George
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George is a male given name and also a family name. It may refer to:
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[edit] Saint George
- Saint George, fourth century martyr and saint. Many persons, places, and things have been named for Saint George.
[edit] Sports
- Eddie George, American football player
- Jeff George, American football player
- George Best (1946-2005), Irish soccer player
- George Brett (b. 1953), former professional baseball player for the Kansas City Royals
- George Fisher (baseball), baseball player who played in the 1930 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals
- George Foreman (b. 1949), American boxer
- Georges Laraque (b. 1976), hockey player for the Phoenix Coyotes
- George "Elbows" McFadden (1873-1951), American boxer
- George Steinbrenner (b. 1930), principal owner of the New York Yankees
- George Turpin (b. 1952), English boxer
- George Yardley (1928-2004), basketball player
- George Young (footballer), Scottish former footballer
- George Young (NFL), American football executive
[edit] Television and film
- George (tortoise), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter
- George Clooney (b. 1961), actor
- George Cukor (1899-1983), film director
- George Costanza
- George Fisher, African American actor
- George Lucas (b. 1944), film director
- George of the Jungle, Saturday-morning animated television program
- Dr. George O'Malley, the sweet, bumbling intern on ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
- George Sawaya, stuntman and actor
- George Stephanopoulos, Host of "This Week"
- George Stroumboulopoulos (b. 1972), Canadian TV host, former MuchMusic VJ
- George Takei (b. 1937), a Japanese-American actor
- George Victor Bishop (1932-2005), American film, television, stage and radio actor based in Britain
- Gladys George, American actress
- Melissa George, Australian actress
- Michael George Westmore (b. 1938), renowned American makeup artist
- George Wendt, American actor, best known for his outstanding beer tab as the regular on the popular television show, Cheers.
[edit] Politics
- David Lloyd George, British politician
- George Fisher (settler), customs officer and early leader of the Texas Revolution
- George Galloway, British anti-war MP, representing the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow
- George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924), 41st President of the United States
- George Kennedy Young, deputy director of MI6
- George P. Fisher, American lawyer and politician from Wilmington
- George Pataki (b. 1945), American politician and former governor of New York
- George Voinovich (b. 1936), senior U.S. senator from Ohio
- George W. Bush (b. 1946), the 43rd and current President of the United States
- George Marshall U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Nobel Peace Prize winner
- George Washington (1732-1799), American revolutionary
- George Young (MP), Scottish Liberal MP in the British Parliament
- Ron George, American politician
- Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English politician
- Jennie George, Australian politician
[edit] Science
- Georges Lemaître (1894–1966), Belgian priest and astronomer, was an early exponent of the "Big Bang" theory
- George Schaller (b. 1933), mammologist, naturalist, conservationist and author
- George Washington Carver (1864-1943), botanist and inventor for many uses for the peanut
[edit] Fiction
- Curious George, the protagonist and main character from a series of popular children's books
- George, a puppet on the long-running British children's television series, Rainbow
- George Costanza (1989–1998), fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld
- George the Steamroller, a minor character from The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry
- George Stobbart, fictional character from the Broken Sword games
[edit] Literature
- George Sand (1804-1876), female French writer
- George Eliot (1819-1880), English novelist
- George MacDonald (1824-1905), author and poet
- George Orwell (1903-1950), writer
[edit] Comedy
- George Burns, an American comedian and actor
- George Carlin (b. 1937), comedian
- George Fisher (cartoonist), acclaimed American political cartoonist
- George Gobel American comedian and TV personality of mid-20th century
- George Wallace (comedian) American comedian
[edit] Music
- Boy George, British singer
- George (band), band from Brisbane, Australia
- George Baker
- Georges Bizet, classical musician of the romantic era.
- Georges Dor (1931-2001), Quebec singer and composer
- George Fisher (musician), the vocalist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse
- George Gershwin (1898-1937), composer
- George Harrison (1943-2001), English pop artist and former Beatle
- George Jones (b. 1931), American country music singer and songwriter
- George Frederick McKay (1899-1970), composer
- George Martin, British Producer
- George Michael (b. 1963), English pop artist
- George Nozuka (b. 1986), Canadian R&B singer
- George Pettit (b. 1982), member of Canadian rock band Alexisonfire
- George Strait (b. 1952), American country music singer
- George Thorogood (b. 1951), American blues-rock musician
- George Young (rock musician), Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer
[edit] Economy
- Edward George, British economist
- Henry George, American economist
[edit] Business
- George D. Sax (1904-1974), business entrepreneur
- George Schlukbier, creator of trend-setting 1990s internet news site, NandO Times.
