Science and Engineering
- Albert George Wilson (born 1918), American astronomer
- George Wilson (architect) (died 1912), partner in Scottish firm Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
- George Wilson (chemist) (1818–1859), Regius Professor of Technology at the University of Edinburgh
- George Ambler Wilson (1906–1977), British civil engineer
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