George Henry Kerr (; November 7, 1911 – August 27, 1992), was an American diplomat during World War II, and in later years he was a writer and an academic. His published works and archived papers cover "economic and political affairs in Taiwan in the 1930s and 1940s, Taiwan's transition from Japanese rule before and during World War II to postwar Chinese rule, Taiwanese rebellion against Chinese rule in 1947, and U.S. foreign policy toward Taiwan." His works also include "information about economic and political conditions in Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands after World War II."

He died at the age of 80 on August 27, 1992, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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  • A. P. Jenkins, 'G.H. Kerr's Okinawa: The History of an Island People and Beyond', The Ryukyuanist, No. 52, Summer 2001, pp. 3–8 (on which significant parts of this article are based but without due acknowledgement)
  • University of the Ryukyus library
  • George H. Kerr collection at Okinawa Prefectural Archives
  • “Formosa Betrayed”: George Kerr, the 228 Incident, and the Tai Ji Men Case by Massimo Introvigne at Bitter Winter (February 12, 2024)