as the 21st President of Bolivia from 1884 to 1888, the Conservative era's first civilian president.

Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell

Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell (c. 1520–1551), only son of Thomas Cromwell, husband of Elizabeth Seymour, created Baron Cromwell in 1540, died of sweating sickness at Launde Abbey.

Grégory Doucet

Grégory Doucet is a French écologiste politician who has served as Mayor of Lyon since 2020; he was re-elected in March 2026 after his list Pour vivre Lyon won the second round.

Gregory Meeks

Gregory Weldon Meeks is an American Democratic politician, the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th district since 2013 and a former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Greta Gysin

Greta Gysin, born 1983 in Locarno, is a Swiss Green politician, a National Councillor for Ticino since 2019, and president of the Green parliamentary group since 2026.

Greta Neubauer

Greta Neubauer, born in 1991, is an American Democratic politician who has served as Wisconsin State Assembly Minority Leader since 2021 and represents the 66th Assembly District.

Gretchen Whitmer

Gretchen Whitmer, born 1971, is the Democratic governor of Michigan since 2019, re-elected in 2022 with about 54% against Tudor Dixon; known for "fix the damn roads," COVID-19 orders struck down in 2020, and the 2023 Reproductive Health Act.

Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot

The Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot, or Wolverine Watchmen case, was a 2020 anti-government militia scheme to kidnap Michigan's governor over her COVID-19 orders; 14 men were charged, with mixed federal and state outcomes and 2026 appellate reversals.

Grey Wolves (organization)

Grey Wolves (Bozkurtlar, Ülkü Ocakları): Turkish ultranationalist youth movement of the MHP founded by Alparslan Türkeş in the late 1960s; Turanist, racist, antisemitic ideology; banned after the 1980 coup; large presence in Germany.

Griff Griffitts

Griff Griffitts is an American Republican politician who served in the Florida House from the 6th district, elected in 2022 after serving as a Bay County Commissioner.

Grigore Alexandru Ghica

Grigore Alexandru Ghica (1804–1857) was Prince of Moldavia from 1849 to 1856 and the last prince before the Union of 1859, remembered above all for abolishing Roma slavery in 1855.

Grigore Cantacuzino

Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832–1913), nicknamed "the Nabob", was a wealthy Romanian Conservative politician who twice served as prime minister, from 1899 to 1900 and 1904 to 1907.

Grigori Rasputin (Григорий Ефимович Распутин)

Grigori Rasputin (Григорий Ефимович Распутин), 1869-1916, Siberian peasant faith healer and adviser to Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra; murdered December 30, 1916 in the Moika Palace cellar by Yusupov and conspirators.

Grigory Orlov

Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Григорий Григорьевич Орлов, 1734–1783), Count, favorite of Catherine II and chief organizer of the 1762 coup that deposed Peter III; later artillery chief, plague controller of Moscow, and Focsani peace envoy.

Grigory Romanov (Григорий Васильевич Романов)

Grigory Vasilyevich Romanov (Григорий Васильевич Романов), Soviet party leader, first secretary of the Leningrad oblast committee 1970–1983, Politburo member 1976–1985 and Central Committee secretary for defense industry, defeated by Gorbachev in the 1985 succession.

Grigory Zinoviev

Grigory Zinoviev (Григорий Зиновьев, born Radomyslsky, 1883–1936) was a Bolshevik leader, Petrograd Soviet chairman from 1917, and Comintern president 1919–1926; he broke with Stalin in 1925 and was executed in 1936.

Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland (born 20 April 1939), Norwegian physician and Labour politician, first woman Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, 1990–96), chair of the Brundtland Commission behind Our Common Future (1987), and WHO Director-General 1998–2003, later Deputy Chair of The Elders.

Grodno Sejm

The Grodno Sejm (Polish: sejm grodzieński) was the last parliament of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, held in Grodno in 1793 under Russian control to ratify the Second Partition.

Grover Cleveland

Grover Cleveland (Stephen Grover Cleveland) was an American Democratic politician who served as both the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, the first with nonconsecutive terms.

Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist, American anti-tax activist and founder of Americans for Tax Reform (1985), author of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge and chair of the weekly Wednesday Meeting coalition.

Groypers

Groypers are followers of white nationalist podcaster Nick Fuentes and his America First movement, named for a Pepe the Frog toad variant; they emerged in 2019, ran the Groyper Wars heckling campaign, and blend white nationalism with Christian nationalism.

Grupo Frontera political controversy

Grupo Frontera political controversy: 2025 backlash against the Texas norteño band over alleged Trump support, sparked by a deleted "Y.M.C.A." TikTok video, a Change.org petition, the band's denials, and documented disinformation.