Namesakes
American Presidents:
3 presidents
George Washington 1789-1797 
George H. W. Bush 1989-1993
George W. Bush 2001-2009
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
George Reid 1904-1905
Bohemian Kings:
1 king
King Jiří (a.k.a. George) 1457-1471
British Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
George Grenville 1763-1765
George Canning 1827
George Hamilton-Gordon 1852-1855
Edward Smith-Stanley (middle name George) 1852; 1858-1859; 1866-1868
Edward Heath (middle name George) 1970-1974
Bulgarian Kings and Tsars:
2 tsars
Tsar Georgi Terter I (a.k.a. George) 1280-1292
Tsar Georgi Terter II (a.k.a. George) 1322-1323
Canadian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
John Diefenbaker (middle name George) 1957-1963
English and British Kings and Queens:
7 kings
King George I 1714-1727
King George II 1727-1760
King George III 1760-1820
King George IV 1820-1830
King George V 1910-1936
King George VI 1936-1952
King Charles III (middle name George) 2022-
Fictional Characters from Books:
11 characters, 1 hero
George Wickham 1813 Pride and Prejudice
George Knightley 1815 Emma
George Osborne 1847 Vanity Fair
George Fayne 1931 The Secret at Shadow Ranch
Ashley Wilkes (a.k.a. George) 1936 Gone With the Wind
George Milton 1937 Of Mice and Men
Curious George 1941 Curious George
George Gideon 1955 Gideon's Day
George Gently 1955 Gently Does It
George Smiley 1974 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
George Kranky 1981 George's Marvellous Medicine
George Hazard 1982 North and South
Fictional Characters from Movies:
3 characters, 1 hero
Ashley Wilkes (a.k.a. George) 1939 Gone With the Wind
George Blake 1943 Bell-Bottom George
George Bailey 1946 It's a Wonderful Life
George Lass 2009 Dead like Me: Life After Death
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) George 1995 Oh, George
(character) George 2007 Yo George
Fictional Characters from Television:
19 characters, 1 hero
George Gideon 1964 Gideon's Way
George Mainwaring 1968 Dad's Army
George Hazard 1985 North and South
George Costanza 1989 Seinfeld
George Poulos 1994 Heartbreak High
George S. Hammond 1997 Stargate SG-1
George Huang 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
George Mason 2001 24
George Sibley 2001 Six Feet Under
George Bluth Sr. 2003 Arrested Development
George Michael Bluth 2003 Arrested Development
Gob Bluth (a.k.a. George) 2003 Arrested Development
Oscar Bluth (middle name George) 2003 Arrested Development
George Lass 2003 Dead Like Me
George Williams 2004 Desperate Housewives
George O'Malley 2005 Grey's Anatomy
George Gently 2007 Inspector George Gently
George Feeny 1993; 2014 Boy Meets World; Girl Meets World
George Cooper Jr. 2017 Young Sheldon
George Cooper Sr. 2017 Young Sheldon
Grammy Award Winners:
2 album of the year, 1 best new artist/album of the year, 1 record of the year
(best new artist/album of the year) Bob Newhart (a.k.a. George) 1961 ; The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(album of the year) George Harrison 1973 The Concert for Bangla Desh
(record of the year) George Benson 1977 This Masquerade
(album of the year) George Michael 1989 Faith
Greek Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
George Papandreou 2009-2011
Hall-of-Famers:
13 baseball, 9 football, 7 ice hockey, 4 basketball
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1936
(baseball) George Wright 1937
(baseball) George Sisler 1939
(baseball) Rube Waddell (a.k.a. George) 1946
(ice hockey) George Richardson 1950
(ice hockey) George McNamara 1958
(ice hockey) George Hay 1958
(basketball) George Mikan 1959
(baseball) Max Carey (middle name George) 1961
(ice hockey) George Hainsworth 1961
(ice hockey) Frederick George "Steamer" Maxwell 1962
(football) George Halas 1963
(football) George Preston Marshall 1963
(football) George Trafton 1964
(football) George McAfee 1966
