George Williams (priest)
George Williams (1814–1878) was an English cleric, academic and antiquary.
Early life
Born at Eton on 4 April 1814, Williams was son of Edward Williams, a bookseller and publisher there. He was educated on the foundation at Eton College, in th ...
(1814–1878), English academic and antiquary
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George C. F. Williams
George Clinton Fairchild Williams (February 26, 1857 – November 15, 1933) was an American medical doctor, genealogist, and historian who served as president of the Connecticut Historical Society from 1919 to 1922 and 1926 to 1934.
He was born ...
(1857–1933), American medical doctor, genealogist and historian
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George G. Williams George G. Williams (1 May 1902 - 1 December 2000) was professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Rice University. In 1996 he was named as a Rice distinguished alumnus.George Huntston Williams (1914–2000), professor of Unitarian history at Harvard University
* George H. Williams (educator) (1918–2003), president of American University
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George Christopher Williams
George Christopher Williams (May 12, 1926 – September 8, 2010) was an American evolutionary biologist.
Williams was a professor of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who was best known for his vigorous critique of grou ...
(1926–2010), American biologist
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George E. Williams (geologist) George E. Williams may refer to:
* George E. Williams (geologist), Australian geologist
* George E. Williams (New Jersey politician), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
* George E. Williams (New York politician) (1828–1914), New York asse ...
, Australian geologist
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George Williams (lawyer)
George John Williams is an Australian academic specialising in Australian constitutional law and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Planning and Assurance at the University of New South Wales. He was formerly the Dean of the Law Faculty.
At UNSW ...
George A. Williams (actor)
George A. Williams (August 11, 1854 – February 21, 1936), sometimes known as ''G.A. Williams'' or simply as George Williams, was an American actor of the silent film era. Born in 1854 in Kinnickinnic, Wisconsin, he broke into the film industry ...
(1854–1936), American actor of the silent film era
*George Emlyn Williams (1905–1987), Welsh dramatist and actor
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George Williams (musician) George Dale "The Fox" Williams (November 5, 1917 – April 17, 1988) was a musician, composer, and an arranger for a number of major big bands, including Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Sonny Dunham, and Ray Anthony.
Career
He wrote hit ...
(1917–1988), arranger/composer for big bands
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George Brigars Williams
George Brigars Williams (8 January 1929 – 1 August 2016) was a Ghanaian actor.
Early life and education
He was born on 8 January 1929 in Sekondi, Western Region of Ghana, to Nora Awoonor Williams and Francis Awoonor Williams. He had ancestral ...
(1929–2016), Ghanaian actor
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George C. Williams (cinematographer)
George C. Williams is an Indian cinematographer, who works in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industry.
Career
As a youngster, George C. Williams revealed he had a passion for keeping track of lighting, camera angles and framing in Tamil ...
, Indian cinematographer
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George Williams (Desperate Housewives)
''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama series that aired on ABC (American Broadcasting Company). It focuses on the residents living on the fictional Wisteria Lane as narrated by their deceased neighbor, Mary Alice Young ( Brenda St ...
, television character
*George W. Williams, vaudeville performer and recording artist, see
George Williams and Bessie Brown George W. Williams was a vaudeville performer and recording artist in the United States. He recorded several songs with Bessie Brown his wife. They were one of the comedy duos on the TOBA Toba may refer to:
Languages
* Toba Sur language, spoken in ...
Politics
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George Williams (died 1556)
George Williams (by 1521 – 1556) was an English politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on t ...
, MP for Grantham
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George Williams (British politician)
Lieutenant-Colonel George Williams (1765 – 19 December 1850) was a British army officer and Liberal politician.
Background
Williams was born in St Johns, Newfoundland, of Welsh descent, grandson of George Williams of Silverdale near Swansea. ...
(1765–1850), British army officer and Liberal politician
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George Hawkins Williams
George Hawkins Williams (1818 – March 7, 1889) was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1878, Maryland Senate from 1880 to 1884, and as President of the Maryland Senate in 1882.
Early life
Georg ...
(1818–1889), American politician and lawyer
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George Henry Williams
George Henry Williams (March 26, 1823April 4, 1910) was an American judge and politician. He served as chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, was the 32nd Attorney General of the United States, and was elected Oregon's U.S. senator, and serve ...
(1823–1910), United States attorney general and United States senator from Oregon
* George E. Williams (New Jersey politician), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
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(1828–1914), New York assemblyman, 1879
* George Washington Williams (1849–1891), author and Ohio state legislator
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George F. Williams
George Fred Williams (July 10, 1852 – July 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to both Greece and Montenegro.
