George Walker

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George Walker may refer to:

In arts and letters:

• George Walker (Puritan)
• George Walker (chess player) (1803-1879), English chess player and writer
• George Walker (composer) (born 1922), African-American composer
• (George) Benjamin Walker (born 1913), author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica
• George P.L. Walker, volcanologist.
• George Walker (vaudeville) (1873–1911), African-American vaudeville singer, partner of Bert Williams
• George F. Walker (born 1947), Canadian playwright and screenwriter
• George Walker (professor), author on physical chemistry and international education, former director general of the IBO

In business:

• George Herbert Walker (1875–1953), American businessman, grandfather of George Herbert Walker Bush
• George Herbert Walker, Jr. (1905–1977), co-founder of the New York Mets baseball team
• George Herbert Walker IV, managing director at Lehman Brothers
• George Walker (CPR president), president of the Canadian Pacific Railway

In politics and military:

• George Herbert Walker Bush (born 1924), 41st President of the United States
• George Walker Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States
• George Walker (soldier) (1645–1690), clergyman and English colonel in Ireland
• Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet (1764-1842), British General
• George Herbert Walker III (born c. 1931), US Ambassador to Hungary
• George Walker (senator) (1763–1819), U.S. Senator from Kentucky
• George J. Walker, U.S. general, military intelligence

Others:

• George H. Walker (1811–1866), helped found Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• George W. Walker (1896–1993), automotive industrial designer
• George Walker (baseball), former Major League Baseball player from Canada
• George Richard Walker (born 1983), Indian international Rugby player
• George Walker, member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters