GALILEO [Galileo Galilei], 1564-1642, (visual impairment),
Italian astronomer and physicist, has been called the founder of modern experimental science. He made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. He became blind in his later years in part due to poor health.
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GLENNIE Evelyn, 1965-present, (hearing impairment),
Musician and internationally renowned percussionist who lost most of her hearing in early childhood.

GLOVER Danny, 1947-present, (learning disability) (epilepsy),
American actor, starred in Places in the Heart 1984, The Color Purple 1985, trilogy of Lethal Weapon 1987-1992.
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GOLD Tracey [Tracey Goldstein], 1969-present, (learning disability),
Known for her anorexia and her attention deficit disorder. Played Carol Seavers of Family Ties.
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GOLDBERG Whoopi [Caryn E. Johnson], 1949-present (learning disability),
American actor and comedian. Star of film The Color Purple 1985, Ghost for which she won an Oscar, 1991, Eddie 1996. 1993 received the Woman of the Year Award from Howard University. Hasty Pudding Theatricals Organization. Won People's Choice Award 1993 and 1994.
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GORE Thomas Pryor, 1870-1949, (visual impairment),
In 1907 upon the creation of the new state of Oklahoma, Gore was selected by the legislature as one of the first two United States Senators. Youngest member of the senate and the first blind person ever to serve in that chamber. Was Vice President Al Gore's great-grandfather.
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GOYA Francisco, 1746-1828, (hearing impairment),
A leading Spanish painter, was one of the first masters of modern art. His full name was Jose' de Goya y Lucientes. In 1792 Goya became ill and gradually lost his hearing. In 1820, isolated by his deafness he returned to Madrid.
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GRANDIN Temple, 1947-present, (autism),
Designer of livestock handling facilities and Assistant Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.. At the age of three Temple was diagnosed with a form of Autism. While in high school she spent a summer in Arizona with her aunt. Temple became intrigued by the squeeze chute that held cows still for branding and inoculations. She tried the shoot on herself to see how the cows felt. Back at school, Temple spent every spare moment on building a squeeze chute of her own. She wanted to know why the machine's gentle pressure calmed frightened cows. She went to a small college in Vermont and majored in psychology. In 1971, Temple entered a master's program in psychology at the University of Arizona and then switched to animal science. By the time she graduated she published several papers on livestock - handling equipment, and she found many ways to improve standard cattle chutes. Later she got her doctorate in animal science from the University of Illinois. She wrote an autobiography Emergency: Labeled Autistic.
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GWALTNEY John Langston, 1928-present, (visual impairment),
John was the first blind student to attend his local high school in Newark, NJ and he was one of the top students in his class. Did his graduate work under Margaret Mead. With a grant he was able to research about river blindness of the Chinantec tribe in Oaxaca, Mexico He taught at Syracuse University in Anthropology for the rest of his career.
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