Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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George Clayton Johnson

George Cleveland

George Cleveland (Canadian actor)

George Clymer

George Coyne

George V. Coyne — Jesuit astronomer and longtime director of the Vatican Observatory

George Cukor

George Cukor: American director of comedies and literary film adaptations (1899–1983)

George Curtis Smith

George Curtis Smith — United States District Judge (Southern District of Ohio)

George Darwin

George Darwin: English astronomer and mathematician

George Darwin (footballer)

George Dureau

George Dureau (1930–2014): New Orleans Artist and Photographer

George E. Felton

George E. Felton — British computer scientist and creator of the GEORGE operating system

George E. R. Kinnear II

George E. R. "Gus" Kinnear II — U.S. Navy Admiral and NATO Representative

George Eliot

George Enescu

George Ferguson Bowen

Sir George Ferguson Bowen

George Fox

George Freese

George Freese (1926–2014)

George Frideric Handel

George Gamow

George Gamow: physicist, cosmologist, and popular science author

George Gaylord Simpson

George Genyk

George Gershwin

George Gilder

George Gilder: Writer, Investor, and Technology Theorist

George Givot

George Graham (clockmaker)

George Graham (1673–1751): English clockmaker and scientific instrument maker

George Graham (footballer)

George Graham (footballer and manager)

George H. Hitchings

George H. Hitchings

George H. Hitchings: pioneer of antimetabolites and mechanism‑based drug discovery

Biography of George H. Hitchings (1905–1998), his education, biochemical strategy of antimetabolites, key drug discoveries, awards including the 1988 Nobel Prize, and his influence

George H. Kerr

George H. Kerr: American Diplomat, Historian, and Chronicler of Taiwan

George H. McKee

George Haigh

George Haigh: English footballer and long-lived Stockport County alumnus

George Hainsworth

George Hearst

George Hearst: 19th‑Century Miner, Businessman and Early Media Owner

George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas: Union General and the 'Rock' of the Western Theater

George Herbert Walker III

George Herriman

George Herriman: American Cartoonist and Creator of Krazy Kat

George Ho

George Ho Ho-chi — Hong Kong broadcasting pioneer

George Hugh Niederauer

George H. Niederauer: Archbishop of San Francisco and Bishop of Salt Lake City

George Huntington

George Huntington (1850–1916), American physician who described Huntington's disease

George II

George II of Imereti

George Jonas

George Jonas: Hungarian‑born Canadian writer and journalist

George Kauffman

George B. Kauffman — American Chemist, Educator, and Historian of Chemistry

George Kennedy

George Kennedy (American actor)

George Kittle

George Kittle — NFL tight end for the San Francisco 49ers

George Kobayashi

George Kobayashi (Japanese footballer, born 1947)

George Lowe

George Lowe (American voice actor)

George Mallory

George McCall Courts

George Meade

George Meade (1815–1872), Union General and Commander at Gettysburg