Prince George Alexander Louis, and other famous Georges - in pictures

We begin our famous George gallery with the one and only George Clooney Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters

George Passmore [R] is one half of the famous artistic duo, Gilbert and George Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Eamonn McCabe

Patron saint of England (but not of the rest of the UK), St George … Photograph: Philip de Bay/Corbis

George Bush Jr is the second famous George in the Bush family, taking the name of his father Photograph: Jeff Mitchell/Reuters

Lonesome George, the giant Galapagos tortoise Photograph: Bob Strong/Reuters

A number of rock and rollers are called George, including George Harrison Photograph: .

George Michael Photograph: Peter Still/Redferns

Boy George Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guardian

Football heartthrob George Best Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

George Eliot. Not her real name, of course, but still one of our famous Georges Photograph: The Print Collector/Corbis

Another author writing under a famous pseudonym, George Orwell Photograph: Mondadori/Getty Images

King George III, one of the royal precedents, (there are six king George's in total). The third George's reign was a bit rocky, with bouts of alleged madness Photograph: .

The future King George VII will have to make sure he avoids being too political, unlike this namesake, George Osborne Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

And then there are the fictional famous George's, including TV's favourite hen-pecked husband from George and Mildred Photograph: .

… and George from Rainbow Photograph: Ken McKay/Rex Features