List of Famous people named George

Name George is among the most common names in USA, England, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Georg. Similar names: Georg, Georg, Giorgio, Gyorgy, Georgy, Gheorghe, Georgia, Georgi, Giorgi, Giorgia, Georgie, Georgiy, Gyorgyi, Georgii. Here are some famous Georges:

George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

First Name George
Born on November 23, 1838
Died on January 19, 1890 (aged 51)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Georg Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was the penultimate sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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George Folsey

First Name George
Last Name Folsey
Born on January 17, 1939 (age 87)

George Joseph Folsey Jr. is an American film producer, editor, assistant director and cinematographer who frequently worked with director John Landis in the 1980s. Folsey was acquitted in a manslaughter case brought over the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two others in a helicopter accident on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Folsey is the son of George J. Folsey and father of editor Ryan Folsey.

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George Vernon Hudson

First Name George
Last Name Hudson
Born on April 20, 1867
Died on April 5, 1946 (aged 78)

George Vernon Hudson FRSNZ was a British-born New Zealand entomologist and astronomer. Hudson is credited with proposing the modern daylight saving time. He was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal in 1923.

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George Hamilton Kenrick

First Name George
Last Name Kenrick
Born on January 29, 1850
Died on May 28, 1939 (aged 89)

Sir George Hamilton Kenrick FRES was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially those of New Guinea. He was a prominent liberal educationist and was a councillor in Birmingham.

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George Lowther

First Name George
Last Name Lowther
Born on January 1, 1739
Died on August 18, 1784 (aged 45)

George Lowther was an Irish Member of Parliament.

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George C. Williams

First Name George
Last Name Williams
Born on May 12, 1926
Died on September 8, 2010 (aged 84)

George Christopher Williams was an American evolutionary biologist.

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George J. Borjas

First Name George
Last Name Borjas
Born on October 15, 1950 (age 75)

George Jesus Borjas is an American economist and the Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. He has been described as "America’s leading immigration economist" and "the leading sceptic of immigration among economists". He has been described as an "immigration skeptic". Borjas has published a number of studies that conclude that low-skilled immigration adversely affects low-skilled natives, a proposition that is debated among economists.

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George Samuel Ford

First Name George
Last Name Ford
Born on January 1, 1790
Died on January 1, 1868 (aged 78)

George Samuel Ford (1790–1868) was a bill discounter and solicitor who took interest in the financial affairs of many gentlemen of the period including the Lords Lichfield, Chesterfield, Suffield and the Count d'Orsay. A passionate follower of the turf, he was known in horseracing circles as "Lawyer Ford".

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George Martin

Francisco Martínez Celeiro
First Name George
Last Name Martin
Born on September 18, 1937
Died on September 1, 2021 (aged 83)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

George Martin is a Spanish film actor. He is known as a frequent star in the Italian Los Tres Supermen series and for numerous parts in Spaghetti Westerns and Italian exploitation films.

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George Selwyn

George Augustus Selwyn
First Name George
Last Name Selwyn
Born on April 5, 1809
Died on April 11, 1878 (aged 69)

George Augustus Selwyn was the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand. He was Bishop of New Zealand from 1841 to 1869. His diocese was then subdivided and Selwyn was Metropolitan of New Zealand from 1858 to 1868. Returning to Britain, Selwyn served as Bishop of Lichfield from 1868 to 1878.

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