George Thornton may refer to:
- George Thornton (Australian politician) (1819–1901), former Sydney mayor and New South Wales politician
- George Thornton (cricketer) (1867–1939), English and South African cricketer
- George Thornton (American football) (born 1968), NFL player for San Diego Chargers and New York Giants
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“No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.”
—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)