(baseball) George Kelly 1973
(football) George Connor 1975
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 1975
(ice hockey) Bill Quackenbush (middle name George) 1976
(football) George Blanda 1981
(football) George Musso 1982
(baseball) George Kell 1983
(baseball) Tom Seaver (a.k.a. George) 1992
(basketball) George Yardley 1996
(basketball) George Gervin 1996
(baseball) George Davis 1998
(baseball) George Brett 1999
(baseball) George "Sparky" Anderson 2000
(football) George Allen 2002
(baseball) George "Mule" Suttles 2006
(baseball) Ken Griffey Jr. (a.k.a. George) 2016
(basketball) George McGinnis 2017
(football) George Young 2020
Harry Potter Characters:
1 character
George Weasley
Most Valuable Players:
7 winners
George Sisler 1922 baseball
George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1923 baseball
George Burns 1926 baseball
George Foster 1977 baseball
George Brett 1980 baseball
George Bell 1987 baseball
Ken Griffey Jr. (a.k.a. George) 1997 baseball
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
George Waterhouse 1872-1873
George Grey 1877-1879
Joseph Ward (middle name George) 1906-1912; 1928-1930
George Forbes 1930-1935
Sidney Holland (middle name George) 1949-1957
Nobel Prize Winners:
7 medicine, 5 chemistry, 3 physics, 2 economics, 1 literature, 1 peace
(literature) George Bernard Shaw 1925
(medicine) George Whipple 1934
(medicine) George Minot 1934
(physics) George Paget Thomson 1937
(chemistry) George de Hevesy 1943
(peace) George C. Marshall 1953
(medicine) George Wells Beadle 1958
(chemistry) Ronald George Wreyford Norrish 1967
(medicine) George Wald 1967
(chemistry) George Porter 1967
(medicine) George Emil Palade 1974
(medicine) George Davis Snell 1980
(economics) George Stigler 1982
(medicine) George H. Hitchings 1988
(chemistry) George Andrew Olah 1994
(economics) George Akerlof 2001
(physics) George Smoot 2006
(physics) George E. Smith 2009
(chemistry) George Smith 2018
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist, 1 social activist
(social activist) Harry Belafonte (middle name George) 1927-2023
(activist) George Jackson 1941-1971
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
52 actors, 4 actor/comedians, 2 comedians, 1 presenter
Harry Davenport (middle name George) 1866-1949
George Arliss 1868-1946
Milton Sills (middle name George) 1882-1930
George Bancroft 1882-1956
George Burns 1896-1996
Melville Cooper (a.k.a. George) 1896-1973
Randolph Scott (a.k.a. George) 1898-1987
George Raft 1901-1980
George Brent 1904-1979
Richard Haydn (a.k.a. George) 1905-1985
Ozzie Nelson (middle name George) 1906-1975
George Sanders 1906-1972
George Reeves 1914-1959
George Montgomery 1916-2000
George Gaynes 1917-2016
Patrick Troughton (middle name George) 1920-1987
John Agar (middle name George) 1921-2002
Harry Carey Jr. (middle name George) 1921-2012
George Nader 1921-2002
Michael Ansara (middle name George) 1922-2013
George Kennedy 1925-2016
Harry Belafonte (middle name George) 1927-2023
Brock Peters (a.k.a. George) 1927-2005
Roger Moore (middle name George) 1927-2017
George C. Scott 1927-1999
George Grizzard 1928-2007
George Peppard 1928-1994
Tony Franciosa (middle name George) 1928-2006
Bob Newhart (a.k.a. George) 1929-2024
Ronnie Barker (middle name George) 1929-2005
Skip Homeier (a.k.a. George) 1930-2017
Gavin MacLeod (middle name George) 1931-2021
George Chakiris 1932-
George Segal 1934-2021
Richard Chamberlain (a.k.a. George) 1934-2025
George Takei 1937-
George Carlin 1937-2008
Derek Jacobi (middle name George) 1938-
George Hamilton 1939-
George Lazenby 1939-
Alex Trebek (a.k.a. George) 1940-2020
G. W. Bailey (a.k.a. George) 1944-
George Dzundza 1945-
George Wendt 1948-
Delroy Lindo (middle name George) 1952-
Matt Frewer (middle name George) 1958-
Lenny Henry (middle name George) 1958-
George Lopez 1961-
George Clooney 1961-
