George Washington (name)

This article is about people named George Washington. For other uses, see George Washington (disambiguation).

George Washington (1732–1799) was the commander-in-chief of Continental forces in the American Revolution and the first president of the United States.

People with the surname Washington

• George Washington (baseball) (1907–1985), American baseball player
• George Washington (inventor) (1871–1946), Belgium-born American inventor of an instant coffee process
  • George Washington Jr. (1899–1966), his son, inventor of a photoengraving process for newspapers
• George Washington (Louisiana politician) (1830–?)
• George Washington (Mississippi politician) state legislator
• George Washington (trombonist) (born 1907), American jazz trombonist
• George Washington (Washington pioneer) (1817–1905), African American pioneer, founder of Centralia, Washington
• George Augustine Washington (1815–1892), American tobacco planter, slaveholder, company director and politician
• George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), United States Congressman from Maryland
• George Dewey Washington (1898–1954), American singer
• George Steptoe Washington (1771–1809), planter, militia officer and nephew of the first President
• George Thomas Washington (1908–1971), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
• George T. Washington (Liberia), Liberian political figure

People with the given name George Washington

• George Washington Adams (1801–1829), American politician, and eldest son of U.S. President John Quincy Adams
• George Washington Anderson (1832–1902), American politician
• George Washington Baines (1809–1889), American politician, preacher, educator, and great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson
• George Washington Bethune (1805–1862), preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church
• George Washington Blanchard (1884–1964), American politician
• George Washington Bolton (1841–1931), American banker and politician
• George Washington Bridges (1825–1873), American politician
• George Washington Browne (1853–1939), British architect
• George Washington Bush (1779–1863), American pioneer
• George Washington Caldwell (1849–1916), Michigan State Representative from 1897 through 1900
• George Washington Campbell (1769–1848), 5th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• George Washington Campbell (1828–1905), cofounder and lifelong board member of Alabama's Tuskegee Institute
• George Washington Carver (c. 1864/5–1943), American botanist
• George Washington Cass (1810–1888), American industrialist
• George Washington Collins (1925–1972), American politician
• George Washington Crile (1864–1943), American surgeon
• George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857), adopted son (and also step-grandson) of President George Washington
• George Washington Cullum (1809–1892), Union Army general
• George Washington Cutter (1801–1865), American poet and Mexican War veteran
• George Washington DeLong (1844–1881), United States Navy officer
• George Washington Dennis (c. 1825–1916), American entrepreneur
• George Washington Dietzler (1826–1884), Union Army general
• George Washington Dixon (1801–1861), American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor
• George Washington Doane (1799–1859), American churchman, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New Jersey
• George Washington Donaghey (1856–1937), governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913
• George Washington Emery Dorsey (1842–1911), American politician
• George Washington Duke (1820–1905), American tobacco industrialist and philanthropist
• George Washington Dupee (1826-1897), American Baptist leader
• George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859–1896), American engineer
• George Washington Fleeger (1839–1894), American politician
• George Washington Gale (1789–1861), American minister
• George Washington Getty (1819–1901), American Civil War Union general
• George Washington Glasscock (1810–1868), early settler, legislator, and businessman in Tousha
• George Washington Glick (1827–1911), American politician
• George Washington Goethals (1858–1928), U.S. Army officer and civil engineer
• George Washington Gordon (1836–1911), Confederate Army general
• George Washington Grayson (1843–1920), Creek scholar, writer, and nationalist
• George Washington Greene (1775–1793), son of General Nathanael Greene
• George Washington Greene (1811–1883), American historian & grandson of General Greene
• George Washington Harris (1814–1869), American humorist
• George Washington Hays (1863–1927), American politician
• George Washington Helme (1822–1893), American businessman and soldier
• George Washington Hendry (1838–1914), American Florida early settler, land developer
• George Washington Hockley (1802–1854), a Texas revolutionary who served as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas
• George Washington Hopkins (1804–1861), American politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge and teacher
• George Washington Johnson (1811–1862), first Confederate governor of Kentucky
• George Washington Johnson (1846-1914), American singer and pioneer sound recording artist
• George Washington Jones (Tennessee politician) (1806–1884), American politician
• George Washington Jones (Texas politician) (1828–1903), American politician
• George Washington Julian (1817–1899), American politician, writer, candidate for Vice President of the United States
• George Washington Kirk (1837–1905), American soldier
• Georges Washington de La Fayette (1779–1849), son of the Marquis de Lafayette (French hero of the American Revolutionary War)
• George Washington Lambert (1873–1930), Australian artist
• George Washington Custis Lee (also known as Custis Lee) (1832–1913), eldest son of Robert E. Lee
• George Washington Lent Marr (1779–1856), American politician
• George Washington Morgan (1820–1893), American Civil War general
• George Washington Ochs Oakes (1861–1931), American journalist
• George Washington Olvany (1876–1952), American judge and politician
• George Washington Owen (1796–1837), American politician
• George Washington Patterson (1799–1879), American politician
• George Washington Peck (1818–1905), American politician
• George Washington Pilipō (1828–1887), Hawaiian politician
• George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), American politician
• George Washington Putnam (1826–1899), American soldier and politician
• George Washington Rightmire (1868–1952), American educator
• George Washington Riggs (1813–1881), American businessman
• George Washington Scott (1829–1903), American businessman and military officer
• George Washington Shonk (1850–1900), American politician
• George Washington Smith (1876–1930), American architect
• George Washington Steele (1839–1922), American lawyer, soldier, and politician
• George Washington Toland (1796–1869), American politician
• George Washington Truett (1867–1944), American minister and writer
• George Washington Vanderbilt (1839–1864), the son of Cornelius Vanderbilt and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family
• George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), builder of the Biltmore House
• George Washington Vanderbilt III (1914–1961), a yachtsman and scientific explorer
• George Washington Walker (1800–1859), English Quaker missionary who settled in Tasmania
• George Washington Whistler (1800–1849), American railroad engineer
• George Washington Williams (1849–1891), American religious figure and politician
• George Washington Williams (1869–1925), United States Navy admiral
• George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer
• George Washington Woodward (1809–1875), American politician
• George Washington Wright (1816–1885), American politician
• Prince George Washington of Siam (Wichaichan) (1838–1885)

Fictional characters with the given names George Washington

• G. W. Bridge, a Marvel Comics character named after New York City's George Washington Bridge
• George Washington Duke, from the 1990 film Rocky V
• G. W. (George Washington) McLintock, played by John Wayne in 1963 movie McLintock!
• In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Arsenal Gear's AI has been given the initials GW
• George Washington, one of the names of the frog from the animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall

See also

• George Washington (disambiguation)
• Georges Washington
• Washington (name)