Jorge

Jorge or Hejor
Saint George as painted by Gustave Moreau depicting George slaying the dragon
Pronunciation	Portuguese: [ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Portuguese and Spanish
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	earth worker or farmer
Other names
Related names	George, Georgia

Jorge (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾʒ(ɨ)], Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe]) is a Spanish and Portuguese given name, equivalent to the English George. It is derived from the Greek γεωργός (georgos), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker".

• Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
• Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver
• Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author
• Jorge Campos, Mexican football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Jorge Cantú, baseball player
• Jorge Cham, web comic writer
• Jorge Chavez, Early French-Peruvian Aviator
• Jorge Cimadevilla, American football player
• Jorge Costa, professional footballer
• Jorge De La Rosa, baseball pitcher
• Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician assassinated in 1948
• Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009), Ecuadorian writer
• Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
• Jorge Garcia, American actor and comedian
• Jorge García Torre, Spanish footballer known as 'Jorge'
• Jorge Gómez, Chilean football (soccer) player
• Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet
• Jorge Gutiérrez, Argentine squash player
• Jorge Herrera (swimmer), Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer
• Jorge Herrera (footballer), Colombian footballer
• Jorge Julio, baseball player
• Jorge Lencina, Argentine judoka
• Jorge Liderman, American
• Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer
• Jorge Humberto Martínez, Colombian road cyclist
• Jorge Marco de Oliveira Moraes, Brazilian footballer
• Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Argentine Roman Catholic priest who became Pope Francis
• Jorge Mondragón, Mexican diver
• Jorge Negrete, Mexican actor
• Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, Portuguese chairman of FC Porto
• Jorge Otálvaro, Colombian road cyclist
• Jorge Orta, baseball player
• Jorge Páez, Mexican boxer and actor
• Jorge Pescara, Brazilian musician
• Jorge Posada, baseball catcher
• Jorge Russek (1932–1998), Mexican actor
• Jorge Querejeta, Argentine field hockey player
• Jorge Quinteros, Argentine football (soccer) player
• Jorge Quinteros, Chilean mountaineer
• Jorge Racca, Argentine basketball player
• Jorge Rafael Videla, 43rd Argentine president and dictator
• Jorge Richardson, Puerto Rican track and field athlete
• Jorge Humberto Rodríguez, Salvadoran footballer
• Jorge Salgado-Reyes, Chilean-born author, publisher and private investigator
• Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese former President of the Republic
• Jorge Santana, Mexican-born guitarist, brother of Carlos Santana
• Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician
• Jorge Solís, Mexican boxer
• Jorge Taufua, Australian Rugby League player
• Jorge Valdano, Argentine football (soccer) player
• Seu Jorge, Brazilian musician