George Sigerson (11 January 1836 – 17 February 1925) was an Irish physician, scientist, writer, politician and poet.

He then went to Paris where he spent some time studying under Jean-Martin Charcot and Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital; a fellow-student was Sigmund Freud.

3 Clare St, to which artists, intellectuals and rebels alike attended, including O'Leary, W. B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, Roger Casement and 1916 signatory Thomas MacDonagh.

He was nominated for a twelve-year term to the first Seanad Éireann of the Irish Free State,[3][4] Sigerson briefly served as the first chairman on 11–12 December 1922 before the election of Lord Glenavy.

[6] The Sigerson Cup, the top division of third level Gaelic Football competition in Ireland is named in his honour.

[2] George Sigerson died at his home in Clare Street, Dublin, on 17 February 1925, aged 89, after a short illness.