George Ward may refer to:
Sportspeople
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G. B. Ward (1878–1942), American college football player and coach
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George Ward (canoeist)
George Ward (February 23, 1932 – October 23, 2008) was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate ci ...
(born 1932), Canadian Olympic canoer
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George Ward (footballer, born 1877)
George Henry Ward (22 April 1877 – 2 August 1921) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Arthur James Ward (1847-1914), and Helen Ward (1846-1928), née Gardner, ...
(1877–1921), Australian rules football player for Essendon
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George Ward (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1928), Australian rules football player for Richmond
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George Ward (English footballer), English football player
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George Ward (footballer, born 1908), see
1931–32 Rochdale A.F.C. season
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George Ward (rugby union) (1885–1962), English rugby union player
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George S. Ward (1867–1940), vice president of the Brooklyn Federal League Baseball Club
Politicians
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George Ward, 1st Viscount Ward of Witley
George may refer to:
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 ...
(1907–1988), British Conservative Party politician
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George Ward (Liberal politician)
George Ward JP (14 January 1879 – 3 December 1951) was a British Liberal Party politician and boot manufacturer.
Biography
Ward was educated at Barwell National School in Leicestershire. On 10 June 1905 he married Emily Haydon. In business W ...
(1878–1951), Member of Parliament for Bosworth
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George B. Ward (1867–1940), mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
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George Taliaferro Ward
George Taliaferro Ward (1810 – May 5, 1862) was a major cotton planter and politician from Leon County, Florida. He served in the Confederate Army as a colonel during the American Civil War, dying near Williamsburg, Virginia.
Early life and m ...
(1810–1862), cotton plantation owner and politician from Leon County, Florida
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George F. Ward
George F. Ward (born 1945) is a former United States Ambassador to Namibia.
Education
Ward earned a BA degree in history from the University of Rochester and an MPA degree from Harvard University.
Other diplomatic posts
*1989 – 1992: Deputy ...
(born 1945), former United States Ambassador to Namibia
Others
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Cherry Valentine
George Ward (30 November 1993 – 18 September 2022), better known by the stage name Cherry Valentine, was an English drag queen and mental health nurse who is best known for competing in the second series of the television show ''RuPaul's Dra ...
(1993–2022), English drag queen
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George Ward (luthier)
George Ward ( ga, Seoirse Mac an Bháird; ) was an Irish luthier and maker of violins and cellos from Dublin. His instruments are considered original in style with some resemblances to the Stradivarius model. One of his violins is preserved as ...
(died ), Irish luthier
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George Ward (priest)
George Herbert Ward (1862–1946) was Archdeacon of Wisbech from 1924 to 1945.
Ward was educated at Malvern and Hertford College, Oxford and became an Assistant Master at St Paul's School, London. He was ordained Deacon in 1893 and Priest in 1 ...
(1862–1946), Archdeacon of Wisbech
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George Hull Ward
George Hull Ward (April 26, 1826 – July 3, 1863) was a soldier and Union officer in the American Civil War.
Early life
Ward was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and educated in the common schools. He married Emily E. Mayo on June 5, 1851. ...
(1826–1863), soldier and Union officer in the American Civil War
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George W. Ward (1867–1932), principal of Maryland State Normal School (now Towson University)
*George Ward (1933–2012), co-owner of Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories during the 1976–78
Grunwick dispute
The Grunwick dispute was a British industrial dispute involving trade union recognition at the Grunwick Film Processing Laboratories in Chapter Road, Dollis Hill in the London suburb of Willesden, that led to a two-year strike between 1976 and 197 ...
*George Ward (died 1901),
lynched by a white mob in Terre Haute, Indiana
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George Warde
General George Warde (24 November 1725 – 11 March 1803) was a British Army officer. The second son of Colonel John Warde of Squerryes Court in Westerham, and Miss Frances Bristow of Micheldever. He was a close childhood friend of James Wolfe, ...
(1725–1803), British Army officer
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