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 ...

(1732–1799) was the commander-in-chief of Continental forces in the

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...

and the first

president of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...

People with the surname Washington

George Washington (baseball) Sloan Vernon "George" Washington (June 4, 1907 – February 17, 1985) was a professional baseball outfielder. He played all of and part of in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Washington's minor league baseball career spanned twe ...

(1907–1985), American baseball player *

George Washington (inventor) George Constant Louis Washington (May 20, 1871 – March 29, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best remembered for his improvement of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass production, mass-pro ...

(1871–1946), Belgium-born American inventor of an instant coffee process ** George Washington Jr. (1899–1966), his son, inventor of a photoengraving process for newspapers *

George Washington (Mississippi politician) George Washington was an American state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Carroll County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1874 and 1875. He was documented as being "mulatto".Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Loui ...

state legislator *

George Washington (trombonist) George Washington (born October 18, 1907) was an American jazz trombonist. Early life and education Washington was born in Brunswick, Georgia, and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He began playing trombone at age ten, and attended Edward Waters ...

(born 1907), American jazz trombonist *

George Washington (Washington pioneer) George Washington (August 15, 1817 – August 26, 1905) was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington.Kit OldhamGeorge and Mary Jane Washington founded the town of Centerville (now Centralia) on January 8, 1875 HistoryLink, February 23, ...

(1817–1905), African American pioneer, founder of Centralia, Washington * George Augustine Washington (1815–1892), American tobacco planter, slaveholder, company director and politician *

George Corbin Washington George Corbin Washington (August 20, 1789 – July 17, 1854) was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. Early life and education Washington was bor ...

(1789–1854), United States Congressman from Maryland * George Dewey Washington (1898–1954), American singer *

George Steptoe Washington George Steptoe Washington (August 17, 1771 – January 10, 1809) was a Virginia planter and militia officer who died at the age of 37 of tuberculosis. He was a nephew of the first President of the United States George Washington, and one of the l ...

(1771–1809), planter, militia officer and nephew of the first President *

George Thomas Washington George Thomas Washington (June 24, 1908 – August 21, 1971) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Education and career Washington was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, the son ...

(1908–1971), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit *

George T. Washington (Liberia) Dr. George Toe Washington was a Liberian three-star general and political figure. He served as Army Chief of Staff under President William V.S. Tubman. In Liberia's 1997 Liberian general election, 1997 presidential election, he ran for the People ...

, Liberian political figure

People with the given name George Washington

George Washington Adams George Washington Adams (April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829) was an American attorney and politician. He was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. Adams served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives ...

(1801–1829), American politician, and eldest son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams *

George Washington Anderson George Washington Anderson (May 22, 1832 – February 26, 1902) was an American slave owner, lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United St ...

(1832–1902), American politician *

George Washington Bethune George Washington Bethune (March 18, 1805 – April 28, 1862) was a preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church. Life and career Of Huguenot descent, his father was Divie Bethune, a highly successful merchant in New York. Originally a student at ...

(1805–1862), preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church * George Washington Blanchard (1884–1964), American politician *

George Washington Bolton George Washington Bolton (September 15, 1841 – August 2, 1931) was a state legislator, businessman, and school board member in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Early life George Washington Bolton was born to Eliza (née Burbridge) and Elisha P. Bolt ...

(1841–1931), American banker and politician *

George Washington Bridges George Washington Bridges (October 9, 1825 – March 16, 1873) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee from 1861 to 1863. A Southern Unionist, he ...

(1825–1873), American politician *

George Washington Browne Sir George Washington Browne (21 September 1853 – 15 June 1939) was a Scottish architect. He was born in Glasgow, and trained there and in London. He spent most of his career in Edinburgh, although his work can be found throughout Scotland a ...

(1853–1939), British architect *

George Washington Bush George Washington Bush (1779 – April 5, 1863) was an American pioneer and one of the first African-American (Irish and African) non-Amerindian settlers of the Pacific Northwest. Early life and education George Bush was born in Pennsylvania ...

(1779–1863), American pioneer * George Washington Caldwell (1849–1916), Michigan State Representative from 1897 through 1900 * George Washington Campbell (1769–1848), 5th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury * George Washington Campbell (1828–1905), cofounder and lifelong board member of Alabama's

Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was de ...

George Washington Carver George Washington Carver ( 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the ea ...

