George is a

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of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), French, or Native American origin. The German form is Georg. Notable people with the surname include: *Allan George (born 1999), American football player *Alex or Alexander George (disambiguation) *

Anju Bobby George Anju Bobby George (born 19 April 1977) is a retired Indian athlete. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first In ...

, (born 1977), Indian athlete *

Arthur George Sir Arthur Thomas George AO, born Athanasios Theodore Tzortzatos (17 January 1915 – 4 September 2013), was an Australian lawyer and association football administrator. Early life George was born in Sydney, Australia to parents of Greek anc ...

(1915–2013), Australian lawyer and soccer administrator * Augustus George (1817–1902), English cricketer *

Barry George Barry Michael George (born 15 April 1960) is an Englishman who was found guilty of the murder of English television presenter Jill Dando and whose conviction was overturned on appeal. Dando's profile and popularity ensured high public interes ...

(born 1960), British man who was wrongly convicted of murder *Bill or Billy George, see William George (disambiguation) *

Bobby George Robert Francis George (born 16 December 1945) is an English television presenter and former professional darts player. He is widely recognised as one of the game's biggest personalities, known for his flamboyant entrances in which the "King ...

(born 1945), English darts player and presenter *

Brian George Brian George (born 1 July 1952) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Pakistani restaurateur Babu Bhatt in ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), the Indian gynecologist father of Raj Koothrappali in ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019 ...

(born 1952), Israeli-born British actor * Bud George (1927–2017), American politician *

Cathy George Cathy George is a college women's volleyball coach. She began her coaching career at North Dakota State, coaching there for two years. She moved on to coach Texas-Arlington and made the NCAA tournament twice with the team. She coached Western Mich ...

, American volleyball coach *

Charlie George Frederick Charles George (born 10 October 1950) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. George began his career as a youngster with Arsenal and was part of their 1970–71 League and FA Cup Double-winning team ...

(born 1950), English footballer * Charlie George (comedian), (fl. 2020's) British comedian *

Christopher George Christopher John George (Greek: Χριστόφορος Γεωργίου; February 25, 1931 – November 28, 1983) was an American television and film actor who starred in the 1960s television series ''The Rat Patrol''. He was nominated for a Gol ...

(1931–1983), Greek-American television and film actor * Chief Dan George (1899–1981), chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, author, poet and actor * Daniel George (rugby union) (born 1986), Welsh rugby player * Daniel G. George (1840–1916), Union Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

Darryl George Darryl Roy George (born 14 March 1993) is an Australian professional baseball player for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Career On 28 N ...

(born 1993), Australian baseball player * David George (disambiguation) * Devean George (born 1977), American basketball player *

Eddie George Edward Nathan George Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who is the current head coach at Tennessee State. He played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, primarily f ...

(born 1973), American football player *

Eden George Ernest Eden George (18 September 1863 – 2 May 1927), known as Eden George, was born in New South Wales and came to New Zealand as a young man. He made his career in photography and was active in Auckland and Dunedin, but mainly in Christch ...

(1863–1927), Mayor of Christchurch and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

Edward George, Baron George Edward Alan John George, Baron George (16 September 1938 – 18 April 2009), known as Eddie George, or sometimes as "Steady Eddie", was Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003 and sat on the board of NM Rothschild and Sons. Early life ...

(1938–2009), British banker *

Elizabeth George Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American writer of mystery novels set in Great Britain. She is best known for a series of novels featuring Inspector Thomas Lynley. The 21st book in the series appeared in January 2022. T ...

(born 1949), American novelist *

Ella George Ella George is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Lara in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in the 2022 state election, after replacing retiring MLA Joh ...

, Australian politician * Ella M. George (1850-1938), American teacher, lecturer, social reformer *

Elmer George Elmer Ray George (July 15, 1928 – May 31, 1976) was an American race car driver. Born in Hockerville, Oklahoma, George died in Terre Haute, Indiana. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1956–1963 seasons wi ...

(1928–1976), American race car driver * Elva A. George (c.1876–1953), American dietitian *

Emma George __NOTOC__Emma George (born 1 November 1974 in Beechworth, Victoria) is a former Australian pole vaulter. She set twelve world records in a row in the late nineties, but she lost the record on 26 May 2000 to Stacy Dragila and was unable to recaptu ...

(born 1974), Australian athlete *

Enderson George Enderson George (born 3 March 1982) is an international football player from Saint Lucia, who plays as a midfielder. Career He made his international debut for Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island c ...

(born 1982), international soccer player from Saint Lucia *

Esmond George Robert Esmond George (20 April 1888 – 1959) was an Australian theatre actor and director, but mostly remembered as a watercolor artist and art critic. His wife, professionally known as Elizabeth George, was a well-known journalist. History Esmo ...

