George Watson may refer to:
Politicians
*
George Watson (mayor) (1852–1923), mayor of Brisbane
*
George Watson (MP) (1768–1824), MP for Canterbury
*
George Harvey Watson (1879–1947), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
Sportsmen
*
George Watson (Australian rules footballer) (1922–1978), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
*
George Watson (baseball) (1881–?), American baseball player
*
George Watson (bowls), Irish lawn bowls player
*
George Watson (cricketer, born 1855) (1855–1884), New Zealand cricketer
*
George Watson (cricketer, born 1907) (1907–1974), Kent CCC cricketer
*
George Watson (cyclist) (1891–1938), Canadian Olympic cyclist
*
George Watson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1991), English football goalkeeper
*
George Watson (rugby)
George W Watson (6 January 1885 – 1961) was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer and was one of the first Australian dual code rugby international representatives. He was also one of the pioneer Queens ...
(1885–1961), Australian rugby footballer
*
George Watson (umpire)
George Albert Watson (died 9 February 1948) was a cricket Test match umpire.
He umpired two Test matches, making his debut in the match between Australia and South Africa, played at Adelaide on 7 January to 13 January 1911. This resulted in t ...
(died 1948), Australian Test cricket umpire
Artists
*
George Watson (painter)
George Watson (20 October 1766 – 24 August 1837) was a Scottish portrait Painting, painter and the first president of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Life and work
Watson was born in Overmains, Berwickshire, on 20 October 1766, the son of John ...
(1767–1837), Scottish painter
*
George Spencer Watson
George Spencer Watson R.O.I., R.P., A.R.A., R.A. (8 March 1869, in London – 11 April 1934, in London) was an England, English portrait artist of the late romantic school who sometimes worked in the style of the Italian Renaissance.
Career
H ...
(1869–1934), English portrait artist
*
George Watson (1892–1977), photographer in California
Military
*
George Watson (Medal of Honor)
George Watson (March 14, 1914 – March 8, 1943) was a United States Army Private (rank), private who died while rescuing fellow soldiers from drowning at sea during World War II. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest mil ...
(1915–1943), US soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in 1997 for actions during World War II
*
George Watson (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir George Willes Watson, (5 April 1827 – 26 April 1897) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station.
Naval career
Watson joined the Royal Navy in 1841. Promoted to commander i ...
(1827–1897), British Admiral
*
George Watson (United States Army Air Corps) (1920–2017), supply sergeant and support personnel for the Tuskegee Airmen
*
George Lennox Watson
George Lennox Watson (30 October 1851 – 12 November 1904) was a Scottish naval architect. Born in Glasgow, son of Thomas Lennox Watson, a doctor at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and grandson of Sir Timothy Burstall, engineer and entrant at th ...
(1851–1904), Scottish naval architect
Others
*
George Watson (accountant)
George Watson (23 November 1654 – 3 April 1723) was a Scottish accountant and Philanthropy, philanthropist. He was the Bank of Scotland's first Chief Accountant. He bequeathed money that was used to establish George Watson's College and fund Ge ...
(1654–1723), Scottish accountant and the founder of George Watson's College in Edinburgh
*
George Watson (scholar)
George Grimes Watson (13 October 1927 – 2 August 2013) was an anti-communist scholar, literary critic and historian. He was a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and professor of English at Cambridge University.
Early life
Watson was bor ...
(1927–2013), Fellow at St. John's College, Cambridge University
*
George Earl Watson (1897–1975), American educator
*
George Leo Watson (1909–1988), English mathematician
*
George Mackie Watson
George Mackie Watson RIBA (1860–1948) was a Scottish architect in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He trained in the offices of Robert Rowand Anderson, and was responsible for the design and reconstruction of several churches. From 1912 ...
(1860–1948), Scottish architect
*
G. N. Watson
George Neville Watson (31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965) was an English mathematician, who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's ''A Course of Modern ...
(1886–1965), English mathematician
*
George Whyte-Watson (1908–1974), Scottish surgeon
See also
*
George Watson's College
George Watson's College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Scotland, situated on Colinton Road, in the Merchiston area of Edinburgh. It was first established as a Scottish education in the eighteenth ...
, a co-educational independent day school in Scotland
*
George Watson-Taylor
George Watson-Taylor (1771 – 6 June 1841), of was a British-born Jamaican writer, plantation owner, politician and collector. In 1810, he married into the family of the planter Sir John Taylor, 1st Baronet, in time adding the Taylor surname to ...
(1771–1841), MP
{{hndis, name=Watson, George