Geordie is a masculine given name. It may also be a nickname for people named

George George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Gior ...

or associated with the

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area of North East England. Notable people known as Geordie include: *

George Armstrong (footballer) George "Geordie" Armstrong (9 August 1944 – 1 November 2000) was an English football player and coach, who was mostly associated with Arsenal. A winger, Armstrong made his Arsenal debut in 1962 at the age of 17 and went on to make 621 appeara ...

(1944–2000), English football player and coach * George P. Anderson (1885–1958), Australian rules footballer *

George Best George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United F.C., Manchester Un ...

(1946–2005), Northern Irish footballer * Geordie Bourne (died 1597), Scottish thief or raider * Ralph Bullock (jockey) (1841–1863), Derby-winning British jockey * George Geordie Dewar (1867–1915), Scottish footballer *

George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk Group Captain George Nigel "Geordie" Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, (4 January 1906 – 24 November 1994) was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. Early life Born at Merly, Wimborne, Dorset, he was the second son of Nina ...

(1906–1994), Scottish Second World War Royal Air Force officer and politician *

George Drummond (footballer, born 1865) George Drummond, known as Geordie Drummond (January 9, 1865 - February 15, 1914) was a professional footballer who was a utility player, including playing as a left winger and a goalkeeper. Drummond played for St Bernard's before joining Preston ...

(1865–1914), Scottish footballer * George

Geordie Greig George Carron Greig (born 16 December 1960), known as Geordie Greig, is an English journalist. He has been the editor-in-chief of ''The Independent'' since January 2023, and was the editor of the ''Daily Mail'' from 2018 to 2021 and the ''Mail ...

(born 1960), English journalist and editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'' *

Geordie Greep Geordie Wade Greep ( ; born 20 August 1999) is an English musician. From 2017 to 2024, he was the Lead vocalist, frontman and lead guitarist of the rock band Black Midi, often considered part of the emerging wave of British rock music#Early 202 ...

(born 1999), English musician * George Geordie Hormel (1928–2006), American music composer and recording studio proprietor *

George Ker George Ker (26 February 1860 – 26 February 1922) was a Scottish footballer who played for Queen's Park and the Scotland national team. Football career Ker played for ''Queen's Park Juniors'', ''Kerland FC'', and Alexandra Athletic before ...

, Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s * Geordie Lyall (born 1976), Canadian soccer player * George Geordie Neave (), English footballer * Fredrik Geordie Newman (), English-born New Zealand footballer * Gordon

Geordie Reid George T. Reid (30 January 1882 – 8 September 1960) was a Scottish professional football inside left and centre forward who played in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Bradford Park Avenue. He is best remembered for his time in the ...

(1882–1960), Scottish footballer * Gordon

Geordie Richardson George Edward Gordon Richardson (1835–1905) was a New Zealand merchant and ship owner. See Richardson & Co later part of Williams & Kettle. He was born in Hampton Wick, Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties o ...

(1835–1905), English-born New Zealand merchant, entrepreneur and ship owner *

George "Geordie" Ridley George "Geordie" Ridley (1835–1864) was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer in the middle of the 19th century. His most famous song is "Blaydon Races". He was a contemporary of Edward Corvan. He has been described by a council so ...

(1835–1864), English concert hall song writer and performer * Geordie Stewart (born 1989), British author and mountaineer * Kevin

Geordie Walker Kevin Walker (18 December 1958 – 26 November 2023), known professionally as Geordie Walker, was an English rock musician, songwriter and producer. He was best known as the guitarist of post-punk group Killing Joke. He joined the band in March 1 ...

(1958–2023), British-American guitarist with the post-punk group Killing Joke *

Geordie Williamson Geordie Williamson (born 1981 in Bowral, Australia) is an Australian mathematician at the University of Sydney. He became the youngest living Fellow of the Royal Society when he was elected in 2018 at the age of 36. Education Educated at Cheva ...

(born 1981), Australian mathematician and professor * a mocking nickname for King George I of Great Britain in the folksong " Cam Ye O'er Frae France"

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