Early life and career
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Willia ...
(1852–1932), United States representative from Massachusetts
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George A. Williams (Nebraska politician)
George Arthur Williams (August 17, 1864 – July 7, 1946) was a 20th-century politician who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1925 to 1931.
Born in La Fayette, Illinois, Williams attended school in Galva, Illinois, though ...
(1864–1946), lieutenant governor of Nebraska, 1925–1931
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George Norris Williams
George Norris Williams (13 October 1866, Ōkaihau New Zealand – 9 July 1949, Dawson City) was the acting commissioner of Yukon from 13 October 1916 to 1 Apirl 1918, when the previous commissioner, George Black, was fighting in World War I. Bef ...
(1866–1949), acting Commissioner of Yukon, 1915 to 1916
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George Williams (Michigan politician)
George Williams was born on 24 September 1869 in Oswestry, which has at various times in history been part of either Wales or Shropshire, England.
Sometime before 1884 he immigrated to Marquette, Michigan, Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Mi ...
(1869–1934), Michigan state senator
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George H. Williams (Missouri politician)
George Howard Williams (December 1, 1871November 25, 1963) was an American politician and attorney from Missouri. A Republican, he served as U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1925 to 1926, completing the term of Selden P. Spencer following the la ...
(1871–1963), U.S. senator from Missouri
* George S. Williams (1877–1961), U.S. representative from Delaware
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George Hara Williams
George Hara Williams (November 17, 1894 – September 12, 1945) was a Canadian farmer activist and politician.Dale-Burnett, LisaWilliams, George (1894–1945), ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, accessed February 12, 2008
Biography
Born in Binsca ...
(1894–1945), Saskatchewan politician
Sports
American football
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George Williams (American football)
George Williams was an American football coach. As head coach of Kansas Wesleyan in 1916, his team failed to win a game. They gave up an average of just over 40 points per game while scoring only three points for the entire season.
Coaching ca ...
, head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in 1916
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George Williams III
George Roger Williams III (born December 8, 1975) is a former American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven pla ...
(born 1975), American football defensive lineman
Association football
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George Williams (footballer, born 1862)
George Williams (born 1862) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1893 and 1898, playing 6 matches. He played his first match on 18 March 1893 against Scotland and his last match on 19 Febr ...
(1862–?), Chirk F.C. and Wales
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George Williams (footballer, born 1879)
George Owen Williams (September 1879 – 27 July 1916) was a semi-professional footballer who played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion as a half back. He was capped by Wales at international level.
Personal life
Williams served ...
(1879–1916), Wrexham A.F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wales
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George Williams (footballer, born 1881)
George Williams (10 February 1881 – 13 May 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ser ...
(1881–1946), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
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George Williams (footballer, born 1882)
George Williams (1882–1939) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton ...
(1882–1939), English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers
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George Williams (footballer, born 1897)
George Henry William (10 October 1897 – 22 February 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Southampton and Exeter City in the 1920s.
Football career
Williams was born at Ventnor on the Isle of Wi ...
(1897–1957), English footballer with Southampton and Exeter City
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Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932)
George Robert Williams (18 November 1932 – March 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half.
Career
Born in Felling, Williams spent his early career with Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Wisbech Town. He si ...
(George Robert Williams, 1932–2003), English footballer for Mansfield Town
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George Williams (footballer, born 1993)
George Benjamin Williams (born 14 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Cambridge United.
Career Worcester City
Williams began his career as an academy scholar with Milton Keynes Dons be ...
, English footballer for Cambridge United
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George Williams (footballer, born 1995)
George Christopher Williams (born 7 September 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for National League club Boreham Wood. He has previously been capped for the Wales national team at several age groups including seven caps f ...
, Wales international footballer for Barrow
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Geraint Williams
David Geraint Williams (born 5 January 1962) is a Welsh football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a midfielder from 1980 until 2000, notably featuring in the Premier League for Ipswich Town, as well as in the Foo ...
(born 1962), Welsh football manager nicknamed "George"
Baseball
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George Williams (Negro leagues)
George L. Williams (March 1864 – January 9, 1918) was an American baseball infielder who played on and managed predecessor teams to the Negro leagues.
Hired as a policeman and assigned to Philadelphia's Eighth and Lombard streets police s ...
