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 Rogers Clark

First Name George
Last Name Clark
Born on November 19, 1752
Died on February 13, 1818 (aged 65)

George Rogers Clark was an American surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia who became the highest-ranking American patriot military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the militia in Kentucky throughout much of the war. He is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779) during the Illinois Campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. The British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest".

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George Marsaglia

First Name George
Last Name Marsaglia
Born on March 12, 1924
Died on February 15, 2011 (aged 86)

George Marsaglia was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for creating the diehard tests, a suite of software for measuring statistical randomness.

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George Henry MacDonald Sinclair

First Name George
Last Name Sinclair
Born on January 1, 1989 (age 37)
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George Hope Johnstone

First Name George
Last Name Johnstone
Born on April 21, 1872
Died on August 26, 1920 (aged 48)
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George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard

First Name George
Last Name Granard
Born on March 15, 1710
Died on October 16, 1769 (aged 59)

George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard was an Irish soldier and politician.

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George Buchanan

First Name George
Last Name Buchanan
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George William Palmer

First Name George
Last Name Palmer
Born on May 23, 1851
Died on October 8, 1913 (aged 62)

George William Palmer was a member of the Palmer family, proprietors of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit manufacturers of Reading in England.

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George Foster Tufnell

First Name George
Last Name Tufnell
Born on January 2, 1721
Died on July 10, 1798 (aged 77)
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George Anthony Percy Roberts

First Name George
Last Name Roberts
Born on January 1, 1955 (age 71)
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George II of Bulgaria

First Name George
Last Name Bulgaria
Born on November 30, 1299
Died on January 1, 1323 (aged 23)

George Terter II reigned as tsar of Bulgaria between 1322 and 1323. The exact date of his birth is unknown, but he was born not long before 1307.

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