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George Shenton Sir George Shenton (4 March 1842–29 June 1909) was a prominent businessman in colonial Western Australia, the first Mayor of Perth, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for over thirty years.
George Shiels George Shiels (24 June 1886 - 19 September 1949) was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passing Day, and The New Gossoon.
George Shiu Raj George Shiu Raj is a Fijian politician, who served as Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs from 2001 to 30 September 2004, when he resigned amid accusations of misuse of funds. At the time, he was the only Indo-Fijian minister in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
George Shoch George Quintus Shoch (January 6, 1859 - September 30, 1937) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a Utility player for the Washington Nationals (1886-89), Milwaukee Brewers (1891), Baltimore Orioles (1892) and Brooklyn Grooms/Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1893-97).
George Shuba George "Shotgun" Shuba (December 13, 1924 - ) served for seven seasons as utility outfielder and lefthanded pinch hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers. His seven seasons included a World Series championship in 1955.
George Schaller George Beals Schaller (born 1933 Berlin, Germany) is a mammalogist, naturalist, conservationist and author, and is recognized by many as the world's preeminent field biologist, studying wildlife throughout Africa, Asia and South America. Growing up in Germany, Schaller moved to Missouri as a teen.
George Schlukbier George Schlukbier is the North American innovator who in the 1990s built Nando, one of the early websites offered by a daily newspaper (The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina), and NandO Times, an early and much-copied online newspaper. He later built Total Sports as an early online sports information source.
George Schoener George Schoener, or Georg Schöner (March 21, 1864 - October 2, 1941) was a German-born Roman Catholic priest who became known in the United States as the "Padre of the Roses" for his experiments in rose breeding, especially in the use of wild species. Only two of his creations survive today however; 'Arrilaga' and 'Schoener's Nutkana'.
George Siegmann George Siegmann (February 8, 1882, New York City - June 22, 1928, Hollywood, California) was an American actor in the silent film era. His more notable role was as the guard in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary.
George Silver George Silver was a gentleman of England during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, who is known for his writings on fencing. He was the eldest of four brothers (one of whom, Toby, was also a swordsman who accompanied his brother in at least one challenge), and eleventh in descent from Sir Bartholomew Silver, who was knighted by Edward II.
George Silverman Abraham George Silverman graduated from Harvard University and was considered a brilliant mathematician and statistician. In the early days of the President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, he worked for the Railroad Retirement Board in Washington D.
George Simpson (administrator) Sir George Simpson (1787 – 7 September 1860) was a Scots-Quebecer and employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). His title was Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land and the Indian Territories in British North America (now Canada) from 1821 to 1860.
George Simpson-Hayward George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward (born June 7, 1875, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, died October 2, 1936, Icomb Place, Gloucestershire) was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1910. He was educated at Malvern College.
George Sirian George Sirian (1818-1891) was a Greek war orphanbrought into the USA] aboard the [[USS Constitution|USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"). He served in the US Navy with distinction for nearly fifty years, first as an ordinary seaman, and later as a master gunner and warrant officer.
George Sisler George Harold Sisler (March 24, 1893 - March 26, 1973), nicknamed "Gorgeous George," was an American star first basemen in Major League Baseball. He set hitting records which no one has equalled in the last eighty years.
George Sisler, Jr. George Sisler, Jr. (1917- December 31, 2006) was the general manager of three Minor League Baseball teams (the Columbus Red Birds, Rochester Red Wings and Columbus Clippers) and served as the president of the International League from 1966 to 1976.
George Sitts George Sitts, 33 was executed by the State of South Dakota on April 8, 1947 for the murder of state Bureau of Investigation special agent Tom Matthews who was attempting to arrest Sitts on a fugitive warrant from Minnesota.
George Smathers George Armistead Smathers (November 14, 1913 – January 20, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate for eighteen years, from 1951 until 1969, as a member of the Democratic Party.
George Smith (journalist) George Smith is a reporter at ESPN, known for being at trial scenes, like the current Duke Lacrosse Scandal. He's been seen at the Kobe Bryant case and the Colorado Men's Football team case also, known for giving up-to-the minute news on the trials.