Ralph Macchio (middle name George) 1961-
Ray Stevenson (a.k.a. George) 1964-2023
George Newbern 1964-
Kevin James (middle name George) 1965-
George Eads 1967-
Noah Taylor (middle name George) 1969-
Luke Evans (middle name George) 1979-
Zach Roerig (middle name George) 1985-
Sam Claflin (middle name George) 1986-
George Blagden 1989-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
George Grosz 1893-1959
Notable Athletes:
5 baseball, 4 basketball, 4 soccer, 2 ice hockey, 2 rugby, 1 boxing, 1 football, 1 tennis
(tennis) Major Ritchie (middle name George) 1870-1955
(football) George Halas 1895-1983
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1895-1948
(ice hockey) George Hainsworth 1895-1950
(baseball) George Kell 1922-2009
(basketball) George Mikan 1924-2005
(basketball) George Yardley 1928-2004
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 1930-2021
(baseball) Tom Seaver (a.k.a. George) 1944-2020
(soccer) George Best 1946-2005
(boxing) George Foreman 1949-2025
(basketball) George McGinnis 1950-
(basketball) George Gervin 1952-
(baseball) George Brett 1953-
(soccer) George Weah 1966-
(baseball) Ken Griffey Jr. (a.k.a. George) 1969-
(soccer) David Cotterill (middle name George) 1987-
(rugby) George North 1992-
(rugby) George Ford 1993-
(soccer) George Williams 1995-
Notable Businesspeople:
3 businesspersons
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
George Soros 1930-
George Foreman 1949-2025
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
4 explorers
George Vancouver 1757-1798
George Bass 1771-1803
Apsley Cherry-Garrard (middle name George) 1886-1959
George Mallory 1886-1924
Notable Filmmakers:
5 directors, 1 director/screenwriter
George Cukor 1899-1983
George Stevens 1904-1975
George Roy Hill 1921-2002
George A. Romero 1940-2017
George Lucas 1944-
George Miller 1945-
Notable Journalists:
1 journalist, 1 news presenter
(journalist) George Plimpton 1927-2003
(news presenter) George Stephanopoulos 1961-
Notable Military Figures:
4 generals, 1 admiral, 1 officer
George Washington 1732-1799
George Meade 1815-1872
George Dewey 1837-1917
George Armstrong Custer 1839-1876
George C. Marshall 1880-1959
George S. Patton 1885-1945
Notable Musicians:
13 musicians, 5 singers, 2 composers
Georg Friedrich Händel (a.k.a. George) 1685-1759
George Gershwin 1898-1937
Ozzie Nelson (middle name George) 1906-1975
Boy Edgar (a.k.a. George) 1915-1980
George Martin 1926-2016
Harry Belafonte (middle name George) 1927-2023
George Jones 1931-2013
Buddy Guy (a.k.a. George) 1936-
George Clinton 1941-
Carl Douglas (middle name George) 1942-
George Harrison 1943-2001
George Benson 1943-
George McCrae 1944-
George Baker 1944-
Van Morrison (a.k.a. George) 1945-
Giorgos Dalaras (a.k.a. George) 1949-
Boy George 1961-
George Michael 1963-2016
Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith (middle name George) 1972-
Sid Wilson (middle name George) 1977-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
3 philosophers, 1 mathematician, 1 psychologist
George Berkeley 1685-1753
George Boole 1815-1864
George Santayana 1863-1952
G. E. Moore (a.k.a. George) 1873-1958
Philip Zimbardo (middle name George) 1933-2024
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
2 politicians, 2 statespersons
George Clinton 1739-1812
George M. Dallas 1792-1864
George C. Marshall 1880-1959
Crin Antonescu (a.k.a. George) 1959-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
5 inventors, 3 physicists, 1 anthropologist, 1 chemist, 1 physician
George Stephenson 1781-1848
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
George Westinghouse 1846-1914
George Huntington 1850-1916
James George Frazer 1854-1941
George Eastman 1854-1932
William G. Morgan (middle name George) 1870-1942
George de Hevesy 1885-1966
George Paget Thomson 1892-1975
George E. Smith 1930-
George Smoot 1945-
Notable Writers:
