George Kerr, CBE (born 24 August 1937) is a Scottish judoka.

[2][3][4] In 2002 he was named one of the inaugural members of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.

[6] Having been preceded by Frenchman Henri Courtine (2007) and followed by Japanese American Yoshihiro Uchida (2014)[7] and Italian Franco Capelletti (2017), Kerr currently is one of only four living IJF jūdan.

Kerr received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2010 [9] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

[10][11] He also received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, in January 2011 after being named in Emperor Akihito's November 2010 honours list, due to his ongoing contribution to judo and to relations between the UK and judo's country of origin, Japan.