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George Walker



 
  George Walker may refer to:

In arts and letters:
  • George Walker (Puritan)
  • George Walker (chess player)
    George Walker (chess player)

    File:Walker Art of Chess Play.jpgGeorge Walker was an English chess master and writer.He was an author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor , The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess , A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor , Chess Made Easy , Chess Studies ....
     (1803-1879), English chess player and writer
  • George Walker (composer)
    George Walker (composer)

    George Theophilus Walker is an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996....
     (born 1922), African-American composer
  • Benjamin Walker
    Benjamin Walker

    Benjamin Walker is the truncated pen name of George Benjamin Walker, who also writes under the pseudonym Jivan Bhakar. He is a United Kingdom citizen, and an Indian-born author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica in all its curious forms....
    , George Benjamin Walker, (born 1913), author on religion and philosophy, and an authority on esoterica
  • George P.L. Walker, volcanologist.
  • George Walker (vaudeville)
    George Walker (vaudeville)

    George Walker was an African American vaudeville. In 1893 in San Francisco, Walker met Bert Williams who became his performing partner. Walker and Williams appeared in The Gold Bug , Clorindy , The Policy Player , Sons of Ham , In Dahomey , Abyssinia , and Bandanna Land ....
     (1873–1911), African-American vaudeville singer, partner of Bert Williams
  • George F. Walker
    George F. Walker

    George F. Walker, Order of Canada is a Canada playwright and screenwriter. He is one of Canada's most prolific playwrights, and also one of the most widely produced Canadian dramatists both in Canada and internationally....
     (born 1947), Canadian playwright and screenwriter
  • George Walker (professor)
    George Walker (professor)

    Professor George Walker is a United Kingdom educator, and the former director-general of the International Baccalaureate Organisation. He is also a productive author of articles and other works regarding international education and physical chemistry....
    , author on physical chemistry and international education, former director general of the IBO


In business:
  • George Herbert Walker
    George Herbert Walker

    George Herbert "Bert" Walker was a wealthy American banker and businessman. His daughter Dorothy Walker Bush married Prescott Bush, making him the grandfather of President George H....
     (1875–1953), American businessman, grandfather of George Herbert Walker Bush
  • George Herbert Walker, Jr.
    George Herbert Walker, Jr.

    George Herbert Walker, Jr. was an American businessman connected to the accomplished Bush family. He was one of the original owners of the New York Mets, which he cofounded in 1960 with Joan Whitney Payson....
     (1905–1977), co-founder of the New York Mets baseball team
  • George Herbert Walker IV
    George Herbert Walker IV

    George Herbert Walker IV is the CEO of Neuberger Berman. Formerly a partner and Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, Walker was recruited to rival investment bank, Lehman Brothers, to head its Investment Management Division, of which Neuberger was a part....
    , managing director at Lehman Brothers
  • George Walker (CPR president), president
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    Following is a list of presidents and chief executive officers of railroad and railway systems worldwide....
     of the Canadian Pacific Railway


In politics and military:
  • George Walker (soldier)
    George Walker (soldier)

    George Walker was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Church of England priest, known as the Defender of Derry....
     (1645–1690), clergyman and English colonel in Ireland
  • Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet (1764-1842), British General
  • George Herbert Walker III
    George Herbert Walker III

    George Herbert Walker III, commonly known as Bert Walker, is a former Ambassadors from the United States to Hungary and the first cousin of former President George Herbert Walker Bush....
     (born c. 1931), US Ambassador to Hungary
  • George Walker (senator)
    George Walker (senator)

    George Walker was a United States Senate from Kentucky.Born in Culpeper County, Virginia, Walker attended the common schools and served in the United States Revolutionary War....
     (1763–1819), U.S. Senator from Kentucky
  • George J. Walker
    George J. Walker

    George J. Walker served as a soldier in the U.S. Army, including a stint in 1985 as Deputy Commanding General of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command....
    , U.S. general, military intelligence


Others:
  • George H. Walker
    George H. Walker

    George H. Walker was an United States trader and politician who helped found the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Walker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia....
     (1811–1866), helped found Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • George W. Walker
    George W. Walker

    George W. Walker was an industrial and automotive designer. His most notable work was the original Ford Thunderbird.His father worked for the Erie Railroad and the family moved several times, settling in Cleveland, Ohio when Walker was in his teens....
     (1896–1993), automotive industrial designer
  • George Walker (baseball), former Major League Baseball player from Canada
  • George Walker, member of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters
    Merry Pranksters

    The Merry Pranksters were a group of people who formed around United States author Ken Kesey in 1964 and sometimes lived Commune at his homes in California and Oregon....