List of Famous people named George

Sir George Biddell Airy was an English mathematician and astronomer, and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian. His reputation has been tarnished by allegations that, through his inaction, Britain lost the opportunity to discover the planet Neptune.

George Winthrop Fairchild, was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915 to 1924 of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company which later became IBM.

George Albert Hammes was an American bishop in the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Superior from 1960 to 1985.

George W. George was an American theater, Broadway and film producer. His credits included the film My Dinner With Andre (1981) and several hit Broadway productions.