Gilbert (first name)
Gilbert is a male name . It is based on the old Germanic male name Giselbert , which is made up of the two word stems gisil (descendant of a noble sex) and berht / beraht (for known or famous). Gilbert is also assigned the meaning as "the shiny offspring" from Germanic Old High German . The name Gilbert is also considered to be the French form of Giselbert. However, the pronunciation in English is [ ˈɡɪl- ].
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- Gilbert von Laach , actually Giselbert von Afflighem (* around 1075, † 1152), Brabant Benedictine monk and fourth prior of the Cluniac monastery Aflighem in Brabant, founded in 1062; Catholic, August 6th
- Gilbert von Neuffontaines , Catholic, October 24th
- Gilbert of Sempringham , Catholic, February 4 ( February 11 )
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- Gilbert de Aissailly († 1183), 5th Grand Master of the Order of Malta
- Gillebride, 1st Earl of Angus (also: Gilbert or Ghillebrite; * before 1130, † approx. 1187), Scottish nobleman
- Gilbertus Anglicus (also Gilbert of England; * around 1180, † around 1250), English medic
- Gilbert von Gévaudan (also called Gilbert Milhaud) (~ 1055–1107), Count of Gévaudan, Vice-Count of Carlat and Count of Arles
- Gilbert Hérail († 1200), Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1193
- Gilbert von Poitiers (~ 1080–1155), scholastic theologian and philosopher
- Gilbert Foliot (around 1110; † 1187), Anglo-Norman Benedictine monk
- Gilbert, Earl of Caithness († 1256), Norwegian-Scottish nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare († 1117) , Anglo-Norman lord
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1100–1148), Norman nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford († 1152), English nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Gloucester (around 1180–1230), English nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (1243–1295), English nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester (1291-1314), English nobleman
- Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Thomond (1281–1307), Anglo-Irish nobleman
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- Gilbert Adair (1944–2011), Scottish writer and film critic
- Gilbert Adrian (1903–1959; actually: Adrian Adolph Greenberg ), American costume designer
- Gilbert Bécaud (1927-2001), French chansonnier
- Gilbert Bouley (1921-2006), American football player
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), English author and journalist
- Gilbert Emery (1875–1945), American actor, author, and poet
- Gilbert Fuchs (1871–1952), German figure skater and forest entomologist
- Gilbert Gascard alias Tibet (1931-2010), French comic artist
- Gilbert Gress (* 1941), French football player and coach
- Gilbert Hernandez (* 1957), American comic artist
- Gilbert Kaiser (* 1949), Liechtenstein sports shooter
- Gilbert King (* 1962), American author and photographer
- Gilbert Leroux (* 1941), French drummer and band leader of hot jazz
- Gilbert Michl (1750–1828), composer and last abbot of the Steingaden monastery
- Gilbert Norwood (1880–1954), British-Canadian classical philologist
- Gilbert O'Sullivan (born 1946), Irish singer
- Gilbert Paeffgen (* 1958), German jazz musician (drums, Appenzell dulcimer, composition)
- Gilbert Rahm (1885–1954), German clergyman and zoologist
- Gilbert de Rudder (pseudonym Grizzly ; 1911-1946), Belgian motorcycle racer
- Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), British philosopher
- Gilbert von Sohlern (* 1957), German actor
- Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828), American painter
- Gilbert Taylor (1914-2013), British cameraman
- Gilbert White (1720–1793), English pastor, naturalist and ornithologist
- Gilbert Ziebura (1924–2013), German political scientist
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- Gilbert (* 1959), Austrian pop singer
- Gilbert & George , conceptual artists