(1864–1918), African American baseball player, Cuban Giants from 1885
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George Williams (infielder)
George Williams (October 23, 1939 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for three different teams between the 1961 and 1964 seasons. Listed at , , Williams batted and th ...
(1939–2009), American baseball player
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George Williams (catcher)
George Erik Williams (born April 22, 1969) is an American former professional baseball catcher who played for the Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) in parts of four seasons spanning 1995–2000. Listed at 5' 10 ...
(born 1969), American baseball player
Rugby
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George Williams (rugby union)
George Albert Williams (1856 – 27 April 1925), also known as Bully Williams, was a New Zealand rugby union player who toured with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team to the British Isles and Australia. Williams was one of five non-MÄ ...
(1856–1925), New Zealand rugby union player
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George Williams (rugby league)
George Williams (born 31 October 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and for Warrington Wolves in the Super League and England at international level.
He has previously played as a for the Wigan Warriors ...
(born 1994), English rugby league player
Other sports
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George Williams (Australian footballer)
George Williams (30 April 1871 – 27 April 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australi ...
(1871–1937), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
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George Williams (cricketer)
George Edward Williams (13 August 1875 — 4 March 1952) was an English first-class cricketer.
Williams was born at Oxford in August 1875. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Taunton. Batti ...
(1880–?), English cricketer
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George Williams (basketball)
George L. "Shorty" Williams (1899 – February 4, 1961)
was an American basketball center (basketball), center who played for the Missouri Tigers men's basketball, Missouri Tigers. He was a two-time NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-Americ ...
(1899–1961), American college basketball player in the 1920s
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George Williams (racewalker)
George Williams (1935 – 24 December 2016) was a British racewalking athlete. A top walker of his generation, he won the bronze medal in the 20 kilometres race walk at the inaugural 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He was one of three Brito ...
(1935–2016), British racewalker
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George Williams (umpire)
George B. Williams was a former West Indian cricket umpire from Trinidad and Tobago. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. Pakistan, in 1958.
See also
* List of Test cricket umpires
References
Year of birth missing (living people) ...
, West Indian cricket umpire in the 1950s
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George Williams (athletics coach)
George Williams is an American track and field coach who was the head of St. Augustine's University track and field program for 44 years.
Early life
Williams was raised in Overtown, Miami. Wiiliams attended St. Augustine's University as a stude ...
, American track and field coach
Other
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Gilly Williams
George James Williams, known familiarly as Gilly Williams (1719–1805) was an English official, known as a wit and letter writer.
Life
Born at Denton, Lincolnshire, he was a younger son of William Peere Williams and Anne, daughter of Sir George ...
(George James Williams, 1719–1805), English official, wit, and letter writer
* George Williams (physician) (c. 1762–1834), English physician and librarian
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George Forrester Williams
George Forrester Williams (1837–December 31, 1920) was a soldier, military adviser and journalist who worked as managing editor of the ''New York Times'' from 1870 to 1873.
Williams was born in 1837 in Gibraltar to a military family. After li ...
(1837–1920), Gibraltar-born soldier and military adviser who became managing editor of the New York Times
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George C. Williams (Medal of Honor)
George C. Williams (1839–1926) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Biography
Williams was born in England on December 9, 1839. He emigrated to the United States and joined the Union ...
George Washington Williams (naval officer)
George Washington Williams (Yorkville, South Carolina, 30 July 1869 – Charleston, South Carolina, 18 July 1925) was a U.S. Navy rear admiral.
Navy career
Williams graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1890. He served the required t ...
(1869–1925), US Navy officer
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George Clark Williams
His Honour Sir George Clark Williams, 1st Baronet, QC (2 November 1878 – 15 October 1958), was a Welsh lawyer and County Court judge.
Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Williams practiced as a solicitor, then as a barrister in Wales. He s ...
(1878–1958), Queen's Counsel and Justice of the Peace
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George Hopkins Williams II
George Hopkins Williams Jr. (April 7, 1915 – July 9, 2006) was an insurance executive who created the George H. Williams World War I Aviation Collection at McDermott Library at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Early life
He was born in F ...
(1915–2006), aviation history collector
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George Williams College (Chicago)
George Williams College is a campus of Aurora University located on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
The campus was previously part of an independent college that was first based in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, and later ...
George W. Williams (disambiguation) George W. Williams may refer to:
*George Washington Williams (1849–1891), U.S. soldier and politician
*George Washington Williams (naval officer)
George Washington Williams (Yorkville, South Carolina, 30 July 1869 – Charleston, South Carolina ...