Gilbert (surname)

Gilbert is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

A

• Adrian Gilbert (born 1954), British author and military historian
• Alan Gilbert (Australian academic) (1944–2010), Australian, President and BR Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester
• Alan Gilbert (conductor) (born 1967), American conductor
• Alex Gilbert (adoption advocate) (born 1992), New Zealand adoption advocate
• Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934), English sculptor and goldsmith
• Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884–1961), American inventor, athlete, toy-maker and businessman
• Alvarus E. Gilbert (1825–1891), American farmer and politician
• Amy Gilbert (1895–1980), American historian
• Anthony Gilbert (composer), British composer
• Arthur Gilbert (triathlete) (1921–2015), English triathlon competitor
• Arthur Hill Gilbert (1894–1970), American Impressionist painter
• Arik Gilbert (born 2002), American football player
• Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858–1927), French physician and medical researcher

B

• Barrie Gilbert (1937–2020), English-born electronics engineer, inventor of the Gilbert cell
• Bartholomew Gilbert (died 1603), English explorer, sailor, captain
• Benjamin Gilbert (died 1780), Pennsylvania settler captured by Indians
• Billy Gilbert (1894–1971), American comedian and actor
• Billy Gilbert (baseball) (1876–1927), American baseball player
• Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) (1891–1961), American silent-film actor and director
• 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

C

• Cass Gilbert (1859–1934), American architect
• Chad Gilbert (born 1981), American musician and record producer
• Chaleeda Gilbert (born 2001), Thai singer and actress
• Charles Henry Gilbert (1859–1928), American ichthyologist

D

• Dana Gilbert (born 1959), American tennis player
• Daniel Gilbert (disambiguation)
• David Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Davies Gilbert (1767–1839), British engineer, author, and politician
• Dennis Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Dorothée Gilbert (born 1983), étoile at the Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris

E

• Ed Gilbert (1931–1999), American actor
• Eddie Gilbert (cricketer) (1905–1978), Queensland Aboriginal cricketer
• 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 author
• Elmer G. Gilbert (1930–2019), control systems engineer
• Ethel Gilbert, American expert in the risks of radiation-induced cancer

F

• Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (1894–1991), American educator and author
• Felix Gilbert (1905–1991), German-born American historian

G

• Gale Gilbert (born 1961), American football quarterback
• Garrett Gilbert (born 1991), American football player
• George B. Gilbert, longtime pastor of Emmanuel Church (Killingworth, Connecticut), author of Forty Years a Country Preacher
• George G. Gilbert (1849–1909), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• George Gilbert (Jesuit) (1559–1583), English Roman Catholic convert and activist
• Gillian Gilbert (born 1961), English guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist for New Order
• Glenroy Gilbert (born 1968), Canadian athlete
• Glyn Gilbert (1920–2003), English Major-General in Bermuda
• Greg Gilbert (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
• Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918), American geologist
• Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), American psychologist

H

• Helen Gilbert (1922–2012), American artist
• Helen Gilbert (actress) (1915–1995), American actress
• Henry F. Gilbert (1868–1928), American composer
• Herb Gilbert (1888–1972), Australian rugby footballer
• Herb Gilbert, Jr. (1917–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
• Herschel Burke Gilbert (1918–2003), American composer
• Homer Gilbert (1909–1943), American football player
• Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1537–1583), English adventurer

J

• Jack Gilbert (disambiguation)
• James Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Jane Gilbert (actress) (1919–2004), American actress
• Jane Gilbert (educationalist), New Zealand educationalist
• Janice Gilbert (c. 1920 – 1992), American actress and bridge expert
• Jean Gilbert (1879–1942), German operetta composer
• Jessie Gilbert (1987–2006), British chess player
• Joan Gilbert (1906−1991), English broadcaster
• Joanne Gilbert (born 1932), American television and film actress
• John Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Johnny Gilbert (born 1928), American game show announcer
• Jordan Gilbert (born 1990), American professional Counter-Strike player

K

• Kenneth Gilbert (1931–2020), Canadian harpsichordist
• Kenneth Gilbert (actor) (1931–2015), English actor
• Kent Gilbert (born 1952), American actor in Japan
• Kerrea Gilbert (born 1987), English footballer
• Kieran Gilbert, Australian journalist and television presenter
• Kristen Gilbert (born 1967), American serial killer nurse

L

• Larry Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Lewis Gilbert (1920–2018), British film director
• Logan Gilbert (born 1997), American professional baseball player

M

• Mads Gilbert (born 1947), Norwegian doctor
• Marcus Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Mary Ann Gilbert (c. 1776–1845), English agronomist
• Mat Gilbert (born 1985), English rugby union footballer
• Matt Gilbert (academic) (born 1978), American historian
• Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), American actress
• Mark Gilbert (born 1956), former Baseball player and United States ambassador to New Zealand
• Mark Gilbert (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Michael Gilbert (disambiguation)

P

• Paul Gilbert (born 1966), American guitarist
• Philippe Gilbert (born 1982), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Peggy Gilbert (1905–2007), American jazz saxophonist and bandleader

R

• Rhod Gilbert (born 1968), Welsh comedian
• Richard Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Robert Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Rod Gilbert (1941–2021), Canadian-American ice hockey player
• Ron Gilbert, American video-game designer
• Ronnie Gilbert (1926–2015), American folk-singer
• Ruby Gilbert (1929–2010), American politician
• Ruby I. Gilbert (1851–1945), American business woman

S

• Sam Gilbert (Australian footballer) (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
• Sandra Gilbert (1936–2024), American professor, literary critic and poet
• Sara Gilbert (born 1975), American actress
• Sean Gilbert (born 1970), American Football player
• Seymour Parker Gilbert (1892–1938), American lawyer, banker, politician and diplomat
• Simon Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Sky Gilbert (born 1952), Canadian writer, actor, academic and drag performer

T

• Tere Gilbert, New Zealand early childhood educator and te reo Māori advocate
• Thomas Gilbert (disambiguation)
• Tim Gilbert (journalist) (born 1967), Australian journalist
• Timothy Gilbert (1797–1865), American piano manufacturer, abolitionist and religious organizer
• Todd Gilbert (born 1970), American politician from Virginia
• Tyler Gilbert (born 1993), American baseball player

U

• Ulysees Gilbert III (born 1997), American football player

W

• Walter Gilbert (born 1932), American Nobel Prize (biology) recipient
• William Gilbert (disambiguation)
• William Schwenk Gilbert (1836–1911), English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator

Z

• Zyon Gilbert (born 1999), American football player

See also

• Gilbert (disambiguation)