George Simpson

George Simpson may refer to:

  • Sir George Simpson (administrator) (1786/7 or 1792–1860), explorer, meteorologist and administrator of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • George Simpson (athlete) (1908–1961), American runner
  • George Simpson (Australian politician), Western Australian parliamentarian
  • George Simpson (Canadian politician) (1858–1906), politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • George Simpson (footballer) (1887–?), English footballer, scorer for Sheffield Wednesday in the 1907 FA Cup Final
  • George Simpson (meteorologist) (1878–1965), meteorologist for Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic expedition
  • George Simpson, Baron Simpson of Dunkeld (born 1942), British businessman
  • George Buchan Simpson (1820–1892), Scottish art collector, connoisseur and patron of Scottish painters
  • George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984), American paleontologist
  • George Goodman Simpson (1896–1990), Australian flying ace

Famous quotes containing the words george and/or simpson:

    “He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to “Defender of the Faith,” than George the Third.”
    —Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

    “The sun is shining.
    The shadows of the lovers have disappeared.
    They are all eyes; they have some demand on me—
    They want me to be more serious than I want to be.”
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)