This time in First Names First we will concentrate on George, one of the most popular boys' names through the ages. Other forms of George included here are Georg and Georges. Since there are so many Georges, maximum five names per decade are shown.
George of Podebrady* King of Bohemia – Podèbrady Castle, Bohemia (1420)
Georg von Peuerbach* astronomer/ mathematician/instrument maker – Linz, Austria (1423)
George Sandys* traveller/colonist/poet – Bishopsthorpe, England (1578)
George Percy* explorer/author/Colonial Governor in Virginia – England (1580)
Prince George of Denmark* husband of Queen Anne – Copenhagen Castle, Denmark (1653)
Georg Muffat* composer/organist – Megève, Duchy of Savoy (1653)
George I* King of Great Britain and Ireland/and the first British monarch of the House of Hanover – Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (1660)
George Bähr* architect/became the first in Germany to go by the title of “Architect” – Fürstenwalde, Saxony, Germany (1666)
Georg Friedrich Händel* composer – Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Roman Empire (1685)
George Whitefield* evangelist/preacher/active in America – Gloucester, Great Britain (1714)
George Mason* planter/signer of the Declaration of Independence – Fairfax County, Virginia, British America (1725)
George Washington* politician/1usp – Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British America (1732)
George Meade* double dealer during the American Revolution – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony (1741)
George Vancouver* Royal Navy officer/explorer – King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (1757)
George Cayley* engineer/inventor/ aviator – Scarborough, Yorkshire, England (1773)
Georg Ohm* physicist/mathematician – Erlangen, Germany, Holy Roman Empire (1789)
George Catlin* portrait painter of Native Americans in the Old West – Wilkes-Barre, PA USA (1796)
George Washington Whistler* designer of steam locomotives – Fort Wayne, IN USA (1800)
George Bradshaw* cartographer/ timetable publisher – Pendleton, Lancashire, England (1800)
Georges-Eugène Haussmann* prefect/renewer of urban Paris – Paris, French Empire (1809)
George Gilbert Scott* architect – Parsonage, Buckinghamshire, England (1811)
George Peter Alexander Healy* portrait painter – Boston, MA USA (1813)
George McDougall* missionary/helped native tribes in Canada – Kingston, Upper Canada (1821)
George Williams* philanthropist/ founder of the YMCA – Dulverton, England (1821)
George MacDonald* author/pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature – Huntly, Scotland (1824)
George Inness* landscape painter – Newburgh, NY USA (1825)
George Goyder* surveyor in the Colony of South Australia – Liverpool, England (1826)
George Pullman* engineer/ inventor/industrialist – Brocton, NY USA (1831)
George Atzerodt* assigned to assassinate Andrew Jackson – Dörna, German Confederation (1835)
Georges Bizet* composer – Paris, France (1838)
George A. Custer* army officer/commander – New Rumley, OH USA (1839)
Georg Cantor* German mathematician – Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (1845)
George I of Greece* Danish prince/King of Greece - Copenhagen, Denmark (1845)
George Westinghouse* engineer/entrepreneur – Central Bridge, NY USA (1846)
Georg Luger* accountant/ firearm designer – Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol (1849)
George Washington Williams* soldier/writer on African-American history – Bedford Springs, PA USA (1849)
George Eastman* founder of Eastman Kodak – Waterville, NY USA (1854)
George Bernard Shaw* playwright/activist/N – Portobello, Dublin, Ireland (1856)
George Marchant* British-Australian soft-drink manufacturer – Brasted, Kent, England (1857)
George Lansbury* politician/social reformer/grandfather of Angela Lansbury – Halesworth, Suffolk, England (1859)
Georges Seurat* painter – Paris, France (1859)
George Alexander Baird* race horse owner/breeder/jockey – England (1861)
Georges Méliès* pioneering filmmaker /illusionist – Paris, France (1861)
George Anthony Munday Jr. engineer/land owner in Vancouver, Canada – London, England (1862)
George W Vanderbilt II* art collector – Staten Island, NY USA (1862)
George Ellery Hale* solar astronomer – Chicago, IL USA (1868)
George Albert Smith* Mormon leader – Salt Lake City, UT USA (1870)
Georges Claude* engineer/ inventor(neon) – Paris, France (1870)
George Hackenschmidt* wrestler – Dorpat, Livonia, Russian Empire (1877)
George Whipple* physician/ pathologist/N- Ashland, NH USA (1878)
George Marshall* military leader/politician – Uniontown, PA USA (1880)
George Mallory* mountaineer – Mobberley, Cheshire, England (1886)
Georgios Papandreou* politician – Kalentzi, Achaea, Greece (1888)
George Adamski* ufologist – Bromberg, German Empire (1891)
George Llewelyn Davies* inspiration for Peter Pan – London, England (1893)
George VI* King of the United Kingdom (1936-1952) – Norfolk, England (1895)
George Burns* stand-up comedian/actor – New York, NY USA (1896)
George Gerschwin* composer/pianist – Brooklyn, NY USA (1898)
George Orwell* novelist/ journalist/critic – Motihari, Bengal, British India (1903)
George H. Hitchings* physician/N – Hoquiam, WA USA (1905)
George Sanders* actor – St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (1906)
George Stanley* historian/public servant/designer of the current Canadian flag - Calgary, AB Canada (1907)
George W. Jenkins* businessman/ founder of Publix Super Markets/ philanthropist – Warm Springs, GA USA (1907)
Georges Loinger* heroic French resistance fighter – Strasbourg, German Empire (1910)
George Reeves* actor (Superman) – Woolstock, IA USA (1914)
George Nissen* gymnast/inventor of trampoline – Blairstown, IA USA (1914)
George Sidney* film director/producer – Long Island City, NY USA (1916)
Georgios Papadopoulos* colonel/Greek junta strongman – Elaiohori, Greece (1919)
George Patton* general – Boston, MA USA (1928)
Georges Charpak* physicist//N – Dabrowica, Poland (1924)
George H. W. Bush* politician/41usp – Milton, MA USA (1924)
George Laurer* computer engineer/developer of the UPC – Manhattan, NY USA (1925)
George C. Scott* actor – Wise, VA USA (1927)
George Soros* business magnate/philanthropist – Budapest, Hungary (1930)
George Segal* actor/ musician – Great Neck, NY USA (1934)
George Takei* actor (Star Trek) – Los Angeles, CA USA (1937)
George Carlin* stand-up comedian – Manhattan, NY USA (1937)
George Hamilton* actor – Memphis, TN USA (1939)
George Harrison* guitarist/singer (Beatles) – Liverpool, England (1943)
George Lucas* film director – Modesto, CA USA (1944)
George Best* football player – Belfast, Northern Ireland (1946)
George W. Bush* politician/43usp – New Haven, CT USA (1946)
George Foreman* boxer/author/entrepreneur – Marshall, TX USA (1949)
George Noory* radio talk show host – Detroit, MI USA (1950)
George Knapp* investigative journalist/talk radio host – Woodbury, NJ USA (1952)
George Fox* country singer/songwriter - Calgary, AB Canada (1960)
George Clooney* actor/director/activist – Lexington, KY USA (1961)
George Michael* singer (Wham!) – London, England (1963)
George Weah* football player/politician/P - Monrovia, Liberia (1966)
George Eads* actor – Fort Worth, TX USA (1967)
George MacKay* actor – London, England (1992)
George Sampson* singer/winner of BGT2/dancer – Warrington, Cheshire, England (1993)
Prince George of Cambridge* (House Windsor) – London, England (2013)
Updated 25.10.2022