George

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George is a male given name and also a family name. It may refer to:

Contents [hide] 1 Saint George 2 Sports 3 Television and film 4 Politics 5 Science 6 Fiction 7 Literature 8 Comedy 9 Music 10 Economy 11 Business 12 Military 13 Geography 14 Computing 15 Royalty 16 Other fields 17 Other languages

[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 (ጊዮርጊስ)
• 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, Đura, Đuro Female:ĐurÄ‘a, ĐurÄ‘ica
• Czech: Jiří
• Danish: Jørgen [ˈjɶ:ɐn], Jørn [ˈjɶ:ɐ̯ˀn], Georg [ˈgÌŠe:ɔʊ̯, ˈgÌŠe:ÊŠ]
• Dutch: Joris, Sjors
• English: George [ˈdÊ’É”:dÊ’] (male), Georgia [ˈdÊ’É”:dÊ’É™] (female)
• Estonian: Jüri
• Finnish: Yrjö, Jyrki, Jyri, Yrjänä, Jori
• French: Georges [ˈʒɔʁʒ]
• Ge'ez: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)
• Georgian: გიორგი (Giorgi)
• German: Georg [ˈge:ɔʁk], Jörg [ˈjœʁk], Jürgen [ˈjʏʁgnÌ©], Jörgen [ˈjœʁgnÌ©]
• Greek: Γεώργιος (Georgios) [ˈjÉ”rjÉ”s] (formal), Γιώργος (Giorgos) [ˈjÉ”rγɔs] (informal)
• Hawaiian language: Keoki
• Hebrew: אורי (Uri)
• Hungarian: György
• Icelandic: Georg [ˈje:É”rk], Jörgen [ˈjÅ“rkɘn]; (these can be found here [1]).
• Irish: Seoirse
• Italian: Giorgio [ˈdÊ’É”rdÊ’o]
• Japanese: Jo-ji (ジョージ)
• Korean: 조지 (Joji)
• Latin: Georgius
• Latvian: Georgs, Jurijs, JurÄ£is
• 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 (ĐorÄ‘e), ЂypaÑ’ (ĐuraÄ‘), Ђypо (Đuro)
• Slovak: Juraj
• Slovene: Jurij, Jure
• Spanish: Jorge [ˈχɔrχɛ] (male), Jorgelina, Georgina (female)
• Swedish: Örjan [ˈœrjan], Göran [ˈjÅ“:ran], Jörgen [ˈjÅ“rgɘn], Jörn [ˈjÅ“:ɳ], Georg [ˈje:É”r]
• Syriac: Gewargis
• Tigrinya: Giyorgis (ጊዮርጊስ)
• Welsh: Siôr, Siors, Siorus