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 of Habsburg, Heir of Austria

First Name George

Last Name Austria

Died on February 16, 1435

Born in Austria

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George Jager

First Name George

Last Name Jager

Born on January 1, 1845

Died on July 9, 1903 (aged 58)

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George Irby, 4th Baron Boston

First Name George

Last Name Boston

Born on September 14, 1802

Died on December 22, 1869 (aged 67)

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George Ross, 13th Lord Ross

First Name George

Last Name Ross

Born on April 8, 1681

Died on June 17, 1754 (aged 73)

Born in United Kingdom, Scotland

George Ross, 13th Lord Ross of Halkhead, was a Scottish nobleman.

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George Gamow

Георгий Антонович Гамов

First Name George

Last Name Gamow

Born on March 4, 1904

Died on August 19, 1968 (aged 64)

George Gamow, born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov, was a Russian-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. He was an early advocate and developer of Lemaître's Big Bang theory. He discovered a theoretical explanation of alpha decay by quantum tunneling, invented the liquid drop model and the first mathematical model of the atomic nucleus, and worked on radioactive decay, star formation, stellar nucleosynthesis and Big Bang nucleosynthesis, and molecular genetics.

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George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull

First Name George

Last Name Kinnoull

Born on November 30, 1595

Died on October 5, 1644 (aged 48)

Sir George Hay, 2nd Earl of Kinnoull,, was a Scottish peer, military officer, and political official.

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George Bankes

First Name George

Last Name Bankes

Born on December 1, 1787

Died on July 6, 1856 (aged 68)

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George Rochfort Byron

First Name George

Last Name Byron

Born on November 9, 1832

Died on November 19, 1911 (aged 79)

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George Mackenzie Steuart

First Name George

Last Name Steuart

Born on December 10, 1786

Died on June 23, 1855 (aged 68)

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George Hibbert

First Name George

Last Name Hibbert

Born on January 13, 1757

Died on October 8, 1837 (aged 80)

Born in United Kingdom, England

George Hibbert was an English merchant, politician, slave-owner, ship-owner, amateur botanist and book collector. With Robert Milligan, he was also one of the principals of the West India Dock Company which instigated the construction of the West India Docks on London's Isle of Dogs in 1800. He also helped found the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824.

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