Gal

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, 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) (c. 489–c. 553), 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 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
• Paul Gallen (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer

Pseudonym or nom de guerre

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

Places

• County Galway, 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: Grandi Autonomie e Libertà), 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
• Gyaru (ギャル), 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 woman

See also

• All pages with titles containing gals
• All pages with titles containing gal
• Gals (disambiguation)
• Gally (disambiguation)
• Avigdor Ben-Gal (born 1936), Israeli former general
• Avner Ben-Gal (born 1966), Israeli painter and artist