Namesakes for GEORGE:
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 
Edward Smith-Stanley (a.k.a. George) 1852; 1858-1859; 1866-1868 
George Hamilton-Gordon 1852-1855 
Sir Edward Heath (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. George) 1957-1963
English and British Kings and Queens:
6 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
Fictional Characters from Books:
6 characters
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
Hall-of-Famers:
8 baseball, 8 football, 6 ice hockey, 3 basketball
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1936 
(baseball) George Wright 1937 
(baseball) George Sisler 1939 
(ice hockey) George Richardson 1950 
(ice hockey) George Hay 1958 
(ice hockey) George McNamara 1958 
(basketball) George L. Mikan 1959 
(ice hockey) George Boucher 1960 
(ice hockey) George Hainsworth 1961 
(football) George Halas 1963 
(football) George Preston Marshall 1963 
(football) George Trafton 1964 
(football) George McAfee 1966 
(baseball) George Kelly 1973 
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 1975 
(football) George Connor 1975 
(football) George Blanda 1981 
(football) George Musso 1982 
(baseball) George Kell 1983 
(basketball) George Gervin 1996 
(basketball) George Yardley 1996 
(baseball) George S. Davis 1998 
(baseball) George Brett 1999 
(baseball) George "Sparky" Anderson 2000 
(football) George Allen 2002
Harry Potter Characters:
1 character
George Weasley
Nobel Prize Winners:
7 medicine, 4 chemistry, 2 economics, 1 literature, 1 peace, 1 physics
(literature) George Bernard Shaw 1925 
(medicine) George Richards Minot 1934 
(medicine) George Hoyt Whipple 1934 
(physics) George Paget Thomson 1937 
(chemistry) Hevesy György (a.k.a. George) 1943 
(peace) George Catlett Marshall 1953 
(medicine) George Wells Beadle 1958 
(chemistry) George Porter 1967 
(medicine) George Wald 1967 
(chemistry) Ronald George Wreyford Norrish 1967 
(medicine) George E. Palade 1974 
(medicine) George D. Snell 1980 
(economics) George J. Stigler 1982 
(medicine) George H. Hitchings 1988 
(chemistry) George A. Olah 1994 
(economics) George A. Akerlof 2001
Notable Actors and Actresses:
11 actors, 1 actor/comedian
George Arliss 1868-1946 
George Burns 1896-1996 
George Sanders 1906-1972 
George Kennedy 1925- 
George C. Scott 1927-1999 
George Chakiris 1934- 
George Segal 1934- 
George Takei 1937- 
George Lazenby 1939- 
George Clooney 1961- 
George Lopez 1961- 
George Newbern 1964-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Georges Seurat (a.k.a. George) 1859-1891
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
3 explorers
George Vancouver 1757-1798 
George Bass 1771-1803 
George Mallory 1886-1924
Notable Filmmakers:
4 directors, 1 director/screenwriter
George Cukor 1899-1983 
George Stevens 1904-1975 
George Roy Hill 1921-2002 
George A. Romero 1940- 
George Lucas 1944-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 television
Television George Lopez 1961-
Notable Musicians:
3 composers
Georg Friedrich Händel (a.k.a. George) 1685-1759 
Georges Bizet (a.k.a. George) 1838-1875 
George Gershwin 1898-1937
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
4 philosophers
George Berkeley 1685-1753 
Georg Hegel (a.k.a. George) 1770-1831 
George Santayana 1863-1952 
George Edward Moore 1873-1958
Notable Professional Athletes:
7 baseball, 6 football, 6 ice hockey, 3 basketball
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 
(football) George Blanda 
(ice hockey) George Boucher 
(baseball) George Brett 
(football) George Connor 
(baseball) George S. Davis 
(basketball) George Gervin 
(ice hockey) George Hainsworth 
(football) George Halas 
(ice hockey) George Hay 
(baseball) George Kell 
(baseball) George Kelly 
(football) George McAfee 
(ice hockey) George McNamara 
(basketball) George L. Mikan 
(football) George Musso 
(ice hockey) George Richardson 
(baseball) George Sisler 
(football) George Trafton 
(baseball) George Wright 
(basketball) George Yardley 
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1895-1948
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 inventor, 1 physicist
Georg Ohm (a.k.a. George) 1789-1854 
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
Notable Writers:
4 authors, 1 playwright, 1 poet
Lord George Gordon Byron 1788-1824 
George Sand 1804-1876 
George Eliot 1819-1880 
George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 
H. G. Wells (a.k.a. George) 1866-1946 
George Orwell 1903-1950
Oscar Award Winners:
7 actors, 3 directors
(actor) George Arliss 1930 Disraeli 
(actor) George Sanders 1950 All About Eve 
(director) George Stevens 1951; 1956 A Place in the Sun; Giant 
(actor) George Chakiris 1961 West Side Story 
(director) George Cukor 1964 My Fair Lady 
(actor) George Kennedy 1967 Cool Hand Luke 
(actor) George C. Scott 1970 Patton 
(director) George Roy Hill 1973 The Sting 
(actor) George Burns 1975 The Sunshine Boys 
(actor) George Clooney 2005 Syriana
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
3 dukes
Duke Yuriy I Dolgoruki (a.k.a. George) 1154-1157 
Duke Yuriy II (a.k.a. George) 1212-1216; 1218-1238 
Duke Yuriy (a.k.a. George) 1303-1325
Saints:
8 blessed, 3 saints
Saint George ?-303 
Saint George ?-825 
Saint George ?-852 
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 
Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (a.k.a. George) 1871-1927
Serbian Kings, Tsars and Princes:
1 despot, 1 ruler
Despot Đurađ Branković (a.k.a. George) 1427-1456 
Ruler Đorđe Petrović (a.k.a. George) 1804-1813
Shakespearian Characters:
2 characters
Master George Page The Merry Wives of Windsor 
George Plantagenet Henry VI (3); Richard III