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 Johnstone Stoney

First Name George
Last Name Stoney
Born on February 15, 1826
Died on July 5, 1911 (aged 85)
Born in Ireland, Leinster

George Johnstone Stoney FRS was an Irish physicist. He is most famous for introducing the term electron as the "fundamental unit quantity of electricity".

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George Barttelot

First Name George
Last Name Barttelot
Born on August 20, 1788
Died on November 28, 1872 (aged 84)
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George Talbot

First Name George
Last Name Talbot
Died on December 12, 1733
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George Ramsay

First Name George
Last Name Ramsay
Died on January 31, 1810
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George Liddell

First Name George
Last Name Liddell
Born on July 28, 1812
Died on December 14, 1888 (aged 76)

George Augustus Frederick Liddell was an English cricketer. Liddell was the son of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. Educated at Eton College, Liddell later married Cecil Wellesley, daughter of Gerald Wellesley.

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George Louis Monck Gibbs

First Name George
Last Name Gibbs
Born on April 28, 1838
Died on November 26, 1881 (aged 43)
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George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham

First Name George
Last Name Buckingham
Born on June 17, 1753
Died on February 11, 1813 (aged 59)

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, was a British statesman.

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George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen

First Name George
Last Name Goschen
Born on August 10, 1831
Died on February 7, 1907 (aged 75)

George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, PC, DL, FBA was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist before joining the Conservative Party in 1893.

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George Hepburn

First Name George
Last Name Hepburn
Born on August 1, 1633 (age 392)
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George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby

First Name George
Last Name Normanby
Born on July 23, 1819
Died on April 3, 1890 (aged 70)

George Augustus Constantine Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, styled Viscount Normanby between 1831 and 1838 and Earl of Mulgrave between 1838 and 1863, was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor of Nova Scotia, Queensland, New Zealand and Victoria.

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