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George Christou
George Christou is a Cypriot-born synthetic inorganic chemist, University Distinguished Professor and Drago Chair holder at the University of Florida since 2001, and a pioneer of single-molecule magnetism.
George Chrystal
George Chrystal (1851–1911) was a Scottish mathematician, professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh from 1879, whose two-volume Algebra influenced mathematical education throughout Great Britain.
George Chuvalo
George Chuvalo (1937-2026), Canadian heavyweight boxing champion, five-time national titleholder, fought Muhammad Ali twice and Joe Frazier and George Foreman, never knocked down in 93-97 pro fights.
George Clark Southworth
George Clark Southworth (1890–1972) was an American radio physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories who revived the hollow-pipe waveguide in the 1930s and first measured the sun's microwave radiation.
George Clarke (architect)
George Clarke, born 1974 in Sunderland, is a British architect and television presenter known for Channel 4 programs including The Home Show and George Clarke's Amazing Spaces.
George Clarke (internet personality)
George Clarke, known online as George Clarkey, is an English YouTuber, TikTok creator and podcast host from Bristol. Distinct from the architect George Clarke, he co-hosts The Useless Hotline and was a 2025 Strictly Come Dancing runner-up with Alexis Warr.
George Clement Dacey
George Clement Dacey (1921–2010) was an American engineer and physicist who helped build the first working field-effect transistor at Bell Labs and later led Sandia National Laboratories.
George Clinton (funk musician)
George Clinton (born 1941, Kannapolis, North Carolina) is the funk bandleader behind Parliament and Funkadelic (P-Funk), creator of hits like "Atomic Dog," Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1997), and one of hip-hop's most sampled artists.
George Clinton (vice president)
George Clinton (1739–1812), first and longest-serving governor of New York and fourth U.S. vice president under Jefferson and Madison; died in office April 20, 1812, leaving the vice presidency vacant until 1813.
George Clooney
George Clooney (George Timothy Clooney), American actor, director, and philanthropist from Lexington, Kentucky; ER's Dr. Doug Ross; two Oscars (Syriana, Argo), Ocean's Eleven, Good Night and Good Luck, Clooney Foundation for Justice.
George Clooney filmography
George Clooney filmography: screen credits of American actor-director George Timothy Clooney, from E/R and The Facts of Life through ER, Ocean's Eleven, Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, Argo, and Jay Kelly.
George Cloutier
George Cloutier (1876-1946), Canadian lacrosse goalkeeper and Olympian, won gold with the Winnipeg Shamrocks at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics; later played for the Montreal Nationals, active until at least 1917.
George Coats (ophthalmologist)
George Coats (1876–1915) was a Scottish ophthalmologist and ocular pathologist in London whose 1908 description of massive retinal exudation gave its name to Coats disease.
George Coe
George Coe (George Julian Cohen, 1929–2015), American character actor and original Saturday Night Live cast member, Oscar-nominated for De Düva: The Dove, voice of Woodhouse on Archer.
George Cohen
George Reginald Cohen MBE (1939-2022), English right-back, one-club Fulham player (459 appearances, 1956-1969) and 37-cap England international who played every minute of the 1966 World Cup-winning campaign.
George Cole (actor)
George Cole (1925–2015), English actor, played Arthur Daley in ITV's Minder (1979–94) and Flash Harry in the St Trinian's films; OBE 1992, BAFTA-nominated, mentored by Alastair Sim.
George Comstock (astronomer)
George Cary Comstock (1855–1934) was an American astronomer, professor at the University of Wisconsin and director of Washburn Observatory, known for measuring stellar aberration and refraction.
George Conway
George T. Conway III (born 1963), American lawyer, Wachtell Lipton litigation partner, Paula Jones litigator, Lincoln Project co-founder, Society for the Rule of Law founder, and 2026 Democratic House candidate in New York's 12th District; ex-husband of Kellyanne Conway and prominent Trump critic.
George Cornell
George Cornell (George Myers, 1927-1966) was an English criminal and Richardson Gang enforcer, shot dead by Ronnie Kray at the Blind Beggar pub, Whitechapel, on 9 March 1966, leading to Kray's life sentence.
George Cornet
George Thomson Cornet (1877-1952), Inverness water polo back, only Scot in Britain's Olympic gold teams of 1908 and 1912; first Scotsman to retain an Olympic title; later an LMS railway cashier.
George Cornwallis-West
George Cornwallis-West (1874-1951), born George Frederick Myddelton West, was a Scots Guards officer and author who married Lady Randolph Churchill in 1900 and Mrs Patrick Campbell in 1914, was declared bankrupt, sold the Ruthin Castle and Newlands estates, and died by suicide on 1 April 1951.
George Coșbuc
George Coșbuc (1866–1918) was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist from Transylvania, best remembered for verses about rural life and Romanian translations of Homer, Virgil, and Dante.
George Costanza
George Costanza is the Seinfeld character played by Jason Alexander, Jerry's neurotic, stingy best friend, loosely based on co-creator Larry David, known for schemes that backfire and the line "We're living in a society!"
George Costigan
George Costigan (born 1947, Portsmouth; raised in Salford) is an English actor and writer known for Bob in Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987), Blood Brothers' Mickey Johnstone, Happy Valley's Nevison Gallagher, and Line of Duty's Patrick Fairbank.
George Cotsarelis
George Cotsarelis is an American dermatologist and stem cell biologist at the University of Pennsylvania, best known for localizing hair follicle stem cells to the bulge.
George Coukos
George Coukos is a physician-scientist in tumor immunology and cellular immunotherapy who discovered spontaneous antitumor immunity in ovarian cancer and directs the Ludwig Laboratory for Cell Therapy at Weill Cornell Medicine.
George Coulam
George Coulam was an American artist and entrepreneur who founded the Texas Renaissance Festival in 1974 and served as the first mayor of Todd Mission, Texas.
George Coupland
George Coupland, born in 1959, is a British plant molecular geneticist directing the Department of Plant Developmental Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne.
George Crabtree
George Crabtree (1944–2023) was an American condensed-matter physicist at Argonne National Laboratory known for work on vortices in high-temperature superconductors and for directing the energy storage research center JCESR.
George Crook
George Crook (1828–1890), Union general and U.S. Army commander in the Indian Wars: Paiute, Apache, and Great Sioux War campaigns, Battle of the Rosebud, and later advocacy of Native American rights.