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George McMahon (assassin) George McMahon was an Irish journalist and would be assassin of King Edward VIII when, on 16 July 1936, he pulled a gun as the was riding through Hyde Park after leaving an army parade during the Colour ceremony. However, police quickly acted and managed to disarm him after a struggle with the revolver falling under Edward's carriage as continued safely down Constitution Hill.
George McPhee George McPhee (born July 2, 1958, in Wallaceburg, Ontario) is the general manager of the National Hockey League's Washington Capitals as well as the team's alternate governor and vice president. His nickname is "GMGM," short for "General Manager George McPhee.
George Meany George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor leader, who served as President of the American Federation of Labor from 1952 to 1955, and then, following its merger with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in the latter year, as president of the united AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979.
George Meyer George Meyer is a producer and writer for The Simpsons, and arguably the writer who has contributed the most to the show over its long run. In 2000, Meyer was called the "the funniest man behind the funniest show on TV" by The New Yorker.
George Mihaljevic George Mihaljevic (born February 28 1936 in the former Yugoslavia) was born in a small village in Croatia, but his family fled and he grew up in Serbia. Mihaljevic immigrated to the United States in the mid to late 1950's and settled in St.
George Michael (professor) George Michael (born 1961) is an assistant professor of political science and administration of justice at the University of Virginia's College of Wise. He is the author of two books about right-wing extremism.
George Michael (sportscaster) George Michael (born March 24, 1939), is a sportscaster best known nationally for his long-running American sports highlights show called The George Michael Sports Machine. Started as a local show in 1980 called George Michael's Sports FinalGeorge Michael official biography at WRC-TV and then nationally syndicated in 1984, the nationally broadcast show is distributed for syndication by NBC.
George Michael Moser George Michael Moser (1706-1783) was a renowned artist and enameller of the 18th century, father of celebrated floral painter Mary Moser, and, with his daughter, among the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
George Mikes George Mikes (1912--1987) was a Hungarian-born British author most famous for his commentaries on various countries. How to be an Alien poked gentle fun at the English, including a one-line chapter on sex: "Continental people have sex lives; the English have hot-water bottles.
George Miller (politician) George Miller III (born May 17 1945), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing the 7th District of California (map). The son of prominent State Senator George Miller, Jr.
George Miller (producer) George (Miliotis) Miller (born March 3, 1945), is an Greek Australian film and television screenwriter, director and producer. He is probably most well known for his work on the Mad Max movies, but has been involved in a wide range of projects.
George Mills (RAF officer) Air Chief Marshal Sir George Holroyd Mills GCB DFC RAF (26 March, 1902 – 14 April, 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. After his retirement from the RAF, Mills served as Black Rod in the Houses of Parliament until 1970.
George Minaker George Minaker (born September 17, 1937 in Morris, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1973 to 1981, and served in the cabinet of Sterling Lyon.
George Miner Elementary School George Miner Elementary School, referred to as "Miner" for short, is a Title 1 elementary school located in San Jose, California which educates students in kindergarten through 6th grade. As of 2006, the school principal is Ms.
George Minor George Minor (December 7, 1845, Richmond, Virginia - January 30, 1904, Richmond, Virginia) was an American composer. Minor attended a military academy in Richmond, and served during the American Civil War as Chief of Ordnance and Hydrography of the Confederate States Navy.
George Mitchell (Rhodesia) George Mitchell (1 April 1867 - 4 July 1937) served as Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from July to September 1933. Born in the United Kingdom, he emigrated to South Africa in 1889, and moved to Matabeleland six years later to work as the manager of the Bank of Africa branch in Bulawayo.
George Molesworth Lieutenant-General George Noble Molesworth CSI CBE (1890-1968) was commissioned into the British Army serving in India and saw active service in the Third Anglo-Afghan War. He later transferred to the Indian Army and rose to oversee intelligence and to be Deputy Chief of General Staff, AHQ India.
George Molnar George Molnar (1910–1998) was born in Nagyvarad, Hungary but came to Australia in the late 1930s, where he practiced as a cartoonist. His work featured in the Sydney Morning Herald and Daily Telegraph newspapers for many years.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Torrington, Baron Monck of Potheridge, Beauchamp And Teyes KG (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.
George Monger George Monger (3 March 1840- 9 August 1887) 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 Monro (British officer) Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro (sometimes spelt 'Munro') was a British Army officer, best remembered for his resolute but ultimately unsuccessful defence of Fort William Henry in 1757 during the Seven Years' War / French and Indian War and the subsequent massacre of his garrison at the hands of France’s American Indian allies. These events were made famous by James Fenimore Cooper in his novel and then the movie The Last of the Mohicans.
George Monroe (movie character) George Monroe (portrayed by Kevin Kline) is a character and the central figure in the movie "Life as a House". He is the father of Sam Monroe (Hayden Christensen), the ex-husband of Robin Monroe (Kristin Scott Thomas), and the protagonist of the film.
George Montague Harper Lieutenant General Sir George Montague Harper KCB, DSO (11 January 1865 – 15 December 1922) was a British general during the First World War. He commanded the 51st (Highland) Division during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras and the Battle of Cambrai.
George Montegu Black II George Montegu Black II (born June 3, 1911 in Winnipeg, died June 29, 1976 Toronto) to George Montegu Black Sr and Gertrude Maxwell Black was a Winnipeg business man and President of Canadian Breweries. He is the father of media tycoon Conrad Black and Montegu Black.
George Moore (novelist) George Augustus Moore (February 24, 1852 - January 21, 1933) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family, originally intended to be an artist, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s.
George Moose George Edward Moose (born June 23, 1944) was an American diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for African AffairsAmbassador to the UN] agencies in Geneva, and as Ambassador to the Republics of [[Benin and Senegal. He is primarily known for serving as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Clinton Administration during the genocide in Rwanda.
George Morby Ingram George Morby Ingram (VC, MM) (18 March 1889 - 1 July 1961) 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 Moreland Stamps George Moreland Stamps (born June 15, 1924) was an American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber pilot during World War II, a mathematics and physics instructor at Fort Schuyler Maritime Academy, and the principal developer of the modern fax machine while working for Hogan Labs (NYC) in the 1950'2. Telautograph 1959-1963, and Magnavox 1963-1973, and Xerox 1973-1976.
George Moriarty George Joseph Moriarty (June 7, 1884 – April 8, 1964) was an American third baseman, umpire and manager in Major League Baseball from 1903 to 1940. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was the third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, New York Highlanders, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox from 1903 to 1916.
George Morley George Morley (1597-1684), English bishop, was born in London and educated at Westminster and Oxford. In 1640 he was presented to the sinecure living of Hartfield, Sussex, and in the following year he was made canon of Christ Church and exchanged to the rectory of Mildenhall, Wiltshire.
George Morrison (artist) George Morrison (1919-17 April, 2000) was an American landscape painter and sculptor. An Ojibwa born on the Grand Portage Indian Reservation near Chippewa City, Minnesota, he attended Grand Marais High School and then the Minnesota School of Art, now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
George Mosse George Lachmann Mosse (September 20, 1918, Berlin, Germany–January 22, 1999, Madison, Wisconsin, United States) was a German-born American left-wing Jewish gay historian of fascism in general and Nazi Germany in particular. He saw fascists as "scavengers" who took bits of other ideologies to create a new one.
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Captain George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (December 6 1892 – April 8 1938) was born the son of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He died aged 45 of cancer of the bone marrow.
George Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven George Ivar Louis Mountbatten, 4th Marquess of Milford Haven (born 6 June 1961), styled Earl of Medina before 1970, is the oldest son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce. He is an older brother of Lord Ivar Mountbatten.
George Mueller (NASA) George Mueller was an engineer manager at NASA He ran the Office of Manned Space Flight] from [[September 1963 until December 1969. He was instrumental in the "All-up" philosophy of testing the Saturn V booster that accelerated a floundering Apollo program and ensured it would succeed in landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth by the end of 1969.
George Mullin (baseball) George Joseph Mullin (July 4, 1880 – January 7, 1944) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played fourteen seasons, from 1902 to 1915. He played with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators of the American League and the Indianapolis Hoosiers and Newark Peppers of the Federal League.
George Mullin (soldier) George Harry Mullin (VC, MM), (August 15, 1892 - April 5, 1963), was an American 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 Mumford George Mumford (unknown - 1818) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rowan County, North Carolina, birth date unknown; attended the common schools; member of the State house of commons, 1810 and 1811; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-December 31, 1818); died on December 31, 1818, in Washington, D.C.
George Munger George Munger, Corporal, 4th Michigan Cavalry Company L. Though Private Andrew Bee of Martin, MI also claimed to be the first to recognize Confederate president Jefferson Davis, the official report submitted by General James H.
George Murdock George Peter Murdock (May 11, 1897 - March 29, 1985) was a notable anthropologist. Born in Meriden, Connecticut to a family that had farmed there for five generations, he spent many childhood hours working on the family farm, and acquired a wide knowledge of traditional, non-mechanized, farming methods.
George Murray (British Columbia) George Matheson Murray, known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th Century. Originally a reporter for the Ottawa Citizen he was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the streetcar to work every morning.
George Murray (Lieutenant-Governor) Sir George Murray, GCB (February 6 1772 – July 28 1846) was a British soldier and politician, the second son of Sir William Murray of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet. In 1789, he obtained a commission into the 71st Foot, reaching the rank of Captain in 1794, and seeing service in Flanders (1794-95), the West Indies, England and Ireland.
George Murray Rolland George Murray Rolland (May 12, 1869- July 9, 1910) was a 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 Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl George Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl (19 June 1931–27 February 1996), known as Wee Iain, attended both Eton College and Oxford University, before succeeding his third cousin to and becoming the 10th Duke of Atholl.
George Musso George Francis Musso (April 8, 1910 in Collinsville, Illinois — September 5, 2000 in Edwardsville, Illinois) was a National Football League lineman, playing both offensive guard and tackle as well as defensive middle guard. His twelve-year career was spent entirely with the Chicago Bears.
George Myatt George Edward Myatt (June 14, 1914, Denver, Colorado - September 14, 2000, Orlando, Florida) was an infielder, coach and interim manager in American Major League Baseball. In 1936, Boston Red Sox general manager Eddie Collins traveled to San Diego to scout Myatt in a Pacific Coast League game, but came away more impressed with his 17-year-old teammate, a San Diegan and a recent Hoover High School graduate.
George N. Hatsopoulos George Hatsopoulos is a Greek American mechanical engineer noted for his work in thermodynamics. In 1965, he and Joseph Keenan published their famous textbook Principles of General Thermodynamics, which restates the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the existence of stable equilibrium states.
George N. Seger George Nicholas Seger (January 4, 1866 - August 26, 1940) was an American politician. Seger, a Republican, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for eighteen years, lasting from 1923 until his death on August 26, 1940.
George Nadareishvili George Nadareishvili (born 8 December 1955) is a famous Georgian homeopathic physician and holder of a number of awards, including the Georgian Medal of Honour. He is widely recognized by the population of Georgia and has treated over 150,000 patients during his medical career.
George Nader George Nader (October 9, 1921 — February 4, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 through 1974, including Phone Call From A Stranger (1952), Congo Crossing (1956), and The Female Animal (1957).
George Nakashima George Katsutoshi Nakashima (May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was a Japanese American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th Century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement.
George Napier The Honorable George Napier (11 March, 1751 – 13 October, 1804) was a colonel, most notable for his marriage to Lady Sarah Lennox, and for his sons Charles James Napier, William Francis Patrick Napier, and George Thomas Napier, all of whom were noted military officers, collectively referred to as “Wellington’s Colonels.” He also served as Comptroller of Army Accounts in Ireland from 1799 until his death in 1804.
George Nares Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB, RN (April 24, 1831 – January 15, 1915) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. He was the son of another British naval captain and was educated at the Royal Naval School and the Royal Naval College.
George Nelson (designer) George Nelson (1908-1986) was, together with Charles & Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. We like to think of George Nelson as "The Creator of Beautiful and Practical Things".
George Neville George Neville (c. 1432 - June 8, 1476), archbishop of York and chancellor of England, was the youngest son of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and brother of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, known as the "Kingmaker.
George Nicolas Channer General George Nicolas Channer VC CB (January 7, 1843 - December 13, 1905) was a 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 Nidever George Nidever (also spelled Nidiver) (December 20, 1802 – March 24, 1883) was a mountain man, explorer, fur trapper, memoirist and sailor of German descent born in Tennessee. His autobiographical Life and Adventures of George Nidever was popular at the end of the 19th century.
George Nicholas Sanders George Nicholas Sanders (February 22, 1812 - August 13, 1873) was a former official of the United States who was believed to have some involvement in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Sanders was born in Lexington, Kentucky.
George Nicholson Bradford George Nicholson Bradford (23 April 1887-23 April 1918) 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 Novacky George Novacky is an Assistant Department Chair and Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, Assistant Dean of CAS for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a quite animated and spirited lecturer and often approaches topics from unique standpoints to draw in his audience, and help to add excitement to otherwise dry subjects.
George Nuttall George Nutall (5 July 1862–16 December 1937) was an American-British bacteriologist who contributed much to the knowledge of parasites and of insect carriers of diseases. He made significant, innovative discoveries in immunology, about life under aseptic conditions, in blood chemistry, and about diseases transmitted by arthropods, especially ticks.