(1888–1959), South Australian theatre director, watercolor artist and art critic *

Finidi George George Finidi (born 15 April 1971), known as Finidi George, is a Nigerian professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Nigeria Professional Football League club Enyimba F.C. As a player, he played as a righ ...

(born 1971), Nigerian soccer player *

Francis George Francis Eugene George (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the eighth Archbishop of Chicago in Illinois (1997–2014) and previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Yakima and A ...

(1937–2015), American Archbishop and Cardinal * Frank Honywill George (born 1921), British psychologist and cyberneticist * Fricson George (born 1974), Ecuadorian association football player * Gabrielle George (born 1997), English association footballer *

Genevieve George Genevieve George (later McFaul; September 27, 1927 – March 11, 2002) was a Canadians, Canadian catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 110 lb., she batted and threw right handed.

(1927–2002), Canadian baseball player *

Gladys George Gladys George (born Gladys Clare Evans; September 13, 1904 – December 8, 1954) was an American actress of stage and screen. Though nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in ''Valiant Is the Word for Carrie'' (1936), she spent most ...

(1904–1954), American actress *

Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''. Early lif ...

(1938–2016), German actor * Grover C. George (1893-1976), American farmer and politician * Gwyneth George (1920–2016), British concert cellist * Harry L. George (1849–1923), American collector of Native American artifacts * Heather George (1907–1983), Australian commercial photographer *

Heinrich George Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (), was a German stage and film actor. Career Weimar Republic George is noted for having spooked the young Bertolt Brecht in his first ...

(1893–1946), German stage and film actor * Helen Margaret George (1883–1982), British artist and sculptor * Henry George (disambiguation) * Inara George (born 1974), American singer-songwriter *

Jack George John Edwin George, Jr. (November 13, 1928 – January 30, 1989) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, Pennsylvania. George attended St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C ...

(1928–1989), American basketball player *

James Z. George James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner. Biography James ...

(1826–1897), US Senator from Mississippi * Katie George (cosplayer) (born 1988), American cosplayer *

Katie George (cricketer) Katie Louise George (born 7 April 1999) is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire, Central Sparks and Manchester Originals. A right-handed batter and left-arm pace bowler, she made her Hampshire debut in 2013. She has played 5 T20Is and ...

(born 1999), English cricketer *

Katie George (sportscaster) Katie George (born December 3, 1993) is an American sportscaster who currently works with the ACC Network and ESPN. Before starting her broadcasting career, she had been a three-time all-conference selection in volleyball at the University of Lou ...

(born 1993), American sportscaster *

Linda George (Australian singer) Linda George (born 1951) is an English-born Australian pop, jazz fusion and soul singer from the 1970s. In 1973, George performed the role of Acid Queen for the Australian stage performance of The Who's rock opera, ''Tommy''. She won the ''TV ...

(born 1951), English-born Australian pop singer *

Linda George (Assyrian singer) Linda George ( syr, ܠܢܕܐ ܓ̰ܘܪܓ̰; born 11 February 1964 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Assyrian- American singer known for her sentimental ballads and dance songs. The vast majority of her songs are sung in her native Assyrian language, though ...

, Assyrian-American pop singer popular in the 1980s–2010s * Linda K. George (born 1947), American sociologist and gerontologist *

Lynda Day George Lynda Louise Day George (born December 11, 1944) is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was a cast member on '' Mission: Impossible'' (1971–1973). She was also the wife ...

, American television actress popular in the 1960s and 1970s *

Leroy George Leroy Martin Giovanni George (born 21 April 1987) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a winger. Aside from the Netherlands, he has played in Turkey, Australia, Azerbaijan, and the United Arab Emirates. His natural position is as a right forward ...

, Dutch footballer * Louis George (disambiguation) *

(born 1944), American TV and film actress *

Lowell George Lowell Thomas George (April 13, 1945 – June 29, 1979) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who was the primary guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and founder/leader for the rock band Little Feat. Ear ...

(1945–1979), American singer-songwriter and producer *

Lloyd D. George Lloyd Dee George (February 22, 1930 – October 7, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and the namesake of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada. Education ...

(1930–2020), United States District Judge * Lloyd R. George (1925–2012), American politician * Madeline Rees George (1851–1931), South Australian educator * Manfred George (1893–1965), born Manfred Georg Cohn, German emigrant journalist, author and translator *

Marie George Marie George (born Clara Marie Georg; 25 June 1876 – 15 July 1955) was an American actress, singer and stage beauty who had a successful career first in New York City and later in London, England during the Edwardian era. Early life Mari ...

(1877–1974), actress and singer * Mary Dorothy George (1878–1971), British historian and compiler of the BM Satires * Maryanne J. George, American Christian musician *

Margaret George Margaret George (born 1943) is an American historical novelist specializing in epic fictional biographies. She is known for her meticulous research and the large scale of her books. She is the author of the bestselling novels ''The Autobiogra ...

