Georges (name)

Georges

Pronunciation	French: [ʒɔʁʒ]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	french
Origin
Meaning	"Farmer"
Other names
See also	George, Jürgen, Yuri, Georgy, Georg, Giorgio, Jorge

Georges is a French name with the same origin as the English name George. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

A

• Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (born 1951), Lebanese communist militant serving a life sentence for complicity in murder
• Georges Abi-Saab, Egyptian lawyer, professor of international law, and an international judge
• Georges Abrial, French aerodynamicist
• Georges Adéagbo, Beninese sculptor
• Georges Adwan, Lebanese politician
• Georges Agabekov, Soviet spy and detector
• Georges Akieremy, Gabonese football striker
• Georges Altman, French journalist and resistance fighter
• Georges Anderla, Czech-born French economist
• Georges André, French bobsledder
• Georges Andrique, French painter
• Georges Anglade, Haitian–Canadian geographer, professor, writer and politician
• Georges Annenkov, Russian artist and writer
• Georges Aperghis, Greek composer of contemporary music theater
• Georges-Jean Arnaud, French author
• Georges Arvanitas, French jazz pianist and organist
• Georges Auguste, French chef and culinary writer
• Georges Auric, French composer
• Georges Azenstarck, French photographer

B

• Georges Ba, Ivorian-French footballer
• Georges Badin, French poet and painter
• Georges Balandier, French anthropologist and ethnologist
• Georges Ball, Canadian politician and lumber merchant
• Georges Bardet, French physician
• Georges-Isidore Barthe, Quebec lawyer, publisher, journalist and political figure
• Georges Bataille, French intellectual and philosopher
• Georges Beauchemin, Canadian singer and veterinarian
• Georges Beaucourt, French footballer
• Georges Bédard, Canadian politician
• Georges Bégué, French engineer
• Georges Bénédite, French Egyptologist
• Georges Bénézé, French philosopher
• Georges Bereta, French association football player
• Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver
• Georges Bernanos, French author and a soldier in World War I
• Georges Bernier, French humorist
• Georges Bess, comic book creator
• Georges Besse, French businessman
• Georges Biassou, early leader of the 1791 slave rising in Saint-Domingue that began the Haitian Revolution
• Georges Bidault, French politician
• Georges Biscot, French actor
• Georges Bizet, French composer
• Georges-Henri Blouin, Canadian diplomat
• Georges Boillot, French racing driver and World War I in fighter pilot
• Georges Bonnet, French politician
• Georges Boucher, Canadian ice hockey defenseman
• Georges Boudarel, French academic and militant communist
• Georges Boulanger (violinist), Romanian violinist, conductor and composer
• Georges Bouriano, Romanian racing driver
• Georges Elie Boutros, Lebanese Maronite Missionary
• Georges Braque, French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor
• Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and poet
• Georges Bregy, Swiss football striker and midfielder
• Georges Briard, American designer
• Georges Brossard, Canadian entomologist
• Georges Brunschvig, Swiss lawyer and president of the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities

C

• Georges Cadoudal, marshal of France
• Georges Canguilhem, French philosopher and physician
• Georges Capdeville, French football referee
• Georges Carnus, French association football player
• Georges Carpentier, French boxer, actor and World War I pilot
• Georges Casolari, French footballer
• Georges Catroux, French Army general and diplomat
• Georges Antoine Chabot, French jurist and statesman
• Georges Chaperot, French screenwriter
• Georges Chappe, French road bicycle racer
• Georges Charpak, French physicist
• Georges Charpy, French scientist
• Georges Chastellain, Burgundian writer and poet
• Georges Chatelain, Burgundian writer and historian
• Georges-André Chevallaz, Swiss historian, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
• Georges Chometon, French politician
• Georges Christen, Luxembourgish strongman
• Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor
• Georges Clemenceau, French politician and statesman
• Georges Clément, French track and field athlete
• Georges Cochery, French politician
• Georges Condominas, French anthropologist
• Georges Corm, Lebanese politician, economist and historian
• Georges Corraface, Greek-French actor
• Georges Corriveau, Canadian politician
• Georges Corvington, Haitian historian
• Georges Coste, French rugby Union footballer and coach
• Georges Cottier, Swiss prelate and theologian of the Catholic Church
• Georges Coudray, French politician
• Georges Courteline, French dramatist and novelist
• Georges Couthon, French politician and lawyer
• Georges Croegaert, Belgian painter
• Georges Crozier, French international footballer
• Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer

D

• Georges d'Amboise, French Roman Catholic cardinal and minister of state
• Georges Dandelot, French composer and teacher
• Georges Danton, French lawyer and a leading figure in the French Revolution
• Georges Darboy, Catholic archbishop
• Georges Dard, French footballer
• Georges Darien, French author
• Georges d'Armagnac, French humanist, patron of arts, Cardinal and diplomat
• Georges de Beauregard, French film producer
• Georges de Brébeuf, French poet and translator
• Georges de Feure, French painter, theatrical designer, and industrial art designer
• Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, French soldier and politician
• Georges de la Falaise, French fencer
• Georges de la Nézière, French athlete
• Georges de La Tour, French Baroque painter
• Georges de la Trémoille, French diplomat
• Georges de Layens, French botanist and apiculturalist
• Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, French painter and art collector
• Georges De Moor, academic leader and physician
• Georges de Paris, French tailor
• Georges de Porto-Riche, French dramatist and novelist
• Georges de Rham, Swiss mathematician
• Georges de Scudéry, French novelist, dramatist and poet
• Georges de Selve, French scholar, diplomat and ecclesiastic
• Georges Decaux, French road bicycle racer
• Georges Delahaie, French artist
• Georges Delerue, French composer
• Georges Delfanne, Belgian collaborator and spy
• Georges-Isidore Delisle, Canadian politician
• Georges Demenÿ, French inventor, chronophotographer, filmmaker, gymnast and physical fitness enthusiast
• Georges Depping, German-French historian and writer
• Georges A. Deschamps, French American engineer and Professor Emeritus
• Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman, statesman and senator
• Georges Detreille, French racing cyclist
• Georges Dib Nehme, Lebanese businessman and politician
• Georges Diebolt, French sculptor
• Georges Dimou, Greek actor and singer
• Georges Dionne, Canadian politician
• Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director
• Georges Doriot, French American general
• Georges Dransart, French sprint canoeist
• Georges Dreyer, Danish pathologist
• Georges Duboeuf, French wine merchant
• Georges Duby, French historian
• Georges Dufrénoy, French painter
• Georges Duhamel, French author
• Georges Dumas, French medical doctor and psychologist
• Georges Dumézil, French philologist, linguist, and religious studies scholar
• Georges Dumont, Canadian physician and politician
• Georges-Hilaire Dupont, Catholic bishop
• Georges-Hippolyte le Comte Dupré, Canadian politician
• Georges-Mathieu de Durand, Canadian academic
• Georges Duval de Leyrit, French colonial administrator

E

• Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer
• Georges El Ghorayeb, Lebanese scouting leader
• Georges Eo, French football manager and former midfielder
• Georges Erasmus, Canadian politician

F

• Georges Farrah, Canadian politician
• Georges Fenech, French politician and magistrate
• Georges Feydeau, French playwright
• Georges Figon, French chemist and secret agent
• Georges Fleurix, Belgian water polo player
• Georges Florovsky, Russian Orthodox priest, theologian, and historian
• Georges Fouré, French-German philatelist and stamp forger
• Georges Fournier, French astronomer
• Georges Franju, French filmmaker
• Georges Frêche, French politician and legal historian
• Georges Friedel, French mineralogist and crystallographer
• Georges Friedmann, French sociologist and philosopher

G

• Georges Galinat, French boxer
• Georges Gandil, French sprint canoeist
• Georges Garnier, French footballer
• Georges Garvarentz, Armenian-French composer
• Georges Gauthier, Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop
• Georges Gautschi, Swiss figure skater
• Georges Géret, French actor
• Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician
• Georges Gilson, French Catholic bishop
• Georges Gimel, French painter
• Georges Girard, French biologist
• Georges Gorse, French politician and diplomat
• Georges Gourdy, French boxer
• Georges Goven, French tennis player
• Georges Goyau, French historian and essayist
• Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente, French Catholic cardinal
• Georges Grignard, French race car driver
• Georges Groussard, French road cyclist
• Georges Grün, Belgian association football player
• Georges Guenette (died 1944), Canadian Army deserter
• Georges Guibourg, French singer, author, writer, playwright, and actor
• Georges Guillain, French neurologist
• Georges Gurvitch, French sociologist and jurist
• Georges Guynemer, French flying ace

H

• Georges Hamacek, French resistance member
• Georges Hartmann, French music publisher, dramatist and opera librettist
• Georges Haupt, Romanian historian
• Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French official and politician
• Georges Hayem, French physician
• Georges Hebbelinck, Belgian writer
• Georges Hebdin, Belgian footballer
• Georges Hébert, French physical educator
• Georges Hector, Haitian painter
• Georges Hellebuyck, Belgian Olympic sailor
• Georges Heylens, Belgian footballer
• Georges Hilbert, French sculptor
• Georges Holvoet, Belgian politician
• Georges Hüe, French composer