George Nyandoro George Nyandoro (8 July 1926 - 24 June 1994) was a Zimbabwean nationalist politician. An ethnic Shona, Nyandoro was one of the founders of the Southern Rhodesia African National Congress and an early patriot in the struggle for black rule of Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia).
George of Antioch George of Antioch (died 1151 or 1152) was the first true ammiratus ammiratorum, successor of the great Christodulus. George was a Greek Melchite, born in Antioch, whence he moved with his father, Michael, and mother to Tunisia.
George of Naples George (died 739) was the Duke of Naples for a decade beginning in 729. During his tenure, the dukes of Naples defended the coast of Italy from Terracina, north of Gaeta, to Palermo, on the western tip of Sicily.
George of Podebrady George of Kunštát and Podebrady (April 23, 1420 - March 22, 1471), also known as Podebrad or Podiebrad (Czech: Jiří z Poděbrad), King of Bohemia (1458-1471), was the first King of a Catholic country to renounce the Catholic faith when he adopted the religion of Jan Hus. This was then established throughout Bohemia with a sculpted chalice being set up outside every church as a symbol of the reformed religion.
George of Saxony George I, King of Saxony (Friedrich August Georg Ludwig Maximilian Karl Maria Nepomuk Baptist Xaver Cyriacus Romanus) (8 August 1832 in Dresden - 15 October 1904 in Pillnitz) succeeded his brother Albrecht as King of Saxony on June 19, 1902.
George of Trebizond George of Trebizond (1395 – August 12, 1484), Greek philosopher and scholar, one of the pioneers of the revival of letters in the Western world, was born on the island of Crete, and derived his surname Trapezuntios from the fact that his ancestors were from Trebizond.
George O'Brien (cricketer) George Hubert O'Brien (born September 16 1984 in Bermuda) is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One-Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006; O'Brien took two wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth/Lewis method. Three days later, O'Brien took two more wickets from Zimbabwe.
George O'Leary George O'Leary (born August 17, 1946 in Central Islip, New York) is the head football coach for the University of Central Florida. Before that, he served as the head coach at Georgia Tech and was briefly an assistant coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.
George Oakes George Washington Ochs Oakes (October 20, 1861, Cincinnati, Ohio–October 26, 1931) was an American journalist. Born George Washington Ochs, he legally added the surname "Oakes" in 1917 during World War I at a time of strong anti-German sentiment in the United States.
George Ogden Abell George Ogden Abell (March 1, 1927–October 7 1983) was an astronomer at UCLA. He has been admired as a research astronomer, as an inspiring teacher, as an administrator, as a spokesman for science and education and as a debunker of pseudoscience.
George Olesen George Olesen is best known for his work as a penciller on popular comic strip The Phantom. He worked with the character for around 40 years, although he did not get any official credit for it until inker Sy Barry retired and Keith Williams took over as the new inker.
George Olive George Olive (born in England; died April 20, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1945 to 1953, as a member of the social-democratic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.
George Olteanu George Crinu Olteanu (born May 3, 1974 in Stefanesti, Argeş) is a former boxer from Romania, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was defeated in the quarter finals of the Men's Bantamweight division (–54 kg) by István Kovács of Hungary: 2-24.
George Onions George Onions (born Bilston, Staffordshire March 2, 1883 - died April 2, 1944) 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 Opdyke George Opdyke (1805 - June 12, 1880) was an entrepreneur, a millionaire, and the mayor of New York City during the United States Civil War, from 1862 to 1863. While mayor, he worked hard to raise and equip troops, dealt with the draft riots, and prevented commercial panics.
George Oppen George Oppen (April 24, 1908 - July 7, 1984) was an American poet, best known as one of the members of the Objectivist group of poets. He abandoned poetry in the 1930s for political activism, and later moved to Mexico to avoid the attentions of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
George P. Doles George Pierce Doles (May 14, 1830 – June 2, 1864) was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps.
George P. Putnam This article is about the American publisher, author and explorer who lived from 1887 to 1950 and was married to Amelia Earhart. For his grandfather, the American book publisher who lived from 1814 to 1872, see George Palmer Putnam.
George P. Wilbur George Peter Wilbur is an actor who played Michael Myers in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, the fourth and sixth films of the Halloween film series. He is the first actor to portray Myers more than once during the film series.
George Packer George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is an American journalist and novelist. His parents, Nancy Packer and Herbert Packer, were both academics at Stanford University; his maternal grandfather was George Huddleston, a congressman from Alabama.
