| Jared Golden | American politician from Maine | 1982 |
| Maurice Goldhaber | American physicist | 1911–2011 |
| Daniel Jonah Goldhagen | Jewish American historian | 1959 |
| Goldie | | |
| Nan Goldin | American photographer | 1953 |
| Julia Golding | British fiction writer | 1969 |
| William Golding | British novelist, poet, playw… | 1911–1993 |
| Alvin Goldman | American philosopher | 1938 |
| Emma Goldman | anarchist known for her polit… | 1868–1940 |
| Gary Goldman | American film director and pr… | 1944 |
| James Goldman | American screenwriter, playwr… | 1927–1998 |
| William Goldman | American novelist, screenwrit… | 1931–2018 |
| Carlo Goldoni | Italian playwright and libret… | 1707–1794 |
| Eliyahu M. Goldratt | Israeli physicist and managem… | 1947–2011 |
| James Goldsmith | Anglo-French billionaire fina… | 1933–1997 |
| Jerry Goldsmith | film composer | 1929–2004 |
| Kenneth Goldsmith | American writer | 1961 |
| Marshall Goldsmith | American author of leadership… | 1949 |
| Oliver Goldsmith | Irish physician and writer | 1728–1774 |
| Adam Goldstein | American DJ | 1973–2009 |
| Joseph Goldstein | American vipassana teacher | 1944 |
| Lisa Goldstein | fantasy and science fiction w… | 1953 |
| Andy Goldsworthy | British sculptor and photogra… | 1956 |
| Barry Goldwater | American politician | 1909–1998 |
| Samuel Goldwyn | American film producer (1879-… | 1879–1974 |
| Daniel Goleman | American psychologist & journ… | 1946 |
| Filipp Golikov | Soviet general | 1900–1980 |
| Helmut Gollwitzer | German theologian and author | 1908–1993 |
| Moses Golola | Kick Boxer, Eating Champion | 1980 |
| Bogumil Goltz | German humorist and satirist | 1801–1870 |
| M. S. Golwalkar | second head of the Rashtriya … | 1906–1973 |
| Ali Gomaa | Egyptian imam | 1951 |
| Ravi Gomatam | Indian academic | 1950 |
| E.H. Gombrich | | |
| Ernst Gombrich | art historian | 1909–2001 |
| Richard Gombrich | British Indologist | 1937 |
| Witold Gombrowicz | Polish writer | 1904–1969 |
| Francisco Luís Gomes | Indo-Portuguese physician, wr… | 1829–1869 |
| Linus Nirmal Gomes | Roman Catholic Bishop | 1921–2021 |
| Jeff Gomez | American writer | |
| Michelle Gomez | Scottish actress | 1966 |
| Selena Gomez | American singer and actress | 1992 |
| José Horacio Gómez | Roman Catholic archbishop | 1951 |
| Samuel Gompers | American Labor Leader[AFL] | 1850–1924 |
| Isaac Gompertz | | 1774–1856 |
| Lewis Gompertz | Early animal rights activist | 1783–1861 |
| Will Gompertz | British journalist | 1965 |
| Ivan Goncharov | Russian writer | 1812–1891 |
| Edmond de Goncourt | French writer | 1822–1896 |
| Luis de Góngora | Spanish Baroque lyric poet | 1561–1627 |
| Ralph Gonsalves | Prime Minister of Saint Vince… | 1946 |
| Alberto Gonzales | 80th United States Attorney G… | 1955 |
| Tony Gonzalez | American football and basketb… | 1976 |
| Jorge Vargas González | Chilean politician | 1967 |
| Leopoldo González González | Mexican archbishop | 1950 |
| Raúl González | Spanish footballer | 1977 |
| Rigoberto González | American writer | 1970 |
| Felix Gonzalez-Torres | American artist | 1957–1996 |
| Maurene Goo | | |
| I. J. Good | British statistician, cryptog… | 1916–2009 |
| Matthew Good | Canadian singer-songwriter | 1971 |
| Dora Read Goodale | U.S. poet | 1866–1953 |
| Howard Goodall | | |
| Jane Goodall | British primatologist, etholo… | 1934 |
| Reza Goodary | Mixed martial artist | 1988 |
| Henry H. Goodell | | 1839–1905 |
| Ursula Goodenough | American biologist | 1943 |
| David Goodis | Novelist, screenwriter | 1917–1967 |
| Terry Goodkind | American novelist | 1948 |
| Alison Goodman | Australian science-fiction wr… | 1966 |
| Amy Goodman | American broadcast journalist… | 1957 |
| Ellen Goodman | American journalist and writer | 1941 |
| George Goodman | American author and economics… | 1930–2014 |
| Joel Goodman | American film composer, music… | |
| John Goodman | American actor, voice artist,… | 1952 |
| Linda Goodman | American astrologer | 1925–1995 |
| Paul Goodman | American novelist, playwright… | 1911–1972 |
| Whitney Goodman | | |
| Frank Johnson Goodnow | American historian | 1859–1939 |
| Lloyd Goodrich | American art historian | 1897–1987 |
| David Goodstein | American physicist | 1939 |
| Archie Goodwin | writer | 1937–1998 |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin | American biographer | 1943 |
| Thomas Goodwin | English clergyman | 1600–1680 |
| Jack Goody | British anthropologist | 1919–2015 |
| Ram Gopal | Indian author and historian | 1925 |
| Adam Gopnik | American journalist | 1956 |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | General Secretary of the Comm… | 1931 |
| Nadine Gordimer | South african Nobel-winning w… | 1923–2014 |
| Robert Gordis | American rabbi and theologian | 1908–1992 |
| Adam Lindsay Gordon | Australian poet, jockey and p… | 1833–1870 |
| Adoniram Judson Gordon | American hymnwriter | 1836–1895 |
| Caroline Gordon | Novelist, literary critic | 1895–1981 |
| Cyrus H. Gordon | American linguist | 1908–2001 |
| J.E. Gordon | Materials scientist | 1913–1998 |
| Kim Gordon | American musician, bassist of… | 1953 |
| Lyndall Gordon | South African writer and acad… | 1941 |
| Noah Gordon | American writer | 1926 |
| Robert Aaron Gordon | American economist | 1908–1978 |
| Robert J. Gordon | American economist | 1940 |