- Phyllis George, American businesswoman
[edit] Military
- Kawanishi N1K-J, World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft codenamed George
- George of Antioch, the first true ammiratus ammiratorum
- George S. Patton (1885-1945), General
- George Marshall U.S. general in World War II
[edit] Geography
- George, South Africa, town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
- George, Iowa, city in Lyon County, Iowa
- George, Washington, town in Grant County, Washington, United States
- George County, Mississippi, county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi
- George West, Texas, city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States
- Lake George (New York), long narrow lake at the southeast base of the Adirondack Mountains
- Lake George (town), New York, town in Warren County, New York, USA
- Lake George (village), New York, village located in Warren County, New York, USA
[edit] Computing
- GEORGE, International Computers Ltd operating system developed for their 1900 range of computers
- GEORGE (computer), early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory
[edit] Royalty
- George I German-born British monarch
- George II German-born British monarch
- George III British monarch during American Revolution
- George IV British monarch in early 19th century
- George V British monarch during World War I
- George VI British monarch during World War II, father of Elizabeth II
[edit] Other fields
- George, famous clothing brand in the United Kingdom owned by supermarket chain ASDA
- George (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr.
- George (vacuum cleaner), a green vacuum cleaner manufactured by Numatic International Ltd
- George Jung, major player in cocaine importation in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s
- George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher
- George Ouzounian (b. 1978), founder of popular website "The Best Page In The Universe"
- George Prescott Bush (b. 1976), son of Jeb Bush
- George Washington Bush (1779–1863), the first black settler in what is now Washington
- George Russell Weller, who killed 10 with his car at a farmers' market in Santa Monica, California, in 2003
- Hurricane Georges, the second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season
- Lonesome George, the last known remnant of the subspecies Geochelone nigra abingdonii
- Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters "George", association formed by car porters
- Georges Painvin, French cryptographer
- Dr. Abraham M. George is founder of the The George Foundation (TGF), one of the largest private NGOs in India.
[edit] Other languages
- Amharic: Giyorgis (ጊዮáˆáŒŠáˆµ)
- Arabic: Jirjis (جرجس), or Jeryes
- Aragonese: Chorche
- Albanian: Gjergj
- Armenian: Ô³Õ¥Õ¾Õ¸Ö€Õ£ (Gevorg)
- Azeri: Georgi, Gürc (archaic)
- Basque: Gorka
- Bulgarian: Георги (Georgi)
- Catalan: Jordi
- Chinese: (Qiáozhì)
- Traditional: 喬治
- Simplified: 乔治
- Croatian: Male:Jura,Jure,Juro,Juraj,Jurica, Äura, Äuro Female:ÄurÄ‘a, ÄurÄ‘ica
- Czech: JiÅ™Ã
- Danish: Jørgen [ˈjɶ:Én], Jørn [ˈjɶ:É̯ˀn], Georg [ˈgÌŠe:ɔʊ̯, ˈgÌŠe:ÊŠ]
- Dutch: Joris, Sjors
- English: George [ˈdʒɔ:dʒ] (male), Georgia [ˈdʒɔ:dʒə] (female)
- Estonian: Jüri
- Finnish: Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri, Yrjänä, Jori
- French: Georges [ˈʒɔÊÊ’]
- Ge'ez: Giyorgis (ጊዮáˆáŒŠáˆµ)
- Georgian: გიáƒáƒ გი (Giorgi)
- German: Georg [ˈge:É”Êk], Jörg [ˈjÅ“Êk], Jürgen [ˈjÊÊgnÌ©], Jörgen [ˈjÅ“ÊgnÌ©]
- Greek: ΓεώÏγιος (Georgios) [ˈjÉ”rjÉ”s] (formal), ΓιώÏγος (Giorgos) [ˈjÉ”rγɔs] (informal)
- Hawaiian language: Keoki
- Hebrew: ×ורי (Uri)
- Hungarian: György
- Icelandic: Georg [ˈje:ɔrk], Jörgen [ˈjœrkɘn]; (these can be found here [1]).
- Irish: Seoirse
- Italian: Giorgio [ˈdʒɔrdʒo]
- Japanese: Jo-ji (ジョージ)
- Korean: 조지 (Joji)
- Latin: Georgius
- Latvian: Georgs, Jurijs, Jurģis
- Lithuanian: Jurgis
- Macedonian: Ѓорѓија (Gjorgjija), Ѓоргија (Gjorgija), Ѓорги (Gjorgi), Георгија (Georgija)
- Malay: Jurjis
- Malayalam: Geevarghese, Varghese, Varughese, Verghese, Varkey, Jiju, Jiji, Jijo, Jeejo, Joju, Joji
- Norwegian: Jørgen, Georg
- Polish: Jerzy [ˈjɛʒï]
- Portuguese: Jorge
- Romanian: Gheorghe, George (male), Gherghina, Georgeta (female), Gigi (male), Geta (female)
- Russian: Георгий (Georgij), Юрий (Yury, Yuri, Iouri), Егор (Yegor)
- Scottish: Deòrsa, Seòras, Deòrsag (female).
- Serbian: Ђорђе (ÄorÄ‘e), ЂypaÑ’ (ÄuraÄ‘), Ђypо (Äuro)
- Slovak: Juraj
- Slovene: Jurij, Jure
- Spanish: Jorge [ˈχɔrχɛ] (male), Jorgelina, Georgina (female)
- Swedish: Örjan [ˈœrjan], Göran [ˈjœ:ran], Jörgen [ˈjœrgɘn], Jörn [ˈjœ:ɳ], Georg [ˈje:ɔr]
- Syriac: Gewargis
- Tigrinya: Giyorgis (ጊዮáˆáŒŠáˆµ)
- Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus