# 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 (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) (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
* 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

* 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 or girl