George Leonard Hersey (August 30, 1927 – October 23, 2007) was an American art historian.
Hersey began his academic career at Bucknell University (1954–1959), where he taught drama.
He returned to Yale to teach set design in the Drama School, while also pursuing an Art History degree.
He was a true polymath who played the French horn, worked as a set designer, and had a command of all the major European languages, including Ancient Greek and Latin.
Hersey married Jane Maddox Lancefield in 1953, and they had two sons: Donald L. and James P., as well as three grandchildren: Sam, Rebecca, and Margaux.