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George Wayne George Wayne was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in about 1941 and started his broadcasting career as a technical assistant at Springbok Radio. He moved over LM Radio in Mocambique in the early 1960s where he became an announcer.
George Webb George Webb (June 9, 1911 in Struster, England – December 30, 1998 in London, England) was an English actor. He was best known for playing the role of "Daddy" in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and also appeared in an episode of Mr.
George Weidenfeld Sir Arthur George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld (born September 13, 1919 in Vienna) is a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. In 1949 he served as political adviser and Chief of Cabinet to Chaim Weizmann.
George Weigel George Weigel (Baltimore, 1951 - ) is an American conservative author, and political and social activist. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and as an Adjunct Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Religion, Liberty & Public Life Program.
George Weinberg (mobster) George Weinberg (1901-January 29, 1939) was a New York mobster and, with brother Abe Weinberg, an associate of Dutch Schultz as a mob accountant during the 1920s and 30s. In 1935, following the disappearance of his brother and the gangland murder of Schultz, he decided to become a government informant and testified against his former associates.
George Weinberg (psychologst) George Weinberg, an American clinical psychologist who has long been a friend of the LGBT community, regularly attended meetings of a group in New York City called the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA). Watching their struggle for appropriate, arresting soundbites and the media responses, he came up with the word that the GAA had been struggling for: "homophobia," derived from Greek words meaning "the same" and "fear," and meaning the irrational fear of loving someone of the same sex.
George Welch George Welch (May 18, 1918 – October 12, 1954) was a World War II flying ace, a Medal of Honor nominee, and an experimental aircraft pilot after the war. Welch is best known for allegedly being the first pilot to break the 'sound barrier' (one week before Chuck Yeager) in his prototype XP-86 Sabre.
George Weller George Anthony Weller (1907–19 December 2002) was an American novelist, playwright, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times and Chicago Daily News, and former editorial chair of The Harvard Crimson. He was the first foreign correspondent to reach Nagasaki, Japan, following the U.
George Wellington George Louis Wellington (January 28, 1852 – March 20, 1927) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897-1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.
George Westmore George Westmore (27 June 1879, Isle of Wight, England - 12 July 1939, Hollywood, California) was a hairdresser who emigrated to the United States with his family. Specializing in wig-making, and later make-up, he is known for establishing the first movie make-up department.
George Weston George Weston Limited (), often called Weston's or simply Weston, is a Canadian food processing and distribution company, and one of Canada's most recognizable companies. It was founded in 1882 by George Weston (23 March 1865 – 6 April 1924).
George Wettling George Wettling (1907 -1968) was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band (with Louis Armstrong on second cornet) at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s. Oliver's drummer, Baby Dodds, made a particular and lasting impression upon Wettling.
George Wharton Edwards George Wharton Edwards (born 1859 in Fair Haven, Connecticut - died January 18 1950 in Greenwich) was an American impressionist painter and illustrator and author of several books of travel and historical subjects.
George Wheeler Captain George Montague Wheeler (born Grafton, Massachusetts, October 9, 1842) was a pioneering explorer and cartographer, leader of the Wheeler Survey, one of the major surveys of the western United States in the late nineteenth century. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers.
George Wheldon George Frederick Wheldon (1 November 1869 - 13 January 1924) was an English cricketer and footballer. In cricket he was right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper who played county cricket for Worcestershire in their early seasons in the first-class game, and in football he was a forward for Aston Villa.
George Whipple George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976) was an American physician, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia.
George White (film editor) George White (1911 - 1998) first became a Hollywood editor in 1942, spending most of his career at MGM. Among his more celebrated efforts were the war film Bataan (1943), Vincente Minnelli’s The Clock (1945), Tay Garnett’s steamy version of The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), the epic special effects extravaganza Green Dolphin Street in 1947, for which he received his sole Academy Award nomination, and Challenge to Lassie in 1949.
