People
- George Jackson (baseball) (1882–1972), American Major League Baseball player from 1911–1913
- George Jackson (Black Panther) (1941–1971), U.S. Black Panther, prisoner, and author
- George Jackson (botanist) (1790–1811), English botanist
- George Jackson (Canadian politician) (1808–1885), Canadian mill operator, MP from Ontario
- George Jackson (cricketer), English cricketer of the mid-18th century
- George Jackson (footballer) (born 1952), footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City
- George Jackson (footballer born 1893) (1893–1985), English footballer for Merthyr Town, Tranmere Rovers and South Liverpool
- George Jackson (Irish politician) (1761–1805), Member of Parliament for Mayo 1801–1802
- George Jackson (producer) (1958–2000), U.S. movie producer
- George Jackson (songwriter) (born 1945), American songwriter, singer and musician
- George Jackson (Virginia politician) (1757–1831), U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Sir George Duckett, 1st Baronet (1725–1822), born George Jackson, British politician and MP
- George B. Jackson (1850–1900), former slave turned Republican politician in San Angelo, Texas
- George W. Jackson, Pennsylvania politician
- George Holbrook Jackson (1874–1948), British journalist and author
- George Pullen Jackson (1874–1953), American educator and musicologist
- George Jackson Churchward (1857–1933), GWR railway engineer
- George Jackson (animator) (1920–1986), British animator
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