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People

* George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States *
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 his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Q ...
, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 *
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 his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of I ...
, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 *
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 Char ...
* George Papagheorghe 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 " Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had ...
* 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 n ...
** George Airport


United States

* George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California


Characters

* George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig and Peppa's younger brother in the British show ''Peppa Pig'' * George Beard, a character in '' Captain Underpants'' * George Kirrin, a ''Famous Five'' character known simply as George * George Liquor, a character created by John Kricfalusi * George the Steamroller, a character from ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' *
George Lundgren This is a list of characters featured in the PBS Kids television show '' Arthur'', which is based on the book series by Marc Brown. Arthur, the title character, is the chief protagonist in the anthropomorphism series. Buster, Francine, Muffy, ...
, 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 phys ...
and
television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...
series * the title character of the '' Curious George'' franchise * the title character of the animated television program '' George of the Jungle'' * the title character of the American animated television series '' George Shrinks'' * 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) The Laning and Zierler system (sometimes called "George" by its users) was the first operating algebraic compiler, that is, a system capable of accepting mathematical formulas in algebraic notation and producing equivalent machine code (the term ...
also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 *
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 ...
, a range of operating systems (George 1-4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s *
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 * George (robot), a simple humanoid robot built by Tony Sale in 1949


Film and television

* ''George'' (1972 TV series), a Canadian-Swiss television series * ''George'' (1993 TV series), a short-lived sitcom starring George Foreman * George, the sixth MGM lion * "George" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1974 episode of the television series ''M*A*S*H''


Print

* ''George'' (magazine), a magazine founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr * ''George'' (novel), a 2016 novel by Alex Gino * ''(George)'', a 1970 novel by E. L. Konigsburg


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 * ''George'' (EP), an EP by Cartman * "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" * George (bus service), a bus service in Falls Church, Virginia, United States * ''George'' (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806 *
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 o ...
, a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed "George" *
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’ bag ...
s, often referred to as "George"


Animals

* George (dog), a Jack Russell Terrier who defended children from a two-dog attack * George (lobster) *
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 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, and the Bath & Racquets ...
, a members club on Mount Street in London's Mayfair district * George (clothing), a clothing brand sold exclusively in Walmart and Asda stores * George (vacuum cleaner) * Greenhouse George, a nuclear bomb


See also

* Georg (disambiguation) * George Bridge (disambiguation) * George Street (disambiguation) *
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 ...
* List of hurricanes named Georges *
Tropical Storm George (disambiguation) The name George has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean and for one in the Australian region of the South-East Indian Ocean. In the Atlantic: * 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane, designated "George" by the Weather Bureau offic ...
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Georgi (disambiguation) Georgi may refer to: * Georgi (given name) * Georgi (surname) See also *Georgy (disambiguation) Georgy may refer to: * Georgy (given name) *Diminituve for Georgina *Georgy, the protagonist in '' Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song * ''Georgy'' (mu ...
* Georgia (disambiguation) *
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 * ...
* Georgii (disambiguation) *
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 rive ...
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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, a ...
* Gorge (disambiguation) *
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, Dubli ...
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