George White's 1935 Scandals George White's 1935 Scandals was an American musical film produced in 1935 by Fox Film Corporation (before it became part of 20th Century Fox). It was a follow-up to (but not a sequel to) the 1934 release, George White's Scandals.
George White's Scandals George White's Scandals were a long-running string of Broadway revues produced by George White that ran from 1911-1939, modelled after the Ziegfeld Follies. The "Scandals" launched the careers of many entertainers, including W.
George Whitefield College George Whitefield College is an evangelical Christian theological college in Cape Town, South Africa, named after the 18th-century evangelist George Whitefield. It was founded in 1989 on the initiative of Bishop Joe Bell, then presiding bishop of the Church of England in South Africa, and its founding Principal was David Broughton Knox, who had for 27 years been Principal of Moore Theological College, Sydney.
George Whitefield Davis George Whitefield Davis (1839 – July 21, 1918) was an engineer and Major General in the United States Army. He also served as a military Governor of Puerto Rico and as the first military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
George Whitefield Chadwick George Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer. Along with Horatio Parker and Edward MacDowell, he was a representative composer of what can be called the New England School of American composers of the late 19th century — the generation before Charles Ives.
George Whiteman George (Lucky) Whiteman (December 23, 1882 - February 10, 1947) was an utility outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1907, 1918) and New York Yankees (1913). Whiteman batted and threw right handed.
George Whitney Calhoun George Whitney Calhoun (1890–1963) was a gruff, profane sports and telegraph editor for the Press-Gazette of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. He was a co-founder of the Green Bay Packers with Curly Lambeau (although he rarely gets credit for it), and was the team's first publicity director.
George Whittell High School George Whittell High School is located on Warrior Way in Zephyr Cove, Nevada, United States, near the South Shore of Lake Tahoe. The high school currently houses grades 9 through 12, and the mascot is the Warrior.
George Whitty George Whitty is a musician/composer/producer/engineer currently living in Los Angeles. He's produced three Grammy Award winning CD's (most recently Randy Brecker's "34th and Lex") and won an Emmy Award for his composing on the long-running TV show "One Life to Live".
George Widener George Widener is an autistic savant and artist who exhibits his work in North America and Europe. Born in Cincinnati in 1962 to uneducated, working class parents, George demonstrated prodigy traits at a very young age and won the majority of the scholastic awards at his elementary school.
George Wigg, Baron Wigg George Edward Cecil Wigg, Baron Wigg (November 28, 1900 – August 11, 1983) was a British politician who only served in relatively junior offices but had a great deal of influence behind the scenes, especially with Harold Wilson. Wigg served in the British Army for almost all his career up to his election as Member of Parliament for Dudley in 1945.
George Wightwick George Wightwick (August 26,1802 - July 9,1872) was an architect and possibly the first architectural journalist ODNB article by Rosamund Reid "Wightwick, George (1802-1872)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Accessed 19 June 2006.
George Wildman George Wildman is an artist who has worked in the comics industry. He has been recognized for his work with a nomination for the Shazam Award for Best Penciller (Humor Division) in 1974, and another nomination for the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Humor Division) that same year.
George William Burdett Clare George William Burdett Clare (May 18, 1889 - November 29, 1917)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 William Fairfax George William Fairfax, was born in Bath, England, and died on 3 April, 1787. He was the son of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron's first cousin, Colonel Sir William Fairfax, lieutenant of the County of Fairfax, and member and president of the council in Virginia.
George William Forbes George William Forbes (12 March 1869 - 17 May, 1947) served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935. Few expected him to become Prime Minister when he did, and some believed him unsuitable, but he nevertheless remained in that office for five years.
George William Gray George William Gray (born 4 September 1926) is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hull who was instrumental in developing the long-lasting materials which made liquid crystal displays possible. He created and systematised the liquid crystal materials science, and established a method of practical molecular design.
