George Jackson
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- George Jackson (baseball)George Jackson (baseball)George Christopher Jackson , known also as "Hickory" Jackson, was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 27 seasons, three of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the Boston Rustlers/Braves...
(1882–1972), American MLB player from 1911–1913 - George Jackson (Black Panther)George Jackson (Black Panther)George Lester Jackson was an American convict who became a left-wing activist, Marxist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family prison gang...
(1941–1971), U.S. Black Panther, prisoner, and author - George Jackson (botanist)George Jackson (botanist)George Jackson was an English botanist and author.His author abbreviation is Jacks..-External links:...
(1790–1811), English botanist - George Jackson (Canadian politician)George Jackson (Canadian politician)George Jackson was a Canadian mill owner and politician from Durham, Ontario. He served as a representative in the Canadian Assembly and, after Confederation, as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Grey South.Jackson was born in Fearby, Yorkshire, was educated in Yorkshire and...
(1808–1885), Canadian mill operator, MP from Ontario - George Jackson (cricketer)George Jackson (cricketer)George Jackson was a noted English cricketer of the mid-18th century who played for the famous Addington Cricket Club and for Surrey...
, English cricketer of the mid-18th century - George Jackson (footballer)George Jackson (footballer)George Jackson was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made eight appearances for Stoke before he retired due to injury and later became a youth coach at Stoke.-References:...
(born 1952), footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City - George Jackson (Irish politician) (1761–1805), Member of Parliament for Mayo 1801–1802
- George Jackson (producer) (1958–2000), U.S. movie producer
- George Jackson (songwriter) (born 1936), American songwriter and musician
- George Jackson (Virginia politician) (1757–1831), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (1725–1822), born George Jackson, British politician and MP
- George B. JacksonGeorge B. JacksonGeorge B. Jackson was a businessman, sheep rancher, and Republican politician from San Angelo who was believed to have been the wealthiest African American in Texas during the second half of the 19th century.-Background:...
(1850-1900), former slave turned Republican politician in San Angelo, Texas - George W. JacksonGeorge W. JacksonGeorge W. Jackson is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-References:...
, Pennsylvania politician - George Holbrook JacksonHolbrook JacksonGeorge Holbrook Jackson was a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognised as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time.-Biography:...
(1874–1948), British journalist and author - George Pullen JacksonGeorge Pullen JacksonGeorge Pullen Jackson was an American educator and musicologist.Jackson was a native of Monson, Maine. He was a pioneer in the field of Southern hymnody. Many consider him the "most diligent scholar of fasola singing" in the 20th century and one of the foremost musicologists of American folk songs...
(1874–1953), American educator and musicologist - George Jackson ChurchwardGeorge Jackson ChurchwardGeorge Jackson Churchward CBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway in the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1922.-Early career:...
(1857–1933), GWR railway engineer - George Jackson (animator)George Jackson (animator)George Jackson was a British animator, who has worked on children's films and television programmes and is best known for his work on the 1989 animated film The BFG .-Filmography:-Television series:-External links:...
(1920–1986), British Animator
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- George Jackson (Brookside)George Jackson (Brookside)George Edward Jackson is a fictional character in the British soap opera, Brookside, played by Cliff Howells.-Introduction:George first appeared on Brookside Close in Episode 28, the same episode in which resident Gavin Taylor died. Later when Gavin's wife Petra died the Jackson family moved into No...
, a character on UK soap opera Brookside played by Cliff Howells - George Jackson (song)George Jackson (song)"George Jackson" is a song by Bob Dylan, written in 1971, in tribute to the Black Panther leader, George Jackson, who had been recently shot and killed by guards at San Quentin Prison on August 21, 1971, an event that indirectly provoked the Attica Prison riot...
, a 1971 song by Bob Dylan