George may refer to:
People
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George (given name)
George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was sentenced to dea ...
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George (surname) George is a surname 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), Amer ...
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George (singer)
George Nozuka (born April 28, 1986) is an American-based Canadian-Japanese R&B singer best known for his single "Talk to Me", which peaked at No. 1 on the MuchMusic music-video countdown in October 2006.
Career
Nozuka released his debut ...
, American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George
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George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
, First President of the United States
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...
, 43rd President of the United States
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
, 41st President of the United States
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George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
Born duri ...
, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936
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George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until Death and state funeral of George VI, his death in 1952. ...
, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952
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Prince George of Wales
Prince George of Wales (George Alexander Louis; born 22 July 2013) is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales. George is the eldest grandchild of King Charl ...
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George Papagheorghe
George Papagheorghe (born 22 June 1982, in Constanța) a.k.a. Jorge and at times GEØRGE is a Romanian singer, dancer and TV host, specially for the talent competition ''România dansează'' on Antena 1 starting 2013.
Career Beginnings
George ...
also known as Jorge / GEØRGE
* George, stage name of
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...
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George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter
Places
South Africa
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George, Western Cape
George is the second largest city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative and commercial hub and the seat of the Garden Route District Municipality. It is na ...
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George Airport
George Airport ( af, George Lughawe) is an airport located in George, Western Cape, South Africa. It was formerly known as P.W. Botha Airport, named after the state president who lived in this part of the country.
This airport was originally ...
United States
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George, Iowa
George is a city in Lyon County, Iowa, United States, along the Little Rock River. The population was 1,077 at the time of the 2020 census. The ZIP Code for George is 51237.
Geography
George is located at (43.342523, -96.001157).
According ...
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George, Missouri
George is an extinct town in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): ...
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George, Washington
George is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 809 at the 2020 census. The "humorous homage" to President George Washington has landed George, Washington on lists of unusual place names.
The city is known for b ...
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George County, Mississippi
George County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,578. Its county seat is Lucedale. The county is named for James Z. George, US Senator from Mississippi.
George County is included ...
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George Air Force Base
George Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base located within the city limits, 8 miles northwest, of central Victorville, California, about 75 miles northeast of Los Angeles, California.
Established by the United States Army Air C ...
, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California
Characters
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George (Peppa Pig)
''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. Its characters are listed below.
Cast
The Pigs
* Peppa Pig (voiced by Lily Snowden-Fine in series 1, Cecily Bloom in series 2, Harley Bird in series 3 t ...
, a 2-year-old pig and Peppa's younger brother in the British show ''Peppa Pig''
* George Beard, a character in ''
Captain Underpants
''Captain Underpants'' is an illustrated children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, a ...
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George Kirrin
''The Famous Five'' is a series of children's adventure novels and short stories written by English author Enid Blyton. The first book, ''Five on a Treasure Island'', was published in 1942. The novels feature the adventures of a group of youn ...
, a ''Famous Five'' character known simply as George
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George Liquor
George Liquor (often taking his epithet as George Liquor, American) is a cartoon character created by John Kricfalusi. Liquor is most famous for his appearances on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. He is considered Kricfalusi's signature character and ...
, a character created by John Kricfalusi
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George the Steamroller
This article is about the characters that have appeared in the books of ''The Railway Series'' by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Unless otherwise stated on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Wilbert ...
, a character from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''
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George Lundgren, character in the ''Arthur''
book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arr ...
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television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
series
* the title character of the ''
Curious George
Curious George is a fictional monkey who is the title character of a series of popular children's picture books written by Margret and H. A. Rey. Various media, including films and TV shows, have been based upon the original book series.
Geor ...
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* the title character of the animated television program ''
George of the Jungle
''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series produced and created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who also created ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''. The character George was inspired by the story of Tarzan and a cartoon char ...
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* the title character of the American animated television series ''
George Shrinks
''George Shrinks'' is a children's animated television series. It is based on the children's book by the well-known author William Joyce, produced in China by Jade Animation and Canadian studio Nelvana, in association with PBS. The show premie ...
