George Johnson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

George W. Johnson (singer) George Washington Johnson (c. October 1846 – January 23, 1914) was an American singer and pioneer sound recording artist. Johnson was the first African American recording star of the phonograph. His most popular songs were "The Whistli ...

(1846–1914), American singer, early recording artist * George Perry Johnson (1885–1977), American film producer, writer, and newsreel producer * George Johnson (actor) (1898–1961), American actor * George Johnson (musician) (1913–1987), jazz saxophonist and clarinetist * George Johnson (artist) (1926–2021), Australian artist * George M. Johnson (writer), American author and activist *George Johnson (aka Lightnin' Licks, born 1953), American musician, member of

The Brothers Johnson The Brothers Johnson were an American funk and R&B band consisting of American musicians and brothers George ("Lightnin' Licks") and Louis E. Johnson ("Thunder Thumbs"). They achieved their greatest success from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, ...

Military

* George Owen Johnson (1896–1980), Canadian aviator, RCAF Air Marshal and WWI ace * George Johnson (British Army officer) (1903–1980) * George Johnson (general) (1918–2021), United States Air Force general * Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) (George Leonard Johnson, 1921–2022), Royal Air Force officer

Politics

Canada

* George Macness Johnson (1853–1935), judge and politician in Newfoundland * George Balfour Johnson (1865–1940), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *

George William Johnson (politician) George William Johnson (July 10, 1892 in Stratford, Ontario – April 26, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1962, representing the Winnipeg riding of Assiniboia for the ...

(1892–1973), Canadian Member of Legislative Assembly from Manitoba * George Johnson (Manitoba politician) (1920–1995), Canadian Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba

U.S.

* George W. Johnson (governor) (1811–1862), Confederate Governor of Kentucky * George Y. Johnson (1820–1872), New York politician *

George Alonzo Johnson George Alonzo Johnson (1824–1903) 49er, entrepreneur, and California politician. Johnson was born on August 16, 1824, in Palatine Bridge, New York. In 1849 as a sailor he heard of the discovery of gold and left New York drawn by the Califo ...

(1824–1903), 49er, Colorado River steamboat entrepreneur and California politician ** George A. Johnson & Company * George A. Johnson (1829–1894), Attorney General of the State of California *

George William Johnson (congressman) George William Johnson (November 10, 1869 – February 24, 1944) was a lawyer and Democratic politician who served as United States Representative from West Virginia. Early life He was born near Charles Town, West Virginia, in Jefferson Cou ...

(1869–1944), American congressman from West Virginia * George E. Q. Johnson (1874–1949), U.S. federal judge * George W. Johnson (Minnesota politician) (1894–1974), Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and 28th Mayor of Duluth, Minnesota * George R. Johnson (1929–1973), Pennsylvania politician * George Dean Johnson Jr. (born 1942), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives * George F. Johnson IV (born c. 1953), American politician and sheriff

Other politicians

* George Johnson (MP for Devizes) (1626–1683) * George Johnson (Australian politician) (1811–1902), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly * George Randall Johnson (1833–1919), British cricketer who was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council * George Johnson (Independent Labour Party politician) (1872–1958), British socialist politician

Sports

Association football

George Johnson (footballer, born 1871) George Johnson (November 1871 – 1934) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. His ...

(1871–1934), English football forward (Walsall, Aston Villa) * George Johnson (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1989), English football fullback (Wigan Borough, Darlington) * George Johnson (football manager), Leicester City manager

Basketball

* George E. Johnson (basketball) (born 1947), American ABA/NBA player * George T. Johnson (born 1948), American NBA player * George L. Johnson (born 1956), American NBA player

Other sports

* George S. Johnson (1879–1948), Australian rules footballer * George Johnson (baseball) (1890–1940), American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues * George Johnson (cricketer, born 1894) (1894–1965), English cricketer * George Johnson (cricketer, born 1907) (1907–1986), English cricketer * George Johnson (sport shooter) (1915–2006), Puerto Rican Olympic shooter * George Johnson (athlete) (born 1938), Liberian athlete *

George Johnson (boxer) George Raft "Scrap Iron" Johnson (December 15, 1938 – April 9, 2016) was an American heavyweight boxer whose career spanned the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Johnson fought many of the top fighters of his era, including George Foreman, Joe Frazi ...

(1938–2016), American heavyweight boxer *

George Johnson (American football) George Johnson (born December 11, 1987) is a former American football defensive end. He was originally signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Rutgers. He has also played for the Minne ...

(born 1989), American football defensive end *

George Johnson (American football coach) George Johnson was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Bucknell University from 1915 to 1917, compiling a record of 8–20–4. Johnson coached football at Northeast High School in Philadelphia Philadelphia, ...

, head football coach at Bucknell University from 1915 to 1917 *

Chappie Johnson George "Chappie" Johnson Jr. (May 8, 1877 – August 17, 1949) was an American baseball catcher and field manager in the Negro leagues. He played for many successful teams from 1895 to 1920 and he crossed racial boundaries as a teacher and co ...

(George Johnson, 1877–1949), American baseball player and team manager, Negro leagues career 1896–1919

Writers

* George William Johnson (writer) (1802–1886), British writer *

George Metcalf Johnson George Metcalf Johnson (February 13, 1885 – December 14, 1965) was an American writer of mystery and western stories. Many of his westerns were published under the name George Metcalf. He was born in Yankton, South Dakota and was educated a ...

(1885–1965), American mystery and western writer, also wrote as George Metcalf *

George Clayton Johnson George Clayton Johnson (July 10, 1929 – December 25, 2015) was an American science fiction writer, best known for co-writing with William F. Nolan the novel '' Logan's Run'', the basis for the MGM 1976 film. He was also known for his televisi ...

(1929–2015), American science fiction writer * George B. Johnson (born 1942), American science writer *

George Johnson (writer) George Johnson (born January 20, 1952) is an American journalist and science writer. Work Johnson is the author of nine books, including ''The Cancer Chronicles'' (2013), ''The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments'' (2008) and ''Strange Beauty: Murray ...

(born 1952), American science writer, including for ''The New York Times''

Others

* George Johnson (priest) (1808–1881), British clergyman and academic * George Henry Martin Johnson (1816–1884), Iroquois chief *

George Johnson (physician) Sir George Johnson (29 November 1818 – 3 June 1896) was an eminent English people, English physician who became recognized as an authority on cholera and kidney diseases. Some of his theories are no longer accepted today. Birth and education ...

(1818–1896), English physician * George Raymond Johnson (1840–1898), English architect in Australia * George Lindsay Johnson (1853–1943), British ophthalmologist * George F. Johnson (1857–1948), American businessman * George Marion Johnson (1900–1987), American law professor and academic administrator * George E. Johnson Sr. (born 1927), American entrepreneur * George W. Johnson (academic) (1928–2017), American academic and academic administrator

Other uses

*, a United States Navy destroyer escort in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1957 *, the proposed name and designation of a commercial freight lighter the United States Navy considered for service during World War I but never acquired * George P. Johnson, an American multinational corporation