George Baker may refer to:

Arts

* George Baker (British actor) (1931–2011), British film and television actor *

George Baker (art historian) George Thomas Baker (born April 25, 1970) is an American art critic and historian of modern and contemporary art. He is especially known for his writings on photography. He is a professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles ...

(born 1970), American art historian *

George Baker (Indian actor) George Baker (born 28 October 1946) is an Anglo-Indian actor and politician. He is primarily known for his works in Bengali and Assamese language films. He is one of the two Members of Parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 ...

(born 1946), Indian actor and politician *

George Baker (baritone) George Baker (10 February 1885 – 8 January 1976) was an English singer. He is remembered for singing on thousands of gramophone records in a career that spanned 53 years, beginning in 1909. He is especially associated with the comic barito ...

(1885–1976), British singer *

George Baker (cartoonist) George Baker (May 22, 1915 – May 7, 1975) was a cartoonist who became prominent during World War II as the creator of the popular comic strip '' The Sad Sack''. The 1957 comedy film '' The Sad Sack'' starring Jerry Lewis was based on Baker's ...

(1915–1975), ''Sad Sack'' comic strip * George Baker (Dutch singer) (born 1944), Dutch singer and songwriter ** George Baker Selection, Dutch pop music group * George Baker (organist) (1773–1847), English musician *

George C. Baker George C. Baker (born June 9, 1951 in Dallas, Texas) is an American organist, composer, pedagogue, and dermatologist. Biography Baker received his first musical instruction at age four. In 1961, he began to take organ lessons with Phil Baker ...

(born 1951), composer and organist *

George D. Baker George Duane Baker (April 22, 1868 – June 2, 1933) was an American motion picture director whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Early life He was born at Champaign, Illinois on April 22, 1868. He was the second son and third ...

(1868–1933), American film director *

George Herbert Baker George Herbert Baker (February 14, 1878 – March 11, 1943) was an American Impressionist artist who worked primarily in the Richmond, Indiana area and was a member of the "Richmond Group" of painters. He worked in oil, watercolor and pastels. He ...

(1878–1943), American Impressionist artist * George Melville Baker (1832–1890), American playwright and publisher *

George Pierce Baker George Pierce Baker (April 4, 1866 – January 6, 1935) was a professor of English at Harvard and Yale and author of ''Dramatic Technique'', a codification of the principles of drama. Biography Baker graduated in the Harvard College class of 1887 ...

(1866–1935), American drama professor * George Philip Baker (1879–1951), British author * George Augustus Baker (1821–1880), American portrait painter

Politics

* George Baker (Canadian politician) (born 1942), Canadian senator *

George Baker (died 1723) George Baker (died 1723) of Crook Hall, Lanchester and Elemore, county Durham, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Baker was the only son of George Baker of Crook Hall and his wife Elizab ...

, British politician * George Barnard Baker (1834–1910), Canadian politician from Quebec *

George Harold Baker George Harold Baker (November 4, 1877 – June 2, 1916) was a lawyer, political figure, and soldier from Quebec, Canada. He represented Brome in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1916 as a Conservative Member of Parliament. He is th ...

(1877–1916), Canadian politician and lawyer *

George Luis Baker George Luis Baker (1868–1941) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1917 to 1933. Baker was born in The Dalles and attended school in California. Working in the theatrical business, Baker starte ...

(1868–1941), mayor of Portland, Oregon, 1917–1933 *

George W. C. Baker George Washington Conrad Baker (September 28, 1872 – April 13, 1953) was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council from 1931 to 1935. Biography Baker was born on September 28, 1872, in San Francisco, California, the son of Conrad ...

(1872–1953), councilman on the Los Angeles City Council, 1931–1937 *

George H. Baker George H. Baker (November 1859 – December 23, 1928) was an American politician in the state of Washington (US state), Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives. From 1905 to 1907, he was Pr ...

(1859–1928), American politician in the state of Washington *

George Baker (mayor) George Baker (1825–1910) was a British industrialist and Liberal politician and philanthropist. He was born in Birmingham on 11 May 1825, from a long-established Quaker family.''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. He was educated ...

