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Giuseppe Saronni

b. 1957

Italian cyclist (born 1957)

Giuseppe Sinopoli

Italian musician (1946–2001)

Giuseppe Siri

Italian cardinal (1906–1989)

Giuseppe Taddei

b. 1916

Italian opera singer

Giuseppe Torelli

b. 1658

Italian Baroque violinist and composer (1658–1709)

Giuseppe Tornatore

b. 1956

Italian film director and screenwriter

Giuseppe Tosi

b. 1916

Italian discus thrower

Giuseppe Ungaretti

Italian poet and writer (1888–1970)

Giuseppe Verdi

b. 1813

Italian composer (1813–1901)

Giuseppe Zangara

b. 1900

Attempted assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1900–1933)

Giuseppina Strepponi

b. 1815

Italian opera singer (1815–1897)

Giuseppina Tuissi

b. 1923

Italian partisan and communist (1923–1945)

Gizz Butt

b. 1966

British musician

GK Barry

b. 1999

English social media comedian, influencer and presenter (born 1999)

Gladstone Small

b. 1961

English cricketer (born 1961)

Gladwyn Jebb

b. 1900

British diplomat (1900–1996)

Gladys Bentley

b. 1907

American blues singer (1907–1960)

Gladys Berejiklian

b. 1970

Premier of New South Wales from 2017 to 2021

Gladys Brockwell

American actress (1894–1929)

Gladys George

b. 1904

American actress (1904–1954)

Gladys Horton

b. 1945

American singer (1945-2011)

Gladys Knight

b. 1944

American singer (born 1944)

Gladys Mills Phipps

b. 1883

American socialite and horse owner (1883–1970)