George Smith (John Lennon) George Toogood Smith (1903–1955) was the maternal uncle, through marriage, of British musician John Lennon. Lennon lived with George and his wife Mimi for the majority of his childhood when his mother Julia (under pressure from the local authorities and her family) decided that she was unable to care for her son.
George Smitherman George Smitherman MPP (born 1963) is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Toronto Centre—Rosedale in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He is notable for being the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario, and the first openly gay cabinet minister.
George Smoot George Fitzgerald Smoot III (born February 20 1945) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics with John C. Mather for "their discovery of the black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford (16 April 1818 – 23 November 1857), George Smythe before 1855, was a British Conservative politician, best known for his association with Benjamin Disraeli and the Young England movement.
George Snider George Snider (born December 8, 1940 in Fresno, California) is a retired American race car driver. A longtime driver in the United States Automobile Club Silver Crown series, Snider is also a 22-time starter of the Indianapolis 500, the most starts without winning the race.
George Snowden "Shorty" George Snowden was an African American dancer in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s. He is popularly credited with coining the name "Lindy Hop" for a popular partner swing dance of the day.
George Sokolsky George Ephraim Sokolsky (1893-1962) was a weekly radio broadcaster for the National Association of Manufacturers and a columnist for The New York Herald Tribune, who later switched to The New York Sun and other Hearst newspapers.
George Somers Admiral Sir George Somers (1554-1610) was a British naval hero. Born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, the son of John Somers, his first fame came as part of an expedition led by Sir Amyas Preston against the Spanish navy in 1595.
George Spalatin George Spalatin, was the name taken by George Burkhardt (January 17, 1484 - January 16, 1545), an important figure in the history of the Reformation, who was born at Spalt (whence he assumed the name Spalatinus), near Nuremberg, where his father was a tanner.
George Speight George Speight, occasionally known as Ilikimi Naitini (born 1957), was the principal instigator of the Fiji coup of 2000, in which he kidnapped thirty-six government officials and held them from May 19, 2000 to July 13, 2000. He is currently serving a term of life imprisonment for his role in the overthrow of the constitutional government.
George Spelvin George Spelvin, Georgette Spelvin, and Georgina Spelvin are the traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theater by actors who don't want to be credited or whose names would otherwise appear twice because they are playing more than one role in a production.
George Spencer Watson George Spencer Watson (8 March 1869 - 11 April 1934) was an English portrait artist of the late romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance. He was elected a Member of the Royal Academy in 1932.
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough DCL MA FSA (March 6 1766–March 5 1840) was the son of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. For most of his life he was known by his father's secondary title of Marquess of Blandford.
George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG FRS (January 26, 1739 – January 29, 1817) was a British nobleman. Born the son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, he was known as Marquess of Blandford until succeeding his father in 1758.
George Stallings George Tweedy Stallings (November 17, 1867 – May 13, 1929) was an American manager and (briefly) player in Major League Baseball. His most famous achievement – leading the 1914 Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics – resulted in a nickname he would bear for the rest of his life: "The Miracle Man.
George Stanley Peachment George Stanley Peachment (5 May 1897-25 September 1915) was an English Private in the 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during World War I for which he was awarded 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 Steinbrenner George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio) often known as "The Boss", is an American entrepreneur, the principal owner of the New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of baseball's more controversial figures, though his willingness to spend to build the club (and its post-season success since 1976) have earned him grudging respect from some baseball executives, while at the same time earning him the contempt of non-Yankee fans.
George Stephanopoulos George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and political adviser. He is currently ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week.
George Stephenson George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English mechanical engineer who designed the famous and historically important steam locomotive named Rocket and is known as the "Father of Railways". The Victorians considered him a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement, with self-help advocate Samuel Smiles particularly praising his achievements.
George Stephenson College George Stephenson College is a college of the University of Durham in England, and one of two located at Queen's Campus in Stockton-on-Tees, 37 km (23 miles) south of the city of Durham itself. It is named after George Stephenson, the 19th century railway engineer.
George Stevens George Stevens (December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an American motion picture director, producer, writer and cinematographer. Born in Oakland, California, Stevens broke into the movie business as a cameraman, working on many Laurel and Hardy shorts.
George Stevens Academy George Stevens Academy is an independent high school located in Blue Hill, Maine, which has been serving the public as a comprehensive, co-educational day school since 1803. Its current enrollment of 320 students comes from several surrounding towns, including Blue Hill, Brooklin, Brooksville, Penobscot, Castine, Orland, Sedgwick, and Surry.
George Stibitz George Robert Stibitz (April 20, 1904 – January 31, 1995) is internationally recognized as a father of the modern digital computer. He was a Bell Labs researcher known for his 1930s and 1940s work on the realization of Boolean logic digital circuits using electromechanical relays as the switching element.
George Stott George Stott was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China with the newly formed China Inland Mission. Although he was an amputee, missing his left leg, he labored for the Gospel in China for 23 years, arriving in October, 1865.
George Stovall George Thomas Stovall, nicknamed "Firebrand" (November 23 1877 in Leeds, Missouri - November 5 1951 in Burlington, Iowa), was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Blues, Cleveland Naps and the St. Louis Browns in the American League, and he also played two seasons with the Kansas City Packers of the short-lived Federal League.
George Stovey George Stovey is considered the best African-American baseball pitcher of the nineteenth century, but discrimination barred him from the majors and led him to move from team to team until he had no further opportunities to play in the minors. In 1886 the New York Giants attempted to acquire Stovey but Cap Anson helped stop the arrangement.
George Strait Country Music Festival The George Strait Chevy Truck Country Music Festival was a touring Country Music festival that featured many top country acts and was headlined by George Strait. From 1997 through 2001, this festival played large stadiums across North America.
George Strauss George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss (18 July 1901 - 5 June 1993) was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 47 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979.
George Street, Brisbane George Street is a main street located in the Brisbane CBD in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The State Parliament House building for the state of Queensland and Brisbane Square, as well as the Law Courts Complex and the State Law Building are found on the street.
George Street, Dunedin George Street is the main street of Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It runs for some two and a half kilometres north-northeast from The Octagon in the city centre to the foot of Pine Hill.
George Street, Edinburgh Situated to the north of Princes Street, George Street is a major street in the centre of Edinburgh. Laid out from 1767 as part of James Craig's plan for the New Town, George Street was named in honour of King George III.
George Street, Sydney George Street is one of the main streets of the city of Sydney, Australia. It begins in the north end of Sydney, The Rocks, near the Sydney Harbour Bridge and extends to the south end of Sydney, near Central Station and Ultimo, where it leads into Railway Square.
George Streeter "Cap" Streeter (George Wellington Streeter) (1837 - January 22, 1921) was born near the town of Flint, Michigan. On July 10, 1886, the former Mississippi River boat captain and circus owner ran his steamboat, the 35-ton Reutan, onto a sandbar near East Superior Street in Chicago, Illinois.
George Strickland George Bevan Strickland (born January 10, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a former shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Indians, as well as a former manager for the Indians. He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943, but he remained in the minor leagues until his contract was picked up by the Boston Red Sox.
George Strickland Kingston George Strickland Kingston (born August 1807 in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, died 1880 at sea) arrived in South Australia on the Cygnet in 1836. He had been employed as the Deputy Surveyor to William Light to survey the new colony of South Australia.
George Stringer George Stringer (24 July, 1889-22 November, 1957) 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 Strong (VC) George Strong (April 7, 1833 – August 25, 1888) was an English soldier in the Crimean War, who was awarded 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 Stroumboulopoulos George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, the neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario), commonly nicknamed Strombo, is a Canadian television and radio personality of Greek and Ukrainian descent.
George Stuart Henderson George Stuart Henderson (VC, DSO & Bar, MC)(5 December 1893-24th July 1920) 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 Stuart White Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, (4 July, 1835—24 June, 1912) was an officer of the British Army and 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 Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland (December 19 1828–September 22 1892) was the son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland. He was MP for Sutherland from 1852 until he succeeded his father as Duke in 1861.
George Swett Appleton George Swett Appleton (1821-1878) was an American publisher, the third son of Daniel Appleton. He was born in Andover, Massachusetts, studied in Leipzig, and for a number of years was a publisher and a book seller in Philadelphia.
George Symons George Symons (VC, DCM)(18 March 1826-18 November 1871) 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 Syncellus George Syncellus (died after 810) was a Byzantine chronicler and ecclesiastic. He had lived many years in Palestine as a monk, and came to Constantinople to fill the important post of syncellus to Tarasius, patriarch of Constantinople.
George Szekeres George SzekeresPronounced (May 29, 1911 — August 28, 2005) was a Hungarian-Australian mathematician. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and received his degree in chemistry at the Technical University of Budapest.
George Szell György Széll, best known by his Anglicised name George Szell (June 7, 1897 – July 30, 1970) was a conductor and composer. He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1946 to 1970 and for the recordings of the standard classical repertory he made with Cleveland and other orchestras.
George T. Oliver George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848–January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
George T. Tamura George Tamura was born on November 27, 1927, in Sacramento, California. In 1942, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), Tamura and his family were interned in the Japanese American internment camp, Tule Lake Relocation Center in Northern California.
George T. Winston George Tayloe Winston, teacher and university president, was born on October 12, 1852, at Windsor, North Carolina, the son of Patrick Henry and Martha Elizabeth (Byrd) Winston. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1866 to 1868 and then studied at the United States Naval Academy from 1868 to 1870, standing at the head of his class of seventy.
George Tattersall George Tattersall (1817-1849), a member of the family which operated the Tattersall's horse market, was a well-known sporting artist. In 1836 he compiled a guide to The Lakes of England illustrated with forty-three charming line drawings, and he showed skill as an architect by building the Tattersall stud stables at Willesden.
George Taubman Goldie Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie (May 20, 1846–August 20, 1925) was an English administrator who played a role in the founding of Nigeria. In many ways, his role was similar to that of Cecil Rhodes elsewhere in Africa but he lacked Rhodes' thirst for publicity.
George Teasdale George Teasdale (December 8, 1831–6 June, 1907) born in London, England, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was ordained an apostle on October 16, 1882, on the same day as Heber J.
George Templeton Strong Famous primarily for the 2,250 page diary he left behind upon his death, George Templeton Strong was born in New York in 1820 to moderate privilege, and lived to write intimately of the turbulent years leading up to and through the American Civil War, as well as the corrupt and turbulent years in New York following the war.
George Theodore George Basil Theodore (born November 13, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a retired Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed "The Stork," Theodore played outfield for the New York Mets in 1973 and 1974.
George Theodore Werts George Theodore Werts (March 24, 1846 – January 17, 1910) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 28th Governor of New Jersey from 1893-1896. Werts created the Palisades Interstate Park Commission which saved the New Jersey Palisades from being quarried for their rock.
George Thomas Coker George Thomas Coker (born July 14, 1943) is a retired US Navy commander, honored with the Navy Cross for his leadership as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War, and a Distinguished Eagle Scout noted for his devotion to Scouting.
George Thomas Dorrell George Thomas Dorrell (VC, MBE) (July 7, 1880–7 January, 1971) 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 Thomas Montgomery George Thomas Montgomery (December 30, 1847 - January 10, 1907) was the first American-born Bishop of the Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles (now the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles), serving in that capacity from 1896-1902.
George Thomas Napier Sir George Thomas Napier (30 June 1784 – 16 September, 1855), entered the army in 1800, and served with distinction under Sir John Moore and the Duke Wellington in the Peninsula--and lost his right arm at the storming of Badajoz.
George Thompson (basketball) George "Tip" Thompson (born November 29, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'2" guard from Marquette University, he was selected by the Boston Celtics in the fifth round of the 1969 NBA Draft but began his career with the Pittsburgh Pipers of the upstart American Basketball Association.
George Thompson (cricketer) George Joseph Thompson (October 27, 1877 – March 3, 1943) was the mainstay of the Northamptonshire county cricket eleven for a long period encompassing both their days as a minor county and their earliest years in the County Championship.
George Thompson (VC) George Thompson (23 October 1920-23 January 1945) 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 Thomson (musician) George Thomson (1757–1821), born at Limekilns, Fife, Scotland, was a noted collector of the Music of Scotland and a friend of Robert Burns. He was clerk to the Board of Trustees in Edinburgh for sixty years.