(''c.'' 1864/5–1943), American botanist *

George Washington Cass George Washington Cass (March 12, 1810 – March 21, 1888) was an American industrialist and president of the Northern Pacific Railway. Family George Washington Cass was born near Dresden, Ohio, March 12, 1810, to George W. and Sophia (Lor ...

(1810–1888), American industrialist * George Washington Collins (1925–1972),American politician *

George Washington Crile George Washington Crile (November 11, 1864 – January 7, 1943) was an American surgeon. Crile is now formally recognized as the first surgeon to have succeeded in a direct blood transfusion. He contributed to other procedures, such as neck dis ...

(1864–1943), American surgeon *

George Washington Parke Custis George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was an American plantation owner, antiquarian, author, and playwright. His father John Parke Custis was the stepson of George Washington. He and his sister Eleanor grew u ...

(1781–1857), adopted son (and also step-grandson) of President George Washington *

George Washington Cullum George Washington Cullum (25 February 1809 – 28 February 1892) was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He worked as the supervising engineer on the building and repair of many fortifications across the country. Cullum served as a general ...

(1809–1892), Union Army general * George Washington Cutter (1801–1865), American poet and Mexican War veteran * George Washington DeLong (1844–1881), United States Navy officer * George Washington Dietzler (1826–1884), Union Army general *

George Washington Dixon George Washington Dixon (1801?Many biographies list his birth year as 1808, but Cockrell, ''Demons of Disorder'', 189, argues that 1801 is the correct date. This is based on Dixon's records at a New Orleans hospital, which list him as 60 years ol ...

(1801–1861), American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor *

George Washington Doane George Washington Doane (May 27, 1799 – April 27, 1859) was an American churchman, educator, and the second bishop in the Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey. Early life and career Doane was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He gradu ...

(1799–1859), American churchman, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New Jersey *

George Washington Donaghey George Washington Donaghey (July 1, 1856 – December 15, 1937) was an American businessman and the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913. Early life and education Donaghey was born as the oldest of five children to Chri ...

(1856–1937), governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913 *

George Washington Emery Dorsey George Washington Emery Dorsey (January 25, 1842 – June 12, 1911) was a Representative in the United States Congress from Nebraska. Biography Dorsey was born in Loudoun County, Virginia, and moved with his parents to Preston County, Virginia ...

(1842–1911), American politician * George Washington Duke (1820–1905), American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist *

George Washington Dupee George Washington Dupee (July 24, 1826 – 1897) was a former slave who became a Baptist leader in Kentucky, United States. Early years Dupee was born in Gallatin County, Kentucky on 24 July 1826, son of Cuthbert and Rachael Dupee. His first own ...

(1826-1897), American Baptist leader *

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer. He is mostly known for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Early life Ferris was bor ...

(1859–1896), American engineer * George Washington Fleeger (1839–1894), American politician *

George Washington Gale George Washington Gale (1789 – September 13, 1861) was a Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Presbyterian minister who founded the Oneida Institute of Science and Industry. Early life Gale was born in Stanford, New York, St ...

(1789–1861), an American minister * George Washington Getty (1819–1901), American Civil War Union general *

George Washington Glasscock George Washington Glasscock (April 11, 1810 – February 28, 1868) was an early settler, legislator, and businessman in Texas. He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near the same area where Abraham Lincoln was born. In 1830, he went to St. Lou ...

(1810–1868), early settler, legislator, and businessman in Tousha *

George Washington Glick George Washington Glick (July 4, 1827 – April 13, 1911) was the ninth Governor of Kansas. George Washington Glick was raised on his father's farm near Greencastle, Ohio. He enlisted for service in the Mexican–American War, but saw no acti ...

(1827–1911), American politician *

George Washington Goethals George Washington Goethals ( June 29, 1858 – January 21, 1928) was a United States Army General and civil engineer, best known for his administration and supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. He was the State E ...

(1858–1928), U.S. Army officer and civil engineer * George Washington Gordon (1836–1911), Confederate Army general *

George Washington Grayson George Washington Grayson, also known as ''Yaha Tustunugge'' (Wolf Warrior), (May 12, 1843 - December 2, 1920) (Muscogee Creek), was a businessman, merchant, rancher, publisher of the ''Indian Journal,'' writer, and leader of the Creek Nation durin ...

(1843–1920), Creek scholar, writer, and nationalist * George Washington Greene (1775–1793), son of General

Nathanael Greene Nathanael Greene (June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as General George Washington's most talented and dependabl ...

