Other influential conservationists of the Progressive Era included George Bird Grinnell ( a prominent sportsmen who founded the Boone and Crockett Club ), the Izaak Walton League and John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club in 1892.

George Walton Lucas, Jr. ( born May 14, 1944 ) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur.

George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore ( née Bomberger ) and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ( 1913 – 1991 ), who owned a stationery store.

Lithobolia, or the Stone-Throwing Devil, is a pamphlet that records poltergeist activity that allegedly took place in the tavern of George and Alice Walton in 1682.

The performers included: Laura Benanti, Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Jenn Colella, Jason Danieley, Alexander Gemignani, Joanna Gleason, Nathan Gunn, George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie, Audra McDonald, John McMartin, Donna Murphy, Karen Olivo, Laura Osnes, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Bobby Steggert, Elaine Stritch, Jim Walton, Chip Zien, the 2009 Broadway revival cast of West Side Story and a ballet performed by Blaine Hoven and Maria Riccetto set to Stephen Sondheim's score of Warren Beatty's Reds.

Tex Avery was born to George Walton Avery ( b. June 8, 1867-d. January 14, 1935 ) and the former Mary Augusta " Jessie " Bean ( 1886 – 1931 ) in Taylor, Texas.

It was named for George Walton, Secretary of the Florida territory from 1821 to 1826.

It is named for George Walton, one of the three men from Georgia who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.

Some notable persons either born in or who resided in Columbia County include: Oliver Hardy ( comedian, born in Harlem ), Paul Hamilton Hayne ( poet and author ), Henry Louis Benning ( Confederate general for whom Fort Benning is named ), William Few, Abraham Baldwin, George Walton, George W. Crawford, William H. Crawford ( presidential candidate in 1824 ), Thomas Watson ( populist leader and Georgia senator born in Thomson when it was still in Columbia County ), George McDuffie ( South Carolina governor and senator in the early 19th century ), Jesse Mercer ( a long-time preacher in the county for whom Mercer University is named ).

George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the Chief Justice.

Hinesville is also known to have been the home of three signers of the Declaration of Independence: Lyman Hall, George Walton and Button Gwinnett.

A year later Hall and St. John's Parish resident Button Gwinnett ( along with George Walton of Augusta ) signed the Declaration of Independence.

* George Walton Academy

Former mayors of Caledonia include George Gerhart, Don Myers, and Walton O. Willis.

On a Sunday night at about 10 o ' clock, the tavern home of George Walton, a planter, was showered with stones thrown " by an invisible hand.

Tackle Harry Ostapowicz led both the offensive and defensive lines for the WPIAL Champion Dragons. Judge Reggie B. Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia appointed in 2001, after being nominated to the position by President George W. Bush, is a Donora native.

Notwithstanding the fact that others were utilizing the land, Hammond sent the families of George A. Adams, Frederick I. Jones, Parley R. Butt and Charles E. Walton from Bluff to establish a new settlement at what is now Monticello.

Other Anglo-Irish scientists include George Johnstone Stoney, Thomas Romney Robinson, James MacCullagh, Edward Sabine, Thomas Andrews, William Parsons, George Salmon, George FitzGerald, and in the 20th century, John Joly and Ernest Walton.

* Nafziger, George F. and Mark W. Walton, Islam at War: a history, Greenwood Publishing Company, 2003.

George W. L. Bickley, a Virginia-born doctor, editor, and " adventurer " who lived in Cincinnati, founded the association.

* 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1628 )

* 1725 – George Mason, American statesman ( d. 1792 )

* 1920 – George Shultz, American economist, statesman, and 60th United States Secretary of State

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

* 1612 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman ( d. 1677 )

* 1859 – Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India ( d. 1925 )

* 1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman ( b. 1432 )

* 1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman ( b. 1716 )

* 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1687 )

* 1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman ( d. 1771 )

He was also the great nephew of both George Sandys ( 2 March 1577 – March 1644 ), an English traveller, colonist and poet ; and of Sir Edwin Sandys ( 9 December 1561 – October 1629 ), an English statesman and one of the founders of the London Company.

* George Mason, American statesman

* January 11 – Lord George Nathaniel Curzon, British statesman and Viceroy of India ( d. 1925 )

* George Acropolites, Byzantine historian and statesman

* June 8 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman ( b. c. 1432 )

* April 16 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( b. 1628 )

* April 5 – George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer and statesman ( b. 1633 )

* George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham of England ( 1592 – 1628 ), nobleman, statesman, and military commander

* January 12 – George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, English diplomat and statesman ( d. 1870 )

* May 20 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman ( b. 1612 )

* October 6 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman ( d. 1771 )

** George Carteret, English Royalist statesman ( d. 1680 )

* February 22 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman ( d. 1677 )

* January 10 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1687 )

* August 23 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( b. 1592 )