Gisborne

Gisborne or Gisbourne is a surname originating in the East Midlands/North of England, and may refer to:

People

• Frederick Newton Gisborne (1824 – 1892), Canadian inventor and electrician
• Henry Fyshe Gisborne (1815 – 1841), English-born Australian bureaucrat and socialite, son of Thomas Gisborne the Younger
• Thomas Gisbourne the Elder (1758 – 1846), English Anglican divine, priest and poet
• Thomas Gisborne the Younger (1790 – 1852), English Whig MP
• William Gisborne (1825 – 1898), New Zealand Colonial Secretary

Places

• Gisborne Region, a unitary authority in northeastern New Zealand named after William Gisborne
  • Gisborne, New Zealand, the largest centre of population in the Gisborne Region
  • Gisborne (New Zealand electorate), a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate
• Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, a town named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne
  • Electoral district of Gisborne, an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Fictional characters

• Guy of Gisbourne, a villain in the Robin Hood legends