George Stokes is the name of:
- Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819-1903), British mathematician and physicist
- George Henry Stokes (1876-1959), Member of Canadian Parliament
- George Thomas Stokes (1843-1898), Irish historian
- George Stokes (actor), American actor
Famous quotes containing the words george and/or stokes:
“Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he managed, for the last eight years, to be in the men’s room whenever an important illegal decision was made.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“Some pray to marry the man they love,
My prayer will somewhat vary;
I humbly pray to Heaven above
That I love the man I marry.”
—Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933)