George Simpson may refer to:

Politicians and officeholders

Australia

George Simpson (Queensland politician) George Morris Simpson (7 May 1840 – 22 August 1919)Our Family ...

(1849–1919), member of the Parliament of Queensland *

George Simpson (Western Australian politician) George Thomas Simpson (7 June 1856 – 7 August 1906) was an Australian businessman and politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1891 to 1899, representing the seat of Geraldton. Early life Simpson was bor ...

(1856–1906), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia *

George Bowen Simpson Sir George Bowen Simpson Queen's Counsel, QC (22 May 1838 – 7 September 1915) was a politician and judge in New South Wales, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Simpson was the son of Pierce (Percy) Simpson and his wife, Hes ...

(1838–1915), politician and judge in New South Wales, Australia

Canada

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George Simpson (HBC administrator) Sir George Simpson ( – 7 September 1860) was a Scottish explorer and colonial governor of the Hudson's Bay Company during the period of its greatest power. From 1820 to 1860, he was in practice, if not in law, the British viceroy for the who ...

(1792–1860), Scottish explorer of Canada, governor of Rupert's Land ** Sir George Simpson (condominiums), Montreal, Quebec, Canada * George Simpson (Canadian politician) (1858–1906), politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada

United States

* George L. Simpson (died 1907), American politician from Virginia * George W. Simpson (1870–1951), New York politician and judge

Sport

* George Simpson (footballer, born 1876) (1876–1955), English football player for Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield * George Simpson (footballer, born 1883) (1883–?), English footballer for Sheffield Wednesday and West Bromwich Albion *

George Simpson (footballer, born 1933) George Leonard Simpson (3 December 1933 – 23 February 2012) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Gillingham and Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club ...

(1933–2012), English football player for Mansfield Town and Gillingham *

George Simpson (golfer) George O. Simpson (1 January 1887 – 27 January 1920) was a Scottish-American professional golfer who played in the early 20th century. Simpson had one top-10 finish in a golf major championship when he finished third in the 1911 U.S. Open. Si ...

(1887–1920), Scottish professional golfer *

George Simpson (sprinter) George Sidney Simpson (September 21, 1908 – December 2, 1961) was an American sprinter. He competed at the 1932 Olympics and won a silver medal in the 200 m, placing fourth in the 100 m event. Simpson was the first to run 100 yards in 9.4 second ...

(1908–1961), American runner

Others

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George Simpson (meteorologist) Sir George Clarke Simpson Order of the Bath, KCB Order of the British Empire, CBE Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS HFRSE (2 September 1878 – 1 January 1965) was a British meteorologist. He was President of the Royal Meteorological Society 194 ...

(1878–1965), meteorologist for Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition *

George Simpson (botanist) George Simpson (1880–1952) was a New Zealand naturalist and botanist. He was born in Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago reg ...

(1880–1952), New Zealand botanist *

George Simpson (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral George Walter Gillow Simpson CB, CBE (6 June 1901 – 2 March 1972) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Submarines. Naval career Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, S ...

(1901–1972), British admiral *

George Gaylord Simpson George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was an American paleontologist. Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern synthesis, contributing '' Tempo ...

(1902–1984), American paleontologist *

George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld (born Dundee, 2 July 1942) is a British businessman and former Labour - and later unaffiliated - member of the House of Lords. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Simpson gained a reputation for turning ...

(born 1942), British businessman *

George Buchan Simpson George B. Simpson (10 October 1820 – 1 July 1892) was a Scottish art collector, connoisseur and patron of Scottish painters. He financed his interests through his wealth acquired as a linen manufacturer and jute merchant in Dundee. He is "Dund ...

(1820–1892), Scottish art collector, connoisseur and patron of Scottish painters *

George Freeland Barbour Simpson George Freeland Barbour Simpson FRSE FRCPE FRCSE JP (21 September 1874 – 8 April 1958) was a 20th-century Scottish physician and gynaecologist. In 1913 he served as President of the Obstetrical Society of Edinburgh. Life He was born on 21 ...