George Petrie (1790 - 1866), was an Irish painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist of the Victorian era.

Of recent Scottish ancestry, his early years were spent in Dublin where his father was a portrait painter. After an abortive trip to England in the company of Francis Danby, he returned to Ireland where he worked mostly producing sketches for engravings for travel books.

In the late 1820s and 1830s, Petrie significantly revitalised the Royal Irish Academy's antiquities committee. He was responsible for their acquisition of many important Irish manuscripts, including an autograph copy of the Annals of the Four Masters, as well as examples of insular metalwork, including the Cross of Cong. His writings on early Irish archaeology and architecture were of great significance, especially his Round Towers of Ireland of 1845, and he is often called "the father of Irish archaeology". His survey of the tombs at Carrowmore still informs study of the site today.

From 1833 to 1843 he was employed by Thomas Colby and Thomas Larcom as head of the Topographical Department (the antiquities division) of the Irish Ordnance Survey. Amongst his staff were John O'Donovan, one of Ireland's greatest ever scholars, and Eugene O'Curry. During part of this time Petrie was editor of two popular antiquarian magazines, the Dublin Penny Journal and the Penny Journal.

Another major contribution of Petrie's to Irish culture was the collection of Irish airs and melodies which he recorded. William Stokes' contemporary biography includes detailed accounts of Petrie's working methods in his collecting of traditional music: 'The song having been given, O'Curry wrote the Irish words, when Petrie's work began. The singer recommenced, stopping at a signal from him at every two or three bars of the melody to permit the writing of the notes, and often repeating the passage until it was correctly taken down . . .'

As an artist, his favourite medium was watercolour which, due to the prejudices of the age, was considered inferior to oil painting. Nonetheless, he can be considered as one of the finest Irish Romantic painters of his era. Some of his best work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Ireland.

George Petrie (1866-1947) was an American educator at Auburn University. From 1887 until his retirement in 1942, Petrie held various positions at Auburn including Professor of History and Latin, Head of the History Department and Dean of the Graduate School. Petrie also organized and coached Auburn's first football team in 1892. Auburn defeated the University of Georgia that year 10-0 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia in front of 2,000 spectators in a game that Petrie arranged that continues to this day in a series known as the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. He received his BA and MA from the University of Virginia in 1887 and a PhD in "history, political economy, and jurisprudence" from Johns Hopkins in 1890. He is the first Alabamian to earn a PhD degree. His time at the University of Virginia inspired Petrie to choose burnt orange and navy blue as the official colors for Auburn's athletic teams.

Petrie is perhaps best known as the author of the Auburn Creed:

George Petrie (September 8, 1793 - May 8, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born at Little Falls, New York, Petrie attended the common schools.

Petrie was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849). He was employed in the Post Office Department, Washington, D.C., from January 1, 1869, until August 31, 1875, when he resigned. He died at Little Falls, New York, May 8, 1879. He was interred in Church Street Cemetery.