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* the title character of the TV series ''
George Lopez
George Edward Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian and actor. He is known for starring in his self-produced ABC sitcom. His stand-up comedy examines race and ethnic relations, including Mexican American culture. Lopez has rec ...
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Computing
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George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952
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GEORGE (computer)
GEORGE was an early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. (The name "GEORGE" is apparently not an acronym. It may have been derived from the sentence, "Let George ...
, early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957
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GEORGE (operating system)
GEORGE was the name given to a series of operating systems released by International Computers and Tabulators (ICT) in the 1960s, for the ICT 1900 series of computers. These included GEORGE 1, GEORGE 2, GEORGE 3, and GEORGE 4.
Initially the 19 ...
, a range of operating systems (George 1-4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s
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GEORGE (programming language)
GEORGE (General Order Generator) is a programming language invented by Charles Leonard Hamblin in 1957.
It was designed around a push-down pop-up stack for arithmetic operations, and employed reverse Polish notation.
The language included loops ...
, an autocode system invented by Charles Leonard Hamblin in 1957
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George (robot)
George is a British humanoid robot created by Tony Sale in 1949. The robot was built using scrap metals from a crashed RAF Wellington bomber. George was reactivated in 2010 by Sale and is on display at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley ...
, a simple humanoid robot built by Tony Sale in 1949
Film and television
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''George'' (1972 TV series), a Canadian-Swiss television series
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''George'' (1993 TV series), a short-lived sitcom starring George Foreman
* George, the
sixth MGM lion
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"George" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1974 episode of the television series ''M*A*S*H''
Print
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''George'' (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr
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''George'' (novel), a 2016 novel by Alex Gino
* ''(George)'', a 1970 novel by
E. L. Konigsburg
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association aw ...
Music
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George (band)
George (stylised as george) were an Australian rock band from Brisbane, Queensland. The band's first album, ''Polyserena'', reached No. 1 on the Australian charts on 17 March 2002.
Background
For most of george's career, the band consisted of ...
, an Australian band
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''George'' (EP), an EP by Cartman
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"George" (song), a song by Headless Chickens
* "George", a 1959 spoken word track by
Joyce Grenfell
Joyce Irene Grenfell OBE (''née'' Phipps; 10 February 1910 – 30 November 1979) was an English diseuse, singer, actress and writer. She was known for the songs and monologues she wrote and performed, at first in revues and later in her solo s ...
Transport
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Autopilot
An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft, marine craft or spacecraft without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator' ...
, affectionately known as "George"
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George (bus service)
Arlington Transit (ART) is a bus Public transport, transit system that operates in Arlington County, Virginia, and is managed by the county government. The bus system provides service within Arlington County, and connects to Metrobus, nearby Wash ...
, a bus service in Falls Church, Virginia, United States
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''George'' (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806
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Kawanishi N1K-J
The Kawanishi N1K ''Kyōfū'' (, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex") is an Imperial Japanese Navy floatplane fighter. The Kawanishi N1K-J ''Shiden'' (, "Violet Lightning") was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based version ...
, a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed "George"
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Pullman porter
Pullman porters were men hired to work for the railroads as porters on sleeping cars. Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Their job was to carry passengers’ bagga ...
s, often referred to as "George"
Animals
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George (dog)
George (died 29 April 2007) was a pet dog in Taranaki, New Zealand, that was credited with sacrificing his life to save local children from a dog attack. George's heroism was internationally recognized, and he received posthumous awards from Ne ...
, a Jack Russell Terrier who defended children from a two-dog attack
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George (lobster)
George (hatched approximately 1869) is an American lobster owned briefly by the City Crab and Seafood restaurant in New York City. Captured in December 2008, he was released back into the wild in January 2009. George weighed , and has an estimate ...
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Lonesome George
Lonesome George ( es, Solitario George or , 1910 – June 24, 2012) was a male Pinta Island tortoise (''Chelonoidis niger abingdonii'') and the last known individual of the subspecies. In his last years, he was known as the rarest creat ...
