Gal

Gal or GAL may refer to:

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 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
 * 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