Professor George Kish (November 24, 1914 – July 11, 1989, born György Kiss) was an internationally recognized authority known for work in geography and the history of cartography.
Dr. Kish was a Fulbright Research Professor in Italy in 1951–1952, and again in 1963. He lectured at the United Nations University in Cambridge, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the Academy of Sciences of both Poland and Hungary, and at universities in Rome, Florence, Naples, Bari, London, Oxford, and Liège.
Kish was associated with he University of Michigan and was the curator of maps at the William L. Clements Library for several years.