List of Famous people named George
George Kingston
Sir George Strickland Kingston arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. He was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light, engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. Kingston was also the first Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly.
George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
George Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg was Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg. He was the son of Prince Louis Henry and his wife, Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein. He never inherited the principality, because he died before his father.
George Gordon, 4th of Esslemont and 15th of Hallhead
George Steer
George Lowther Steer was a South African-born British journalist, author and war correspondent who reported on wars preceding World War II, especially the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Spanish Civil War. During those wars he was employed by The Times, and his eye-witness reports did much to alert western nations of war crimes committed by the Italians in Ethiopia and by the Germans in Spain, although little was done to prevent them by the League of Nations. He returned to Ethiopia after the world war started and helped the campaign defeat the Italians and restore Hailie Selassie to the throne.
George Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds
George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds,, styled Earl of Danby until 1789 and Marquess of Carmarthen from 1789 to 1799, was a British peer and politician. He served as Master of the Horse between 1827 and 1830. He also was Governor of Scilly.
George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington
Vice-Admiral George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (1768–1831), Royal Navy, commanded HMS Cumberland, the ship which returned King William I to the Netherlands from his exile in London, for which service he was appointed by the king to the Military Order of William.
George Joseph Studdert
George Beaumont
George Ramsay, 2nd Earl of Dalhousie
George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian
George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian was a British soldier from the Vivian family who served with distinction in both the Second Anglo-Boer War and World War I.