I

• Georges Ifrah, French author and a self-taught historian of mathematics
• Georges Imbert, French chemical engineer and inventor
• Georges Izambard, French academic

J

• Georges Jacob, French master menuisier
• Georges Jacobs, Belgian economist
• Georges Janssen, Belgian lawyer, civil servant and governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1938 until 1941
• Georges Jean, French poet and essayist
• Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer
• Georges Jules Piquet, French colonial governor

K

• Georges J. F. Köhler, German immunologist
• Georges Kopp, Belgian educated engineer and inventor of Russian descent

L

• Georges-C. Lachance, Canadian politician
• Georges Lacombe (film director), French film director
• Georges Lacombe (painter), French painter and sculptor
• Georges Ladoux, French spy
• Georges Washington de La Fayette, French army officer
• Georges Lafontaine, Canadian politician
• Georges Lagouge, French gymnast
• Georges Lagrange, French Esperanto writer
• Georges Lakhovsky, Russian-French engineer, author, and inventor
• Georges Lamia, French football goalkeeper
• Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian politician
• Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player
• Georges Lautner, French film director and screenwriter
• Georges Lech, French association football player
• Georges Leclanché, French electrical engineer
• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist
• Georges Lecointe (disambiguation)
• Georges Leekens, Belgian footballer
• Georges Lefebvre, French historian
• Georges Legrain, French Egyptologist
• Georges Lemaire, Belgian road bicycle racer
• Georges Lemaître, Belgian scientist and priest
• Georges Lentz, Australian composer
• Georges Léonnec, French artist
• Georges Leredu, French politician
• Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian priest and sociologist
• Georges Lévis, French comic artist
• Georges Leygues, French politician, Prime Minister 1920–1921
• Georges Limbour, French poet and writer
• Georges Loustaunau-Lacau, French politician and Army officer

M

• Georges Madon, French flying ace
• Georges Mager, French musician
• Georges Malfait, French sprinter
• Georges Malkine, French painter
• Georges Mandel, French Jewish journalist, politician, and French Resistance leader
• Georges Mandjeck, Cameroonian footballer
• Georges Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player
• Georges Marchais, general secretary of the French Communist Party
• Georges Marchal, French actor
• Georges Mareschal, French surgeon
• Georges Marrane, French politician
• Georges Martin (engineer), French engineer and designer
• Georges Martin (freemason), French physician and politician
• Georges Matheron, French mathematician and geologist
• Georges Mathieu, French painter
• Georges Meekers, Belgian wine critic
• Georges Melchior, French actor
• Georges Méliès, French illusionist, actor, and film director
• Georges Menahem, French economist and sociologist
• Georges Meunier, French road bicycle racer
• Georges Miez, Swiss gymnast
• Georges Migot, French composer
• Georges Miquelle, French American cellist
• Georges Montefiore-Levi, Belgian politician, industrialist and inventor of Jewish extraction
• Georges Mora, German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaurateur
• Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter
• Georges Mouton, French soldier and political figure
• Georges Mouyémé, Cameroonian footballer

N

• Georges Nagelmackers, Belgian civil engineer and businessman
• Georges Neveux, French writer
• Georges Nomarski, Polish physicist and optics theoretician
• Georges Niang, American basketball player

O

• Georges Ohnet, French writer
• Georges Oltramare, Swiss writer, journalist and fascist politician

P

• Georges Painvin, French cryptographer
• Georges Palante, French philosopher and sociologist
• Georges Panayotis, Greek businessman and consultant
• Georges Parent, Canadian lawyer, politician and Speaker of the Senate of Canada
• Georges Pasquier, French racing cyclist
• Georges Passerieu, French cyclist
• Georges Patient, French politician
• Georges Paulais, French actor
• Georges Paulin, French dentist, automobile designer and coachwork stylist
• Georges Paulmier, French road bicycle racer
• Georges Péclet, French actor, director and screenwriter
• Georges Perec, French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
• Georges Périnal, French cinematographer
• Georges Perrier (born 1943), French chef
• Georges Perrier (geodesist) (1872–1946), French geodesist and general
• Georges Perros, French writer
• Georges Petit, French art dealer
• Georges Peyroche, French footballer
• Georges Pharand, Canadian politician and businessman
• Georges Philippe (disambiguation), several people
• Georges Pichard, French comic book artist
• Georges Picot, French diplomat and lawyer
• Georges Picquart, French general
• Georges Pintens, Belgian road bicycle racer
• Georges Piot, French rower
• Georges-René Pléville Le Pelley, French admiral
• Georges Politzer, French philosopher and Marxist theoretician of Hungarian Jewish origin
• Georges Polti, French writer
• Georges Pompidou, French politician
• Georges Pouchet, French naturalist and anatomist
• Georges Poulet, Belgian literary critic
• Georges Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor
• Georges Prud'Homme, Canadian middleweight boxer

