List of People From Galicia (Eastern Europe) (modern Period) - G~K

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  • Mordechai Gebirtig, Yiddish poet and songwriter, born in Cracow
  • Abraham Gershon of Kitov, Hasidic rabbi of Kitov and Brody, born in Kuty
  • Agenor Goluchowski, Count, interior minister of Austria (1859–60)
  • Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Count, foreign affairs minister of Austria-Hungary (1895–1906)
  • Maurycy Gottlieb, Jewish painter from Drohobych
  • Leopold Gottlieb, painter from Drohobych
  • Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor, born in Kolomyia
  • Feliks Gross, Polish-American sociologist, born in Cracow
  • Henryk Grossman, Polish-German economist of Jewish descent, born in Cracow
  • Artur Grottger, painter, born in Ottyniowice, near Zhydachiv
  • Kazimierz Górski, coach of Polish national football (soccer) team, born in Lviv
  • Ludwig Gumplowicz, sociologist and lawyer, born in Cracow
  • Wilhelm Habsburg, Austrian archduke, colonel of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen
  • Ben Zion Halberstam, Second Bobover Rebbe
  • Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, Hasidic rabbi
  • Naftali Tzvi Halberstam, Fourth Bobover Rebbe
  • Shlomo Halberstam, First Bobover Rebbe
  • Marian Hemar, poet, born in Lviv
  • Zbigniew Herbert, poet, born in Lviv
  • Maxim Hermaniuk, the Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Winnipeg, born in Nove Selo, near Horodok
  • Arthur Hertzberg, Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist, born in Lubaczów
  • Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, the founder of Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)
  • Jerzy Hoffman, film director, born in Cracow
  • Roald Hoffmann, American chemist (Nobel Prize in 1981), born in Zolochiv
  • Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian poet and ethnographer, born in Chepeli
  • Sydir Holubovych, Ukrainian politician, born in Towsteńskie, near Husiatyn
  • Krystyna Holuj-Radzikowska, chess woman grandmaster, born in Lviv
  • Shimshon Holzman, Israeli painter, born in Sambir
  • Bl. Josaphata Hordashevska, Ukrainian nun, beatified by John Paul II in 2001, born in Lviv
  • Moses Horowitz, playwright and actor of Yiddish theatre, born in Stanislau
  • Schmelke Horowitz, rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, born in Chortkiv
  • Mieczysław Horszowski, pianist, born in Lviv
  • Dmytro Hrytsai, Ukrainian politician and general of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Dorozhin, near Sambir
  • Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Cardinal, born in Lviv
  • Abba Hushi, Israeli politician, born in Turka
  • Naftali Herz Imber, Jewish poet who wrote the lyrics of Hatikvah, the national anthem of Israel, born in Zolochiv
  • Leopold Infeld, physicist, born in Cracow
  • Karol Irzykowski, writer, literary critic, theorist of film, and chess player, born in Błaszkowa, near Pilzno
  • Vasyl Ivanchuk Ukrainian world class chess player, born in Berezhany
  • Alfred Jansa, Austrian Major-General, born in Stanislau
  • Marian Jaworski, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lviv and Cardinal, born in Lviv
  • Max Judd, American chess master, born in Cracow
  • Stepan Kachala, politician and writer, born near Berezhany
  • Jaroslav Kacmarcyk, a head of the Lemko-Rusyn Republic (1918–20), born in Binczarowa
  • Stefan Kaczmarz, mathematician, born in Lviv
  • Tadeusz Kantor, painter, theatre director, born in Wielopole
  • Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski, general of the Polish Army, born in Lviv
  • Wojciech Kilar, classical and film music composer, born in Lviv
  • Moise Kisling, painter, born in Cracow
  • Julian Klaczko, Polish-Austrian diplomat
  • Franciszek Kleeberg, general of the Polish Army, born in Ternopil
  • Józef Klotz, Polish footballer, born in Crakow
  • Dmytro Klyachkivsky, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Zbarazh
  • Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, general, commander-in-chief of the Home Army, born in Lviv
  • Yevhen Konovalets, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Zashkiv, near Lviv
  • Zenon Kossak, Ukrainian politician and military leader, born in Drohobych
  • Bl. Omelyan Kovch, Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, born in Tlumach, near Kosiv
  • Ignacy Krasicki, Prince-Bishop of Ermland and Archbishop of Gniezno, born in Dubiecko, near Przemyśl
  • František Kriegel, Czechoslovak politician, born in Stanislau
  • Walter Krivitsky, Soviet spy, born in Pidvolochysk, near Ternopil
  • Nachman Krochmal, Jewish philosopher, born in Brody
  • Solomiya Krushelnytska, Ukrainian opera singer
  • Ivan Krypiakevych, Ukrainian historian, born in Lviv
  • Volodymyr Kubiyovych, geographer, encyclopedist, politician (Ukrainian Central Committee), born in Neu Sandez
  • Vasyl Kuk, commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, born in Krasne, near Zolochiv
  • Viktor Kurmanovych, general, Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Galician Army, born in Vilshanitsa near Zolochiv
  • Jacek Kuroń, leader of the Solidarity movement, born in Lviv

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