George Scott
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George Scott may refer to:
- George Scott (army officer) (d. 1767), fought in Canada, governor of Grenada from 1762 to 1764
- George Scott (author), wrote a 1683 book extolling the virtues of Scottish settlement in East JerseyEast JerseyThe Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey were two distinct, separately governed parts of the Province of New Jersey that existed as separate provinces for 28 years, between 1674 and 1702. East Jersey's capital was located at Perth Amboy...
- George Scott (first baseman) (born 1944), American baseball player
- George Scott (pitcher)George Scott (pitcher)George Wilson Scott was a Major League Baseball pitcher. His major league career consisted of two games in for the St. Louis Cardinals, spaced nearly a month apart.-Sources:...
(1895-1962), American baseball player - George Scott (footballer born 1885)George Scott (footballer born 1885)George Scott was an English footballer.Scott started his football career with Sunderland District Amateur League sides Braeside and Sunderland West End, before joining Clapton Orient in July 1908...
, English football player - George Scott (footballer born 1904)George Scott (footballer born 1904)George Scott was an English professional association football player of the 1930s. Born in Blackhill, he joined Gillingham from Newcastle United in 1930 and went on to make 39 appearances for the club in The Football League, scoring seven goals. He left to join North Shields in 1932.-References:...
, English football player - James George ScottJames George ScottSir George Scott, KCIE was a Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma, and in addition introduced soccer to Burma ....
, known as George Scott, journalist and colonial Burmese administrator - George Scott (general) (d. 1811), British Army officer
- George Scott (judge), former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
- George Scott (wrestler)George Scott (wrestler)George Scott was a Canadian professional wrestler, booker and promoter. From the 1950s until the 1970s, he and his younger brother Sandy competed as The Flying Scotts in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic...
, Scottish-born Canadian wrestler - George Scott (boxer), Swedish boxer
- George Scott, vocalist for gospel music group The Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Blind Boys of Alabama are a gospel group from Alabama that first formed at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind at Talladega, Alabama in 1939. The three main vocalists of the group and their drummer/percussionist are all blind....
- George Scott (preacher) (1804-1874), Scottish Methodist preacher, active in Sweden
- George Scott IIIGeorge Scott IIIGeorge Scott III was a bass player for several New York City bands during the No Wave era. He was a founding member of 8-Eyed Spy and the Raybeats, and he worked with James Chance and the Contortions, James White and the Blacks, Human Switchboard, and John Cale, among others.- Biography :George...
(1953 - 1980), American No WaveNo WaveNo Wave was a short-lived but influential underground music, film, performance art, video, and contemporary art scene that had its beginnings during the mid-1970s in New York City. The term No Wave is in part satirical word play rejecting the commercial elements of the then-popular New Wave genre...
bassist - George Adam ScottGeorge Adam ScottGeorge Adam Scott was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in either Portage la Prairie or Winnipeg, Manitoba to John and Jane Scott, the fifth of eight children...
(1874 – 1963), Canadian provincial politician - George Arbuthnot ScottGeorge Arbuthnot ScottGeorge Arbuthnot Scott played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1900 and 1901. He was born at Wimbledon, then in Surrey , and died at Ore, Hastings, Sussex....
(1879 – 1927), Cricketer - George Byng Scott, Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1863 to 1876
- George Cromwell ScottGeorge Cromwell ScottGeorge Cromwell Scott was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district for just over four years, and was a federal district court judge for over twenty-one years....
(1864–1948), U.S. Representative from Iowa - George C. ScottGeorge C. ScottGeorge Campbell Scott was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr...
(1927–1999), American actor - George Gilbert ScottGeorge Gilbert ScottSir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...
(1811–1878), Victorian architect - George Gilbert Scott, Jr., his son, also an architect
- George Montgomery ScottGeorge Montgomery ScottGeorge Montgomery Scott was a U.S. politician and entrepreneur, notable for being the first non-Mormon mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as mayor of Salt Lake City from 1890 to 1892.Scott was not a native of Utah, but was born in Chazy, New York to a...
(1835–1915), mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah - Professor Sir George Peter Scott, Vice Chancellor Kingston University
- George Washington ScottGeorge Washington ScottGeorge Washington Scott was a noted Florida businessman, plantation owner, and military officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
,(1829 – 1903) industrialist and philanthropist, benefactor of Agnes Scott College, brother of senator John Scott