George Washington (name)
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George Washington
(1732–1799) was the Commander-in-Chief of Continental forces in the American Revolution
and the first President of the United States
after the war of independence.
Many people have been named after him, including:
George Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
(1732–1799) was the Commander-in-Chief of Continental forces in the American Revolution
American Revolution
The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
and the first President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
after the war of independence.
Many people have been named after him, including:
People with the surname Washington
- George Corbin WashingtonGeorge Corbin WashingtonGeorge Corbin Washington was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grandnephew of U.S. President George Washington.Washington was born at Haywood Farms near Oak Grove of Westmoreland County,...
(1789–1854), United States congressman from Maryland (1827–1833) - George Washington (inventor)George Washington (inventor)George Constant Louis Washington was an American inventor and businessman of Anglo-Belgian origin. He is best remembered for his invention of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass-produce it, the G...
(1871–1946), American businessman - George Washington (Washington pioneer)George Washington (Washington pioneer)George Washington was the founder of the town of Centralia, Washington. He is remembered as a leading African American pioneer of the Pacific Northwest....
(1871–1905), American pioneer
People with the given names George Washington
- George Washington AdamsGeorge Washington AdamsGeorge Washington Adams was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. He had a troubled life and died of apparent suicide at age 28.- Early life and career :...
(1801–1829), American politician, and eldest son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams - George Washington AndersonGeorge Washington AndersonGeorge Washington Anderson was an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1865 until 1869.-External links:...
(1832–1902), American politician - George Washington BainesGeorge Washington BainesGeorge Washington Baines, Sr. , a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson , was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and President of Baylor University at its first location in Independence in Washington...
(1809–1882), American clergyman and maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson - George Washington BethuneGeorge Washington BethuneGeorge Washington Bethune was a preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church.Of Huguenot descent, his father was a highly successful merchant in New York. Originally a student at Columbia College of Columbia University, Bethune graduated in 1822 from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania and...
(1805–1862), preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church - George Washington BlanchardGeorge Washington BlanchardGeorge Washington Blanchard was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1935. He was a Republican and had been a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.-External links:----...
(1884–1964), American politician - George Washington BridgesGeorge Washington BridgesGeorge Washington Bridges was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(1825–1873), American politician - George Washington BushGeorge Washington BushGeorge Washington Bush was one of the first American settlers and the first black settler in what would later become the U.S. state of Washington.-Early life:...
(1779–1863), American pioneer - George Washington CaldwellJohn Caldwell (Michigan State Representative)John Caldwell was a Republican member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1897 through 1900. According to the "Michigan Manual" published 1899 by the State of Michigan, John Caldwell served as state representative for Wexford. He was elected to the House of 1897-98 and re-elected...
(1849–1916), Michigan State Representative from 1897 through 1900 - George Washington CarverGeorge Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver , was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864....
(c. 1864/5–1943), American botanist - George Washington CassGeorge Washington CassGeorge Washington Cass was an American industrialist and president of the Northern Pacific Railway.- Family :George Washington Cass was born near Dresden, Ohio, March 12, 1810, to George W. and Sophia Cass...
(1810–1888), American industrialist - George Washington CovingtonGeorge Washington CovingtonGeorge Washington Covington was an American politician.Covington was born in Berlin, Maryland, and attended the common schools as a youth. He pursued a higher education at Buckingham Academy, and later at Harvard Law School...
(1838–1911), American politician - George Washington CrileGeorge Washington CrileGeorge Washington Crile was a significant American surgeon. Crile is now formally recognized as the first surgeon to have succeeded in a direct blood transfusion. He also contributed to other procedures, such as neck dissection. Crile designed a small haemostatic forceps which bears his name;...
(1864–1943), American surgeon - George Washington Parke CustisGeorge Washington Parke CustisGeorge Washington Parke Custis , the step-grandson of United States President George Washington, was a nineteenth-century American writer, orator, and agricultural reformer.-Family:...
(1781–1857), adopted son (and also step-grandson) of President George Washington - George Washington CullumGeorge Washington CullumGeorge Washington Cullum was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater.-Birth and early years:...
(1809–1892), Union Army general - George Washington CutterGeorge Washington CutterGeorge W. Cutter was an American poet.According to biographical material provided by a cousin, he was christened George Wales Cutter. The date and place of his birth is disputed, claimed by or traced to either Toronto, Canada or Massachusetts....
