George N. Briggs (1796–1861), seven-term Governor of Massachusetts
He served in the militia, first as a Judge Advocate with the rank of Major and later as an aide to Governor George N. Briggs with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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George Gillett, owner of the NHL's Montréal Canadiens and part owner of the English Premier League's Liverpool Football Club, bought the majority share of Ray Evernham's team and has renamed the three-car operation (#9 of Kasey Kahne, #10 of Scott Riggs and #19 of Elliott Sadler) Gillett Evernham Motorsports (or "GEM" for short).
Songwriter Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs wrote the song "Bedroom" that appears late on the album.
More recently, D.E.G. Briggs and colleagues have made detailed studies of decay with the prime aim of understanding the profound halt to these processes that is required by exceptional preservation in lagerstätten.
Even as Farragut was moving his ships across the bar, President Davis and Navy Secretary Mallory were promising Flag Officer George N. Hollins, commanding the Confederate States Navy forces on the Mississippi, that Louisiana would be sent up to Memphis as soon as she could be finished (expected to be within days), and Mississippi would follow shortly thereafter.
In the 1950s, he was an administrative assistant to Indiana Governor George N. Craig.
The earliest published account of Erromangan languages is Gordon (1889), whose notes, which he took on the island, were published posthumously.
O'Connor composed a majority of the tracks on Faith and Courage and production duties were shared by a variety of artists including Wyclef Jean, David A. Stewart, Brian Eno, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler among others.
Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898), American Governor of the state of North Dakota
He resumed the newspaper publishing business and was chairman of the Missouri State Conservation Commission in 1955-1956; from 1961 to 1965 he was Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife.
On top of this he also wrote the college hymn for Loughborough College of Technology, which would later become Loughborough University.
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His most famous hymn is "God Has Spoken by His Prophets" as set to the tune written for Ode to Joy by Beethoven.
George N. Bliss (1837–1928), American soldier in the American Civil War
G. W. Briggs (George Wallace Briggs) (1875–1959), English hymn writer and Anglican clergyman
George N. Dale (1834–1903), American lawyer and politician in Vermont
George N. Fuller, secretary of the Michigan Historical Commission and the Michigan Pioneer Historical Society
George N. Gillett, Jr. (born 1938), American businessman, professional sports franchise owner
George N. Atiyeh (1923 – April 21, 2008) was a Lebanese librarian and scholar.
During World War II, Crocker was an officer in the largest and longest Army court-martial resulting from the Fort Lawton Riot.
On August 6, 2007, Gillett bought a controlling interest of the NASCAR team Evernham Motorsports from founder Ray Evernham, thereby forming Gillett Evernham Motorsports.
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It has been reported that former manager Rafael Benítez's relationship with Hicks and Gillett had become increasingly strained and he was fired on June 2, 2010, after a poor season which saw the club finish seventh in the Premier League, missing out on UEFA Champions League football next term.
George Nathaniel Henry Peters was born on November 30, 1825 in New Berlin, Pennsylvania to Isaac Cyrus Peters and Magdalene Miller.
He has a bowling center named after him, George Pappas Victory Lanes in Mooresville, North Carolina.
He was a member of the Republican party and was an abolitionist, taking an active part in the celebrated Jerry Rescue case in Syracuse, although he always refused to serve in any public office.
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She was the daughter of George Taylor and Jane Rite of Millville, Pennsylvania and was born on February 22, 1816.
George N. Parks (1953–2010), University of Massachusetts band director
George N. Peterson, Jr, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
George N. Southwick (1863–1912), American politician in New York state
George N. Stearns (1812–1882), tool designer and founder of the George N. Stearns Company
W. Briggs served as a member of the 1861-1862 California State Assembly, representing the 4th District.
A major Broadway revival was mounted in 1984, with an all star cast headed by Sir Rex Harrison as Shotover (a role for which he was nominated for a Tony), and featuring Amy Irving, Rosemary Harris, Dana Ivey, George N. Martin, and Tom Aldredge.
Briggs was a member of Rotary International, the Order of Daedalians, the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, vice chairman for the campaign committee of the Texas United Fund and a member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Foundation.
In 1841 at Potosi, Wisconsin he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by William O. Clark.
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Brigham Young, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles assumed control of the church's headquarters in Nauvoo, Illinois.
George Pappas was the winner of the Firestone Tournament of Champions.
Robert O. Briggs (1927–2008), director of the University of California Marching Band
A member of the Miller Eccles Study Group's board of directors, Briggs also wrote "The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows Massacre: Toward a Consensus Account and Time Line," as well as reviews of Sally Denton’s American Massacre, Will Bagley’s Blood of the Prophets, and Richard E. Turley, Jr. et al's Massacre at Mountain Meadows.
Before hearings on an amendment to extend protection to the golden eagle, Assistant Secretary of the Interior Frank P. Briggs wrote a letter to the subcommittee acknowledging the religious significance of the golden eagle to many Indian tribes of the southwest.