Pen or stage name
- George Alice, Australian singer-songwriter Georgia Mannion (born 2003)
- George Eastman (actor), Italian B-movie actor and screenwriter Luigi Montefiori (born 1942)
- George Eliot, pen name of English writer Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880)
- George Orwell pen name of English writer Eric Arthur Blair (1903–1950)
Fictional characters
- Big George, a character in the 1991 American comedy-drama Fried Green Tomatoes
- Curious George, monkey who is the title character in the Curious George franchise
- Insp. George Storton, a police inspector character from the series Crown Court, played by Peter Sallis
- King George, a character in the animated film Hoppers
- Sir George Uproar, a general in the British army, from the television series The Ghosts of Motley Hall, portrayed by Freddie Jones
- George Bailey, the main character in the 1946 American Christmas supernatural drama movie It's a Wonderful Life
- George Beard, character from Captain Underpants
- George Cooper Sr. and George "Georgie" Cooper Jr, both characters in Young Sheldon
- George Costanza, a character in the television series Seinfeld
- George Hanson, a main character in The Object of My Affection
- George Harrop, a character from the television series Leave it to Charlie, portrayed by Steven Beard
- George Jetson, a character in the animated television series The Jetsons
- George Weasley, one of the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter series
- George McFly, a character in the Back To The Future movie series
- George Owens, a character from Mr. Belvedere
- George Papadopoulos and George "Papa" Papadopoulos, Sr, characters in the American sitcom television series Webster
- George P. Mandrake (formerly known as Barnyard Dawg), a character from the Looney Tunes franchise
- George Roper, one of the two main characters in the British sitcom George and Mildred
- George Stoody, one of the two main characters in the American sitcom television series George and Leo
- George Taylor, the main character in the American film Planet of the Apes
- George Pig, a 2-year-old pig and Peppa's younger brother in the British show Peppa Pig
- George Kirrin, a character from The Famous Five
- George Liquor, a character created by John Kricfalusi
- George Lundgren, a character in the Arthur book and television series
- George the Steamroller, a character from Thomas & Friends
- The title character of the animated television program George of the Jungle
- The title character of the American animated television series George Shrinks
- The title character of the TV series George Lopez
- George, a giant gorilla in video game Rampage
References
- ↑Greek Names in EnglishArchived January 4, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, Oxford University
- ↑Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name George". Behind the Name. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ↑γεωργ-ός, γεωργ-έω in Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- ↑Jan N. Bremmer, Andrew Erskine, The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations, p. 104, Edinburgh University Press, 2010
- ↑Michael York,Pagan Theology: Paganism As A World Religion, p. 132, NYU Press, 2005
- ↑J.F. Boissonade, Herodiani partitiones (= Ἐπιμερισμοί, e codd. Paris. 2543 + 2570). London, 1819 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963), 172. Τὰ διὰ τοῦ ιος προπαροξύτονα ὀνόματα, κύριά τε καὶ ἐπίθετα, καὶ ἀπὸ τόπου λαμβανόμενα, διὰ τοῦ ἰῶτα γράφονται· κύρια μέν· οἷον· Γεώργιος· Δημήτριος· Ἀμμώνιος· ἐπίθετα δέ· οἷον· ἅγιος· κύριος· ὅσιος· λόγιος· ἄξιος· καὶ τὰ λοιπά· ἀπὸ τόπου δὲ λαμβανόμενα· οἷον· Ῥόδιος· Κύπριος· Βυζάντιος· καὶ τὰ ὅμοια.
- ↑"NVB – verklaring voornaam Jorien".