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
Edward Smith-Stanley (a.k.a. George) 1852; 1858-1859; 1866-1868
George Hamilton-Gordon 1852-1855
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:
7 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
George Smiley 1974 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character, 1 hero
George Bailey 1946 It's a Wonderful Life
George Lass 2009 Dead like Me: Life After Death
Fictional Characters from Television:
6 characters
George Costanza 1989 Seinfeld
George Bluth, Sr. 2003 Arrested Development
George Michael Bluth 2003 Arrested Development
Gob Bluth (a.k.a. George) 2003 Arrested Development
Oscar Bluth (a.k.a. George) 2003 Arrested Development
George Lass 2003 Dead Like Me
Grammy Award Winners:
2 album of the year, 1 record of the year
(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:
9 football, 8 baseball, 6 ice hockey, 4 basketball
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1936
(baseball) George Wright 1937
(baseball) George Sisler 1939
(ice hockey) George Richardson 1950
(ice hockey) George McNamara 1958
(ice hockey) George Hay 1958
(basketball) George Mikan 1959
(ice hockey) Georges Boucher (a.k.a. George) 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
(football) George Connor 1975
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 1975
(football) George Blanda 1981
(football) George Musso 1982
(baseball) George Kell 1983
(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
(basketball) George McGinnis 2017
(football) George Young 2020
Harry Potter Characters:
1 character
George Weasley
Most Valuable Players:
6 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
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
George Waterhouse 1872-1873
George Grey 1877-1879
Joseph Ward (a.k.a. George) 1906-1912; 1928-1930
George Forbes 1930-1935
Sidney Holland (a.k.a. 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 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 Actors and Actresses:
20 actors, 1 actor/comedian
George Arliss 1868-1946
George Burns 1896-1996
Melville Cooper (a.k.a. George) 1896-1973
George Sanders 1906-1972
George Gaynes 1917-2016
George Kennedy 1925-
Roger Moore (a.k.a. George) 1927-2017
George C. Scott 1927-1999
George Peppard 1928-1994
Skip Homeier (a.k.a. George) 1930-
George Segal 1934-
George Chakiris 1934-
George Takei 1937-
George Lazenby 1939-
George Dzundza 1945-
Delroy Lindo (a.k.a. George) 1952-
George Lopez 1961-
George Clooney 1961-
George Newbern 1964-
George Eads 1967-
George Leach 1975-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Georges Seurat (a.k.a. George) 1859-1891
Notable Athletes:
10 baseball, 6 football, 6 ice hockey, 5 rugby, 4 basketball, 4 soccer, 1 boxing, 1 tennis
(baseball) George Wright 1847-1937
(baseball) George Davis 1870-1940
(tennis) Major Ritchie (a.k.a. George) 1870-1955
(ice hockey) George McNamara 1886-1952
(ice hockey) George Richardson 1886-1916
(baseball) George Burns 1893-1978
(baseball) George Sisler 1893-1973
(football) George Halas 1895-1983
(baseball) George Herman "Babe" Ruth 1895-1948
(ice hockey) George Hainsworth 1895-1950
(baseball) George Kelly 1895-1984
(ice hockey) Georges Boucher (a.k.a. George) 1896-1960
(football) George Trafton 1896-1971
(ice hockey) George Hay 1898-1975
(football) George Musso 1910-2000
(football) George McAfee 1918-2009
(baseball) George Kell 1922-2009
(basketball) George Mikan 1924-2005
(football) George Connor 1925-2003
(football) George Blanda 1927-2010
(basketball) George Yardley 1928-2004
(ice hockey) George Armstrong 1930-
(soccer) Cliff Huxford (a.k.a. George) 1937-2018
(soccer) George Best 1946-2005
(baseball) George Foster 1948-
(boxing) George Foreman 1949-
(basketball) George McGinnis 1950-
(basketball) George Gervin 1952-
(baseball) George Brett 1953-
(baseball) George Bell 1959-
(rugby) Campese Ma'afu (a.k.a. George) 1984-
(rugby) George Pisi 1986-
(soccer) David Cotterill (a.k.a. George) 1987-
(rugby) George Kruis 1990-
(rugby) George North 1992-
(rugby) George Ford 1993-
(soccer) George Williams 1995-
Notable Businesspeople:
2 businesspersons
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
George Soros 1930-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
3 explorers
George Vancouver 1757-1798
George Bass 1771-1803
George Mallory 1886-1924
Notable Filmmakers:
4 directors, 1 screenwriter/director
George Cukor 1899-1983
George Stevens 1904-1975
George Roy Hill 1921-2002
George A. Romero 1940-2017
George Lucas 1944-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
2 television
(television) Alex Trebek (a.k.a. George) 1940-2020
(television) George Lopez 1961-
Notable Musicians:
4 musicians, 3 composers, 3 singers
Georg Friedrich Händel (a.k.a. George) 1685-1759 classical
Georges Bizet (a.k.a. George) 1838-1875
George Gershwin 1898-1937 classical
George Jones 1931-2013 country
George Clinton 1941- funk
George Harrison 1943-2001
Boy George 1961-
George Michael 1963-2016
Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith (a.k.a. George) 1972- hip hop
George Leach 1975-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
4 philosophers
George Berkeley 1685-1753
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (a.k.a. George) 1770-1831
George Santayana 1863-1952
G. E. Moore (a.k.a. George) 1873-1958
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician, 1 statesperson
George Clinton 1739-1812
George M. Dallas 1792-1864
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
4 inventors, 1 physicist
George Stephenson 1781-1848
Georg Ohm (a.k.a. George) 1789-1854
George Henry Corliss 1817-1888
George Westinghouse 1846-1914
George Eastman 1854-1932
Notable Writers:
5 authors, 1 playwright, 1 poet, 1 poet/author
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 (a.k.a. George) 1866-1946
George Orwell 1903-1950
George R. R. Martin 1948-
Olympic Medalists:
19 bronze, 17 gold, 11 silver, 3 silver/gold, 2 gold/bronze, 1 bronze/gold/silver, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/bronze
(bronze) Saint George Ashe 1900 rowing
(gold/bronze) George Orton 1900 3000 m steeplechase; 400 m hurdles
(gold) George Sheldon 1904 diving - platform
(gold/bronze) 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 (a.k.a. George) 1908 tennis
(gold) George Larner 1908 10 mile walk; 3500 m walk
(gold) George Cornet 1908; 1912 water polo
(gold) George Wilkinson 1900; 1908; 1912 water polo
(gold) George Nevinson 1908 water polo
(silver/gold) George Bonhag 1908; 1912 3 mile team; 3000 m team
(bronze) George Gaidzik 1908 diving - springboard
(bronze) Leslie Rich (a.k.a. George) 1908 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(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) Gerry Geran (a.k.a. George) 1920 ice hockey
(silver) George Parker 1920 3000 m walk
(bronze) August Desch (a.k.a. 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 Renwick 1924 4x400 m relay
(bronze) George Mitchell 1924 water polo
(gold) George Baird 1928 4x400 m relay
(gold) George Kojac 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) David Burghley (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. George) 1948 rowing
(gold) Ray Lumpp (a.k.a. George) 1948 basketball
(silver) George Avery 1948 triple jump
(bronze) George Stanich 1948 high jump
(silver) Ken Wiesner (a.k.a. George) 1952 high jump
(gold) George Rhoden 1952 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Jack Taylor (a.k.a. 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 (a.k.a. George) 1960 pole vault
(bronze) George Kerr 1960 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(gold) George Harrison 1960 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) George Wilson 1964 basketball
(gold/bronze/silver) Robert Windle (a.k.a. George) 1964; 1968 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) George Young 1968 3000 m steeplechase
(silver) Peter Norman (a.k.a. George) 1968 200 m
(silver/gold) Larry James (a.k.a. George) 1968 400 m; 4x400 m relay
(silver) George Woods 1968; 1972 shot put
(silver) Kevin Robertson (a.k.a. George) 1984; 1988 water polo
(silver/gold) George DiCarlo 1984 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle
(silver) Peter Campbell (a.k.a. George) 1984; 1988 water polo
(bronze) George Bovell 2004 swimming - 200 m medley
(bronze) George Nash 2012 rowing
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
Other Leaders:
4 presidents, 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister George Borg Olivier 1950-1955; 1962-1971 Malta
Prime Minister Edward Seaga (a.k.a. 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 Crin Antonescu (a.k.a. George) 2012 Romania
Other Religious Leaders:
1 leader
George Albert Smith 1945-1951 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Other Royalty:
2 kings, 1 prince
Willem II of the Netherlands (a.k.a. George) 1840-1849 Netherlands
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (a.k.a. George) 2013- Netherlands
George of Cambridge 2013- United Kingdom
Russian Grand Dukes and Tsars:
3 dukes
Duke Yuriy I Dolgorukiy (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
Title Characters:
3 songs, 2 books, 1 film, 1 musical
(film) George 1943 Bell Bottom George
(song) George Jackson 1971 George Jackson
(book) George 1981 George's Marvellous Medicine
(musical) George 1984 Sunday in the Park with George
(song) George 1995 Oh, George
(book) George Crum 2006 George Crum and the Saratoga Chip
(song) George 2007 Yo George