George William Chafer George William Chafer (April 16, 1894 - March 1, 1966) 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 William Childs George William Childs (1829-1894), American publisher, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the 12th of May 1829. He was educated in the public schools, and after a brief term of service in the navy, he became in 1843 a clerk in a book-shop, and two years later organized the publishing house of Childs & Peterson.
George William Johnson George William Johnson (born July 10, 1892 in Stratford, Ontario; died April 26, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1959 to 1962, representing the Winnipeg riding of Assiniboia for the Progressive Conservative Party.
George William Kitchin George William Kitchin was the first chancellor of the University of Durham, from the institution of the role in 1908 till his death in 1912. He was also the last Dean of Durham Cathedral to govern the university.
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose The Right Honourable Lord Penrose, born George William Penrose, is a Scottish judge (from 1990) and member of the Privy Council (from 2000) who sits in the specialist court for commercial actions. He is best known for heading the Penrose Inquiry into the near-collapse of the mutual life assurance company Equitable Life.
George William Rud George William Rud (7 October 1883 – 29 August 1916) was a United States Navy Chief Machinist's Mate awarded the Medal of Honor during the destruction of the USS Memphis during a hurricane. Lieutenant Claud Ashton Jones and Machinist Charles H.
George William Russell George William Russell (April 10, 1867 – July 17, 1935) who wrote under the pseudonym Æ, was an Anglo-Irish supporter of the Nationalist movement in Ireland, a critic, poet, and painter. He was also a mystical writer, and centre of a group of followers of theosophy in Dublin, for many years.
George William Smith (politician) George William Smith (1762 – December 26, 1811) was a two time acting Governor of Virginia, the first time was briefly between the terms of John Tyler, Sr. and James Monroe in January of 1811 and again from April to December of the same year when Monroe resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
George William St. George Grogan George William St George Grogan VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (1 September 1875 - 3 January 1962) 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 William Taylor George William Taylor (born November 5, 1937) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1977 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the government of William Davis.
George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg George William (German: Georg Wilhelm; 26 January 1624, Herzberg am Harz – 28 August 1705, Wienhausen) was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and ruled first over the Calenberg subdivision of the duchy, then over the Lüneburg subdivision.
George William, Elector of Brandenburg George William (German: Georg Wilhelm) (13 November 1595 – December 1 1640) of the Hohenzollern dynasty was margrave and elector of Brandenburg and duke of Prussia (1619-1640). His reign was marked by ineffective governance during the Thirty Years' War.
George Willig George Willig (aka "the human fly" or "the spiderman") is a mountain-climber from Queens, New York, United States, who climbed the South Tower (2 WTC) of the World Trade Center on 26 May, 1977. At the time, it was the third tallest building in the world (behind 1 WTC and the Sears Tower).
George Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell George William Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), English judge, was born in London on the 12th of June 1808, being the eldest son of George Bramwell, of the banking firm of Dorrien, Magens, Dorrien & Mello.
George Wilson (VC) George Wilson (29 April, 1886–22 April, 1926) 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 Winne Jr. George Winne Jr. (1947 – May 11, 1970) is remembered as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in a deliberate act of self-immolation in Revelle Plaza on the campus of the University of California, San Diego on May 10, 1970 to protest the United States involvement in the war.
George Wolfe (CPA) George Wolfe, an employee of the United States government, worked for the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and 2004. Wolfe sat on the CPA's Program Review Board, the committee that made the final recommendation to CPA Administrator Paul Bremer over the $20 billion of contracts the CPA awarded.
George Woltman George Woltman (born November 10, 1957) is the founder of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), a distributed computing project researching Mersenne prime numbers using his software Prime95 and MPrime. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with degrees in computer science.
George Wood (baseball player) George Wood (November 9, 1858 – April 4, 1924) was an American major league baseball player. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and played for the Philadelphia Phillies for much of his career, which lasted from 1880 to 1892.
