List of Famous people named George
George Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle
General George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle,, styled The Honourable from birth until 1851, was a British soldier, Liberal politician and writer.
George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny
Lord George Stewart, 9th Seigneur d'Aubigny was an Anglo-Scottish nobleman of French descent and a third cousin of King Charles I of England. He supported that king during the Civil War as a Royalist commander and was killed aged 24 at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.
George Thomas Napier
Sir George Thomas Napier was a British Army officer who saw service in the Peninsular War and later commanded the army of the Cape Colony.
George Trower
George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland
George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland PC, styled Lord Lovaine between 1790 and 1830 and known as The Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865, was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Sir Robert Peel between 1842 and 1846. He succeeded to his peerage on 12 February 1865, after the death of his childless cousin Algernon Percy.
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
Admiral George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB, was a British naval officer. He is best known for his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782. It is often claimed that he was the commander to have pioneered the tactic of breaking the line.
George St Patrick Lawrence
Lieutenant-General Sir George St Patrick Lawrence was an officer in the British Indian Army.
George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan
Admiral George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan, CB, KMT was a British Royal Navy officer and politician of the mid-nineteenth century who first gained fame for his service in the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars in command of HMS Havannah. Cadogan later served as aide-de-camp to successive British monarchs and received promotion to full admiral.
George Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds
George Godolphin Osborne, 9th Duke of Leeds was a British peer.
George Washington Vanderbilt
George Washington Vanderbilt II was an art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore Estate.