(1801–1865), American poet and Mexican War veteran - George Washington DeLong (1844–1881), United States Navy officer
- George Washington DietzlerGeorge DietzlerGeorge Washington Deitzler was a Union Army General during the American Civil War.-Biography:Deitzler was born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania where he received a common school education and then moved to Kansas, and “grew up with the state.” He was a farmer and realtor...
(1826–1884), Union Army general - George Washington DixonGeorge Washington DixonGeorge Washington Dixon was an American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor. He rose to prominence as a blackface performer after performing "Coal Black Rose", "Zip Coon", and similar songs...
(1801–1861), American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor - George Washington DoaneGeorge Washington DoaneGeorge Washington Doane was a United States churchman, educator, and bishop in the Episcopal Church for the Diocese of New Jersey.-Biography:Doane was born in Trenton, New Jersey...
(1799–1859), American churchman, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New Jersey - George Washington DonagheyGeorge Washington DonagheyGeorge Washington Donaghey was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913.George W. Donaghey was born in Oakland, Union Parish, Louisiana. From 1882 to 1883, Donaghey attended the University of Arkansas. He was a school teacher, carpenter, and studied both architecture and...
(1856–1937), governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913 - George Washington Emery DorseyGeorge Washington Emery DorseyGeorge Washington Emery Dorsey was a Representative to the United States Congress from Nebraska.-Biography:...
(1842–1911), American politician - George Washington Duke (1820–1905), American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist
- George Washington DupeeGeorge Washington DupeeGeorge Washington Dupee was a former slave who became a Baptist leader in Kentucky, USA.-Early years:Dupee was born in Gallatin County, Kentucky on 24 July 1826, son of Cuthbert and Rachael Dupee....
(1826-1897), American Baptist leader - George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. was an American engineer. He is most famous for creating the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.-Early life:...
(1859–1896), American engineer - George Washington FleegerGeorge Washington FleegerGeorge Washington Fleeger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:George W. Fleeger was born in Concord Township, Pennsylvania...
(1839–1894), American politician - George Washington GaleGeorge Washington GaleGeorge Washington Gale was born in Stanford, New York and became a Presbyterian minister in western New York state. A graduate of Union College in 1814, and Princeton Theological Seminary in 1819...
(1789), an American minister - George Washington GettyGeorge W. GettyGeorge Washington Getty was a career military officer in the United States Army, most noted for his role as a division commander in the Army of the Potomac during the final full year of the American Civil War....
(1819–1901), American Civil War Union general - George Washington GlasscockGeorge Washington GlasscockGeorge Washington Glasscock was an early settler, legislator, and businessman in Texas.He was born in Hardin County, Kentucky near the same area where Abraham Lincoln was born. In 1830 he went to St. Louis and from there to Springfield, Illinois, where in 1832 he was a partner of Abraham Lincoln...
(1810–1868), early settler, legislator, and businessman in Tousha. - George Washington GlickGeorge Washington GlickGeorge Washington Glick was the ninth Governor of Kansas.George Washington Glick was raised on his father's farm near Greencastle, Ohio. He enlisted for service in the Mexican–American War, but saw no action. At age 21 he entered the law offices of Buckland and Hayes George Washington Glick (July...
(1827–1911), American politician - George Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington GoethalsGeorge Washington Goethals was a United States Army officer and civil engineer, best known for his supervision of construction and the opening of the Panama Canal...
(1858–1928), U.S. Army officer and civil engineer - George Washington GordonGeorge Gordon (Civil War General)George Washington Gordon was a general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he practiced law in Pulaski, Tennessee, where the Ku Klux Klan was formed. He became one of the Klan's first members...
(1836–1911), Confederate Army general - George Washington GraysonGeorge Washington GraysonGeorge Washington Grayson was a Creek scholar, writer, merchant, rancher, newspaper publisher of the Indian Journal, and nationalist. During the American Civil War, he served as a Confederate captain, leading a company of the Second Creek Mounted Volunteers. He was also one of the founders of...
(1843–1920), Creek scholar, writer, and nationalist - George Washington GreeneGeorge Washington GreeneGeorge Washington Greene was an American historian as well as the grandson of Major-General Nathanael Greene, who served during the American Revolutionary War.-Biography:...
(1811–1883), American historian - George Washington HarrisGeorge Washington HarrisGeorge Washington Harris was an American humorist best known for his character, "Sut Lovingood," an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales...
(1814–1869), American humorist - George Washington HaysGeorge Washington HaysGeorge Washington Hays was the 24th Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.George Washington Hays was born in Camden, Arkansas. He attended public schools in Camden and worked as a farmer. Hays studied law at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.Hays was probate and county judge...
(1863–1927), American politician - George Washington HelmeGeorge Washington HelmeGeorge Washington Helme , the founder of Helmetta, New Jersey, was the ninth child and fifth son of Major Oliver Helme by his second wife Sarah Pease Fish....
(1822–1893), American businessman and soldier - George Washington HockleyGeorge Washington HockleyGeorge Washington Hockley was a Texas revolutionary who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.Hockley was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
(1802–1854), a Texas revolutionary who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. - George Washington HopkinsGeorge Washington HopkinsGeorge Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth century United States politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher....
(1804–1861), American politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher - George Washington Johnson (1811–1862), first Confederate governor of Kentucky
- George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician)George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician)George Washington Jones was an American politician who represented Tennessee's fifth district in the United States House of Representatives. He served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(1806–1884), American politician - George Washington Jones (Texas politician)George Washington Jones (Texas politician)George Washington Jones was a Texas politician, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas and a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...
(1828–1903), American politician - George Washington JulianGeorge Washington JulianGeorge Washington Julian was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and writer who served in Congress from Indiana. He was the son-in-law of Joshua Reed Giddings.-Biography:...
(1817–1899), American politician, writer, candidate for Vice President of the United States - George Washington LambertGeorge Washington LambertGeorge Washington Thomas Lambert ARA was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait paintings and as a war artist during the First World War.-Early life:...
(1873–1930), Australian artist - George Washington Custis LeeGeorge Washington Custis LeeGeorge Washington Custis Lee , also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee...
(also known as Custis Lee) (1832–1913), eldest son of Robert E. Lee - George Washington Lent MarrGeorge Washington Lent MarrGeorge Washington Lent Marr was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Marrs Hill, Henry County, Virginia on May 25, 1779. He attended rural schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
(1779–1856), American politician - George Washington Morgan (1820–1893), American Civil War general
- George Washington Ochs Oakes (1861–1931), American journalist
- George Washington OwenGeorge Washington OwenGeorge Washington Owen was an American politician from Alabama who served as that state's 3rd District's Representative, and the 10th Mayor of Mobile. Owen was born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1796, but moved to Tennessee at a young age...
(1796–1837), American politician - George Washington PattersonGeorge Washington PattersonGeorge Washington Patterson was an American politician who served as United States Representative and Lieutenant Governor of New York....
(1799–1879), American politician - George Washington PeckGeorge Washington PeckGeorge Washington Peck was a United States Representative from the state of Michigan.Peck was born in New York City and pursued classical studies, attending Yale College and studying law in New York City. He moved to Michigan in 1839 and settled in Brighton, where he was admitted to the bar in...
(1818–1905), American politician - George Washington PlunkittGeorge Washington PlunkittGeorge Washington Plunkitt was a long-time State Senator from the U.S. state of New York, representing the Fifteenth Senate District, who was especially powerful in New York City. He was part of what is known as New York's Tammany Hall machine....
(1842–1924), American politician - George Washington RightmireGeorge Washington RightmireGeorge Washington Rightmire , born in Lawrence County, Ohio, was the sixth President of The Ohio State University. He graduated from Ohio State in 1895 and taught in the Columbus Public Schools for seven years. From 1904 to 1919 he studied and practiced intellectual property law in Columbus, Ohio...
(1868–1952), American educator - George Washington RiggsGeorge Washington RiggsGeorge Washington Riggs was an American businessman and banker. He was known as "The President's Banker."- Life and work :...
(1813–1881), American businessman - George Washington ScottGeorge Washington ScottGeorge Washington Scott was a noted Florida businessman, plantation owner, and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1829–1903), American businessman and military officer - George Washington ShonkGeorge Washington ShonkGeorge Washington Shonk was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George W. Shonk was born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown,...
(1850–1900), American politician - George Washington SteeleGeorge Washington SteeleGeorge Washington Steele was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Congressman for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903...
(1839–1922), American lawyer, soldier, and politician - George Washington TolandGeorge Washington TolandGeorge Washington Toland was an American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.George Washington Toland was born in Philadelphia. He attended the common schools, and graduated from Princeton College in 1816. He held several local offices.Toland was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth,...