Q

• Georges Querelle, Belgian protagonist and antihero

R

• Georges Raeders, Brazilian writer
• Georges Rawiri, Gabonese politician, diplomat and poet
• Georges Rayet, French astronomer
• Georges Reeb, French mathematician
• Georges Remi, Belgian comics writer
• Georges Renaud, French chess master, theoretician and organizer
• Georges Renavent, French-American actor
• Georges Rey, American philosopher
• Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French writer, artist and art historian
• Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter
• Georges Richard, French racing driver and automobile industry pioneer
• Georges Rigal, French swimmer and water polo player
• Georges Robin, French sculptor and designer
• Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
• Georges Rodenbach, Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist
• Georges Roesch, Swiss-born British automotive pioneer
• Georges Ronsse, Belgian racing cyclist
• Georges Rossignon, French boxer
• Georges Rouault, French painter, draughtsman, and print artist
• Georges Rousse, French photographer, painter, and installation artist
• Georges Roux (illustrator), French painter
• Georges Ruggiu, Belgian radio presenter

S

• Georges Saadeh, Lebanese politician
• Georges Sadoul, French film critic, journalist and cinema writer
• Georges Sagnac, French physicist
• Georges Saillard, French film actor
• Georges Sainte-Rose, French triple jumper
• Georges Santos, French footballer
• Georges Scelle, French judge
• Georges Schneider, Swiss alpine skier
• Georges Schoeters, Belgian resistance member
• Georges Schwizgebel, Swiss animation film director
• Georges Scott, French war correspondent and illustrator
• Georges Sébastian, French conductor
• Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter
• Georges Simenon, Belgian writer
• Georges Sorel, French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist
• Georges Speicher, French road bicycle racer
• Georges Spénale, French official and politician
• Georges St-Pierre, Canadian actor and former professional mixed martial artist
• Georges Stein, French painter
• Georges Stern, French jockey
• Georges Suarez, French writer, essayist and journalist
• Georges Sylvain, Haitian poet, lawyer and diplomat

T

• Georges Taillandier, French racing cyclist
• Georges Tanguay, Canadian politician
• Georges Tate, French ancient historian and archaeologist
• Georges Thenault, French pilot
• Georges Theunis, Belgian politician, prime minister 1921–1925 and 1934–1935
• Georges Thiébaud, French journalist, Bonapartist, and nationalist
• Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, French Navy officer and admiral; Discalced Carmelite friar and priest
• Georges Thill, French opera singer
• Georges Thines, Belgian scientist
• Georges William Thornley, French painter and printmaker
• Georges Thurnherr, French gymnast
• Georges Thurston, Canadian singer, author, composer and radio show host
• Georges Touquet-Daunis, French athlete
• Georges Troisfontaines, Belgian writer and publisher
• Georges Turcot, Canadian politician

U

• Georges Urbain, French chemist, a professor of the Sorbonne, a member of the Institut de France, and director of the Institute of Chemistry in Paris

V

• Georges Vacher de Lapouge, French anthropologist, theoretician of eugenics and scientific racism
• Georges Valade, Canadian politician
• Georges Valensi, French telecommunications engineer
• Georges Valois, French journalist and national syndicalist politician
• Georges van Vrekhem, Belgian writer
• Georges Vandenberghe, Belgian cyclist
• Georges Vanier (disambiguation), several people
• Georges Vanier, Canadian governor general
• Georges Vantongerloo, Belgian visual artist
• Georges Vedel, French lawyer
• Georges Vereeken, Belgian socialist and politician
• Georges Verriest, French footballer
• Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Georges Vianès, French civil servant, corporate officer and politician
• Georges Vuilleumier, Swiss football striker

W

• Georges Wakhévitch, Russian-born French art director
• Georges Wilson, French actor and film director
• Georges Wohlfart, Luxembourgish politician
• Georges Wolinski, French cartoonist and comics writer

Z

• Georges Zvunka, French football player and manager

Surname

• Alphonse Joseph Georges (1875–1951), French army officer
• Annette Solange Georges (born 1957), lawyer, Seychellois politician and leader of the Seychelles United Opposition Party
• Carla Georges, better known as simply Carla (born 2003), French singer
• Julia Goerges (born 1988), German tennis player
• Myrtille Georges (born 1990), French tennis player
• Paul Georges (1923–2002), American painter
• Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1997), French actress

Other names

• Paul Georges Dieulafoy (1839–1911), French physician and surgeon
• Marie-Georges Pascal (1946–1985), French actress
• Marie-George Buffet (born 1949), French politician