George (surname)
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George as a surname
may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
may refer to:
- Alex GeorgeAlex GeorgeAlexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
(born 1939), Australian botanist - Alexander L. GeorgeAlexander L. GeorgeAlexander L. George was an American behavioral scientist. He was the Graham H. Stuart Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Stanford University.-Life:His parents were Assyrians from Urmia in north-west Iran....
(1920–2006), Assyrian-Iranian political scientist - Barry GeorgeBarry GeorgeBarry Michael George is a British man who was wrongly convicted on 2 July 2001 of the murder of British television presenter Jill Dando. His murder conviction was judged unsafe by the Court of Appeal and was quashed on 15 November 2007...
(born 1960), British criminal - Charlie GeorgeCharlie GeorgeCharles Frederick "Charlie" George is an English former footballer. He played as a forward in the Football League and he was also capped by England.-Arsenal:...
(born 1950), English footballer - Eddie GeorgeEddie GeorgeEdward Nathan "Eddie" George, Jr. is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final season with the Dallas Cowboys...
(born 1973), American football player - Elizabeth GeorgeElizabeth GeorgeSusan Elizabeth George is an American author of mystery novels set in Great Britain.Eleven of her novels featuring her lead character Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.-Biography:George was born in Warren, Ohio to Robert Edwin and Anne ...
(born 1949), American novelist - Francis George (born 1937), American Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop
- Fricson GeorgeFricson GeorgeFricson George is an Ecuadorian football defender. He currently plays for Club Deportivo El Nacional in Ecuador.George played for a number of Ecuadorian teams including Filanbanco, Delfin and Barcelona SC. He also played for Brazilian giants Santos. He made his debut for the national team in...
(born 1974), Ecuadorian football (soccer) player - Henry GeorgeHenry GeorgeHenry George was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land...
(1839–1897), American writer, politician, economist - Jack GeorgeJack GeorgeJohn Edwin George, Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, Pennsylvania....
(1928–1989), American basketball player - Lowell GeorgeLowell GeorgeLowell Thomas George was an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, who was the main guitarist and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat.- Early years :...
(1945–1979), American singer-songwriter and producer - Noel GeorgeNoel GeorgeFrank Noel George was a footballer in the 1910s and 1920s who played as a goalkeeper.-Early career and Army:Born in Lichfield, he started playing as a forward with Hednesford Town before joining the Royal Army Service Corps in World War I...
(1897–1929), football goalkeeper of the 1920s who played for Wolves - Norman GeorgeNorman GeorgeNorman George is a Cook Islands politician and former Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister, and Cabinet Minister....
(born 1946), Cook Islands politician - Phyllis GeorgePhyllis GeorgePhyllis Ann George Brown is an American businesswoman, actress and a former sportscaster. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971.- Early life :...
(born 1949), Miss America, sportscaster - Stefan GeorgeStefan GeorgeStefan Anton George was a German poet, editor, and translator.-Biography:George was born in Bingen in Germany in 1868. He spent time in Paris, where he was among the writers and artists who attended the Tuesday soireés held by the poet Stéphane Mallarmé. He began to publish poetry in the 1890s,...
(1868–1933), German poet
See also
- George (disambiguation)
- Gorgeous George (disambiguation)