Gal or GAL may refer to:

People

Surname

Gál Gál is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *András Gál (born 1989), Hungarian football defender with BFC Siófok *Bernhard Gál (born 1971), Austrian artist, composer and musicologist *Csaba Gál (born 1985), Romanian r ...

, a Hungarian surname *

Andreas Gal Andreas Gal is former chief technology officer at Mozilla. He is most notable for his work on several open source projects and Mozilla technologies. Gal was born in Szeged, Hungary and grew up in Lübeck, Germany. During high school he worked on ...

(born 1976), German programmer * Dani Gal (born 1975), Israeli video artist * Dean Gal (born 1995), Israeli footballer *

Edward Gal Edward Gal (born 4 March 1970 in Rheden) is a Dutch dressage rider. He and the stallion Totilas (nicknamed "Toto"), were triple gold medalists at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games, becoming the first horse-rider par ...

(born 1970), Dutch dressage rider * Gedalia Gal (born 1933), Israeli farmer and former politician *

Igor Gal Igor Gal (born 20 January 1983) is a Croatian retired football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football ( ...

(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 Riki Gal (; born July 7, 1950, in Jerusalem) is an Israeli singer. Gal, who reached the height of her career in the 1980s, sings a mix of blues, folk and pop. Biography Rivka Menashe (later Riki Gal) was born in 1950 to an Orthodox family in the ...

(born 1950), Israeli singer *

Reuven Gal Reuven Gal (; born August 24, 1942, surname Gruber) is an Israeli social and clinical psychologist, a social activist and entrepreneur, researcher, author and consultant in the field of behavioural, communal and social sciences. Gal currently ho ...

(born 1942), Israeli psychologist *

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(born 1985), German LPGA golfer *

Șandor Gal Şandor Gal (born November 23, 1955) is a former Romanian ice hockey player. He played for the Romania men's national ice hockey team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and the 1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially ...

(born 1955), Romanian former ice hockey player *

Sharon Gal Sharon Gal (; born 13 August 1974) is an Israeli radio and TV journalist and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu during 2015. Biography Gal was born in Tirat Carmel. He hosted an economics program ('Economic Nig ...

(born 1974), Israeli journalist and politician *

Shmuel Gal Shmuel Gal (; born 1940) is a mathematician and professor of statistics at the University of Haifa in Israel. He devised the Gal's accurate tables method for the computer evaluation of elementary functions. With Zvi Yehudai he developed in 1993 ...

(born 1940), Israeli mathematician and professor *

Susan Gal Susan Gal (born 1949) is the Mae & Sidney G. Metzl Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, of Linguistics, and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. She is the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on lingu ...

(born 1949), American academic *

Udi Gal Udi Gal (; born June 11, 1979) is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a sailing world championship three-time bronze medalist. Biography Gal is Jewish, and was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He started sailing at 8 years of age, and started racing at ...

(born 1979), Israeli Olympic sailor *

Uziel Gal Uziel "Uzi" Gal (, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun. Biography Gal was born in Weimar, Germany to Miele and ...

(1923–2002), German-born Israeli gun designer * Yehoshua Gal (born 1951), Israeli former footballer *

Yoram Gal Yoram Gal (Hebrew: יורם גל; born 7 January 1952) is an international Israeli painter, playwright, director, actor and theater, TV and cinema producer. His first play was EVERYMAN (1978). He has been an actor, director, and painter in the ...

(born 1952), Israeli playwright and actor *

Zehava Gal Zehava Gal () is an Israeli-born operatic mezzo-soprano. Zehava Gal has sung leading roles in both European and North American opera houses and festivals, including La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, and the Royal Opera House, Cov ...

, Israeli operatic mezzo-soprano

Given name or nickname

Gal I (Bishop of Clermont) Saint Gal of Clermont (also Gall) ( – 554) was the sixteenth Bishop of Clermont, holding that see from 527 to 551. He shares a name with a later bishop of the diocese, who, though less illustrious than the first Gal, is also revered as a sain ...

(–), Christian saint *

Gal Alberman Gal Alberman (; born 17 April 1983) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Maccabi Petah Tikva Alberman was born in Oranit, Israel, to a Jewish family. Alberman started playing for Maccab ...

(born 1983), Israeli footballer *

Gal Arel Gal Arel (Hebrew: גל אראל; born 9 July 1989) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or a central defender. He is currently the coach of Hapoel Haifa. Club career Arel was born in Kiryat Haim, Haif ...

(born 1989), Israeli footballer *

Gal Barel Gal Brael (; born 15 June 1990) is an Israeli former footballer who played as a central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opp ...

(born 1990), Israeli footballer *

Gal Cohen Gal Cohen (; born 14 August 1982) is an Israeli former footballer, and the current co-assistant manager of Israel national football team. Cohen was born and raised in moshav, Dor, Israel, to an Israeli-Jewish family. He started his career in ...

