List of Famous people named Georg
Georg Pazderski
Georg Pazderski is a retired German officer and politician for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Georg Forster
Johann George Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. As a result of the report, Forster was admitted to the Royal Society at the early age of twenty-two and came to be considered one of the founders of modern scientific travel literature.
Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl was an Austrian poet and the brother of the pianist Grete Trakl. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists. He is perhaps best known for his poem "Grodek", which he wrote shortly before he died of a cocaine overdose.
Georg Hackl
Georg Hackl is a German former luger who was three time Olympic and World Champion. He is known affectionately as Hackl-Schorsch or as the Speeding Weißwurst a reference to what he looks like in his white bodysuit coming down the luge at fast speeds.
Georg Katzer
Georg Katzer was a German composer and teacher. The last master student of Hanns Eisler, he composed music in many genres, including works for the stage. Katzer was one of the pioneers of electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic and the founder of the first electronic-music studio in the GDR. He held leading positions in music organisations, first in the East, then in the united Germany, and received many awards, including the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic, the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the German Music Authors' Prize.
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony or George the last Crown Prince of Saxony, was the heir to the King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III, at the time of the monarchy's abolition on 13 November 1918. He later became a Roman Catholic priest and a Jesuit.
Georg Preuße
Georg Preuße is a German actor and drag performer.
Georg von Tiesenhausen
Georg Heinrich Patrick Baron von Tiesenhausen was a United States-based German rocket scientist.
Georg Volkert
Georg 'Schorsch' Volkert was a German football player.
Georg Schramm
Georg Schramm is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt.