Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

George Grljusich

Australian sports journalist and Australian rules footballer

George Grosz

German artist (1893–1959)

George Grove

b. 1820

English engineer and writer on music (1820–1900)

George Gurdjieff

Russian Empire mystic and writer (c. 1866–1877 – 1949)

George H. Heilmeier

American engineer and businessman (1936-2014)

George H. Hitchings

b. 1905

Nobel Prize-winning American doctor (1905–1998)

George H. W. Bush

b. 1924

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

George Habash

b. 1926

Founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (1926–2008)

George Hackenschmidt

b. 1877

Estonian strongman and professional wrestler (1877–1968)

George Haigh

b. 1915

English footballer (1915–2019)

George Hainsworth

b. 1895

Canadian ice hockey player (1893–1950)

George Halas

American football player and coach (1895–1983)

George Haliburton (bishop of Aberdeen)

Scottish cleric and Jacobite

George Hamilton (actor)

b. 1939

American actor (born 1939)

George Hamilton (Northern Ireland police officer)

b. 1967

Northern Irish police officer (born 1967)

George Hamilton IV

b. 1937

American country musician (1937–2014)

George Harriman

British businessman

George Hauptfuhrer

b. 1926

American basketball player (1926–2013)

George Hearst

b. 1820

American businessman and politician (1820–1891)

George Hees

Canadian politician

George Hendrick

b. 1949

American baseball player and coach (born 1949)

George Henry Thomas

b. 1816

American army general (1816–1870)

George Henschel

British baritone and conductor

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

b. 1866

British aristocrat (1866–1923)