(1825–1910), British industrialist, politician and philanthropist, mayor of Birmingham *

George Ellis Baker George Ellis Baker (March 16, 1816 – October 2, 1887) was an American merchant, town clerk and state legislator. Early life Baker was born on March 16, 1816 in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was the eldest son of six children born to John Baker (1 ...

(1816–1887), member of the New York State Assembly

Religion

* Father Divine ( 1876–1965), American religious leader whose real name was possibly George Baker *

George Baker (bishop) George Baker was Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the ...

( 1661–1665), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore * George Baker (archdeacon of Totnes) (1687–1772), British Anglican priest *

George Baker (dean of Antigua) George Stanley Baker was the Dean of Antigua from 1943 until 1970. '' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' p44London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Baker was educated at Codrington College and ordained in 1926. His first post was a curacy a ...

(fl. 1926–1970), Barbadian Anglican priest *

A. George Baker Anthony George Baker (February 2, 1849 – February 17, 1918) was an American Protestant clergyman and medical doctor who converted to Islam. Background Anthony George Baker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was the son of German immigra ...

(1849–1918), American Protestant clergyman who converted to Islam

Sports

George Baker (baseball) George F. Baker (August 20, 1857 – January 29, 1915), born George F. Boecke, was an American Major League Baseball player who played catcher from 1883 to 1886. He played for the Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Maroons, and Kansas City Cowboys Seve ...

(1857–1915), Major League Baseball player *

George Baker (cricketer, born 1838) George Baker (31 May 1838 – 2 June 1870) was an English cricketer active between 1859 and 1863. Baker was born in Cobham, Kent and played 27 first-class cricket matches in his career, including 22 for Kent County Cricket Club and three for M ...

(1838–1870), English cricketer, played for Kent *

George Baker (cricketer, born 1849) George Dashwood Baker (4 March 1849 – 21 December 1879) was an English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Compton Martin, Somerset. Educated at Rugby School before attending University Co ...

(1849–1879), English cricketer, played for Middlesex * George Baker (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1938), English cricketer, played for Yorkshire and Lancashire *

George Baker (New Zealand cricketer) Edward George Huia Baker (15 September 1895 – 15 May 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1919 to 1921. Baker was born on 15 September 1895 in Ōtaki. His parents were Edward and M ...

(1895–1962), New Zealand cricketer * George Baker (footballer) (born 1936), Wales international footballer * George Baker (jockey), English jockey

Others

* George Baker (judge) (1910–1984), British judge * George Baker (inventor) (1844–1894), American submarine inventor * George Baker (surgeon) (1540–1600), English surgeon *

George Baker (topographer) George Baker (1781–1851), topographer and historian, was a native of Northampton, England. While a schoolboy, at the age of 13, he wrote a manuscript history of Northampton, and from that time he was always engaged in enlarging his collections. ...

(1781–1851), topographer and historian of Northampton, England *

George Baker (geologist) George Baker (1908–1975) was an Australian mineralogist, geologist, university teacher and researcher based in Melbourne, Victoria in the mid-20th century. His teaching and research work was undertaken through positions at the University of Mel ...

(1908–1975), Australian mineralogist and academic *George Charlie Baker (fl. 2006), perpetrator of the

murder of Liam Ashley Liam Ashley was a 17-year-old child from North Shore City, Auckland who was murdered on 24 August 2006, by George Charlie Baker, a prisoner from North Shore, Auckland. The crime occurredGeorge Fisher Baker (1840–1931), American banker and philanthropist * George Percival Baker (1856–1951), British botanist, mountaineer, and textile merchant and collector *

George P. Baker (dean of Harvard Business School) George Pierce Baker (November 1, 1903 – January 25, 1995) was the fifth dean of the Harvard Business School. Baker earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. all from Harvard University. He began teaching at Harvard in 1928 and joined Harvard B ...

(1903–1995), fifth dean of the Harvard Business School * George P. Baker (Herman C. Krannert Professor) (fl. 1987–present), American * Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet (1722–1809), British physician {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, George