George Washington (name)

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

Other persons with the same name include:

* 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–?), African-American state legislator in the 1870s
* George Washington (Mississippi politician) (fl. 1874–1875), African-American 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 C. 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) (born 1928), Liberian political figure
* George Washington (sprinter), winner of the 1982 NCAA Division I outdoor 4 × 400 meter relay championship

## See also

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* George Washington (disambiguation)
* Georges Washington
* George Washington Carver

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