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Entertainment

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George Davis (actor) George Davis (7 November 1889 – 19 April 1965) was a Dutch-born American actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1916 and 1963. He was born in Amsterdam and died in Los Angeles, California, from cancer. Selected filmography * ' ...
(1889–1965), Dutch-born American actor *
George Davis (art director) George Davis (April 17, 1914 – October 3, 1998) was an American art director and was the supervising art director at MGM from 1959 to 1970. He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for his work on ''The Robe'' in 1954 and for ''The D ...
(1914–1998), American art director * George Davis (author) (1939), American novelist *
George Davis (editor) George Davis (February 4, ...
(1906–1957), American fiction editor and minor novelist * George S. Davis (1906–1992), aka The Singing Miner, American country singer


Military

* George Andrew Davis Jr. (1920–1952), United States Air Force major and Medal of Honor recipient *
George B. Davis George Breckenridge Davis (February 13, 1847 – December 16, 1914) was the tenth Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. Davis was born at Ware, Massachusetts. In 1863, at the age of 16 years, he enlisted in the 1st Massachusetts Vo ...
(1847–1914), Judge Advocate General of the United States Army * George E. Davis (Medal of Honor) (1839–1926), American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient * George Fleming Davis (1911–1945), U.S. Navy commander, Medal of Honor recipient * George Whitefield Davis (1839–1918), American general and military Governor of Puerto Rico * George W. Davis VI (born 1938), U.S. Navy rear admiral


Politics

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George Davis (American politician) George Davis (March 1, 1820 – February 23, 1896) was a Confederate politician and railroad counsel who served as attorney general of the Confederate States for 480 days in 1864 and 1865. A skilled orator, he gave a notable public speech in M ...
(1820–1896), 4th Attorney General of the Confederate States * George Davis (Australian politician) (1833–1896), Victorian Legislative Council member, Minister of Defence *
George Davis (New Zealand politician) George Davis (1876 – 20 September 1937) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. Biography Early life Born in England in 1876, Davis sailed to New Zealand as a child settling in Auckland and eventually became a trade unionist. He be ...
(1873–1937), New Zealand trade unionist and local body politician * George Allen Davis (1857–1920), New York state senator *
George Martley Davis George Martley Davis (7 January 1860 – 20 July 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Emerald Hill to grazier George Davis and Mary Critchley Sylvester. He attended state and grammar schools and worked as a stock agent on th ...
(1860–1938), Australian politician *
George R. Davis (New York politician) George Rex Davis (1788 Johnstown (city), New York, Johnstown, then in Montgomery County, New York, Montgomery County, now in Fulton County, New York – June 24, 1867 Troy, New York, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York) was an American lawyer and po ...
(1788–1867), Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1831 and 1843 * George R. Davis (Illinois politician) (1840–1899), U.S. Representative from Illinois * George T. Davis (1810–1877), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts


Sports

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George Davis (baseball) George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 – October 17, 1940) was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Davis also spent multiple seasons as a third baseman and center fie ...
(1870–1940), American baseball player and manager *
George Davis (footballer) George Davis may refer to: Entertainment * George Davis (actor) (1889–1965), Dutch-born American actor * George Davis (art director) (1914–1998), American art director * George Davis (author) (1939), American novelist *George Davis (editor) (1 ...
(1881–1969), England international footballer *
Iron Davis George Allen "Iron" Davis Jr. (March 9, 1890 – June 4, 1961) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1915. He played for the Boston Braves and New York Highland ...
(George Allen Davis, 1890–1961), American baseball pitcher *
Mark Davis (fisherman) Mark Davis (born October 11, 1963) is a professional sport fisherman of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and is one of only two anglers to have won the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year and the Bassmasters Classic tournament in the sam ...
(George Mark Davis, born 1963), bass fisherman *
George Davis IV George Davis IV (born August 5, 1987) is the Director of the LouCity & Racing Foundation and an American former soccer player who previously played for Louisville City FC in the USL Championship. Early life Personal Davis was born in Dayton, Ohio ...
(born 1987), American soccer player


Other

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George Lawrence Davis George Lawrence Davis (1830–1894) was commended to Madrid (Spain) from Leominster (Herefordshire) in 1863 to preach the gospel. For some years he traveled through Spain with a Bible Carriage, dubbed "the armored vehicle". After an escape from ...
(1830–1894), English Christian missionary *
George E. Davis George Edward Davis (1850–1907) is regarded as the founding father of the discipline of chemical engineering. Life Davis was born at Eton on 27 July 1850, the eldest son of George Davis, a bookseller. At the age of fourteen he was apprenti ...
(1850–1907), British founding father of chemical engineering *
George Francis Davis Sir George Francis Davis (1883 – 1947) was a New Zealand born industrialist. He is notable mainly for his association with Davis Gelatine, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, and the Glen Davis Shale Oil Works, in Australia. Glen Davis, New South Wales is ...
(1883–1947), New Zealand born industrialist in Australia *
George Russell Davis George Russell Davis (December 13, 1861 – June 13, 1933) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court from 1897 until 1905. An attorney by trade, he was active in Republican politics and ...
(1861–1933), American jurist on the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court *
George Davis (robber) George Davis (born 1941) is an armed robber, born in Bletchley, England and active in England. He became known through a successful campaign by friends and supporters to free him from prison after his wrongful conviction in March 1975, for an arm ...
(born 1941), British armed robber *
George Harold Davis The 2003 Ennis shootings occurred on June 14, 2003, when 44-year-old George Harold Davis opened fire on a group of people outside a bar in downtown Ennis, in Madison County, Montana, then engaged police officers in a high-speed chase and shootout. ...
(born 1958), American spree killer *
George Roscoe Davis George Roscoe Davis was a Washington, DC lawyer. Biography In the late 1800s, he moved from Maine to Washington, DC to attend classes at George Washington University where in 1894 he became a charter member of the Columbian University chapter of T ...
, Washington, D.C. lawyer *
George Davis House (Toronto) The George Davis House, is a house in Toronto, Ontario built in 1919 and designated as a Toronto Heritage Property on September 30, 2004. The house is located at 40 Kingswood Road in the Beaches area of eastern Toronto and part of the Kingswood Roa ...
, a designated house in Toronto


See also

* George Davies (disambiguation) *
George Davys George Davys (1780–1864) was an English cleric, tutor to Queen Victoria, and later Bishop of Peterborough. He was previously Dean of Chester. He himself was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, where a house is named after him. Life The ...
(1780–1864), tutor to Queen Victoria and bishop *
Georgie Davis Georgie Davis (stage name Kees Rietveld; born 1969 in The Hague, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer, who was one of the first participants of the Soundmixshow in 1985. Career David performed a song by Stevie Wonder. Later in the year Davis scored ...
(born 1969), artist name of Kees Rietveld, Dutch singer {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, George