George Butler may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

George Butler (record producer) George Butler (September 2, 1931 – April 9, 2008) was a prominent American jazz record producer, executive and A&R man. He worked for a number of well-known jazz record labels from the 1960s to the 1990s including Blue Note Records, Columbia ...

(1931–2008), American record producer * George "Wild Child" Butler (1936–2005), American blues musician *

George Butler (filmmaker) George Tyssen Butler (12 October 1943 – 21 October 2021) was a British filmmaker and photographer, and a pioneer of the theatrical documentary. Some of his most popular films include ''Pumping Iron'' (1977), which introduced a wider audience t ...

(1944–2021), American filmmaker *

George Edmund Butler George Edmund Butler ( – ) was a landscape and portrait painter specialising in oils and watercolours. Born in England, his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was 11 years old. After completing his schooling, he studied art at the Welling ...

(1872–1936), English landscape and portrait painter *

George Bernard Butler George Bernard Butler Jr. (1838–1907) was a portrait, genre, animal, and still life painter. Butler was born in New York City, where he studied art under Thomas Hicks Thomas or Tom Hicks may refer to: Sports *Thomas Hicks (bobsleigh) (1918–199 ...

(1838–1907), American painter

Education

George Butler (headmaster) George Butler (5 July 1774 – 30 April 1853) was an English schoolmaster and divine, Headmaster of Harrow School from 1805 to 1829 and Dean of Peterborough from 1842 to his death in 1853. Biography The son of Weeden Butler (1742–1823), Ge ...

(1774–1853), English schoolmaster and churchman, also his son (1819–1890) *

George Butler (1819–1890) The Reverend Canon George Butler (11 June 1819 – 14 March 1890) was an English divine and schoolmaster. Background Born in Harrow in 1819, Butler was from a family that had great educational influence in the 19th Century, more than that of Ar ...

, English divine and schoolmaster

Law and politics

* Geoffrey G. Butler (1887–1929), British Member of Parliament for Cambridge University, 1923–1929 *

George Slade Butler George Slade Butler (1821–1882) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life Butler was the son of Richard Weeden Butler, a surgeon in practice at Rye, Sussex, by his third wife, Rhoda Jane, only daughter of Daniel Slade, of London and Rye. Born ...

(1821–1882), English lawyer and antiquary * George Howland Butler (1894–1967), United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic *

George Edwin Butler George Edwin Butler (June 5, 1868 – May 1, 1941) was an American lawyer and an author of research studies and works, particularly about North Carolina. His most notable book is ''The Croatan Indians of Sampson County, North Carolina. Their O ...

(1868–1941), American lawyer and author

Military

George D. Butler The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined with Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas) in putting up armed resistance to the centralization ...

(1813–1836), Alamo defender *

George Lee Butler George Lee Butler (born June 17, 1939), sometimes known as Lee Butler, is an American retired military officer. He was commander in chief, United States Strategic Command, and the last commander of Strategic Air Command. Following his retirement ...

(born 1939), Commander in Chief Strategic Air Command *

George Harris Butler George Harris Butler (1840 – May 11, 1886) the nephew of a prominent Massachusetts Congressman, was appointed Consul General in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1870. He dismissed all consular agents, auctioned off their commissions, and purchased dancing ...

(1840–1886), U.S. Army officer and U.S. counsel general to Egypt

Sports

George Butler (cricketer, born 1810) George Butler (20 February 1810 – 23 April 1887) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1841 to 1852. He was mainly associated with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club Nottinghamshire County Cricket C ...

(1810–1887), English cricketer *

George Butler (cricketer, born 1900) George Stephen Butler (16 December 1900 at Marlborough, Wiltshire – 21 September 1969 at Kingswear, Devon), played first-class cricket for Somerset in one match in 1920 and Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1920 to 1939. While appeari ...

(1900–1969), English cricketer

Other

* George Ide Butler (1834–1918), Seventh-day Adventist leader *

George Henry Butler Butler Brothers was a retailer and wholesale supplier based in Chicago. It was founded in 1877 as a mail-order company by Charles Hamblet Butler, George H. Butler and Edward Burgess Butler. History In the 1920s, Butler Brothers moved into retail ...

, American businessman * George Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde (1890–1949) *

George Butler (bishop) George Butler (13 February 1815, Limerick – 3 February 1886, Limerick) was an Irish Roman Catholic bishop. Butler was educated at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, and ordained in 1838. He spent his whole career in Limerick, as a curate, then a ...

, bishop of Limerick {{DEFAULTSORT:Butler, George