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George Carman George Alfred Carman (6 October 1929 – 2 January 2001), a leading barrister of the 1980s and 1990s, first came to the attention of the general public in 1979 when he successfully defended the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe when he was charged with conspiracy to murder, despite having been appointed as a QC (Queen's Counsel) eight years previously.
George Carnoutsos George Carnoutsos (born February 12, 1958 in Christchurch) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished seventh at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
George Carroll George Carroll (Born - June 3, 1897 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman who played 1 season in the National Hockey League[[ for the [[Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins.
George Cartwright George Cartwright (VC, ED) (December 9, 1894 - February 2, 1978) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Case George Washington Case (November 11 1915 - January 23 1989) was an American left and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Washington Senators. Possibly the sport's fastest player between the 1920s and 1950s, he is the only player to lead the major leagues in stolen bases five consecutive times (1939-1943), and his six overall league titles tied Ty Cobb's American League record; that mark was later broken by Luis Aparicio.
George Catavolos George Catavolos (born May 8, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois), is the current defensive backs coach for the Buffalo Bills. He was a three-year letterman at Purdue and was the Boilermakers' co-captain during the team's 1967 Rose Bowl Championship season.
George Catlin (political scientist) George Edward Gordon Catlin (1896-1979) was an English political scientist and philosopher. A strong proponent of Anglo-American cooperation, he would work for many years as a professor at Cornell University and other universities and colleges in the United States and Canada.
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (31 March 1754 – 4 May 1834), known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and the former Lady Charlotte Boyle, a daughter of the 3rd Earl of Burlington (of the first creation).
George Cayley Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773–15 December 1857) was an exuberant English polymath from Brompton-by-Sawdon, near Scarborough in Yorkshire. He pioneered the study of aerodynamics over a century before the development of powered flight.
George Călinescu George Călinescu (June 19, 1899 - March 12, 1965, Bucharest) was a Romanian literary critic, writer and journalist, one of the outstanding figures of Romanian letters of 20th century. He was born in Bucharest, where he later went to university studying Italian, but much of his formative years were spent in Iaşi.
George Cisar (baseball) George Joseph Cisar (born August 25, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1931 season. He batted and threw right handed.
George Clark (historian) Sir George Norman Clark (1890-1979, knighted 1953) was a 20th Century British historian. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford he became the inaugural Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford in 1931 (with the accompanying Fellowship at All Souls), a post he held until 1943.
George Clarke Chandler George Clarke Chandler was born in Ontario, March 18,1906 and died in Vancouver, BC April 20, 1964 at the age of 56. Chandler founded radio station CJOR in Vancouver, BC in 1926 which played a major role in West Coast North American Broadcasting producing music shows and radio dramas.
George Cleeve George Cleeve (ca. 1586- after 1666) was an early settler and "founder of Portland, Maine"; Deputy President of the Province of Lygonia from 1643 until the final submission of its Maine towns to Massachusetts authority in 1658.
George Clifford Sziklai George Clifford Sziklai (July 9, 1909 in Budapest, Hungary – September 9, 1998 in Los Altos, California) was a renowned electronics engineer, who among many other contributions to radio and TV electronics invented the transistor configuration named after him, the Sziklai pair.
George Clifford Wilson George Clifford Wilson (27 July 1902 - 18 May 1957) was an English cricketer who followed his father, the more accomplished George Alfred Wilson, into a career as a right-arm fast bowler (and right-handed batsman at the bottom of the order) with Worcestershire.
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland George Clifford (8 August 1558, Brougham Castle, Westmorland - 30 October 1605, The Savoy, Middlesex) was the third Earl of Cumberland and fourteenth Baron Clifford of Westmoreland, as well as an English naval commander and courtier in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Son of the second Earl of Cumberland, Henry Clifford, he was orphaned by his father's death in 1570.
George Clinton (funk musician) George Clinton (born July 22, 1941) is an American musician, widely considered one of the forefathers of funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and was a solo funk artist as of 1981.
George Clinton (vice president) George Clinton (July 26, 1739 – April 20, 1812) was an American soldier and politician. He was the first (and longest-serving) Governor of New York, and then Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
George Clymer George Clymer (March 16, 1739–January 23, 1813) was an American politician and Founding Father. He was one of the first Patriots to advocate complete independence from Britain and was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence as a Pennsylvania representative.
