George Washington (name)
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This article is about people named George Washington. For other uses, see George Washington (disambiguation).
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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 after the war of independence.
Many people have been named after him, including:
[edit] People with the surname Washington
- George Corbin Washington (1789–1854), United States congressman from Maryland (1827–1833)
- George Washington (inventor) (1871–1946), American businessman
- George Washington (Washington pioneer) (1871–1905), American pioneer
[edit] People with the given names 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 (1809–1882), American clergyman and maternal 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 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 Carver (c. 1864/5–1943), American botanist
- George Washington Cass (1810–1888), American industrialist
- George Washington Covington (1838–1911), 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 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 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 Greene (1811–1883), American historian
- 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 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 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 Ochs Oakes (1861–1931), American journalist
- George Washington Owen (1796–1837), American politician
- George Washington Patterson (1799–1879), American politician
- George Washington Peck (1818–1905), American politician
- George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), American 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 thus 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 Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer
- George Washington Woodward (1809–1875), American politician
- George Washington Wright (1816–1885), American politician
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