(1796–1869), American politician - George Washington TruettGeorge Washington TruettGeorge Washington Truett also George W. Truett served as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1927-1929, minister and writer. He was one of the most significant Southern Baptist preachers of his era...
(1867–1944), American minister and writer - George Washington Vanderbilt (1839–1864), the son of Cornelius VanderbiltCornelius VanderbiltCornelius Vanderbilt , also known by the sobriquet Commodore, was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history...
, and thus a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family - George Washington Vanderbilt IIGeorge Washington Vanderbilt IIGeorge Washington Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family, which had amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He built and owned Biltmore, the largest home in the United States.-Biography:The eighth son and youngest...
(1862–1914), builder of the Biltmore House - George Washington Vanderbilt IIIGeorge Washington Vanderbilt IIIGeorge Washington Vanderbilt III was a yachtsman and a scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.-Early life:...
(1914–1961), a yachtsman and scientific explorer - George Washington WalkerGeorge Washington WalkerGeorge Washington Walker was a missionary for the church called Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers.Walker was born to Unitarian parents in London, the twenty-first child of John Walker by his second wife, Elizabeth. He was educated at a school in Barnard Castle...
(1800–1859), English Quaker missionary who settled in Tasmania - George Washington WhistlerGeorge Washington WhistlerGeorge Washington Whistler was a prominent American railroad engineer in the first half of the 19th century....
(1800–1849), American railroad engineer - George Washington WilliamsGeorge Washington WilliamsGeorge Washington Williams was an American Civil War veteran, minister, politician and historian. Shortly before his death he travelled to King Leopold II's Congo Free State and his open letter to Leopold about the suffering of the region's inhabitants at the hands of Leopold's agents, helped to...
(1849–1891), American religious figure and politician - George Washington WilliamsGeorge Washington Williams (naval officer)-Navy career:Williams graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1890. He served the required two years of sea duty in Pensacola, before he was commissioned an ensign on 1 July 1892.-Turn-of-the-century assignments:...
(1869–1925), United States Navy admiral - George Washington WilsonGeorge Washington WilsonGeorge Washington Wilson was a pioneering Scottish photographer.After studying art in Edinburgh and London, Wilson returned to his native city of Aberdeen in 1849 and established a business as a portrait miniaturist catering to the wealthy families of the North East of Scotland...
(1823–1893), Scottish photographer - George Washington WoodwardGeorge Washington WoodwardGeorge Washington Woodward was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George W. Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He attended Geneva Seminary in Geneva, New York, and Wilkes-Barre Academy in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania...
(1809–1875), American politician - George Washington WrightGeorge Washington WrightGeorge Washington Wright was a Californian politician. He was the leading vote getter in a November 1849 at-large election for California's first two Representatives in the 31st United States Congress serving from September 11, 1850, to March 3, 1851.-External links:...
(1816–1885), American politician - Prince George WashingtonVichaichanKrom Phra Rajawang Bovorn Vichaichan or Phra Ong Chao Yodyingyot was a Siamese Prince and member of the Chakri Dynasty. He was the eldest son of King Pinklao and Princess Aim, and thus nephew to King Mongkut...
of Siam (Bovorn Vichaichan) (1838–1885), Siamese Prince and Second KingFront PalaceKrom Phra Rajawang Bovorn Sathan Mongkol ) or the Front Palace was a royal title granted by the Siamese monarchy until the nineteenth century. The holder of the title of Front Palace was considered the heir to the throne and second only to the King. The title originated in the Ayutthaya period and...
Fictional characters with the given names George Washington
- George Washington Carver Davis, the original given name of Alim Nassor in the novel Lucifer's HammerLucifer's HammerLucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1978. A comic book adaptation was published by Innovation Comics in 1993....
, notably, the given name here, "George Washington Carver" is in and of itself based on the real person, George Washington CarverGeorge Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver , was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864....
(see above) - George Washington Duke (fictional character), a fictional character from the 1990 film Rocky V
- In Metal Gear Solid 2, Arsenal Gear's AI has been given the initials of George Washington.
See also
- George Washington (disambiguation)George Washington (disambiguation)George Washington was the first president of the United States George Washington may also refer to:-People:* George Corbin Washington , United States congressman from Maryland...
- Washington (name)Washington (name)-Origin and dissemination:The name (ˈwɒʃɪŋtən) refers to George Washington , the first President of the United States of America.The name itself is a name of origin and refers to place names in England, such as Washington, Tyne and Wear, from which the ancestors of George Washington came from....