George Putnam is several people:

1. George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872), founder of the publishing firm that became G. P. Putnam's Sons.
2. George P. Putnam (1887-1950), publisher, author, explorer, grandson of George Palmer Putnam and husband of aviatrix, Amelia Earhart
3. George Putnam (born 1914), prominent Los Angeles, California television newsman
4. George D. Putnam (born 1948), screenwriter