George Henderson may refer to:

Academia and science

George Henderson (architect) George Henderson (3 October 1846 – 24 March 1905) was a British architect. Life and career Born at 8 Duke Street in Edinburgh (later renamed Dublin Street), Henderson was the son of architect John Henderson (architect), John Henderson and H ...

(1846–1905), Scottish architect *

George Washington Henderson Reverend George Washington Henderson (November 16, 1850 – February 6, 1936) was an American theologian and professor, known for being the first Black member of Phi Beta Kappa. Early life and education Henderson was born enslaved in Clarke Cou ...

(1850–1936), American academic * G. G. Henderson (George Gerald Henderson, 1862–1942), chemist and professor *

George Henderson (scholar) George Henderson (18 February 1866 – 26 June 1912) was a scholar of Scottish Gaelic. Life and works Henderson was born on 18 February 1866 in Heughden, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, in Scotland. He went to Raining's School in Inverness, wh ...

(1866–1912), Gaelic scholar * George Cockburn Henderson (1870–1944), Australian academic in the Universities of Sydney and Adelaide * George D. S. Henderson (born 1931), art historian, author, and Emeritus Professor of Medieval Art at the University of Cambridge * George Robin Henderson (1941–2016), Scottish mathematician

Arts and entertainment

* George Wylie Henderson (1904–1965), American author of the Harlem Renaissance * George Henderson (cartoonist) (1911–1985), New Zealand cartoonist

Military

* George Henderson (British Army officer) (1783–1855), Scottish lieutenant-colonel and royal engineer *

George Francis Robert Henderson Colonel George Francis Robert Henderson, CB (2 June 1854 – 5 March 1903) was a British Army officer and author best known for writing '' Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War'' (1898).''Jersey, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 181 ...

(1854–1903), British soldier and military author * George R. Henderson (1893–1964), World War II-era officer in United States Navy * George Stuart Henderson (1893–1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross * George Henderson (GC), British recipient of the George Cross

Politics

George Henderson (Australian politician) Christopher George Henderson (19 August 1857 – 21 January 1933) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Bedlington, he received a primary education before migrating to the Colony of New South Wales in 1885. He was a coal miner in th ...

(1857–1933), Australian politician *

George Henderson (Manitoba politician) George Lindsay Henderson (March 18, 1916 – June 4, 2008) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1969 to 1977. H ...

(1916–2008), former MLA in Manitoba *

George Henderson (Northern Ireland politician) George Henderson was a farmer and politician in Northern Ireland. Henderson worked as a farmer in County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located wi ...

(), former Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Antrim *

George Henderson (Prince Edward Island politician) George Roland Henderson (10 November 1935 – 5 May 2020) was a Canadian politician, shellfish technician, farmer and electrical engineer. He served as a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Freeland, Prince Edward Is ...

(1935–2020), former Member of Parliament in Canada

Sports

* George Henderson (footballer, born 1873), Scottish footballer * George Henderson (footballer, born 1880) (1880–1930), Scottish footballer * George Henderson (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1975), Scottish footballer for Sunderland *

Geordie Henderson George Donald Henderson (15 April 1897 – 14 June 1953) was a Scottish footballer who played professionally in Scotland and briefly in the United States, England and Wales. Playing as a centre forward, he saw his greatest success with Rangers i ...

(1897–1953), Scottish footballer * Krazy George Henderson (born 1944), American cheerleader * Rube Henderson (George E. Henderson, 1894–1978), American baseball player

Religion

George Henderson (bishop) George Kennedy Buchanan Henderson (5 December 1922 – 26 September 1997) was a Scottish Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles and elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Henderson was educated at ...

(1922–1997), Episcopal bishop and Primus in Scotland * G. D. Henderson (1888–1957), Scottish historian and minister of the Church of Scotland

Fictional characters

*George Henderson, in the 1987 film ''

Harry and the Hendersons ''Harry and the Hendersons'' is a 1987 American fantasy comedy film directed and produced by William Dear and starring John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, David Suchet, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, Lainie Kazan, and Kevin Peter Hal ...

'' * George Henderson (''River City''), Scottish soap opera character

Other uses

* George R. Henderson Medal, given by the Franklin Institute for improvements to railway engineering {{human name disambiguation, Henderson, George