George Williams

George Williams may refer to:

## Academics[edit]

* George Williams (priest) (1814–1878), English academic and antiquary
* George C. F. Williams (1857–1933), American medical doctor, genealogist and historian
* George G. Williams (1902–2000), professor of English and creative writing at Rice University
* George Huntston Williams (1914–2000), professor of Unitarian history at Harvard University
* George H. Williams (educator) (1918–2003), president of American University
* George Christopher Williams (1926–2010), American biologist
* George E. Williams (geologist), Australian geologist
* George Williams (lawyer), Australian legal academic

## Entertainment[edit]

* George Augustus Williams (1814–1901), British landscape painter
* George A. Williams (actor) (1854–1936), American actor of the silent film era
* George Emlyn Williams (1905–1987), Welsh dramatist and actor
* George Williams (musician) (1917–1988), arranger/composer for big bands
* George Brigars Williams (1929–2016), Ghanaian actor
* George C. Williams (cinematographer), Indian cinematographer
* George Williams (Desperate Housewives), television character
* George W. Williams, vaudeville performer and recording artist, see George Williams and Bessie Brown

## Politics[edit]

* George Williams (died 1556), MP for Grantham
* George Williams (British politician) (1765–1850), British army officer and Liberal politician
* George Hawkins Williams (1818–1889), American politician and lawyer
* George Henry Williams (1823–1910), United States attorney general and United States senator from Oregon
* George E. Williams (New Jersey politician), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
* George E. Williams (New York politician) (1828–1914), New York assemblyman, 1879
* George Washington Williams (1849–1891), author and Ohio state legislator
* George F. Williams (1852–1932), United States representative from Massachusetts
* George A. Williams (Nebraska politician) (1864–1946), lieutenant governor of Nebraska, 1925–1931
* George Norris Williams (1866–1949), acting Commissioner of Yukon, 1915 to 1916
* George Williams (Michigan politician) (1869–1934), Michigan state senator
* George H. Williams (Missouri politician) (1871–1963), U.S. senator from Missouri
* George S. Williams (1877–1961), U.S. representative from Delaware
* George Hara Williams (1894–1945), Saskatchewan politician

## Sports[edit]

### American football[edit]

* George Williams (American football), head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University in 1916
* George Williams III (born 1975), American football defensive lineman

### Association football[edit]

* George Williams (footballer, born 1862) (1862–?), Chirk F.C. and Wales
* George Williams (footballer, born 1879) (1879–1916), Wrexham A.F.C., West Bromwich Albion F.C. and Wales
* George Williams (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1946), Australian rules footballer for St Kilda
* George Williams (footballer, born 1882) (1882–1939), English footballer for Wolverhampton Wanderers
* George Williams (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1957), English footballer with Southampton and Exeter City
* Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932) (George Robert Williams, 1932–2003), English footballer for Mansfield Town
* George Williams (footballer, born 1993), English footballer for Cambridge United
* George Williams (footballer, born 1995), Wales international footballer for Barrow
* Geraint Williams (born 1962), Welsh football manager nicknamed "George"

### Baseball[edit]

* George Williams (Negro leagues) (1864–1918), African American baseball player, Cuban Giants from 1885
* George Williams (infielder) (1939–2009), American baseball player
* George Williams (catcher) (born 1969), American baseball player

### Basketball[edit]

* George Williams (basketball, born 1899), American college basketball player in the 1920s
* George Williams (basketball, born 1990), American basketball player

### Rugby[edit]

* George Williams (rugby union) (1856–1925), New Zealand rugby union player
* George Williams (rugby league) (born 1994), English rugby league player

### Other sports[edit]

* George Williams (Australian footballer) (1871–1937), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
* George Williams (cricketer) (1880–?), English cricketer
* George Williams (racewalker) (1935–2016), British racewalker
* George Williams (umpire), West Indian cricket umpire in the 1950s
* George Williams (athletics coach), American track and field coach
* George Williams (javelin thrower), winner of the 1932 NCAA DI javelin championship

## Other[edit]

* Gilly Williams (George James Williams, 1719–1805), English official, wit, and letter writer
* George Williams (physician) (c. 1762–1834), English physician and librarian
* George Ebenezer Williams (1783−1819), English organist and composer
* George Williams (died 1882), leader of the Church of the Firstborn who identified himself as a reincarnation of the prophet Cainan
* George Williams (philanthropist) (1821–1905), English founder of the YMCA
* George Forrester Williams (1837–1920), Gibraltar-born soldier and military adviser who became managing editor of the New York Times
* George C. Williams (Medal of Honor) (1839–1926), Union Army during the American Civil War
* George Williams (Idaho architect) (1860–1929), American architect
* George Washington Williams (naval officer) (1869–1925), US Navy officer
* George Clark Williams (1878–1958), Queen's Counsel and Justice of the Peace
* George Hopkins Williams II (1915–2006), aviation history collector
* George Williams College (Chicago), a campus of Aurora University, Illinois
* Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* George Williams (fireboat), see Fireboats of Portland, Oregon

## See also[edit]

* George W. Williams (disambiguation)

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