George Padmore George Padmore (1902-1959), born Malcolm Nurse was a Trinidadian communist and later a leading Pan-Africanist with anti-communist sympathies. Through his work with communism and decolonisation Padmore was one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century.
George Page George Page (31 March 1935–28 June 2006) was an American television host, known for his love for nature and his unique and mellifluous voice. He created the PBS series Nature, and hosted and narrated it from its beginning in 1982 until his retirement in 1998.
George Paine (registrar) George Paine (14 April 1918–2 march 1992) (known as Toby to friends) was a statistician and rose to become Director of Statistics and Intelligence, Inland Revenue, Registrar General of England and Wales, Director of Office of Population Censuses and Surveys from November 1972. He took early retirement (and a C.
George Pake George Pake (April 1 1924 – March 4 2004) was a physicist and research executive primarily known for helping found Xerox PARC. Pake earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and his doctorate in physics at Harvard University in 1948.
George Palmer (businessman) George Palmer (1818-1897) was a proprietor of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit manufacturers of Reading in England. He first became a partner in the firm 1841, when Joseph Huntley, the founder of the business, was forced to retire through ill-health and it became apparent that Thomas Huntley, his son, did not have his fathers good sense of business.
George Pardee George Cooper Pardee (July 25, 1857 – September 1, 1941) was a medical doctor and was known as the "Earthquake Governor of California," holding office from January 6, 1903 to January 8, 1907. He was born in 1857 in San Francisco, California, to Enoch and Mary Pardee.
George Pargiter, Baron Pargiter George Albert Pargiter, Baron Pargiter (16 March 1897 - 16 January 1982) was a British Labour Member of Parliament. He represented Spelthorne 1945-1950 and then sat for Southall from 1950 until his retirement in 1966.
George Parks Highway The George Parks Highway (numbered Alaska Route 3), usually called simply the Parks Highway, runs 323 miles (520 km) from the Glenn Highway 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage to Fairbanks in the Alaska Interior. The highway, originally known as the Anchorage-Fairbanks Highway, was completed in 1971, and given its current name in 1975.
George Parsons Lathrop George Parsons Lathrop (born 25 August 1851, Honolulu, Hawaii - died 19 April 1898, New York) was a poet, novelist and brother of Francis Lathrop. He was educated at New York and Dresden, Germany, when he returned to New York, and decided on a literary career.
George Patrick Leonard Walker George Patrick Leonard Walker FRS (2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005) was a British geologist who specialized in mineralogy and volcanology. He won the Thorarinsson Medal in 1989 and the Wollaston Medal in 1995.
George Patton IV George Smith Patton IV (name later changed to George Smith Patton) (December 24, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts - June 27, 2004 in South Hamilton, Massachusetts) was a major general in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George Patton.
George Payne Rainsford James George Payne Rainsford James (August 9,1799 - June 9, 1860), novelist and historical writer, son of a physician in London, was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent. At an early age he began to write romances, and continued his production with such industry that his works reach to 100 volumes This excessive rapidity was fatal to his permanent reputation; but his books had considerable immediate popularity.
George Pál George Pal (February 1, 1908 – May 2, 1980) (birth name: Györgi Pál Marczincsák) was a Hungarian-born animator and film producer, principally associated with the science fiction genre. He became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe.
George PĂ©rez George PĂ©rez (born June 9, 1954, New York City, New York) is a Puerto Rican-American illustrator and writer of comic books. Along with John Byrne, he was arguably the most popular and influential artist in American comic books in the 1980s.
George Peabody [Peabody (February 18] [[1795 – November 4 1869) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Institute. He was born in what was then Danvers, Massachusetts (now Peabody, Massachusetts), to a middle class family.
George Pearce Baldwin George Pearce Baldwin (born 17 May 1789; died 1 October 1840) came from Broseley in Shropshire and moved to Worcestershire at the start of the 19th Century, becoming iron founders at Stourport-on-Severn. He was the son of Thomas Baldwin and Mary Gough.
George Pearkes George Randolph Pearkes, VC, PC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD (February 28, 1888 - May 30, 1984) was a Canadian politician, soldier, 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, and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
George Peckham George "Porky" Peckham is a British record cutting engineer, widely recognised as among the most accomplished in the business. He has been responsible for producing the master discs from which countless vinyl records have been pressed over the last 40 years.
George Pedersen K. George Pedersen (born 1931) is a Canadian academic administrator who was the president of Simon Fraser University (1979 to 1983), University of British Columbia (1983 to 1985), University of Western Ontario (1985 to 1994), interim president of the University of Northern British Columbia, and founding president of Royal Roads University.

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