George Wood (New Zealand) George Wood is in his third term of office as the Mayor of North Shore City, New Zealand’s fourth largest city. He is the first North Shore Mayor to be elected for a third term since the city was formed in 1989.
George Wood Wingate George Wood Wingate (1840-1928) was an American lawyer and organizer of rifle practice. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn.
George Woodard George Woodard is an actor, musician, storyteller and dairy farmer from Vermont. He discovered acting in college and moved to Hollywood, California for six years until the pending sale of the family farm brought him home.
George Woodcock George Woodcock (May 8, 1912 - January 28, 1995) was a prolific Canadian writer of poetry, essays, criticism, biographies and historical works. He is probably best known today in Canada for founding (in 1959) the journal Canadian Literature (journal)—the first journal dedicated to Canadian writing.
George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award The George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award has been presented by Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California annually since 1950 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack.
George Worthington George Worthington (September 21, 1813 – November 9, 1871) was a 19th century merchant and banker in Cleveland, Ohio, who founded the Geo. Worthington Company, a wholesale hardware and industrial distribution firm, in 1829 (until 1991 Cleveland's oldest extant business), as well as numerous banking and mining concerns, and contributed significantly to the early commercial and industrial development of Cleveland.
George Wrighster George Fredrick Wrighster (born April 1, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American football tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. He was selected with the seventh pick of the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of the University of Oregon.
George Wright (organist) George Wright (born August 28, 1920 in Orland, California, died May 10, 1998 in Glendale, California) was an American musician, possibly the most famous virtuoso of the theatre organ of the modern era. Wright was best known for his virtuoso performances on the huge Wurlitzer theater pipe organs at the famed Fox Theater on Market Street in San Francisco and the ornate Paramount Theaters in both New York and Oakland.
George Wunder George Wunder, (1912–1987) was a cartoonist who continued Terry and the Pirates after Milton Caniff left it in 1946. As a young man he worked as a humorous cartoonist and assistant to Caniff's studiomate Noel Sickles.
George Wythe George Wythe (1726 – June 8, 1806), was a lawyer, a judge, a prominent law professor and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. He was the first professor of law in America, earning him the title of "The Father of American Jurisprudence.
George XI of Kartli George XI (Georgian: გიორგი, Giorgi), known as Gurgin Khan (Gorgin Khan) in Persia (1651 – April 21, 1709), ruled Kartli, eastern Georgia, from 1676 to 1688 and again from 1703 to 1709. He is best known for his struggle, as a Saffavid commander, against the rebel Afghan tribes, that cost him life.
George XII of Georgia George XII (, Giorgi XII), sometimes known as George XIII (November 10, 1746 – December 28, 1800), of the House of Bagrationi, was the last king of Georgia (Kingdom of Kartli and Kakheti) from 1798 until his death in 1800. His brief reign in the closing years of the 18th century was marked by significant political instability which implied the near certainty of a civil strife and a Persian invasion.
George Yardley George Harry Yardley III (November 3, 1928 in Hollywood, California - August 12, 2004 in Newport Beach, California), best known as simply George Yardley, was an NBA Hall of Fame basketball player. He was the first player in history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by fellow Hall of Famer George Mikan.
George Young (minister) Reverend George Young (31 December 1821 – 1 August 1910) was a Canadian Methodist minister and author noted for his role in the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870. He was a supporter of the pro-Canadian faction led by John Christian Schultz.
George Young (rock musician) George Redburn Young (born 6 November 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter and record producer, best-known as the co-writer of the international hits, "Friday On My Mind" and "Love Is In The Air"; and for his production of the hard rock band, AC/DC, which features his younger brothers, Angus and Malcolm Young.
George Young (swimmer) George Young (1910 – 6 August 1972) was a Canadian marathon swimmer who on 15 – 16 January, 1927 became the first swimmer to swim the channel between Catalina Island and the mainland of California. This took place during a contest called the Wrigley Ocean Marathon, sponsored by chewing gum and sports magnate William Wrigley Jr.
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT KCVO TD PC (September 22, 1931–January 26, 2003), known to many as "Gentleman George", was a Scottish politician whose long career as Conservative & Unionist MP for Ayr (1964–1992) included periods as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1979 to 1986, and Secretary of State for Defence from 1986 to 1989.
George Yule George Yule (1829-1892) was a Scottish businessman in India who notably became the fourth President of the Indian National Congress in 1888, the first non-Indian to hold that office. He was succeeded by Sir William Wedderburn.
George Zeber George William Zeber (born August 29, 1950 in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania) was a Major League Baseball player from 1977 to 1978 for the New York Yankees. Zeber played as a backup second baseman to Willie Randolph.
George Zidek Jiří "George" Zidek, Jr. (born August 2 1973, in Zlin, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a professional basketball player, now playing in Europe, who was selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1st round (22nd overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft.
George Zweig George Zweig (born 1937 in Russia) was originally trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman and later turned his attention to neurobiology. He spent a number of years as a Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and MIT, but as of 2004, has gone on to work in the financial services industry.
George's Block The George's Block, once known as the James Block, is a 19th Century structure located in Sycamore, Illinois along Illinois Route 64 (State Street) as it passes through the DeKalb County seat. The Block is part of the Sycamore Historic District and as such is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
George's Dock The Georges Dock was a dock, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it was situated where the Pier Head currently sits. The dock was cnnected to Canning Dock in the south and Georges Basin to the north.
George's Restaurant George's Restaurant is a small Greek and Italian restaurant located in Arnold, Maryland in the Bay Hills shopping center. George's Restaurant serves elegant entrees, subs, and pizza, along with tableside "performance" entree preparation by the owner, George Alevrofas.
George's Spaghetti House George's Spaghetti House was a famous jazz club in Toronto on Sherbourne street in which Moe Koffman led the house band. It hosted many famous musicians from Don Francks to Sonny Rollins, operating from 1956 through 1994.
George, Crown Prince of Serbia Crown Prince George of Yugoslavia,(Serbo-Croatian: kraljević Đorđe Karađorđević (August 27, 1887 - October 17, 1972) was the older brother of Alexander I of Yugoslavia and younger brother of Helen of Serbia, son of Peter I, King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Princess Ljubica (Zorka) of Montenegro and grandson of King Nicholas I of Montenegro.
George, Prince of Rascia Stefan George of Rascia, Đurađ Branković (Serbian: Ђурађ Бранковић, Hungarian: Brankovics György) (1377 - 1456), also known under patronymic Đurađ Vuković, was a Serbian monarch (Greek: despot) who ruled from 1427-56. During his reign the Serbian capital was moved to Smederevo (near today Belgrade) after the Second Battle of Kosovo.
Georgeann Walsh Ward Georgeann Walsh Ward is a former girlfriend of Kiss frontman Gene Simmons, who made worldwide headlines with her 2005 lawsuit against him. Ward claims comments made by Simmons in a VH1 TV documentary, When Kiss Ruled the World, portrayed her in an unfavorable manner.
Georgeanna Jones Georgeanna Seegar Jones, (July 6, 1912 - March 26, 2005), was part of the husband and wife team which pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States. Jones was one of the United States's first reproductive endocrinologist.
Georgemas Georgemas is an area in the county of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the town of Thurso and about two kilometres (one mile) east of the village of Halkirk. Georgemas has no real town or village centre of its own but it does have an unstaffed railway station called Georgemas Junction.
Georgemas Junction railway station Georgemas Junction railway station is a railway station serving the village of Halkirk and its surrounding areas in the Highland council area, northern Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness.
Georgenberg Pact The Georgenberg Pact () was signed on August 17, 1186 on the Georgenberg mountain above Enns and consisted of two parts. The first part was an agreement between Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (from the Otakars dynasty) and Duke Leopold V of Austria (from the Babenberg dynasty).
Georgenborn Georgenborn is a village of 2000 inhabitants in the municipality of Schlangenbad, Germany. The village is located in the Taunus mountains between Schlangenbad and Wiesbaden and was founded in 1694 by FĂĽrst Georg of Nassau-Idstein.
Georges (novel) Georges is a short novel by Alexandre Dumas, père set on the island of Mauritius, from 1810 to 1824. This novel is of particular interest because Dumas reused many of the ideas and plot devices later in The Count of Monte Cristo, and because race and racism are at the center of this novel, and this was a topic on which Dumas, despite his part-African ancestry, rarely wrote.
Georges Antoine Klein Georges Antoine Klein was the real-life individual upon whom Joseph Conrad based the character "Kurtz" in his novella Heart of Darkness.1 Georges was an employee of the Brussels-based trading company Societe Anonyme Belge pour le Commerce du Hault-Congo, and died shortly after meeting Conrad.
Georges Aperghis Georges Aperghis (23 December 1945 in Athens, Greece) is a composer working primarily in the field of experimental music theater but has also composed a large amount of non-programmatic chamber music. He is married to actress Edith Scob.
Georges Basin The Georges Basin was a basin, on the River Mersey and part of the Port of Liverpool it was situated where the Pier Head currently sits. The dock was connected to Georges Dock in the south, Princes Dock to the north and the Mersey to the west.
Georges Bernanos Georges Bernanos (February 20 1888, Paris—July 5 1948, Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. Of Roman Catholic and monarchist leanings, he was a violent adversary to bourgeois thought and to what he identified as defeatism leading to France's defeat in 1940.
Georges Besse Georges Besse (born December 25, 1927 in Clermont-Ferrand, France, died November 17, 1986) was a French businessman who led several large state-controlled French companies during his lifetime. He was assassinated outside his home on November 17, 1986.
Georges Biassou Biassou was the chief early leader of the 1791 slave rising that began the Haïtian Revolution. With Jean François and Jeannot, he was prophecied by Dutty Boukman to lead the revolution, and fought with the Spanish royalists against the French Revolutionary authorities in colonial Haïti.
Georges Canguilhem Georges Canguilhem (June 4, 1904, Castelnaudary – September 11, 1995, Marly-le-Roi) was a French philosopher and member of the Collège de France, who specialized in the philosophy of science and the study of normativity (considering that norms were always the product of a previous normativity power).
Georges Capdeville Pierre Georges Louis Capdeville (born October 30, 1899 – died February 24, 1991) was a football referee from France, who led the 1938 FIFA World Cup Final in Paris in the game between Italy and Hungary. Capdeville is the only referee to have officiated in a World Cup final in his own native country.
Georges Catroux Georges Catroux (born: 29 January 1877, Limoges, France - died: 21 December 1969, Paris) was a French military figure and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Georges Claude The French engineer, chemist, and inventor Georges Claude (September 24, 1870 – May 23, 1960), was the first to apply an electrical discharge to a sealed tube of neon gas (circa 1902) to create a lamp. Inspired in part by Daniel McFarlan Moore's invention, Moore’s Lamp, Paris-born Claude invented the neon lamp by passing an electric current through inert gases, making them glow very brightly.
Georges Clemenceau Georges ClemenceauClemenceau's name is spelled with an e and not with the é that is required in French for the correct pronunciation. (Mouilleron-en-Pareds (Vendée), 28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman, physician and journalist.
Georges Corraface Georges Corraface (b. December 7, 1952 in Paris, France) is a Greek actor who has had an international career in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company.
Georges Creek Georges Creek is a tributary stream of the North Branch Potomac River in Western Maryland. The creek has its headwaters near Frostburg and empties into the North Branch Potomac River at Westernport all in western Allegany County, Maryland.

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