7 authors, 1 author/columnist, 1 author/poet, 1 playwright, 1 playwright/poet, 1 poet
Lord Byron (a.k.a. George) 1788-1824
George Sand 1804-1876
George Eliot 1819-1880
George MacDonald 1824-1905
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
H. G. Wells (middle name George) 1866-1946
A. de Herz (middle name George) 1887-1936
George Schuyler 1895-1977
George Orwell 1903-1950
George Plimpton 1927-2003
George R. R. Martin 1948-
George Saunders 1958-
Olympic Medalists:
20 gold, 19 bronze, 11 silver, 4 silver/gold, 2 bronze/gold, 1 bronze/gold/silver, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Saint George Ashe 1900 rowing
(gold/bronze) George F. Orton 1900 2500 m steeplechase; 400 m hurdles
(gold) George Sheldon 1904 diving - platform
(bronze/gold) George Bryant 1904 archery - American round; archery - team round; archery - York round
(bronze) George Poage 1904 200 m hurdles; 400 m hurdles
(gold) George Underwood 1904 4 mile team
(bronze/gold/silver) Major Ritchie (middle name George) 1908 tennis
(gold) George Larner 1908 10 mile walk; 3500 m walk
(gold) George Nevinson 1908 water polo
(bronze) George Gaidzik 1908 diving - springboard
(bronze) Leslie Rich (middle name George) 1908 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) George Cornet 1908; 1912 water polo
(gold) George Wilkinson 1900; 1908; 1912 water polo
(silver/gold) George Bonhag 1908; 1912 3 mile team; 3000 m team
(gold) George Goulding 1912 10 km walk
(bronze) George Nicol 1912 4x400 m relay
(bronze) George Hutson 1912 3000 m team; 5000 m
(bronze) George Horine 1912 high jump
(gold) George Hodgson 1912 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle
(silver/gold) Albert Hill (middle name George) 1920 1500 m; 3000 m team; 800 m
(silver) Gerry Geran (middle name George) 1920 ice hockey
(silver) George Parker 1920 3000 m walk
(bronze) August Desch (middle name George) 1920 400 m hurdles
(silver/bronze) George Vernot 1920 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle
(silver) George Webber 1924 3000 m team
(bronze) George Schroth 1924 water polo
(bronze) George Mitchell 1924 water polo
(bronze) George Renwick 1924 4x400 m relay
(gold) George Baird 1928 4x400 m relay
(gold) George Kojac 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) David Burghley (middle name George) 1928; 1932 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay
(silver) George Fissler 1932 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) George Simpson 1932 200 m
(gold) George Saling 1932 110 m hurdles
(bronze) George Jefferson 1932 pole vault
(gold) Ran Laurie (middle name George) 1948 rowing
(gold) Ray Lumpp (middle name George) 1948 basketball
(silver) George Avery 1948 triple jump
(bronze) George Stanich 1948 high jump
(silver) Ken Wiesner (middle name George) 1952 high jump
(gold) George Rhoden 1952 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Jack Taylor (middle name George) 1952 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Derek Ibbotson (a.k.a. George) 1956 5000 m
(bronze/silver) George Breen 1956; 1960 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Don Bragg (middle name George) 1960 pole vault
(bronze) George Kerr 1960 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(gold) Peter Snell (middle name George) 1960; 1964 800 m; 1500 m
(gold) George Harrison 1960 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) George Wilson 1964 basketball
(bronze) George L. Young 1968 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Peter Norman (middle name George) 1968 200 m
(gold/bronze/silver) Bob Windle (middle name George) 1964; 1968 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver/gold) Larry James (a.k.a. George) 1968 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(gold) George Foreman 1968 boxing
(silver) George Woods 1968; 1972 shot put
(gold) John Walker (middle name George) 1976 1500 m
