George Baker may refer to:

Arts

George Baker (British actor) George Morris Baker (1 April 1931 – 7 October 2011) was an English actor and writer. He was best known for portraying Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus ( ; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 unti ...

(1931–2011), British film and television actor * George Baker (art historian) (born 1970), American art historian *

George Baker (Indian actor) George Baker (born 28 October 1946) is an Indian actor and politician. He is primarily known for his works in Bengali and Assamese language films. He is one of the two members of parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 (Anglo ...

(born 1946), Indian actor and politician *

George Baker (baritone) George Baker (10 February 1885 – 8 January 1976) was an English singer. He is remembered for singing on thousands of gramophone records in a career that spanned 53 years, beginning in 1909. He is especially associated with the comic barit ...

(1885–1976), British singer *

George Baker (cartoonist) George Baker (May 22, 1915 – May 7, 1975) was a cartoonist who became prominent during World War II as the creator of the popular comic strip ''The Sad Sack''. The 1957 comedy film ''The Sad Sack'' starring Jerry Lewis was based on Baker's fic ...

(1915–1975), ''Sad Sack'' comic strip *

George Baker (Dutch singer) Johannes "Hans" Bouwens (born 8 December 1944), known as George Baker, is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored three international hits; " Little Green Bag" (1969), " Paloma Blanca" (1975) and " Santa L ...

(born 1944), Dutch singer and songwriter **

George Baker Selection George Baker Selection was a pop-rock band from Assendelft, the Netherlands. The band is best-known for the 1969 song " Little Green Bag"; the 1975 world-wide hit " Paloma Blanca" (one of the most played songs in history), and the 1985 Pan Eur ...

, Dutch pop music group * George Baker (organist) (1773–1847), English musician * George C. Baker (born 1951), composer and organist *

George D. Baker George Duane Baker (April 22, 1868 – June 2, 1933) was an American motion picture director whose career began near the dawn of the silent film era. Early life He was born at Champaign, Illinois on April 22, 1868. He was the second son and third ...

(1868–1933), American film director * George Herbert Baker (1878–1943), American Impressionist artist *

George Melville Baker George Melville Baker (1832–1890) was a playwright and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He worked for Lee & Shepard __NOTOC__ Lee & Shepard (1862-1905) was a publishing and bookselling firm in Boston, Massachuse ...

(1832–1890), American playwright and publisher *

George Pierce Baker George Pierce Baker (April 4, 1866 – January 6, 1935) was a professor of English at Harvard University, Harvard and Yale University, Yale and author of ''Dramatic Technique'', a codification of the principles of drama. Biography Baker graduated ...

(1866–1935), American drama professor *

George Philip Baker George Philip Baker (Plumstead, 21 May 1879 – 19 April 1951) was a British author, who published several popular history books in the 1920s and 1930s. Life As Baker was deaf from eight years old, he couldn't serve in the English army, but he wo ...

(1879–1951), British author * George Augustus Baker (1821–1880), American portrait painter

Politics

George Baker (Canadian politician) George S. Baker (born September 4, 1942) is a Canadian politician and former member of the Senate of Canada. Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Gander—Twillin ...

(born 1942), Canadian senator *

George Baker (died 1723) George Baker (died 1723) of Crook Hall, Lanchester and Elemore, county Durham, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1722. Baker was the only son of George Baker of Crook Hall Crook Hall, sited ...

, British politician *

George Barnard Baker George Barnard Baker (January 29, 1834 – February 9, 1910) was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from ...

(1834–1910), Canadian politician from Quebec *

George Harold Baker George Harold Baker (November 4, 1877 – June 2, 1916) was a lawyer, political figure, and soldier from Quebec, Canada. He represented Brome (federal electoral district), Brome in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1916 as a Conservat ...

(1877–1916), Canadian politician and lawyer *

George Luis Baker George Luis Baker (1868–1941) was an American businessman and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1917 to 1933. Baker was born in The Dalles, Oregon and attended school in California. Working in the theatrical business, Bak ...

(1868–1941), mayor of Portland, Oregon, 1917–1933 * George W. C. Baker (1872–1953), councilman on the Los Angeles City Council, 1931–1937 * George H. Baker (1859–1928), American politician in the state of Washington * George Baker (mayor) (1825–1910), British industrialist, politician and philanthropist, mayor of Birmingham * George Ellis Baker (1816–1887), member of the New York State Assembly

Religion

Father Divine Father Divine (September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the Messen ...

( 1876–1965), American religious leader whose real name was possibly George Baker * George Baker (bishop) ( 1661–1665), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore * George Baker (archdeacon of Totnes) (1687–1772), British Anglican priest * George Baker (dean of Antigua) (fl. 1926–1970), Barbadian Anglican priest * A. George Baker (1849–1918), American Protestant clergyman who converted to Islam

Sports

George Baker (baseball) George F. Baker (August 20, 1857 – January 29, 1915), born George F. Boecke, was an American Major League Baseball player who played catcher from 1883 to 1886. He played for the Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles (also known as the ...

(1857–1915), Major League Baseball player *

George Baker (cricketer, born 1838) George Baker (31 May 1838 – 2 June 1870) was an English cricketer active between 1859 and 1863. Baker was born in Cobham, Kent and played 27 first-class cricket matches in his career, including 22 for Kent County Cricket Club and three for M ...

(1838–1870), English cricketer, played for Kent * George Baker (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1879), English cricketer, played for Middlesex * George Baker (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1938), English cricketer, played for Yorkshire and Lancashire * George Baker (New Zealand cricketer) (1895–1962), New Zealand cricketer *

George Baker (footballer) Thomas George Baker (6 April 1936 – 23 April 2024) was a Welsh international footballer who was in Wales squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Club career Originally a winger, Baker joined Plymouth Argyle as a teenager in the early 1950s. He ma ...

(1936–2024), Welsh international footballer *

George Baker (jockey) George Baker is a retired British Classic-winning jockey. Baker is the son of a farrier from Lambourn. After leaving school, in July 1999, he joined trainer Mark Usher and had his first winner at Wolverhampton on 4 December on Beauchamp Magic ...

, English jockey * George Baker (field hockey) (born 2002), field hockey player from New Zealand

Others

* George Baker (judge) (1910–1984), British judge * George Baker (inventor) (1844–1894), American submarine inventor *

George Baker (officer) Colonel George Baker (8 January 1794–22 December 1859) was a British military officer. Born in Walthamstow, he was the son of politician William Baker and his wife, Sophia Conyers. In 1830, he was appointed a commissioner to Greece to serve on ...

(1794–1859), British military officer. *

George Baker (surgeon) George Baker (1540 – 1600) was an English surgeon notable for writing and translating a number of early medical texts. Career as surgeon Baker was a member of the Barber Surgeons' Company and was elected master in 1597. In 1574, when he publ ...

(1540–1600), English surgeon *

George Baker (topographer) George Baker (1781–1851), topographer and historian, was a native of Northampton, England. While a schoolboy, at the age of 13, he wrote a manuscript history of Northampton, and from that time he was always engaged in enlarging his collections. ...

(1781–1851), topographer and historian of Northampton, England * George Baker (geologist) (1908–1975), Australian mineralogist and academic *George Charlie Baker (fl. 2006), perpetrator of the

murder of Liam Ashley On 24 August 2006, 17-year-old Liam Ashley was murdered by 25-year-old George Charlie Baker in Mount Eden, Auckland. The crime occurred inside a prison van bound for Mt Eden Remand Centre. The government and judicial authorities faced critici ...

George Fisher Baker George Fisher Baker (March 27, 1840 – May 2, 1931) was an American financier and philanthropist. Known as the "Dean of American Banking", he was also known for his taciturnity. Baker made a fortune after the American Civil War, Civil War in rai ...

(1840–1931), American banker and philanthropist *

George Percival Baker George Percival Baker (1856–1951) was a textile merchant and manufacturer, collector of fabrics from India and Persia, amateur botanist, mountaineer, oarsman, and amateur photographer. Biography George Percival Baker's father George Baker in ...

(1856–1951), British botanist, mountaineer, and textile merchant and collector *

George P. Baker (dean of Harvard Business School) George Pierce Baker (November 1, 1903 – January 25, 1995) was the fifth dean of the Harvard Business School. Baker earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. all from Harvard University. He began teaching at Harvard in 1928 and joined Harvard ...

(1903–1995), fifth dean of the Harvard Business School * George P. Baker (Herman C. Krannert Professor) (fl. 1987–present), American *

Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, FRS, FSA (1723 – 15 June 1809) was physician to King George III. He was born in Modbury, Devon, the son of George Baker, vicar of Modbury. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. In 1749 he went ...

(1722–1809), British physician {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, George