George Bizos was born on November 14, 1927 in Vasilitsi, Greece. He was married to Arethe Daflos. He died on September 9, 2020 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
When he was 13, he helped his father smuggle seven Allied soldiers out of Nazi-occupied Greece. Their rowboat was eventually spotted by an Allied warship. They spent time in a refugee camp in Egypt before making their way to South Africa.