George Washington Greene George Washington Greene (April 8, 1811 – February 2, 1883) was an American historian. He was also the grandson of Major-General Nathanael Greene, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. Biography Greene was born in East Greenwich, Rho ...

(1811–1883), American historian & grandson of General Greene *

George Washington Harris George Washington Harris (March 20, 1814 – December 11, 1869) was an American humorist best known for his character "Sut Lovingood," an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales. Harris was among the seminal writers of Southe ...

(1814–1869), American humorist *

George Washington Hays George Washington Hays (September 23, 1863September 15, 1927) was an American politician who served as the 24th Governor of Arkansas from 1913 to 1917. Biography Hays was born in Camden, Arkansas. He attended public schools in Camden and worke ...

(1863–1927), American politician *

George Washington Helme George Washington Helme (May 18, 1822 – June 16, 1893) was the founder of Helmetta, New Jersey. Early life and family Helme, born in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA, was the ninth child and fifth son of Major Oliver Helme (descendant of an old Rho ...

(1822–1893), American businessman and soldier *

George Washington Hockley George Washington Hockley (1802 – June 6, 1854) was a Texas revolutionary who served as secretary of war for the Republic of Texas. Hockley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Thomas Hockley (1764-1805), a Philadelphia me ...

(1802–1854), a Texas revolutionary who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas *

George Washington Hopkins George Washington Hopkins (February 22, 1804 – March 1, 1861) was a nineteenth-century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher. Biography Born in Goochland County, Virginia near Goochland Court House to the Episcopal mi ...

(1804–1861), American politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher * George Washington Johnson (1811–1862), first Confederate governor of Kentucky *

George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician) George Washington Jones (March 15, 1806 – November 14, 1884) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Confederate States Congress during the Americ ...

(1806–1884), American politician *

George Washington Jones (Texas politician) George Washington Jones (September 5, 1828 – July 11, 1903) was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Texas and was a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives. Early life George Washington Jones was ...

(1828–1903), American politician *

George Washington Julian George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899) was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery, Julian was the Free Soi ...

(1817–1899), American politician, writer, candidate for Vice President of the United States *

Georges Washington de La Fayette Georges Washington Louis Gilbert de La Fayette (24 December 1779 – 29 November 1849) was the son of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, the French officer and hero of the American Revolution, and Adrienne de La Fayette. He was named in ...

(1779–1849), son of the Marquis de Lafayette (French hero of the American Revolutionary War) *

George Washington Lambert George Washington Thomas Lambert (13 September 1873 – 29 May 1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War. Early life Lambert was born in St Petersburg, Russia, th ...

(1873–1930), Australian artist *

George Washington Custis Lee George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of G ...

(also known as Custis Lee) (1832–1913), eldest son of Robert E. Lee * George Washington Lent Marr (1779–1856), American politician *

George Washington Morgan George Washington Morgan (September 20, 1820 – July 26, 1893) was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the America ...

(1820–1893), American Civil War general *

George Washington Ochs Oakes George Washington Ochs Oakes (October 27, 1861 in Cincinnati, Ohio – October 26, 1931) was an American journalism, journalist. Born George Washington Ochs, he legally added the surname "Oakes" in 1915 out of outrage at the sinking of the ''RMS Lus ...

(1861–1931), American journalist *

George Washington Olvany Judge George Washington Olvany (June 20, 1876 – October 15, 1952) was a New York General Sessions Court judge, the deputy New York City Fire Commissioner, and the leader of Tammany Hall. __NOTOC__ Biography He was born on June 20, 1876. He rep ...

(1876–1952), American judge and politician *

George Washington Owen George Washington Owen (October 20, 1796 – August 18, 1837) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 3rd congressional district and the 10th List of mayors of ...

(1796–1837), American politician *

George Washington Patterson George Washington Patterson (November 11, 1799 – October 15, 1879) was an American politician in the U.S. State of New York. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor of New York. E ...

(1799–1879), American politician *

George Washington Peck George Washington Peck (June 4, 1818 – June 30, 1905) was a United States representative from the state of Michigan. Biography Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York ...

(1818–1905), American politician *

George Washington Pilipō George Washington Pilipō (February 22, 1828 – March 27, 1887) was a politician of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as a member of the House of Representative from North Kona (1860–1884) and Reverend of Kaumakapili Church. Considered one of t ...