George Clymer (inventor) George Clymer (1754-1834) was an American mechanic and inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1813 he invented the Columbian Printing Press, an iron, lever-operated replacement for the wooden screw presses based on Gutenberg's design.
George Cobb George Cobb was an American lighthouse keeper who served at the Point Bonita Light near San Francisco. On December 26, 1896 he saved three young men from drowning near the lighthouse, for which he was awarded a Silver Lifesaving Medal.
George Cockburn Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (22 April 1772 – 19 August 1853) was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord.
George Cockcroft George Cockcroft (born November 15, 1932), frequently misspelt "Cockroft", is an author who writes under the pen name Luke Rhinehart (see that article for information about his books). Most authors have nice biographies which show a place of birth, current location, and preferably a few nice pictures.
George Codrington George Ricardo Codrington (26 November 1966, Barbados) is a Canadian cricketer who has played in 5 ODIs from 17 May 2006 to 21 August 2006. On his debut, he top scored for Canada with 45 not out against Bermuda.
George Coedès George Coedès (1886-1969)was a 20th century scholar of southeast Asian archaeology and history. He became director of the National Library of Thailand in 1918, and in 1929 became director of L'Ecole francaise d'Extreme Orient, where he remained until 1946.
George Cogar George R. Cogar (born 1932) was the head of the Univac 1004 electronic design team code named the "bumblebee project" and then later the "barn project", co-founder of Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation where he invented the Data Recorder which was introduced in 1965 and eliminated the need for punch cards by direct coding on tape [http://www.
George Cochran George Leslie Cochran (February 12, 1889 - May 21, 1960) was a third baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox in the 1918 season. Cochran was a switch-hitter and threw right handed.
George Cochrane Hazelton George Cochrane Hazelton (January 3, 1832 - September 4, 1922) was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Chester, New Hampshire, he attended the district schools and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire and Dummer Academy in Massachusetts.
George Colby George Colby was a British privateer during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). He was the leader of the so-called Colby Pirates, who operated along the Great Lakes frontier between the British and French North American colonies.
George Collier Sir George Collier (11 May 1738 – 6 April 1795) was a British admiral and, as commander of the frigate HMS Rainbow, was one of the most successful British naval commanders during the opening stages of the American Revolutionary War.
George Colman the Elder George Colman (April, 1732 - 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called "the Elder", and sometimes "George the First", to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger.
George Coşbuc George Coşbuc (September 20 1866, Hordou, nowadays George Coşbuc in Bistriţa-Năsăud County—May 9 1918, Bucharest) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also its occasions for joy.
George Connor (American football) George Leo Connor (January 21, 1925 - March 31, 2003) was an American football offensive tackle/linebacker for the Chicago Bears from 1948-1955. He was originally a number one draft pick by the New York Giants in 1946.
George Cook George Cook, (28 May 1925 – April 1995) was an English opera singer, best known for his performances in bass-baritone and baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. He married D'Oyly Carte chorister, Marian Martin.
George Coppard Corporal George Coppard (1898 – 1984) was a British soldier who served with the Machine Gun Corps during World War I. Following his retirement he published his memoirs entitled With A Machine Gun to Cambrai in 1969.
George Copway George Copway (1818 – January 1869) was a Mississauga Ojibwa writer, lecturer, and advocate of Native Americans. His Ojibwa name was Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bowh or "Standing Firm" or "He who stands firm".
George Corbin Washington George Corbin Washington (August 20, 1789–July 17, 1854) was a United States Congressman from the third and fifth districts of Maryland, serving four terms from 1827 to 1833, and 1835 to 1837. He was also a grand-nephew of U.
George Cornwallis-West George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (14 November1874-1 April1951) was a British officer of the Scots Guards notable for his marriage to the mother of Winston Churchill, Jennie Jerome. He was the only son of Col.
George Corrie George Corrie, born September 16, 1973 in Workington, England is a midfielder currently playing for American USL Second Division side Wilmington Hammerheads, of whom he is the captain. He joined the Hammerheads in 1998 after six seasons with Conference North team Workington Reds.
George Cosac George Cosac (born January 26, 1968 in ConstanĹŁa) is a former tennis player from Romania, who represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Partnering Dinu Pescariu, the pair was eliminated in the quarter finals.
George Costakis In the years around the 1917 Revolution, Russia produced the first non-figurative art movement which was to be the defining art of the 20th century. George Costakis (, Greek: Γεώργιος Κωστάκης, 1913-1990) rediscovered the Russian constructivist paintings in a Moscow studio in 1946, which began his large collection of Russian abstract art.
George Coulouris George Coulouris (October 1, 1903 – April 25, 1989) was a prominent English film and stage actor. He was born in Salford, Lancashire, brought up both there and in Urmston, Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School.
George Coulthard George Coulthard (born August 1 1856 in Boroondara, Victoria, died October 22 1883 in Carlton, Victoria) was a star Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and cricketer who played for the Melbourne Cricket Club, Victoria and briefly for Australia.
George Cox junior George Cox (born August 23, 1911 at Warnham, Sussex; died March 30, 1985 at Burgess Hill, Sussex) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. He was generally known as George Cox junior in order to distinguish him from his father George Cox senior, who was also a successful player for the same county.
George Cox senior George Rubens Cox (born November 29, 1873 at Warnham, Sussex; died March 23, 1949 at Dorking, Surrey) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex. In the later part of his life he became generally known as George Cox senior in order to distinguish him from his son George Cox junior, who was also a successful player for the same county.
George Crawford George Crawford (1793 – July 4, 1870) was a founding member of the Canadian Senate. A Conservative, he was elevated to the senate on 23 October, 1867 by Royal Proclamation, and served in that capacity until his death.
George Creel George Creel (December 1, 1876–2 October 1953) was an investigative journalist, a politician, and, most famously, the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.
George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.Although certain Commonwealth Realms have now instituted their own indigenous honours systems, replacing the GC and other Commonweath awards so far as their citizens are concerned.
George Cruikshank George Cruikshank (September 27, 1792—February 1, 1878), caricaturist and book illustrator. Born in London, England, he was a member of the Cruikshank family of caricaturists and artists, the son of Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank.
George Curtis Moore George Curtis Moore was the United States' Deputy Ambassador to Sudan. He was assassinated (see Khartoum diplomatic assassinations) on March 1 1973, when Palestinian gunmen, part of the "Black September" group took him and the Saudi ambassador, Sheikh Abdullah al Malhouk, his wife, the US ambassador to Sudan, Cleo Noel Jr, the Belgian Chargé d'affaires, Guy Eid, and his Jordanian counterpart, Adli al Nasser, stormed the Saudi embassy in Khartoum.
George de Benneville George de Benneville was born in London in 1703 to aristocratic Huguenot French parents in the court of Queen Anne. While serving as a sailor during his adolescent years, de Benneville traveled around the world and began to question his religion and compare it to other world religions.
George de Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay George de Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay (VC, MC & Bar) (20 August 1889- 26 June 1967) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George de Godzinsky George de Godzinsky (April 5, 1914, Saint Peterburg, Russia - May 23, 1994, Espoo, Finland) was a Russian-born Finnish composer and conductor. Godzinsky is known from his Schlager music although he composed music for movies and operettas.
George de Hevesy George Charles de Hevesy (born as Hevesy György, also known as Georg Karl von Hevesy) (August 1, 1885 in Budapest – July 5, 1966) was a Hungarian physical chemist who was important in the development of the tracer method where radioactive tracers are used to study chemical processes, e.g.
George de la Warr 'George de la Warr' was born in 1905 in the North of England, and in later life became a civil engineer in the pay of Oxfordshire County Council. In 1953 he resigned from this post to work on the controversial field of radionics, in which he was a pioneer.
George D Edwards George DeForest Edwards, the first president of American Society for Quality (ASQ) (1946-48), served in both the creation and preservation functions. His reputation in quality control had been established by his work as head of the inspection engineering department of Bell Telephone Laboratories and as Bell’s director of quality assurance, a term he coined.
George D. Ludwig Dr. George Döring Ludwig was an American professor of medicine and medical researcher noted for developing the first application of ultrasonic energy to the human body for medical purposes, at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, in the late 1940s.
George D. Robinson George Dexter Robinson (born George Washington Robinson) (January 20, 1834–February 22, 1896) was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington Academy and Hopkins Classical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1856.
George Dale George Dale was the lover and criminal partner of Eleanor Jarman, dubbed by the press "The Blonde Tigress," and was executed by the State of Illinois on April 20, 1934 for the murder of Chicago clothier Gustav Hoeh.
George Dalgarno George Dalgarno (1626-1687) was a Scottish intellectual interested in linguistic problems. Originally from Aberdeen, he later worked in Oxford in collaboration with John Wilkins, although the two parted company intellectually in 1659.
