Namesakes
Notable Athletes:
1 handball, 1 soccer
(handball) Gheorghe Gruia 1940-2015 
(soccer) Gheorghe Hagi 1965-
Olympic Medalists:
2 bronze
(bronze) Gheorghe Gruia 1972 handball
(bronze) Gheorghe Megelea 1976 javelin throw
Romanian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
8 prime ministers
(prime minister) Gheorghe Manu 1889-1891
(prime minister) Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino 1899-1900; 1906-1907
(prime minister) Gheorghe Mironescu 1930; 1930-1931
(prime minister) Ion G. Duca (a.k.a. Gheorghe) 1933
(prime minister) Gheorghe Argeșanu 1939
(prime minister) Gheorghe Tătărescu 1934-1937; 1939-1940
(prime minister) Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej 1952-1955
(prime minister) Ion Gheorghe Maurer 1961-1974