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George Wildman Ball
Ball, George Wildman, 1909–94, American lawyer and diplomat, b. Des Moines, Iowa. Admitted to the bar in 1934, he served (1942–44) as counsel in the Lend Lease Administration and the Foreign Economic…David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George was the leader of Britain's Liberal Party for the first third of the 20th century, and served as that country's political and military leader during World War I. Born in…George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was a superstar playwright and tart-tongued literary personality of the early 20th century. His most famous plays include Arms and the Man (1894), Major Barbara (1905), Pygmalion…George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer was on the losing end of a violent clash between Native Americans and the U.S. Army at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. The battle was so famous that it became known as "…George C. Marshall
George Catlett Marshall served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I, emerging as aide-de-camp to General John Joseph Pershing. Marshall rose through the administrative ranks and served as…George Frideric Handel
Name at birth: Georg Friedrich HändelG. F. Handel was one of the greatest European composers during the Baroque period of the 18th century, celebrated for his oratorio Messiah. He composed operas in…George M. Cohan
George Michael Cohan was known as "Mr. Broadway" for his preeminent role in American musical theater in the first quarter of the 20th century. A vaudevillian since childhood, he grew up as one of…George C. Scott
George C. Scott was frequently cast as a gruff-but-heroic type in his long and distinguished career on stage and screen. George C. Scott started on the New York stage, moved to television in its…George Washington Adams
George Washington Adams was the eldest son of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, and his wife Louisa Adams. George (named for the first U.S. president, George Washington)…George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was a celebrated botanist and inventor at a time when it was rare for Black Americans to reach those heights. Born a slave in Missouri about 1864, near the end of the Civil…Trending
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