George Thorne George Thorne, (January 6 1856 – July 24 1922) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the comic baritone roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. He married D'Oyly Carte choristor Geraldine Thompson.
George Thorogood & The Destroyers (album) 'George Thorogood & The Destroyers' was the self-titled debut album from George Thorogood & The Destroyers. It includes the cover of One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer a fan favorite that is still played today.
George Tirebiter George Tirebiter was the unofficial mascot of the University of Southern California in the 1940s. When a stray dog was discovered by a group of USC students at Curry's Ice Cream parlor, one student remarked that the dog looked like a Navy V-12 student named George Kuhns.
George Tobin George Tobin is a record producer who has produced albums for a long list of musical artists including Robert John, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Kicking Harold, and PC Quest. He is best known, however, for discovering, managing, and producing the teenage singer Tiffany and showcasing her in malls across the country.
George Tod George Tod was a British surveyor and hot-house builder, provides color illustrations and descriptions of 26 "glass houses," chiefly of his own design, in this 1823 publication. The text presents plans, elevations and sections of hot-houses, green-houses, an aquarium and conservatories built in different parts of England for various noblemen and gentlemen, including a hot-house and green-house in Her Majesty's gardens at Frogmore.
George Town Times The George Town Times is one of five community publications published by the Times Group Inc in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is a freely circulated, monthly newspaper which is direct mailed to zip codes 46805 and 46815 in East Fort Wayne with a circulation of approximately 15,000 addresses.
George Town, Penang George Town is the capital city of the state of Penang in Malaysia. Named after Britain's King George III, the city is located on the north-east corner of Penang Island and has about 220,000 inhabitants, or about 400,000 including the suburbs.
George Trafton George Edward Trafton (December 6, 1896 - September 5, 1971) was an American football center for the Decatur Staleys (now known as the Chicago Bears) of the NFL from 1920-1921 and 1923-1932. He was the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League from 1951-1953.
George Tribe George Edward Tribe (born October 4, 1920, Yarraville, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1946 to 1947, as well as an Australian rules footballer with the Footscray Football Club in the VFL.
George Tribou Monsignor George Tribou (born April 14, 1924, ordained September 1, 1949, died February 2, 2001) was long-time principal of Catholic High School for Boys, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and was an influential figure in the local politics of the city of Little Rock and the state of Arkansas as well as the Catholic Church in the United States.
George Troup (architect) Sir George Alexander Troup, CMG (October 25 1863 – October 4 1941) was a New Zealand architect, engineer and statesman. He was nicknamed "Gingerbread George" after his most famous design, which was Dunedin Railway Station.
George Truitt George Truitt (1756 – October 8 1818) was an American farmer and politician from Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County, Delaware, near Felton. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
George Truman Morrell Commander George Truman Morrell, RN, (January 29, 1830 - May 9, 1912) was a British career officer in the Royal Navy, from a family with a long history of naval service. He was born in Dinan, France, a British subject, and spent much of his career exploring West Africa during the Victorian period.
George Tsamis George Tsamis (born June 14 1967 in Campbell, California) is a former professional baseball player who pitched for the Minnesota Twins during the 1993 season. As a pitcher for the Twins, he appeared in 41 games and had a record of 1-2 with an ERA of 6.
George Tsebelis George Tsebelis is a Professor of Political Science at University of California, Los Angeles. Tsebelis developed the theory of veto players, set out in his best known work, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work (2002).
George Tsontakis George Tsontakis (born 1951-10-24) is an American composer. Born in Astoria, Queens (New York City), he studied composition with Hugo Weisgall and Roger Sessions at Juilliard from 1974-78, and later with Franco Donatoni at L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
George Tsutakawa George Tsutakawa (1910-1997), sculptor and painter was born in Seattle, Washington. Tsutakawa spent much of his childhood in Okayama, Japan, returning to Seattle at the age of 16 where he attended Broadway High School before earning a BFA at the University of Washington.
George Tuakura George Tuakura (born October 11, 1975 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player for the New Zealand Warriors club in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at prop-forward.

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