The Top 10 Most Famous Men with the First Name of George

For the past year I’ve been compiling famous names to list on my name numerology website.  These are all noted individuals, but who are the most famous?  Today let’s count down the most famous men named George.

The most famous people (based on online chatter) with the first name George are:

10. George Carlin – Stand up Comedian and Actor (Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television, A Place for My Stuff)

9. George Strait – Musician (Twang, Troubadour, Somewhere Down in Texas)

8. George Lucas – Film Director and Producer (American Graffiti, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark)

7. George Orwell – Author (Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm)

6. George Harrison – Musician including playing lead guitar for the Beatles

5. George Lopez – Actor and Comedian (George Lopez, Lopez Tonight, Beverly Hills Chihuahua)

4. George Michael – Musician (Careless Whisper, Faith, Praying for Time)

3. George Clooney – Actor (Ocean’s Eleven, Good Night and Good Luck, O Brother Where Art Thou?)

2. George Washington – First President of the United States of America

…and the most famous man named George is…

1. George Bush – George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush were the 41st and 43rd Presidents of the United States of America

Not making the top 10 were George Bailey – Character in the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, George Benson – Musician (Turn Your Love Around, Give Me the Night, On Broadway), George Burns – Actor (The Sunshine Boys, Oh G**!), George Costanza – Character on the TV series Seinfeld, George Foreman – Professional Boxer (World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist), George Gershwin – Composer (Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Porgy and Bess), George Gilder – Author (Wealth and Poverty, Men and Marriage, Life after Television), George Halas – NFL Chicago Bears Team Owner and Coach, George Hamilton – Actor (Where the Boys Are, Love at First Bite, The Godfather Part III), George Jefferson – Character on the TV series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, George Jetson – Character on the Animated TV series the Jetsons, George Jones – Musician (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, Yesterday’s Wine), George Kirby – Comedian (The ABC Comedy Hour Presents the Kopycats), George Milton – Character in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, George Patton – World War 2 US Army General, George Plimpton – Author (Paper Lion, Open Net, The Bogey Man), George Steinbrenner – MLB New York Yankees Team Owner, George Stephanopoulos – Televeision Journalist (This Week with George Stephanopoulos) and Former Political Advisor to US President Bill Clinton, George Takei – Actor (Star Trek, Heroes), George Weasley – Character in the Harry Potter books and movies, and George Wendt – Actor (Cheers).

An excellent mix of occupations for the top ten Georges with two US Presidents (Bush and Washington), one director (Lucas), one author (Orwell), three musicians (Michael, Harrison, and Straight), and three actors (Carlin, Lopez, Clooney).

In the top spot for this list was George Bush, which can refer to either the 41st or 43rd President of the United States.  However, the name George Bush was more than twice as popular as George Washington, so at least one of them would take the number one spot.

I compiled this list by searching for each of the Georges on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online.

Get complete Numerology for the name George at www.NameNum.com.