(born 1982), Israeli footballer *

Gal Cohen Groumi Gal Cohen Groumi (; born 22 April 2002) is an Israeli Olympic swimmer. At the 2017 European Youth Olympics he won two silver medals in medley relay, at the 2018 European Junior Swimming Championships he won a gold medal in the 4×200 m freesty ...

(born 2002), Israeli Olympic swimmer *

Gal Costa Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa (), was a Brazilian singer of Música popular brasileira, popular music. Twelve-times Bra ...

(1945–2022), Brazilian pop singer *

Gal Fridman Gal Fridman (or Friedman, ; born September 16, 1975) is an Israeli windsurfer and Israel's first Olympic gold medalist. Fridman won a bronze medal in the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal in the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. He is ...

(born 1975), windsurfer and first Israeli to win an Olympic gold medal *

Gal Gadot Gal Gadot (; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of ''Time''s 100 most influential people and ranked by ''F ...

(born 1985), Israeli actress and model * Gal Genish (born 1991), Israeli footballer *

Gal Hirsch Gal Hirsch (; born 1964) is an Israeli former military commander and author. As Brigadier General, he commanded the 91st Division of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War. Hirsch is currently coordinating the negotiations for ...

(born 1964), Israeli general *

Gal Koren Gal Koren (born January 16, 1992) is a retired Slovenian professional ice hockey player. Koren competed at the 2013 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team ...

(born 1992), Slovenian hockey player * Gal Mayo (born 1981), Israeli footballer *

Gal Mekel Gal Mekel (, pronounced ; born March 4, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks and spent time in Europe and Israel. He played college basketball for two years at Wichita State University. He ...

(born 1988), Israeli National Basketball Association player * Gal Mesika (born 1988), Israeli American football and association football player *

Gal Nevo Gal Nevo (; born 29 June 1987) is a record-holding Israeli swimmer. Biography Gal Nevo was born in Kibbutz Hamadia in the Beit She'an Valley. When the local swimming pool closed, Nevo would practice at Gan HaShlosha National Park.Gal Nir (born 1983), Israeli football goalkeeper * Gal Sapir (born 1990), Israeli footballer *

Gal Sone is a female Japanese competitive eater and singer. Her popularity has helped produce a resurgence in Japanese competitive eating, or ''ōgui'', after the outcry following the death of a Japanese schoolboy imitating an eating stunt in 2002 result ...

(born 1985), Japanese competitive eater *

Gal Shish Gal Shish (; born 28 January 1989) is an Israeli former professional footballer. He is of a Tunisian-Jewish descent. Career At international level, Shish was capped at levels from under-17 to under-21. On 16 August 2012, Shish signed a two ...

(born 1989), Israeli footballer *

Gal Uchovsky Gal Uchovsky (; born September 27, 1958) is an Israeli screenwriter, producer, journalist, activist and Israeli TV personality. Early life Uchovsky was born in Hadera. His family moved to Vienna while his father was studying there. They returne ...

(born 1958), Israeli screenwriter and producer * Gal Weinstein (born 1970), Israeli artist * Gal Yekutiel (born 1981), Israeli judoka *

Gal Zukerman Gal Zukerman (; born 17 August 2003) is an Israeli Formula Kite, kite foiler. She won the Youth Sailing World Championships in 2022. Zukerman competed for Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Sailing at th ...

(born 2003), Israeli Olympic kite foiler

Pseudonym or nom de guerre

GAL (cartoonist) Gerard Alsteens (born 3 August 1940, in Auderghem) is a Belgian political cartoonist, graphic artist and painter who works under the pseudonym "GAL". which, artistically speaking, share a closer resemblance to paintings than regularly drawn cartoo ...

(born 1940), Belgian cartoonist *

János Gálicz János Gálicz (1890–1939), better known as "General Gal", was a Hungarian and Soviet brigade and division commander during the Spanish Civil War. Biography Born in 1890 in the town of Tótkomlós in Austria-Hungary (now Békés county in Hung ...

or "General Gal" (1890-1939), Austro-Hungarian brigade and division commander during the Spanish Civil War

Places

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

, Ireland, Chapman code GAL * Gal, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in Nakhchivan * Gal, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran *

Gali (town) Gali ( ka, გალი ; , ''Gal'') is a town in Abkhazia, Georgia (country), Georgia, 77 km southeast of Sukhumi. It is the center of Gali District, Abkhazia, Gali District and was in the United Nations security zone prior to the Russian vet ...

, in Abkhazia *

Hal, Azerbaijan Hal is a village in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan. History The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War ...

, a village in Qubadli

Politics and law

GAL (paramilitary group) GAL ( Spanish: ''Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación'', "Antiterrorist Liberation Groups") were death squads illegally established by officials of the Spanish government during the Basque conflict to fight against ETA, the main Basque sep ...

, a 1980s Spanish anti-ETA group *

Global administrative law Global administrative law is an emerging field that is based upon a dual insight: that much of what is usually termed “global governance” can be accurately characterized as administrative action; and that increasingly such action is itself bein ...

Great Autonomies and Freedom Great Autonomies and Freedom (, GAL) was a miscellaneous and highly heterogeneous, mainly centre-right, regionalist and Christian-democratic, parliamentary group active in the Italian Senate. The group was formed in March 2013 by senators elect ...

(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) The gal (symbol: Gal), sometimes called galileo after Galileo Galilei, is a unit of acceleration typically used in precision gravimetry. BIPM ''SI brochure'', 8th ed. 2006Table 9: Non-SI units associated with the CGS and the CGS-Gaussian system ...

, a unit of acceleration *

Galactose Galactose (, ''wikt:galacto-, galacto-'' + ''wikt:-ose#Suffix 2, -ose'', ), sometimes abbreviated Gal, is a monosaccharide sugar that is about as sweetness, sweet as glucose, and about 65% as sweet as sucrose. It is an aldohexose and a C-4 epime ...

, a sugar *

Galanin Galanin is a neuropeptide encoded by the ''GAL'' gene, that is widely expressed in the brain, spinal cord, and gut of humans as well as other mammals. Galanin signaling occurs through three G protein-coupled receptors. Much of galanin's functio ...

, a peptide encoded by the GAL gene * ''

Galeandra ''Galeandra'', abbreviated as Gal in horticultural trade, is a genus of 37 known species of orchids native to South America, Central America, the West Indies and Florida. Species Species currently accepted as of June 2014: #''Galeandra arundi ...

'', an orchid genus *

Galectin Galectins are a class of proteins that bind specifically to β-galactoside sugars, such as ''N''-acetyllactosamine (Galβ1-3GlcNAc or Galβ1-4GlcNAc), which can be bound to proteins by either N-linked or O-linked glycosylation. They are also te ...

, an enzyme *

Gallon The gallon is a unit of volume in British imperial units and United States customary units. The imperial gallon (imp gal) is defined as , and is or was used in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, including Ireland, Canada, Australia ...

, 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 A Global Address List (GAL) is an electronic shared address book which contains usually all people of given organization (company, school etc.). This address book is accessed over the computer network using LDAP protocol, CardDAV or some other elect ...

in groupware

Language

Gal language Gal is a Madang language of Papua New Guinea. It is closely related to Baimak, and sometimes goes by that name. References External links * Paradisec open accesnotes about the grammar of Gal(and other Halmahera Halmahera, formerly known ...

Galoli language The Galoli, or Galolen, are a people of East Timor with a population of about 50,000, primarily along the northern coast of the district of Manatuto. To the west lies the Mambai people. There is an old colony on the southern coast of Wetar isla ...

(ISO code) *

GAL (cuneiform) GAL (Borger 2003 nr. 553; U+120F2 𒃲) is the Sumerian cuneiform Cuneiform is a Logogram, logo-Syllabary, syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East. The script was in active use from the ...

, Sumerian cuneiform character

Other uses

* Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA code), airport in

Galena, Alaska Galena () (''Notaalee Denh'' in Koyukon) is a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census the population was 472, slightly up from 470 in 2010. Galena was established in 1918, and a military airfield ...

Epistle to the Galatians The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul the Apostle to a number of Early Christian communities in Galatia. Scholars have suggested that this is either the Galatia (Roman province), Roman pro ...

* ''Gal'' (1969 album), by Gal Costa * ''GAL'' (film), a 2006 Spanish film * ''Gal''-class submarine of the Israeli Navy *

General Aircraft Limited General Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1931 to amalgamation with Blackburn Aircraft in 1949 to become Blackburn and General. Its main products were military gliders and light transport aircraft. His ...

, a British aircraft manufacturer *

Global Aero Logistics Global Aviation Holdings Inc. (Global) was the parent company of World Airways, Inc. (World), and North American Airlines, Inc. (North American), headquartered in Peachtree City, Georgia, US. Its airline holdings included World and North America ...

, an American airline holding company * , a Japanese fashion style for young women *

Kogal In Culture of Japan, Japanese culture, refers to the members of the Gyaru subculture who are still in high school and who incorporate their School uniforms in Japan, school uniforms into their dress style. These high school girls are characte ...

, a newer Japanese fashion style for young women, also sometimes referred to as "gal" *

Stadium Gal Stadium Gal is a football stadium in Irun, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It is owned by Real Unión, currently in Segunda División B. The capacity of the stadium is 5,500 spectators. The stadium is loca ...

, a football stadium in Irun, Spain * Slang term for a

woman A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ...

girl A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term ''girl'' has other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.com, "Girl"'' Retrieved January 2, 2008. '' daughter'' or '' girlfriend'' regardless of age ...