List of Famous people named George

George Willis Ritchey was an American optician and telescope maker and astronomer born at Tuppers Plains, Ohio.

George Henry Finch was an English Conservative politician, who represented Rutland in the House of Commons for 40 years, becoming Father of the House of Commons.

George Brown was a Scottish-Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation; attended the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences. A noted Reform politician, he is best known as the founder and editor of the Toronto Globe, Canada's most influential newspaper at the time. He was an articulate champion of the grievances and anger of Upper Canada (Ontario). He played a major role in securing national unity. His career in active politics faltered after 1865, but he remained a powerful spokesman for the Liberal Party promoting westward expansion and opposing the policies of Conservative Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.