Gilbert (surname)
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Gilbert is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a mediaeval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous"). This personal name was very popular in England during the Middle Ages. The surname is sometimes an Americanized form of numerous like-sounding Jewish surnames.[1]
People with the surname
- Adrian Gilbert (born 1949), British author
- Adrian Gilbert (military writer) (born 1954), author and military historian
- Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) (born 1944), Australian, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
- Alan Gilbert (conductor) (born 1967), American conductor
- Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), English sculptor and goldsmith
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961), American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman
- Arthur Hill Gilbert (1894–1970), American Impressionist painter
- Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858–1927), French physician and medical researcher
- Barrie Gilbert (born 1937), English-born electronics engineer, inventor of the Gilbert cell
- Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), American comedian and actor
- Billy Gilbert (baseball) (1876–1927), American baseball player
- Brad Gilbert (born 1961), American tennis coach, television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player
- Brantley Gilbert (born 1985), American country singer, songwriter
- Bruce Gilbert (born 1946), English musician
- Cass Gilbert (1859–1934), American architect
- Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928), American ichthyologist
- Corey Gilbert (1976 - ), UK-based DJ, using the moniker of Electro Groove Monkey
- Daniel Gilbert (disambiguation)
- David Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Davies Gilbert (1767–1839), British engineer, author, and politician
- Diahanne Gilbert (born 1979), British ski mountaineer, mountain climber and mountain guide
- Dorothée Gilbert, étoile at the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris
- Ed Gilbert (1931–1999), American actor
- Edgar Gilbert (1923–2013), American mathematician and coding theorist
- Edouard-Jean Gilbert (1888–1954), French mycologist
- Edward Joseph Gilbert (born 1936), American-born Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Elena Gilbert (Fictional Character in television series, The Vampire Diaries, portrayed by Nina Dobrev
- Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969), American novelist
- Elmer G. Gilbert (?), control systems engineer
- Felix Gilbert (1905–1991), German-born American historian
- Fred Gilbert, Australian rugby league footballer
- Gale Gilbert, American football quarterback
- Glenroy Gilbert (born 1968), former Canadian athlete
- Glyn Gilbert (died 2003), English Major-General in Bermuda
- Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918), American geologist
- Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), American psychologist
- Helen Gilbert (1922-2012), American artist
- Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby footballer
- Herb Gilbert, Jr., Australian rugby league footballer
- Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), composer
- Homer Gilbert (1909-1943), American football player
- Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1537 – 1583), English adventurer
- J. C. Gilbert (born 1922), American politician
- Jack Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Jean Gilbert (1879–1942), German operetta composer
- Jessie Gilbert (1987–2006), British chess player
- John Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Johnny Gilbert, (born 1924) game show announcer
- Kerrea Gilbert (born 1987), English footballer
- Larry Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Lewis Gilbert (born 1920), British film director
- Mads Gilbert (born 1947), Norwegian doctor
- Mary Ann Gilbert (c. 1776 – 1845), agronomist.
- Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), American actress
- Paul Gilbert (born 1966), American guitarist
- Philippe Gilbert (born 1982) Belgian road bicycle racer
- Peggy Gilbert (1905–2007), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- Rhod Gilbert (born 1968), Welsh comedian
- Richard Fitz Gilbert (1030–1090), Norman lord who participated in the Norman conquest of England
- Robert Gilbert (disambiguation)
- Ronnie Gilbert (born 1926), American folk-singer
- Sam Gilbert (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
- Sandra Gilbert (born 1936), American professor, literary critic and poet
- Sara Gilbert (1975), American actress
- Thomas Gilbert (pioneer) (1752–1873), pioneer of Adelaide, South Australia
- Timothy Gilbert (1797–1865), American piano manufacturer, abolitionist and religious organizer
- Todd Gilbert (born 1970), American politician from Virginia
- Walter fitz Gilbert of Cadzow (d.c. 1346) Scottish Nobleman
- Walter Gilbert (born 1932), American Nobel Prize (biology) recipient
- William Gilbert (disambiguation)
- The Gilbert professional wrestling family, all Americans:
- Tommy Gilbert (born 1940), wrestler, promoter, and family patriarch
- Eddie "Hot Stuff" Gilbert (1961–1995), Tommy's older son; wrestler and booker
- Doug Gilbert (born 1969), Tommy's younger son; wrestler
- Teams
- Gilbert and George, British artist collaborators
- Gilbert Prousch (born 1943)
- Gilbert and Sullivan, British musical and drama team
- W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator
- Alternate spelling, Gilbart
- James William Gilbart (1794–1863), British, General Manager of the London and Westminster Bank
References
- ↑ Gilbert Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 27 February 2012. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
See also
- Gilbert (disambiguation)