(born 1943), American historical novelist *

Max A. George Maximillian Albert George (born 6 September 1988) is an English singer, best known as the lead singer of the boy band The Wanted. George started his career as a footballer, playing for Preston North End F.C., Preston North End. After an injur ...

(born 1988), British singer-songwriter *

Mechthild Georg Mechthild Georg is a German operatic mezzo-soprano, and a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Köln. Career Georg studied Roman studies and history at the Cologne University, and music pedagogy at the Musikhochschule Köln. She then stud ...

, German mezzo-soprano *

Melissa George Melissa George (born 6 August 1976) is an Australian actress and entrepreneur. A former national artistic rollerskating champion and model, George began her acting career playing Angel Parrish in the Australian soap opera Home and Away (1993– ...

(born 1976), Australian actress *

Melvin Clark George Melvin Clark (or ''Clarke'') George (May 13, 1849 – February 22, 1933) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Oregon from 1881 to 1885. Early life He was born near Caldwell, Ohio to Presley and Mahala Ni ...

(1849–1933), American politician * Michael J. George (1948-2010), American politician * Myron Virgil George (1900–1972), American politician *

Nelson George Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Biography George attended St. John's Univers ...

(born 1957), African American author, culture critic and filmmaker * Newell A. George (1904–1992), American politician *

Noel George Frank Noel George (26 December 1897 – 1929) was an English footballer in the 1910s and 1920s who played as a goalkeeper. Early career and Army Born in Lichfield, he started playing as a forward with Hednesford Town before joining the Royal Ar ...

(1897–1929), football goalkeeper of the 1920s *

Norman George Norman George (born 2 July 1946) is a Cook Islands politician and former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister, and Cabinet Minister. George was first elected to the Parliament of the Cook Islands in 1983. He represented ...

(born 1946), Cook Islands politician * Oorlagh George (born 1980), American filmmaker from Northern Ireland *

Paul George Paul Clifton Anthony George (born May 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "PG-13", he is a seven-time NBA All-Star and six-time member of th ...

(born 1990), American basketball player * Paul George (disambiguation) *

Pete George Peter T. George (June 29, 1929 – July 27, 2021) was an American Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter and Olympic and World champion. He was later an assistant professor of stomatology. Because of Bulgarian Americans, his ethnic origin, and d ...

(1929–2021), American weightlifter and Olympic champion * Peter George (disambiguation) *

Phyllis George Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster. In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show ''The NFL Today'', becoming one of the first women ...

(1949–2020), Miss America, sportscaster * Robert George (disambiguation), multiple people * Sophia George (born 1964), Jamaican singer *

Stefan George Stefan Anton George (; 12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary ...

(1868–1933), German poet *

Susan George (actress) Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. Early life She was born in Surbiton, Surrey (now London), and has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South Wales as a child. She trai ...

(born 1950), English film and television actress *

Susan George (political scientist) Susan George (born June 29, 1934) is an American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is the president of the Transnational Institute, a think ...

(born 1934), Franco-American political and social scientist *Susan

(born 1949), author *

Terry George Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. ''The Boxer'', ''Some Mother's Son'', and ''In the Name of the Father'') involves "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated fo ...

(born 1952), Irish screenwriter and director * Thomas George (disambiguation) *

Tom George Thomas George (born December 2, 1956) is an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. As a Republican member of the Michigan State Senate, he represented Kalamazoo County as well as an eastern portion of Van Buren Count ...

(born 1956), American politician *

Tony George Anton Hulman "Tony" George (born December 30, 1959) is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hulman & Company, serving from 1989 to 2009. He was also formerly on the Board of Directors of both entities ...

(born 1959), CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Co. *

Tyler George Tyler George (born October 6, 1982) is an American curler from Duluth, Minnesota. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, 2016 World bronze medalist, and 2018 Olympic gold medalist. Since the 2018 Olympics, he has taken a break from playing competitiv ...

(born 1982), American curler *

Uwe George Uwe George (born April 1, 1940, in Kiel, Germany) is a prize-winning German documentary film maker, science editor and writer. In the 1960s, he studied birds in the Sahara Desert and wrote several ornithology articles on the nesting behavior and ...

(born 1940), German documentary film maker and writer *Vanessa George (born 1970), English paedophile convicted in the 2009 Plymouth child abuse case * W. L. George (1882–1926), English writer *

Wally George Wally George (born George Walter Pearch; December 4, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American conservative radio and television commentator. Calling himself the "Father of Combat TV," he was a fixture on Southern California television for ...

(1931–2003), American conservative radio and television commentator * Walter George (disambiguation) * William George (disambiguation)

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