Albert
Albert is a male given name of Germanic origin. The name is also used as a family name.
origin
Albert is a modern form of the name Adalbert ('noble' + 'famous'), also synonymous with Albrecht - in fact, the two forms were used interchangeably until the 16th century.
variants
Name days
- November 15 - Albertus Magnus , Doctor of the Church , philosopher and scientist
such as
- January 8 - Albert von Cashel († between 700 and 800 in Regensburg, also Albert von Regensburg), possibly a legendary saint from England,
- July 4th - Albert Quadrelli
- August 7th - Albert of Trapani , Carmelite in Sicily
- September 17 - Albert of Jerusalem , Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem until 1214
- November 24th , September 14th (Catholic) - Albert of Liège
- November 26th - Albert (Adalbert) von Oberaltaich , Benedictine
- December 25 - Albert (Adam) Chmielowski
Name bearer
First name or only name
Albert
Secular dignitaries
- Albert (Oppeln-Strehlitz) (around 1300 / 1310–1366 / 1375), Duke of the Opole sub-duchy of Strehlitz
- Albert (Saxony) (1828–1902), King of Saxony
- Albert (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) (1798–1869), Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Albert von Sachsen-Altenburg (1843–1902), Prince of Sachsen-Altenburg, Prussian general of the cavalry, Russian general
- Albert von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861), consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain
- Albert Anton (Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) (1641–1710), Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Albert Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau (1750–1811), Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- Albert Kasimir von Sachsen-Teschen (1738–1822), Saxon duke and patron of the arts
- Albert I (Gorizia) (~ 1240–1304), Count of Gorizia and Tyrol
- Albert I (Belgium) (1875–1934), King of the Belgians
- Albert I (Monaco) (1848–1922), Monegasque prince
- Albert I (Namur) († before 1011), Count of Namur
- Albert I. von Bogen († 1100), Count von Bogen
- Albert II von Bogen († 1146), Count von Bogen
- Albert II (Belgium) (* 1934), King of the Belgians
- Albert II (Monaco) (* 1958), Monegasque prince
- Albert II (Namur) († around 1063), Count of Namur
- Albert II of Störmede († around 1290), Truchsess of the Lords of Lippe and Marshal of Westphalia
- Albert III von Bogen (1165–1197), Count von Bogen
- Albert III (Gorizia) († ~ 1365), Count of Gorizia
- Albert III (Namur) († 1102), Count of Namur
- Albert III (Tyrol) (1180–1253), Count of Tyrol
- Albert IV (Bavaria) († 1495), Duke of Bavaria
- Albert IV (Gorizia) (around 1333), Count of Gorizia-Istria
- Albert IV. De La Tour-du-Pin († 1269), Baron de La Tour , Seigneur de Coligny-le-Neuf, brother of Humbert I (Viennois)
- Albert IV von Bogen († 1242), Count von Bogen , Vogt of the Oberaltaich Monastery, judge in Viechtach, married to Richza von Dillingen
Church dignitaries
- Albert (Bredelar) , first abbot of the Bredelar monastery
- Albert (Chiemsee) († 1252), Bishop of Chiemsee
- Albert , antipope in 1102, see Albertus (antipope)
- Albert (Provost) († 1159), Provost of the Marienstift in Aachen
- Albert I. von Harthausen (1158–1184), Bishop of Freising
- Albert II (Bremen) (~ 1359–1395), Archbishop of Bremen
- Albert II. Krummendiek (1417 / 1418–1489), bishop
- Albert II of Saxony-Wittenberg (~ 1285–1342), Prince-Bishop of the Diocese of Passau
- Albert II of Hohenberg (~ 1303–1359), bishop and count
- Albert III Keuslin (1591–1657), abbot of St. Peter's Abbey in Salzburg
- Albert III von Stauffenberg († 1421), Bishop of Regensburg and Prince-Bishop of the Regensburg Monastery
- Albert III von Winkel († 1380), Bishop of Passau
- Albert IV. Nagnzaun (1777–1856), abbot of the St. Peter monastery
- Albert IV of Everstein (1226–1260), canon in Hildesheim, provost in the Hildesheim monastery
- Albert von Anfeld († 1344), Abbot of Ebrach
- Albert von Arnstein († 1294), Canon of Magdeburg and Elect of Brandenburg
- Albert von Augsburg , Benedictine from Augsburg
- Albert of Brescia OP, Latin Albertus de Brixia († 1314), Italian Dominican
- Albert von Enn († 1336), Bishop of Brixen
- Albert of Jerusalem († 1214), Catholic bishop and saint
- Albert of Cologne (lat. Albertus de Colonia ; † 1525), abbot of the Grafschaft monastery
- Albert von Stade († around 1264), Abbot of the Marienkloster zu Stade
- Albert of Strasbourg , German clergyman and chronicler
- Albert von Toerring-Stein (1578–1649), Bishop of Regensburg
- Albert Hoch († 1720), German provost of Heidenfeld
- Albert Suerbeer († 1273), Archbishop of Riga
First name
- Albert (monkeys) , experimental animals in the early days of space travel
- Albert de Brudzewo (1445–1497), Polish astronomer and mathematician
- Albert Anker (painter) (1831–1910), Swiss painter
- Albert Bodmer (urban planner) (1893–1990), Swiss urban planner
- Albert Bodmer (badminton) (* around 1940), Swiss badminton player
- Albert Brehme (* 1903), German bobsledder
- Albert Brülls (1937-2004), German football player
- Albert Büchi (historian) (1864–1930), Swiss historian
- Albert Büchi (cyclist) (1907–1988), Swiss cyclist
- Albert Camus (1913–1960), French writer and philosopher
- Albert Cozza (1910–1983), German football player
- Albert Czyborra (1880–1958), German rector, school councilor and author
- Albert Divo (1895–1966), French racing car driver
- Albert Ducrocq (1921–2001), French space professor and cyberneticist
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955), German physicist
- Albert Frick (politician) (* 1948), Liechtenstein politician (FBP)
- Albert Frick (ski racer) (* 1949), Liechtenstein ski racer
- Albert Philipp Frick (1733–1789), German lawyer and university professor
- Albert Fritz (cyclist) (1947–2019), German racing cyclist
- Albert Hammond (* 1944), British singer and music producer
- Albert Herzfeld (1865–1943), German painter and author
- Albert Hoffmann (journalist) (around 1858–1894), German journalist and editor
- Albert Hoffmann (Gauleiter) (1907–1972), German businessman and politician (NSDAP), MdR
- Albert Hoffmann (painter) (* 1945), Austrian painter
- Albert Hoffmann (lawyer) (* 1955), South African lawyer
- Albert Hofmann (1906–2008), Swiss chemist
- Albert Hofmann (architect) (1859–1926), German architect
- Albert von Hofmann (1867–1940), German historian
- Albert Mühlig-Hofmann (1886–1980), German politician
- Albert Josef Hofmann (1933–2018), Swiss physicist
- Albert de Jong (1891–1970), Dutch author and anarcho-syndicalist
- Albert Ebossé Bodjongo (1989–2014), Cameroonian national soccer player
- Albert Espinosa (* 1973), Catalan engineer, writer and director
- Albert Leibenguth , German pool player
- Albert Malbert (1914–1972), French film actor
- Albert Mähl (1893–1970), German writer
- Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005) German jazz trombonist
- Albert Memmi (1920–2020), Tunisian-French writer and sociologist
- Albert Abraham Michelson (1852–1931), American physicist
- Albert Osswald (1919–1996), German politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Hesse
- Albert Preuss ( marksman ) (1864-19 ??), German marksman
- Albert Rosellini (1910–2011), American politician
- Albert Schneider (railway worker) (1833–1910), German railway manager
- Albert Schneider (legal scholar) (1836–1904), Swiss legal scholar and Romance studies
- Albert Schneider (boxer) (1897–1986), Canadian boxer
- Albert Schneider (racing driver) (1899 / 1900–1936), German motorcycle racing driver
- Albert Schuster (pedagogue) ( Christian Friedrich Albert Schuster ; 1821 – after 1895), German teacher and author
- Albert Schuster (racing driver) , German motorcycle racer
- Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), Franco-German doctor, Protestant theologian, organist, philosopher and pacifist
- Albert von Soest (1588), German wood carver
- Albert Speer (1905–1981), German architect, Nazi functionary and politician
- Albert von Thurn und Taxis (entrepreneur) (* 1983), German entrepreneur and racing driver
- Albert Uderzo (1927-2020), French comic artist
- Albert von Vechelde (1427–1505), Braunschweig Mayor
- Albert Vietor (1922–1984), German economic manager
- Albert Wenk (1863–1934), German painter and marine painter
- Albert Werkmüller (1879– ??), German athlete, soccer player and gymnast
- Albert West (1949–2015), Dutch pop singer and music producer
- Albert Wieder (* 1981), Austrian tuba player, composer, arranger and university professor
- Albert Doubt (* 1949), Swiss cyclist
Alberto
- Alberto Acosta Espinosa (* 1948), Ecuadorian economist and politician
- Alberto Joshimar Acosta (* 1988), Mexican football player
- Alberto Alberti (Cardinal) († 1445), Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Camerino
- Alberto Alberti (producer) (1931 / 1932–2006), Italian music producer
- Alberto Aquilani (* 1984), Italian football player
- Alberto Ascari (19181955), Italian automobile and motorcycle racer
- Alberto Barberis (soccer player) (1883–1976), Italian soccer player and lawyer
- Alberto Beltrán (graphic artist) (1923–2002), Mexican graphic artist and illustrator
- Alberto Beltrán (singer) (1924–1997), Dominican singer
- Alberto Bertuccelli (1924–2002), Italian football player
- Alberto Bigon (* 1984), Italian football player and coach
- Alberto Santofimio Botero (* 1942), Colombian politician
- Alberto Castillo (artist) (1914–2002), Argentine artist
- Alberto Cerqui (* 1992), Italian racing driver
- Alberto Cerri (* 1996), Italian football player
- Alberto Di Chiara (* 1964), Italian football player
- Alberto Colombo (composer) (1888–1954), American conductor and film composer
- Alberto Colombo (racing driver) (* 1946), Italian racing car driver
- Pio Alberto del Corona (1837–1912), Italian bishop
- Alberto Costa (bishop) (1873–1950), Italian bishop and archbishop
- Alberto Bernardes Costa (* 1947), Portuguese lawyer and politician (PS)
- Alberto Gonçalves da Costa (* 1980), Indonesian football player
- Alberto Fernández Blanco (1955–1984), Spanish cyclist
- Alberto Fernández de la Puebla (* 1984), Spanish cyclist
- Alberto Fernández de Rosa (* 1944), Argentine actor
- Alberto Fernández Sainz (* 1981), Spanish cyclist
- Alberto Ángel Fernández (* 1959), Argentine politician
- Alberto López Fernández (* 1969), Spanish football player
- Alberto García (athlete) (* 1971), Spanish long-distance runner
- Alberto García Aspe (* 1967), Mexican soccer player
- Alberto García Martínez (* 1965), Mexican football player
- Alberto Aguirrezabalaga García (* 1988), Spanish handball player, see Alberto Aguirrezabalaga
- Alberto Gilardino (* 1982), Italian football player
- Alberto Gómez (soccer player, 1944) (* 1944), Uruguayan soccer player
- Alberto Gómez Franzutti (* 1950), Argentinian football player
- Alberto González , alias of Ramiro Artieda (1889–1939), Bolivian serial killer
- Alberto Mario González (* 1941), Argentine soccer player
- Alberto Grassi (* 1995), Italian football player
- Alberto da Giussano , leader of the Lombards Union
- Alberto Malesani (* 1954), Italian football player and coach
- Alberto Manguel (* 1948), Argentine writer
- Alberto Martínez (soccer player) (1950–2009), Uruguayan soccer player
- Alberto García Martínez (* 1965), Mexican football player
- Guillermo Alberto González Mosquera , Colombian politician
- Alberto Nogués (soccer player) († 1978), Uruguayan soccer player
- Alberto Orlando (born 1938), Italian football player
- Alberto Pagani (1938–2017), Italian motorcycle racer
- Alberto Paloschi (* 1990), Italian football player
- Ariel Alberto Panzer (* 1973), Argentine handball player, see Ariel Panzer
- Alberto Pincherle , real name of Alberto Moravia (1907–1990), Italian writer
- Alberto Rodríguez , ring name Alberto Del Rio (* 1977), Mexican wrestler
- Alberto Rodríguez Barrera (* 1974), Mexican football player
- Alberto Rodríguez Hernández (* 1963), Cuban wrestler
- Alberto Rodríguez Larreta (1934–1977), Argentine racing driver
- Alberto Rodríguez Librero (* 1971), Spanish director
- Alberto Junior Rodríguez (* 1984), Peruvian football player
- Alberto Tomba (* 1966), Italian ski racer
- Alberto Zaccheroni (* 1953), Italian football coach
Albertus
- Albertus de Bezanis , abbot and historian
- Albertus Magnus (around 1200–1280), saint, doctor of the church, philosopher and scientist
In the second name
- Karl Albert (Sardinia-Piedmont) (1798–1849), King of Sardinia-Piedmont
family name
A.
- Abel Albert (1836–1909), French botanist
- Abraham Adrian Albert (1905–1972), American mathematician
- Albert Albert (1866 – after 1927), German film producer during the silent film era
- Alfred Albert (1810–1876), French actor, graphic artist, costume and set designer
- Alois Albert (1880–1939), German politician (BVP)
- Andreas Albert (1821–1882), German industrialist, co-founder of the Albert & Hamm high-speed press factory
- Andreas Albert (conductor) (1935–2019), German conductor
- Antonie Albert (1854–1942), German art collector
- Arthur Albert (* 1946), American cameraman
- August Albert (technician) (1854–1932), Austrian reproduction technician
- August Albert (philologist) (1881–)
- August Albert (chemist) (1882–1951), German chemist
- Auguste Albert , French sailor
B.
- Barbara Albert (chemist) (* 1966), German chemist
- Barbara Albert (director) (* 1970), Austrian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Bernd Albert (* 1940), German officer
- Bernhard Albert (* 1962), German political scientist, futurologist and company founder
- Branden Albert (born 1984), American football player
C.
- Carl Albert (1908–2000), American politician
- Carl Albert (musician) (1962-1995), American rock singer, see Vicious Rumors
- Carlos Albert Llorente (born 1943), Mexican football player
- Caterina Albert i Paradís (1869–1966), Spanish author
- Charles Albert (boxer) , French boxer
- Charles Honoré d'Albert (1646–1712), French nobleman, politician and military man
- Charles d'Albert d'Ailly (1625–1698), French nobleman, military man and diplomat
D.
- Dag Albert (* 1969), Swedish rider
- Delia Domingo-Albert (* 1942), Filipino diplomat and politician
- Dietrich Albert (* 1941), German psychologist and university professor
- Don Albert (actually Albert Anité Dominique ; 1908–1980), American trumpeter and band leader
E.
- Eddie Albert (1906-2005), American actor
- Eduard Albert (1841–1900), Bohemian surgeon and historian
- Edward Albert (1951-2006), American actor
- Ernst Albert (1859–1936), German actor and biologist
- Eromosele Albert (* 1974), Nigerian boxer
- Erwin Albert (* 1954), German soccer player and coach
- Eugen Albert (chemist) (1856–1929), German chemist, inventor and entrepreneur
- Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932), German composer and pianist
- Eugen Albert (singer) (1876 – after 1920), German opera singer (tenor), actor and director
F.
- Flórián Albert (1941–2011), Hungarian football player
- François Albert-Buisson (1881–1961), French judge, manager and politician
- Frank Philipp Albert (* 1966), German entrepreneur
- František Albert (1856–1923), Czech philosopher and writer
- Franz Albert (1931–2017), Austrian racing driver
- Friedrich Albert (politician) , German lawyer and politician
- Friedrich Albert (physician) (* 1951), German neurosurgeon
- Friedrich Georg Ernst Albert (1860–1944), German agricultural scientist
- Friedrich Heinrich Leonhard Albert (1819–1864 / 1865), German lawyer and politician
- Fritz Albert (1887 / 1888–1938), German engineer, entrepreneur and manager
G
- Georg Albert (conductor) (? –1904), German conductor and zither player
- Georg Albert (philosopher) (1869–1943), Austrian philosopher, writer and private scholar
- Georges Albert (1885– ??), French football player
- Gerd-Elin Albert (* 1981), Norwegian handball player
- Gina Albert (* 1938), German actress
- Günter Albert (* 1963), German soccer player
H
- Hans Albert (actor) (1851–1912), German theater actor and director
- Hans Albert (Consul) († after 1944), German banker and consul for the Kingdom of Norway
- Hans Albert (* 1921), German philosopher and sociologist
- Hans-Joachim von Albert (1927–2017), German lawyer
- Heinrich Albert (composer) (1604–1651), German composer and hymn poet
- Heinrich Albert (industrialist) (1835–1908), German chemist and industrialist
- Heinrich Albert (guitarist) (1870–1950), German guitarist and composer
- Heinrich Friedrich Albert (1874–1960), German lawyer, politician and manager
- Heinrich Albert (politician, 1896) (1896–1971), German politician (CDU)
- Helmut Albert (painter) (1916–2014), German painter and graphic artist
- Helmut Albert (* 1926), German soccer player
- Herbert Albert (1903–1973), German conductor
- Hermann Albert (politician) (1887–1933), German politician (SPD)
- Hermann Albert (painter) (* 1937), German painter and university professor
I.
- Ilse Albert (* 1929), Austrian swimmer
- Ion Albert (1910–1990), Romanian gymnast
J
- Jean Albert (1904–1976), French billiards player
- Jeff Albert (* 1970), American trombonist, composer and university professor
- Jegbefumere Albert (* 1981), Nigerian boxer
- John Albert (canoeist) (* 1949), British canoeist
- John Albert (ice hockey player) (born 1989), American ice hockey player
- Jodi Albert (* 1983), British actress and singer
- Johann Friedrich Albert ( Joannes Federicus Albert , Jean Fédéric Albert ; 1729–1784) German philologist, grammar school rector and author
- Johann Valentin Albert (1774–1856), German toy dealer and mechanic
- Josef Albert (1885–1961), Austrian major general of the police and SA chief
- Joseph Albert (photographer) (1825–1886), German photographer and inventor
- Joseph Albert (editor) (1890–1957), German editor
- Joseph Albert (volleyball player) (born 1961), Canadian volleyball player
- Joseph Jean-Baptiste Albert (1771–1822), French general
- Judith Albert (* 1969), Swiss artist
- Julius Albert (1787–1846), German mining officer
K
- Karl Albert (sculptor) (1743–1819), German sculptor
- Karl Albert (graphic artist) (1878–1952), Austrian graphic artist and non-fiction author
- Karl Albert (philosopher) (1921–2008), German philosopher
- Karsten Albert (* 1968), German luge rider
- Klaus Albert (* 1951), German soccer player
- Kurt Albert (industrialist) (1881–1945), German chemist and industrialist
- Kurt Albert (musician) (* 1952), Swiss accordion player
- Kurt Albert (mountaineer) (1954–2010), German mountaineer, photographer and teacher
L.
- Lars Albert (* 1982), German decathlete
- Leonhard August Christian Albert (1785–1832), senator and first city secretary of Hanover
- Lou Albert-Lasard (1885–1969), German-French painter
- Louis Albert (1898–1951), French ski jumper
- Ludwig Albert (1900–1955), German criminal police officer and secret service employee
M.
- Marko Albert (* 1979), Estonian triathlete
- Martin Albert (1909–1991), German politician (SPD)
- Martine Albert (* 1973), Canadian biathlete
- Marvin H. Albert (1924–1996), American author
- Mathias Albert (* 1967) German political scientist
- Max Albert (1905–1976), German writer
- Maximilian Albert (1866–1903), German-Ghanaian clergyman, titular bishop of Adriana
- Michael Albert (writer) (1836-1893), Transylvanian writer and poet
- Michael Albert (activist) (born 1947), American author and political activist
- Michael Albert (singer) (* 1965), German singer (bass)
- Michel Albert (1930–2015), French economist
- Morris Albert (born 1951), Brazilian singer and songwriter
N
- Niels Albert (* 1986), Belgian cyclist
O
- Otto Albert (actually Albert May ; 1885–1951), German teacher, writer and poet
P
- Paul Albert (Bishop) (1557–1600), German clergyman, Bishop of Breslau
- Paul Albert (philologist) (1827–1880), French philologist
- Paul Albert (cyclist) (1876–1903), German racing cyclist
- Paul Albert , pseudonym of Erich Schlenker (1904–1961), German art historian, writer, editor and tourism director
- Peter Albert (painter) (* 1936), German painter and architect
- Peter Albert (musician) (1946–2001), German pop singer, composer and lyricist
- Peter Paul Albert (1862–1956), German historian and archivist
- Philipp Albert (* 1990), German soccer player
- Philippe Albert (* 1967), Belgian football player
- Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967), French poet and author
R.
- Rafael Albert (* 1992), Austrian actor, singer and voice actor
- Rainer Albert (* 1949), German numismatist
- Reinhold Albert (* 1953), German homeland researcher and home curator
- Réka Albert (* 1972), Romanian biophysicist and network theorist
- Richard Albert (hockey player) (born 1963), Canadian hockey player
- Richard Albert (* 1983), German film composer, musician and songwriter
- Robert Albert (1869–1952), German forest scientist in Eberswalde
- Rudolf Albert (manufacturer) (? –1964), German businessman and manufacturer
- Rudolf Albert (1899 – after 1992), German writer
S.
- Samantha Albert (* 1971), Jamaican rider
- Sebastian Albert (* 1987), German soccer player
- Shari Albert (* 1971), American actress
- Simon Albert (1889–1986), German bricklayer and local writer
- Stephen Albert (1941–1992), American composer
- Steven Moebius Albert , German trance DJ and music producer, see Kyau & Albert
T
- Theodor Albert ( Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Theodor Albert ; 1822–1867), German painter and graphic artist
- Thomas Albert (* 1953), German violinist, conductor, director and university professor
U
- Ulf Albert (* 1964), German film editor
V
- Veronika Albert (* 1978), Austrian costume designer
W.
- Walter Albert (1870–1936), German gynecologist
- Werner Andreas Albert (1935–2019), German conductor
- Wilhelm Albert (pedagogue) (1890–1981), German teacher and writer
- Wilhelm Albert (SS member) ( Karl Wilhelm Albert ; 1898–1960), German SS brigade leader and major general of the police
- Wilhelm Albert (Forester) (1900–1969), German forest officer
- Wilhelm August Julius Albert (1787–1846), German mining official and inventor, see Julius Albert
- Wilhelm Diedrich Albert (1799–1878), German clergyman
- William Albert (1816–1879), American politician (Maryland)
- Wolfgang Albert (* 1950), German doctor
- Wolfgang Fritsch-Albert (* 1946), German industrial manager
See also
- Albert (disambiguation)
- Albert says ... nature - but only!
- D'Albert
- Albertville
- Albert Town
- King Albert
- House Albert
- Albert III colliery
- Albert Ludwig colliery
Name variants:
Web links
Wiktionary: Albert - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albert on behindthename.com (Engl.)