(silver/gold) George DiCarlo 1984 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle
(silver) Kevin Robertson (middle name George) 1984; 1988 water polo
(silver) Peter Campbell (a.k.a. George) 1984; 1988 water polo
(bronze) George Bovell 2004 swimming - 200 m medley
(bronze) George Nash 2012 rowing
(bronze/gold) Damian Warner (middle name George) 2016; 2020 decathlon
Oscar Award Winners:
7 actors, 3 directors
(actor) George Arliss 1931 Disraeli
(actor) George Sanders 1951 All About Eve
(director) George Stevens 1952; 1957 A Place in the Sun; Giant
(actor) George Chakiris 1962 West Side Story
(director) George Cukor 1965 My Fair Lady
(actor) George Kennedy 1968 Cool Hand Luke
(actor) George C. Scott 1971 Patton
(director) George Roy Hill 1974 The Sting
(actor) George Burns 1976 The Sunshine Boys
(actor) George Clooney 2006 Syriana
Other Leaders:
4 presidents, 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister George Borg Olivier 1950-1955; 1962-1971 Malta
Prime Minister Edward Seaga (middle name George) 1980-1989 Jamaica
President George Vasiliou 1988-1993 Cyprus
President George Maxwell Richards 2003-2013 Trinidad and Tobago
President George Abela 2009-2014 Malta
President George Weah 2018- Liberia
Other Religious Leaders:
1 leader
George Albert Smith 1945-1951 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Other Royalty:
11 princes, 4 kings, 1 duke, 1 grand duke
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence 1461-1478 Clarence
Georg of Prussia (middle name George) 1826-1902 Prussia
Philippe of Belgium (middle name George) 1837-1905 Belgium
Willem II of the Netherlands (middle name George) 1840-1849 Netherlands
Leopold, Duke of Albany (middle name George) 1853-1884 United Kingdom
Georgios I (a.k.a. George) 1863-1913 Greece
Georgios of Greece and Denmark (a.k.a. George) 1869-1957 Denmark; Greece
George Alexandrovich of Russia 1871-1899 Russia
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (middle name George) 1884-1919 United Kingdom
George, Duke of Kent 1902-1942 United Kingdom
Friedrich of Prussia (middle name George) 1911-1966 Prussia
Georgios II (a.k.a. George) 1922-1924; 1935-1947 Greece
Edward, Duke of Kent (middle name George) 1935- United Kingdom
Michael of Kent (middle name George) 1942- United Kingdom
Richard, Duke of Gloucester (middle name George) 1944- United Kingdom
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (middle name George) 2013- Netherlands
George of Wales 2013- United Kingdom
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) George Dillon 1932 The Flowering Stone
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
George Harrison 1988; 2004 The Beatles;
Bill Wyman (middle name George) 1989 The Rolling Stones
Van Morrison (a.k.a. George) 1993
George Clinton 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Bernie Worrell (a.k.a. George) 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Buddy Guy (a.k.a. George) 2005
Mike Smith (middle name George) 2008 The Dave Clark Five
George Michael 2023
Saints:
7 blessed, 5 saints
Saint George ?-303
Saint George ?-825
Saint George ?-852
Saint Giorgi the Hagiorite (a.k.a. George) 1009-1065
Saint Giorgi of Chqondidi (a.k.a. George) ?-c. 1118
Blessed George Haydock 1556-1584
Blessed George Beesley 1563-1591
Blessed George Gervase 1569-1608
Blessed George Douglas ?-1587
Blessed George Nichols ?-1589
Blessed George Errington ?-1596
Blessed Georges Edme Rene (a.k.a. George) 1748-1794
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Master George Page The Merry Wives of Windsor
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence Henry VI (3); Richard III
George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny Henry VIII
Tony Award Winners:
2 actors
(actor) Derek Jacobi (middle name George) 1985 Much Ado About Nothing
(actor) George Grizzard 1996 A Delicate Balance