(1828–1887), Hawaiian politician *

George Washington Plunkitt George Washington Plunkitt (November 17, 1842 – November 19, 1924) was an American politician from New York State, who served in both houses of the New York State Legislature. He was a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization, a veheme ...

(1842–1924), American politician *

George Washington Putnam George Washington Putnam (March 24, 1826March 4, 1899) was an American farmer, livestock dealer, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the western half of Richland County during the 1872 and 1873 ...

(1826–1899), American soldier and politician *

George Washington Rightmire George Washington Rightmire (November 15, 1868 – December 23, 1952), born in Lawrence County, Ohio, was the sixth President of Ohio State University. He graduated from Ohio State in 1895 and taught in the Columbus Public Schools for seven yea ...

(1868–1952), American educator *

George Washington Riggs George Washington Riggs (July 4, 1813 – August 24, 1881) was an American businessman and banker. He was known as "The President's Banker." He was a trustee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Peabody Education Fund. Early life Riggs was ...

(1813–1881), American businessman *

George Washington Scott George Washington Scott (February 22, 1829 – October 3, 1903) was a noted Florida and Georgia businessperson, education philanthropist, former planter, and former military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. ...

(1829–1903), American businessman and military officer * George Washington Shonk (1850–1900), American politician * George Washington Steele (1839–1922), American lawyer, soldier, and politician * George Washington Toland (1796–1869), American politician *

George Washington Truett George Washington Truett, also known as George W. Truett (May 6, 1867 – July 7, 1944), was an American clergyman who was the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, from 1897 until 1944, and the president of the Southern Bap ...

(1867–1944), American minister and writer * George Washington Vanderbilt (1839–1864), the son of

Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into lead ...

and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family *

George Washington Vanderbilt II George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 – March 6, 1914) was an art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He commission ...

(1862–1914), builder of the Biltmore House *

George Washington Vanderbilt III George Washington Vanderbilt III (September 23, 1914 – June 24, 1961) was an American yachtsman and scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Early life Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the younger son of Alfr ...

(1914–1961), a yachtsman and scientific explorer *

George Washington Walker George Washington Walker (19 March 1800 – 2 February 1859) was an English-born Australian missionary for the church called Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers. Walker was born to Unitarian parents in London, the twenty-first child of Jo ...

(1800–1859), English Quaker missionary who settled in Tasmania *

George Washington Whistler George Washington Whistler (May 19, 1800 – April 7, 1849) was a prominent American civil engineer best known for building steam locomotives and railroads. He is credited with introducing the steam whistle to American locomotives. In 1842, Tsar ...

(1800–1849), American railroad engineer *

George Washington Williams George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 – August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister, politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer on African-American history. He served in the ...

(1849–1891), American religious figure and politician *

(1869–1925), United States Navy admiral *

George Washington Wilson George Washington Wilson (7 February 1823 – 9 March 1893) was a pioneering Scottish photographer. In 1849, he began a career as a portrait miniaturist, switching to portrait photography in 1852. He received a contract to photograph ...

(1823–1893), Scottish photographer *

George Washington Woodward George Washington Woodward (March 26, 1809May 10, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W. Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He attended Geneva Seminary (now Hobart and William Sm ...

(1809–1875), American politician *

George Washington Wright George Washington Wright (June 4, 1816 – April 7, 1885) was a Californian politician. He was the leading vote getter in a November 1849 at-large election for California's two seats in the United States House of Representatives following Ca ...

(1816–1885), American politician * Prince George Washington of Siam (Wichaichan) (1838–1885)

Fictional characters with the given names George Washington

* G. W. Bridge, a Marvel Comics character named after New York City's George Washington Bridge * George Washington Duke, from the 1990 film ''

Rocky V ''Rocky V'' is a 1990 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen (the first time since the first film of the franchise), written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to ''Rocky IV'' (1985) and is the fifth install ...

'' * G. W. (George Washington) McLintock, played by John Wayne in 1963 movie ''

McLintock! :''See also McClintock (disambiguation)'' ''McLintock!'' is a 1963 American Western (genre), Western comedy film, comedy film, starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The film co-stars Wayne's son Patrick Wayne, ...

'' * In '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', Arsenal Gear's AI has been given the initials GW * George Washington, one of the names of

the frog ''The Frog'' is a 1937 British crime film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Gordon Harker, Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins and Carol Goodner. The film is about the police chasing a criminal mastermind who goes by the name of The Frog, and the 1936 ...

from the animated miniseries ''Over the Garden Wall''