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George Savvidy
George Savvidy (Georgios Savvidis) is a theoretical physicist at the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of NCSR Demokritos in Athens, best known for his 1977 prediction of the Savvidy vacuum.
George Scalise
George Scalise is an American semiconductor executive who led the Semiconductor Industry Association from 1997 to 2010 after senior roles at Apple and National Semiconductor.
George Scatchard
George Scatchard (1892–1973) was an American physical chemist at MIT who studied the physical chemistry of solutions and protein binding; the Scatchard equation and plot still bear his name.
George Schaller
George Beals Schaller, born 1933 in Berlin, is an American field biologist whose first-in-the-wild studies of mountain gorillas, lions, tigers, and giant pandas reshaped how large mammals are observed and protected.
George Schatz
George C. Schatz, born in 1949, is an American theoretical chemist at Northwestern University known for quantum scattering of gas-phase reactions and metal nanoparticle optics, including SERS.
George Segal
George Segal (1934–2021), American actor and banjo player born in Great Neck, New York; Oscar-nominated for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Golden Globe winner for A Touch of Class, later star of Just Shoot Me! and The Goldbergs; distinct from the sculptor George Segal (1924–2000).
George Seidel
George E. Seidel Jr. (1943–2021) was an American reproductive physiologist at Colorado State University whose laboratory turned embryo transfer, embryo splitting, and sexed semen into working cattle-industry tools.
George Seifert
George Seifert (born January 22, 1940) is an American football coach, head coach of the San Francisco 49ers 1989-96 (98-30, Super Bowls XXIV and XXIX) and Carolina Panthers 1999-2001 (16-32), winningest coach in 49ers history.
George Shapiro
George Shapiro (1931–2022) was an American talent manager and TV producer; with Howard West he managed Andy Kaufman, Carl Reiner, and Jerry Seinfeld, got Seinfeld on NBC, and executive produced Seinfeld, winning one of 12 Emmys.
George Shearing
George Shearing (1919–2011), blind British-born jazz pianist and composer, creator of the 'Shearing sound' quintet and locked-hands block-chord style, composer of 'Lullaby of Birdland' and 'September in the Rain' hit maker.
George Sheldon
George Herbert Sheldon (1874-1907), American St. Louis physician and diver, first Olympic diving champion, winning the 1904 springboard gold amid a German judging protest; also 1905 AAU champion; died of heart disease at 33.
George Shelley (singer)
George Shelley (born 1993, Clevedon, England) is a British singer-songwriter and presenter, a member of Union J from The X Factor 2012, later a solo artist and frontman of the band Lightlines.
George Shultz
George Pratt Shultz (1920–2021), American economist and statesman, 60th U.S. Secretary of State (1982–89) under Reagan and holder of four Cabinet posts; architect of U.S.–Soviet diplomacy and the 1987 INF Treaty.
George Simion
George Simion is a Romanian politician who has led the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) since 2019 and lost the 2025 presidential runoff to Nicușor Dan.
George Simpson
George Sidney Simpson (1908-1961), American sprinter, Ohio State; first man timed at 9.4 for 100 yards (1929, unratified, starting blocks); 1932 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m behind Eddie Tolan.
George Sisler
George Sisler (1893–1973), "Gorgeous George," Hall of Fame first baseman for the St. Louis Browns; hit .407 in 1920 with a record 257 hits and .420 in 1922, career .340 with 2,812 hits.
George Skakel
George Skakel (1892–1955) was an American industrialist who founded Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, a leading petroleum coke trader, and whose daughter Ethel married Robert F. Kennedy.
George Smiley
George Smiley is a fictional British spymaster created by John le Carré, first appearing in the novel Call for the Dead in 1961 and featuring in nine of his books.
George Smoot
George Smoot was an American astrophysicist and cosmologist who led the 1992 detection of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background, sharing the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.
George Somers
Sir George Somers (1554–1610) was an English privateer and admiral of the 1609 Jamestown resupply voyage whose flagship, the Sea Venture, was wrecked on Bermuda.
George Soros
George Soros, born György Soros in Hungary in 1930, is a Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist who ran the Quantum Fund and gave over $32 billion to charity.
George Soros conspiracy theories
George Soros conspiracy theories, also called anti-Sorosism, are antisemitic narratives portraying the Hungarian-American philanthropist as a secret mastermind of migration, protests, and elections, promoted by Fidesz, Orbán, and US right-wing media.
George Soulié de Morant
George Soulié de Morant, born Charles Georges Soulié (Chinese name Su Lie), was a French diplomat and sinologist who popularized acupuncture in France from 1929.
George Spahn
George Spahn, blind elderly owner of the Spahn Movie Ranch near Chatsworth, California, who let Charles Manson and the Manson Family live and work on his western film set and horse ranch in 1968-1969.
George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford
George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford (born 1992), British aristocrat and polo player, heir apparent to the 12th Duke of Marlborough and Blenheim Palace; married Camilla Thorp in 2018; son and heir Orlando born 2026.
George Sperling
George Sperling is an American vision scientist at the University of California, Irvine, best known for the 1960 partial-report experiments that demonstrated iconic memory, the brief visual store holding a whole scene.
George Sphrantzes
George Sphrantzes (Γεώργιος Σφραντζῆς) was a Byzantine court official, diplomat, and historian who served Emperor Constantine XI and witnessed the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
George Spitz
George Burton Spitz Jr. (1912-1986), American high jumper, NYU and NYAC; 1932 AAU and 1934 NCAA champion, indoor world best 2.00-2.04 m; favorite at the 1932 Olympics but placed ninth with an injured ankle. Distinct from the marathon organizer George Spitz (1922-2015).
George Springer
George Springer (George Chelston Springer III, born 1989), MLB outfielder and designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays, formerly Houston Astros; 2017 World Series MVP, 60 leadoff home runs, 300-plus career home runs, 2025 ALCS Game 7 hero.
George Stamatoyannopoulos
George Stamatoyannopoulos (1934–2018) was a Greek-born American geneticist and hematologist at the University of Washington whose fetal hemoglobin research underlies modern sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia therapies.