George Washington (name)
George Washington (1732–1799) was the Commander-in-Chief of Continental forces in the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.
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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 (trombonist) (born 1910), 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 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 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 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 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), an 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 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 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
- 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 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, 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
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