Gal or GAL may refer to:

People

Surname

* Gál, a Hungarian surname * Andreas Gal (born 1976), German programmer * Dani Gal (born 1975), Israeli video artist * Dean Gal (born 1995), Israeli footballer * Edward Gal (born 1970), Dutch dressage rider * Gedalia Gal (born 1933), Israeli farmer and former politician * Igor Gal (born 1983), Croatian footballer * Jenny Gal (born 1969), Dutch-Italian judoka * Lidia Gal, Israel chess master * Naomi Gal (born 1944), Israeli writer * Nora Gal (1912–1991), Soviet translator and literary critic * Riki Gal (born 1950), Israeli singer * Reuven Gal (born 1942), Israeli psychologist * Sandra Gal (born 1985), German LPGA golfer * Șandor Gal (born 1955), Romanian former ice hockey player * Sharon Gal (born 1974), Israeli journalist and politician * Shmuel Gal (born 1940), Israeli mathematician and professor * Susan Gal (born 1949), American academic * Udi Gal (born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor * Uziel Gal (1923–2002), German-born Israeli gun designer * Yehoshua Gal (born 1951), Israeli former footballer * Yoram Gal (born 1952), Israeli playwright and actor * Zehava Gal, Israeli operatic mezzo-soprano

Given name or nickname

* Gal I (Bishop of Clermont) (–), Christian saint * Gal Alberman (born 1983), Israeli footballer * Gal Arel (born 1989), Israeli footballer * Gal Barel (born 1990), Israeli footballer * Gal Cohen (born 1982), Israeli footballer * Gal Cohen Groumi (born 2002), Israeli Olympic swimmer * Gal Costa (1945–2022), Brazilian pop singer * Gal Fridman (born 1975), windsurfer and first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal * Gal Gadot (born 1985), Israeli actress and model * Gal Genish (born 1991), Israeli footballer * Gal Hirsch (born 1964), Israeli general * Gal Koren (born 1992), Slovenian hockey player * Gal Mayo (born 1981), Israeli footballer * Gal Mekel (born 1988), Israeli National Basketball Association player * Gal Mesika (born 1988), Israeli American football and association football player * Gal Nevo (born 1987), Israeli swimmer * Gal Nir (born 1983), Israeli football goalkeeper * Gal Sapir (born 1990), Israeli footballer * Gal Sone (born 1985), Japanese competitive eater * Gal Shish (born 1989), Israeli footballer * Gal Uchovsky (born 1958), Israeli screenwriter and producer * Gal Weinstein (born 1970), Israeli artist * Gal Yekutiel (born 1981), Israeli judoka * Gal Zukerman (born 2003), Israeli Olympic kite foiler

Pseudonym or nom de guerre

* GAL (cartoonist) (born 1940), Belgian cartoonist * János Gálicz or "General Gal" (1890-1939), Austro-Hungarian brigade and division commander during the Spanish Civil War

Places

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, Ireland, Chapman code GAL * Gal, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Nakhchivan * Gal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Gali (town), in Abkhazia * Hal, Azerbaijan, a village in Qubadli

Politics and law

* GAL (paramilitary group), a 1980s Spanish anti-ETA group * Global administrative law * Great Autonomies and Freedom (Italian: '), an Italian parliamentary group * Guardian ''ad litem'', a type of legal guardian in the United States * Green-Alternative List, now Alliance 90/The Greens Hamburg, a German political party

Science

* ''Gal'' (newspaper), a trilingual newspaper published in Abkhazia * Gal (unit), a unit of acceleration * Galactose, a sugar * Galanin, a peptide encoded by the GAL gene * '' Galeandra'', an orchid genus * Galectin, an enzyme * Gallon, a unit of capacity or volume

Technology

* .gal, a top-level Internet domain for Galicia, Spain * Generic array logic * Generalized Automation Language * Global Address List in groupware

Language

* Gal language * Galoli language (ISO code) * GAL (cuneiform), Sumerian cuneiform character

Other uses

* Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA code), airport in Galena, Alaska * Epistle to the Galatians * ''Gal'' (1969 album), by Gal Costa * ''GAL'' (film), a 2006 Spanish film * ''Gal''-class submarine of the Israeli Navy * General Aircraft Limited, a British aircraft manufacturer * Global Aero Logistics, an American airline holding company * , a Japanese fashion style for young women * Kogal, a newer Japanese fashion style for young women, also sometimes referred to as "gal" * Stadium Gal, a football stadium in Irun, Spain * Slang term for a

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