Arts and Letters
- George Walker (Puritan) (1581–1651), English clergyman
- George Walker (chess player) (1803–1879), English chess player and writer
- George Walker (composer) (born 1922), American composer
- Benjamin Walker (author) (George Benjamin Walker, born 1913), author on religion and philosophy, and authority on esoterica
- George Patrick Leonard Walker (1926–2005), volcanologist
- George Walker (vaudeville) (1873–1911), American vaudeville singer, partner of Bert Williams
- George F. Walker (born 1947), Canadian playwright and screenwriter
- George Walker (professor) (born 1942), author on physical chemistry and international education, former director general of the IBO
- George Walker (privateer) (died 1777), British privateer
- George Walker (painter) (1781–1856), British painter
- George T. Walker (1913–2011), president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1958–1976
- George Walker (novelist) (1772–1847), English gothic novelist
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