Heorhiy Narbut was born on 3 March 1886 in Narbutivka, Glukhovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Narbutivka, Hlukhiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. Heorhiy died on 23 May 1920 in Kyiv, Ukrainian National Republic [now Kyiv, Ukraine].