Gilbert
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Gilbert is a masculine name of Germanic origin.
Gilbert may refer to:
People
- Gilbert of Sempringham (ca. 1083–ca.1190), English saint
- Abijah Gilbert (1806–1881), U.S. Senator from Florida
- Alan Gilbert (1944–), Australian historian, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
- Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), English sculptor and goldsmith
- Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961), American toymaker, inventor of the Erector Set
- Anthony Gilbert (author), pseudonym of Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899–1973), British author
- Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), American comedian and actor
- Brad Gilbert (1961–), American tennis coach and former professional tennis player
- Cass Gilbert (1859–1934), American architect
- Charles Allan Gilbert (1873-1929), American artist and illustrator
- Charles Champion Gilbert (1822–1903), American Army officer during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War
- Danièle Gilbert (1943–), French singer and television presenter
- David Gilbert (1944–), American radical organizer, founding member of Students for a Democratic Society and Weather Underground
- Eddie Gilbert, several people
- Gilbert van Hagen (1974-2006) A hero of the hippies, leader of 5C
- Glenroy Gilbert (1968–), Canadian athlete, Olympic gold medal winner
- Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918), American geologist
- Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), German intelligence officer, interviewed prisoners at the Nuremberg Trials
- Humphrey Gilbert (1537–1583), founder of the first English colony in North America and Sir Walter Raleigh's half brother
- John Gilbert (naturalist) (1812–1845), English naturalist and explorer
- John Gilbert (painter) (1817–1897), British artist
- John Gilbert (actor) (1899–1936), American actor in the silent film era
- John Gilbert, Baron Gilbert (born 1927), British politician, Defence Minister (1976–1979)
- Johnny Gilbert (c1924–), American television game show announcer (Jeopardy!)
- Kenneth Gilbert (1931–), Canadian harpsichordist
- Kent Gilbert (1952–), American actor working in Japan
- Kevin Gilbert (1966–1996), American musician
- L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886–1970), Russian-born American songwriter
- Lewis Gilbert (1920–), British film director, producer and screenwriter
- Martin Gilbert (1936–), British historian and biographer
- Mary Gilbert (19th century), first European woman to live in the Port Phillip settlement of Melbourne, Australia
- Melissa Gilbert (1964–), American actress
- Michael Gilbert (1912–), British author
- Newton W. Gilbert (1862–1939), American Governor-General of the Philippines 1907–1908
- Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert (1751–1780), French poet
- Paul Gilbert, American hard-rock guitarist
- Peter Gilbert (contemporary), Welsh professional footballer
- Philippe Gilbert (1982–), Belgian cyclist
- Ron Gilbert (contemporary), American computer game designer and programmer
- Ronnie Gilbert (contemporary), American folk-singer
- Sara Gilbert (1975–), American actress
- Walter Gilbert (1932–), American physicist and biochemist
- William Gilbert (1544–1603), English physicist
- William Gilbert (Rugby) (1799–1877), English cobbler, supplier of rugby footballs
- William Gilbert (author) (1804–1890), British novelist and naval surgeon, father of William S. Gilbert
- W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), British dramatist and librettist, half of Gilbert and Sullivan team
- Gilbert Gottfried, American stand-up comedian and actor
- Gilbert Perreault, Controversial Hockey General Manager
Fictional characters
- Gilbert is an alias used by the sentient dream-location Fiddler's Green in the comic Sandman by Neil Gaiman. His appearance is based on that of G.K. Chesterton.
Places
- Gilbert, Arkansas, town in Arkansas, USA
- Gilbert, Arizona, town in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
- Gilbert, Iowa, town in Story County, Iowa, USA
- Gilbert, Louisiana, town in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Gilbert, Minnesota, town in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
- Gilbert, South Carolina, town in Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
- Gilbert, West Virginia, town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
- Gilbert Creek, West Virginia, census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
- Gilbert Islands, chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean
- Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, town in Manitoba, Canada
- Witton Gilbert, village in County Durham, England
Other uses
- gilbert (symbol Gi), CGS unit of magnetomotive force or magnetic potential
- Gilbert and George, British artist collaborators
- Gilbert and Sullivan, British musical and drama team: William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
- Gilbert Hill, monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, Mumbai (Bombay), India
- Gilbert (lunar crater), crater on the Moon
- Gilbert's Skink, lizard (Eumeces gilberti) of the family of skinks
- Gilbert's syndrome, genetic disorder of bilirubin metabolism
- Hurricane Gilbert, destructive hurricane in the Caribbean 1988
- Mount Gilbert (Alaska), volcano on Akun Island, Aleutian Islands
- USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), escort aircraft carrier of the U.S. Navy during World War II
- Gilbert Law Summaries, an outline series in the United States
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