George Dance (dramatist) George Dance (October 14 1857 - 1932), was an English lyricist and librettist in the 1890s and an important theatrical manager at the beginning of the 20th Century. His father was Isaac Dance (1824 - 1880) a pipe maker.
George Dance (politician) George Dance is a politician and political activist in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party of Canada and the Ontario Libertarian Party since the mid-1970s, and has served as interim leader of both parties.
George Dance the Younger George Dance the Younger (1741 - 14 January 1825) was an English architect and surveyor. The fifth and youngest son of George Dance the Elder, he came from a distinguished family of architects, artists and dramatists.
George Dantzig George Bernard Dantzig (8 November 1914 – 13 May 2005) was an American mathematician, who introduced the simplex algorithm and is considered the "father of linear programming". He was the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Science in 1975, and the John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1974.
George Dare Dowell George Dare Dowell (15 February 1831 -3 August 1910) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
George Darell Shee George Darell Shee (12 July, 1843 – 15 December, 1894) was an English judge, and oldest son of the Anglo-Irish judge and politician Sir William Shee. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Laws in 1866.
George Darling George Darling, Baron Darling of Hillsborough, PC (20 July 1905–18 October 1985) was a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Co-operative Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough from 1950 to 1974.
George David Birkhoff George David Birkhoff (21 March 1884, Overisel, Michigan - 12 November 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American mathematician, best known for what is now called the ergodic theorem. Birkhoff was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation, and during his prime he was considered by many to be the preeminent American mathematician.
George Davies (retailer) George Davies (born 1941) is a British fashion retailer who headed Next from its creation in the 1980s, and founded the fashion label 'George at Asda' in the 1990s. Subsequently, he has also produced the successful Per Una fashion collection, launched in September 2001 at Marks & Spencer stores.
George Davis (armed robber) Georgie Davis (born 1941) was an armed robber in the United Kingdom, who became widely known through a very successful campaign by friends and supporters to free him from prison after his wrongful conviction in March 1975 for an armed payroll robbery at the London Electricity Board (LEB) offices in Ilford on 4 April 1974. The conviction was based solely on the unreliable use of identification evidence, in the absence of any other evidence connecting him with the crime.
George Davis (art director) George Davis (April 17, 1914 - October 3, 1998) was a celebrated art director who began his career at 20th Century Fox and won Oscars for his work on The Robe (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He was nominated an additional 15 times.
George Davis (baseball player) George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 - October 17, 1940) was a shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century. Davis also spent multiple seasons as a third baseman and center fielder, and lesser amounts of time at other positions.
George Dawe George Dawe (February 8, 1781, London — October 15, 1829, Kentish Town) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. He worked in Saint Petersburg since 1819, winning acclaim from the artistic establishment and complimentary verses by Pushkin.
George Day (Australian politician) George Day was an Australian politician, elected from 1874 to 1880 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, for the electoral district of The Hume, and elected from 1880 to 1889 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, for the electoral district of Albury.
George Decker General George Henry Decker (February 16, 1902–February 6, 1980) was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962. General Decker was born in Catskill, New York and attended Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, receiving an economics degree in 1924.
George Demas George Demas (28 April 1958 - 23 December 1999) was a pedologist whose pioneering studies of subaqueous soil contributed to the understanding of soil formation and the expansion of the concept of soil. USDA soil taxonomy was revised as a result.
George Demeny A notorious alleged Hungarian leader of the resistance around 1953 who spent years in prison in Russia after being deported at the request of Russian authorities. Imprisoned just two years before the revolution that ultimately ended Russia rule of Hungary.
George Dennett George Dennett (in full Edward George Dennett and sometimes erroneously just Edward Dennett) was a left arm spinner for Gloucestershire between 1903 and 1926, and from his figures could be considered one of the best bowlers never to play Test cricket. In fact, owing to the strength of the competition at the time, Dennett was never able to progress even to lower representative levels.
George Despot George Joseph Despot (January 28, 1927 -- February 14, 1991) was a Shreveport businessman and a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive Republican Party in Louisiana. He was the state Republican chairman from 1978-1985.
George Dewey George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was an admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his victory (without the loss of a single life of his own forces due to combat; one man died of heatstroke) at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He is also the only person in the history of the United States to attain the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the senior-most rank in the United States Navy.
George Dewey Clyde George Dewey Clyde (July 21, 1898–April 2, 1972) was an American politician and the 10th Governor of Utah. Serving from 1957 till 1965 he is best known for an eight year battle with Utah school teachers that eventually resulted in the first statewide teachers strike in United States history during May 1964.
George Dickie George Dickie (born 1926 in Palmetto, Florida) is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at University of Illinois at Chicago and one of the most influential philosophers of art working in the analytical tradition. His institutional theory of art inspired both supporters who produced variations on the theory as well as detractors.
George Digby Barker George Digby Barker (Chinese Translated Name 伯加) was a British soldier and colonial administrator who became the acting administrator of Hong Kong between May and December of 1891. He was eventually succeeded by Sir William Robinson, who became the 11th Governor of Hong Kong.
George Dinsdale George Dinsdale (born August 14, 1887 in Leven, East Riding of Yorkshire, England; died 1943) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1932 until his death as a Conservative representative.
George Docking George Docking (February 23, 1904 - January 20, 1964) served as Governor of Kansas (1957-1961) for two terms. Docking was elected to two terms as governor, but failed to win against Republican candidate William Avery in part because of his stance on the death penalty.
George Dolenz George Dolenz (originally George Dolentz) (5 January 1908 - 8 February 1963) was an Italian-born American film actor. He appeared in the 1956 ITC Entertainment series The Count of Monte Cristo as the title character.
George Douglas Brown George Douglas Brown (1869 - 1902), novelist, who sometimes used the pen name George Douglas, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined picture of the harder and less genial aspects of Scottish life and character. It may be regarded as a useful supplement and corrective to the more roseate presentations of the kailyard school of J.
George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus (1380–1403) was born at Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. The bastard son of William, 1st Earl of Douglas and Margaret Stewart, Dowager Countess of Mar & Countess of Angus in her own right.
George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington George Douglas, 4th Lord Mordington, died 10 June 1741 at Covent Garden, London, was the son and heir of James Douglas, 3rd Lord Mordington by his wife Anne, daughter of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston. George, Lord Mordington, is described by several authorities as a political writer.
George Dragas The Reverend Father Protopresbyter George Dion Dragas (1944 - ) is a prominent Orthodox Christian priest, theologian, and writer. He is currently professor of patristics at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, Massachusetts.
George Dragon George Dragon (György Dragon in Hungarian) is a Hungarian journalist, editor of the Hungarian version of Gamestar magazine, composer of several tracks for game music, translator of books and writer. His current projects include the recording of his first CD titled Walls, with the help of After Crying and Wendigo singer Zoltán Bátky-Valentin, who is doing rearrangement of the original Walls concept.
George Drouillard George Drouillard was a member of Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery. He grew up in the Detroit River region, son of French settler Pierre Drouillard and a Shawnee woman of the Flat Head sept named Asoundechris.
George Drumgoole Coleman George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was a civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure in Singapore, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819.
George Ducas Voivode George Ducas (Greek: Γεώργιος Δούκας, Romanian: Gheorghe Duca) (d. 1685) was three times Prince of Moldavia (September 1665-May 1666, November 1668-August 20 1672, November 1678-January 1684) and one time Prince of Wallachia (1673-November 29 1678).
George Duckett George Duckett (February 19, 1684 – October 6, 1732) was a British Member of Parliament (MP), attorney, and literary combatant of Alexander Pope's. He was the heir of a wealthy Member of Parliament, Lionel Duckett, and he attended Trinity College, Oxford before being admitted to the Middle Temple and becoming an MP for Calne, Wiltshire in 1705.
George Dudley George Dudley (April 19, 1894 - May 8, 1960) was the president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1940 to 1942, the treasurer of the Ontario Hockey Association, and the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Born in Midland, Ontario, Dudley was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950.
George Duke George Duke (born 12 January, 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a piano and synthesizer pioneer, making a name for himself with the album Jean-Luc Ponty Experience with the George Duke Trio. He is known for his own work as well as for his collaborations with composers such as Frank Zappa and Stanley Clarke.
George Dunbar George Dunbar (1774- 6 December, 1851), Scottish classical scholar and lexicographer, was born at Coldingham in Berwickshire. In early life he followed the humble profession of gardening, but, having been permanently injured by an accident, devoted himself to the study of the classics.
George Duncan (golfer) George Duncan was a Scottish golfer born who was born near Aberdeen in 1887. He was first apprenticed as a carpenter and rejected a chance to become a professional footballer at Aberdeen to become a golf professional.

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