# George Scott

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**George Scott** may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

- [George Scott (singer)](/source/George_Scott_(singer)) (1929-2005), vocalist for gospel music group [The Blind Boys of Alabama](/source/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama)
- [George Scott III](/source/George_Scott_III) (1953–1980), American No Wave bassist
- [George C. Scott](/source/George_C._Scott) (1927–1999), American actor

## Politics and government

- [George Scott (British Army officer)](/source/George_Scott_(British_Army_officer)) (died 1767), fought in Canada, governor of Grenada, 1762–1764
- [George Scott (broadcaster)](/source/George_Scott_(broadcaster)) (1925–1988), British author, broadcaster and Liberal Party candidate
- George Scott, American politician in Pennsylvania; see [2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania](/source/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Pennsylvania#District_10)
- [George Adam Scott](/source/George_Adam_Scott) (1874–1963), Canadian provincial politician
- [George Byng Scott](/source/George_Byng_Scott) (1824–1886), Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia from 1863 to 1876
- [George Cromwell Scott](/source/George_Cromwell_Scott) (1864–1948), U.S. Representative from Iowa
- [George E. Scott](/source/George_E._Scott) (1860–1915), Wisconsin State Senator
- [George G. Scott](/source/George_G._Scott) (1811–1886), New York lawyer and politician
- [George M. Scott (Minnesota judge)](/source/George_M._Scott_(Minnesota_judge)) (1922–2006), Minnesota Supreme Court justice
- [George M. Scott (West Virginia judge)](/source/George_M._Scott_(West_Virginia_judge)) (1929–2015), Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- [George Montgomery Scott](/source/George_Montgomery_Scott) (1835–1915), mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
- [George W. Scott (politician)](/source/George_W._Scott_(politician)) (born 1937), American politician in the state of Washington
- [James George Scott](/source/James_George_Scott) (1851–1935), known as George Scott, journalist and colonial Burmese administrator

## Sports

- [George Scott (boxer)](/source/George_Scott_(boxer)) (born 1966), Swedish boxer
- [George Scott (cricketer)](/source/George_Scott_(cricketer)) (born 1995), English cricketer
- [George Scott (first baseman)](/source/George_Scott_(first_baseman)) (1944–2013), American baseball player
- [George Scott (Roubaix footballer)](/source/George_Scott_(Roubaix_footballer)), Scottish footballer
- [George Scott (footballer, born 1865)](/source/George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1865)) (1865–1937), Scottish footballer
- [George Scott (footballer, born 1885)](/source/George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1885)) (1885–1916), English football player
- [George Scott (footballer, born 1904)](/source/George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1904)) (1904–?), English football player
- [George Scott (footballer, born 1915)](/source/George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1915)) (1915–1942), Scottish footballer
- [George Scott (footballer, born 1944)](/source/George_Scott_(footballer,_born_1944)), Scottish football player for Tranmere Rovers
- [George Scott (pitcher)](/source/George_Scott_(pitcher)) (1895–1962), American baseball player
- [George Scott (snooker player)](/source/George_Scott_(snooker_player)) (1928–1998), English snooker player
- [George Scott (wrestler)](/source/George_Scott_(wrestler)) (1929–2014), Scottish-born Canadian wrestler
- [George Arbuthnot Scott](/source/George_Arbuthnot_Scott) (1879–1927), cricketer
- [George W. Scott (American football)](/source/George_W._Scott_(American_football)) (1889–1969), American football and track and field coach
- [George Scott (runner)](/source/George_Scott_(runner)) (born 1936), Australian runner, 1967 NCAA indoor 3000 m runner-up for the [New Mexico Lobos track and field](/source/New_Mexico_Lobos_track_and_field) team

## Writers

- [George Scot of Pitlochie](/source/George_Scot_of_Pitlochie) (died 1685), wrote a 1683 book extolling the virtues of Scottish settlement in East Jersey
- [George Firth Scott](/source/George_Firth_Scott) (1862–1935), journalist and writer
- [George Ryley Scott](/source/George_Ryley_Scott) (1886–c. 1980), British author of books about sexual intercourse

## Others

- [Lord George Scott](/source/Lord_George_Scott) (1866–1947), Scottish cricketer and soldier
- [George Scott (missionary)](/source/George_Scott_(missionary)) (1804–1874), Scottish Methodist missionary to Sweden
- [George Douglas Scott](/source/George_Douglas_Scott), English chief executive officer
- [George Gilbert Scott](/source/George_Gilbert_Scott) (1811–1878), Victorian architect
- [George Gilbert Scott Jr.](/source/George_Gilbert_Scott_Jr.) (1839–1897), his son, also an architect
- [George Herbert Scott](/source/George_Herbert_Scott) (1888–1930), British airship pilot and engineer
- [George Ian Scott](/source/George_Ian_Scott) (1907–1989), Scottish ophthalmic surgeon and president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- [George Lewis Scott](/source/George_Lewis_Scott) (1708–1780), English royal tutor, encyclopedist, and dilettante
- [George Washington Scott](/source/George_Washington_Scott) (1829–1903), industrialist and philanthropist, benefactor of Agnes Scott College
- [Lynching of George Scott](/source/Lynching_of_George_Scott), on December 12, 1880

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