, the last Pinta Island tortoise
Other uses
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George (club)
George is a private members club at 87-88 Mount Street, London, Mount Street in London's Mayfair district. It was established by Mark Birley in 2001. Birley sold the club with his four other Mayfair clubs, Annabel's, Mark's Club, Harry's Bar (Lon ...
, a members club on Mount Street in London's Mayfair district
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George (clothing)
Asda Stores Ltd. () (often styled as ASDA) is a British supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Leeds, England. The company was founded in 1949 when the Asquith family merged their retail business with the Associated Dairies company of Yorks ...
, a clothing brand sold exclusively in Walmart and Asda stores
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George (vacuum cleaner)
Numatic International Ltd (Founded as Numatic Engineering Limited) is a British manufacturer, primarily producing domestic, commercial and industrial cleaning and maintenance equipment distributed worldwide. It is one of the major producers of v ...
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Greenhouse George
Operation Greenhouse was the fifth American nuclear test series, the second conducted in 1951 and the first to test principles that would lead to developing thermonuclear weapons (''hydrogen bombs''). Conducted at the new Pacific Proving Gro ...
, a nuclear bomb
See also
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Georg (disambiguation)
Georg may refer to:
* ''Georg'' (film), 1997
*Georg (musical), Estonian musical
* Georg (given name)
* Georg (surname) George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian (usually Lebanese), French, or ...
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George Bridge (disambiguation) George Bridge may refer to:
People
* G.W. Bridge (George Washington Bridge) comics books character
* George Bridge (born 1995) New Zealand rugby union player
Facilities and Structures
* George Washington Bridge, bridge in New York City
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George Street (disambiguation) George Street may refer to:
People
:''Ordered chronologically''
*George Dixon Street (1812–1882), lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick
*George Edmund Street (1824–1881), English architect
*G. S. Street (George Slythe Street) (1 ...
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Lake George (disambiguation) Lake George or George Lake may refer to:
Inhabited places
Australia
* Lake George, New South Wales, a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council and Yass Valley Council
Canada
*Lake George, Kings County, Nova Scotia
*Lake George, Y ...
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List of hurricanes named Georges The name Georges was used for two tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Hurricane Georges (1980) – Category 1 hurricane looped across the north Atlantic Ocean without causing any reported damage.
* Hurricane Georges (1998) – Category 4 h ...
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Tropical Storm George (disambiguation)
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Georgi (disambiguation) Georgi may refer to:
* Georgi (given name)
* Georgi (surname)
See also
* Georgy (disambiguation)
* Georgii (disambiguation)
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Georgia (disambiguation)
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Georgie (disambiguation) Georgie may refer to:
People
* Georgie Born (b. 1955), British musician and academic
* Georgie Davis (b. 1969), artist name of the Dutch singer Kees Rietveld
* Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player
* Georgie Glen, Scottish actress
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Georgii (disambiguation) Georgii may refer to:
;Given name
* Georgii Zantaraia (born 1987), Ukrainian judoka of Georgian origin
* Georgii Karpechenko (1899–1941) Russian and Soviet biologist
* Georgii Frederiks (1889–1938), Russian geologist
*Georgii Zeliony ( ...
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Georgina (disambiguation) Georgina may refer to:
Names
* Georgina (name), a feminine given name
Places
Australia
* Georgina, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Boulia, Queensland
* Georgina Basin, a large sedimentary basin in Australia
* Georgina River, a r ...
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Georgy (disambiguation) Georgy may refer to:
*Georgy (given name)
*Diminituve for Georgina
*Georgy, the protagonist in ''Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song
* ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl''
See also
*Georgi (disambiguation)
*Georgiy Georgy ...
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Gorge (disambiguation)
A gorge or canyon is a deep cleft resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of rivers.
Gorge may also refer to:
* Gorge (mythology), a figure from Greek mythology
* Gorge FC, an American amateur soccer team
* Gorge Trio, an American exper ...
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The George (disambiguation) The George is the name of many inns, hotels and public houses in the
UK. It may also be a common shortening of The George and Dragon. Notable examples include:
*The George, Southwark, London
*The George, Hammersmith, London
*The George, Dublin
* ...
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