George Foster Emmons (August 23, 1811 – July 23, 1884) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy, who served in the early to mid 19th century.

As a lieutenant aboard the Peacock he participated in the Wilkes Exploring Expedition of 1838 to 1842, which discovered the Antarctic Continent, and throughout the South Seas.

[1] He was assigned command of the expedition's overland party conducting surveys and exploration from Puget Sound south to San Francisco.

As commander of the Ossipee from 1867 to 1868, he carried to Alaska the commissioners who took formal possession for the United States.

Rear Admiral Emmons died in Princeton, New Jersey, on July 23, 1884, at the age of 82.