Albert
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Albert |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | noble-bright |
| Origin | Germanic |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Albert |
Albert is a common first name. The name has its origins in the Germanic name Adalbrecht, meaning "noble-bright". Albert may refer to:
- Albert (surname), a family name (and people with that name)
- Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of Albert
People:
- Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
- St. Albert (disambiguation)
- Prince Albert (disambiguation)
- Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
- Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100-1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 to and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
- Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240-1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
- Albert of Sweden (1338-1412), king of Sweden
- Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443-1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
- Albert of Mainz (1490-1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
- Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
- Albert Alcibiades (1522-1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Albert L'Ouvrier (1815-1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
- Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821-1901), French monarchist politician
- Albert, King of Saxony (1828-1873), the eldest son of Prince John
- Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889 – June 26, 1922
- Albert Mussey Johnson (1872-1948), eccentric multi-millionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle.
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist.
- Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934), the third King of the Belgians
- Albert II of Belgium (1934-), the current King of the Belgians
- Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958-), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco
- Matthew Bloom (1972-), professional wrestler who went by the name Albert.
- Albert Pujols (1980-), professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals
Fictional characters:
- Albert (Discworld), a character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
- Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats (comic))
- Albert Heinrich aka Cyborg 004, a character in Cyborg 009
- One of the two main characters in Leo Tolstoy's short story with the same name, Albert
In geography it may refer to:
- Albert (electoral district), a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada from 1867 to 1903
- Albert, Belize
- Albert, Kansas
- Albert, Somme
- Albert, Texas, a ghost town
- Albert County, New Brunswick
- Albert Township, Michigan
In other fields it may refer to:
- Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands.
- 719 Albert, Amor asteroid
- Albert E. Gator, the costumed male mascot of the University of Florida Gators athletics teams
- Albert Productions, a record label
- Albert (Automobile), an early 1920s British automobile
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