Gibson (surname)
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Gibson is an English and Scottish surname. The name is derived from a patronymic
form of the common mediaeval personal name
Gib, which is a short form of Gilbert
. The name Gilbert was very popular in Great Britain
in the Middle Ages
. Variant forms of the surname include Gibsoun, Gipson
, Gibbson, Gibbons
, Gilson
, Gibb, and Gibby amongst others.
The personal name Gilbert was introduced into Britain by followers of William the Conqueror after the Norman Invasion of 1066. The Norman name was originally found as Gislebert or Gillebert, and is composed of the Germanic elements Gisil, meaning "hostage" or "noble youth", and berht, meaning "bright" or "famous". Gilbert became a very popular given name in England during the Middle Ages
.
Patronymic
A patronym, or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor. A component of a name based on the name of one's mother or a female ancestor is a matronymic. Each is a means of conveying lineage.In many areas patronyms...
form of the common mediaeval personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
Gib, which is a short form of Gilbert
Gilbert (given name)
Gilbert is a British Isles given name of Norman-French and Old German origins. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The prefix, "Gil-", comes from "gisil", meaning a noble youth, while the suffix, "-bert" comes from "beraht", meaning bright or famous...
. The name Gilbert was very popular in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. Variant forms of the surname include Gibsoun, Gipson
Gipson
Gipson may refer to:*Simon Gipson*Charles Gipson*Fred Gipson*Graham Gipson*Helen Gipson*Lawrence H. Gipson*Marlies Gipson...
, Gibbson, Gibbons
Gibbons
Notable people named Gibbons include:* Alan Gibbons, a British author* Beth Gibbons , a British singer* Billy Gibbons, a guitarist for ZZ Top* Carroll Gibbons , an American-born British bandleader...
, Gilson
Gilson
Gilson is a hamlet in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England. It is known to some residents as 'Gil'.Gilson was once an agricultural hamlet mid way between Water Orton and Coleshill. It dates from the Anglo-Saxon period and is first documented in 1232 AD...
, Gibb, and Gibby amongst others.
The personal name Gilbert was introduced into Britain by followers of William the Conqueror after the Norman Invasion of 1066. The Norman name was originally found as Gislebert or Gillebert, and is composed of the Germanic elements Gisil, meaning "hostage" or "noble youth", and berht, meaning "bright" or "famous". Gilbert became a very popular given name in England during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
.
Notable people with the surname Gibson
- Alexander Gibson (botanist)Alexander Gibson (botanist)Alexander Gibson was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked in India.He was born in Kincardineshire and studied at Edinburgh. He went to India as a surgeon in the Honourable East India Company...
(1800–1867), Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked in India - Alexander Gibson (conductor)Alexander Gibson (conductor)Sir Alexander Gibson, CBE was a Scottish conductor and opera intendant.Gibson was born in Motherwell and studied music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, as well as in London, Salzburg and Siena, Italy...
(1926–1995), Scottish composer and music director - Alexander Gibson (industrialist)Alexander Gibson (industrialist)Alexander "Boss" Gibson was an industrialist in New Brunswick, Canada.He was born near Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, the son of John Gibson and Jane Neilson. In 1862, Gibson bought a sawmill and forest land in the Fredericton area...
(1819–1913), Canadian industrialist - Alfred GibsonAlfred GibsonAlfred Gibson was an Australian explorer who died in an 1874 expedition organised by Ernest Giles that sought to cross the deserts of Western Australia from east to west...
(?–1874), Australian explorer - Althea GibsonAlthea GibsonAlthea Gibson was a World No. 1 American sportswoman who became the first African-American woman to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier...
(1927–2003), African-American tennis player - Aubrey GibsonAubrey GibsonAubrey Hickes Lawson Gibson was an Australian businessman, arts patron and art collector. Born and educated in Melbourne, Gibson became a successful businessman in the city, establishing his own company, A.H. Gibson Industries, which was listed on the stock exchange in the 1950s...
(1901–1973), Australian businessman and patron of the arts - Bob GibsonBob GibsonRobert "Bob" Gibson is a retired American professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Hoot" and "Gibby", he was a right-handed pitcher who played his entire 17-year Major League Baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals...
(born 1935), American baseball pitcher - Bob Gibson (musician)Bob Gibson (musician)Samuel Robert Gibson was a folk singer who led a folk music revival in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was known for playing both the banjo and the 12-string guitar. He introduced a then largely unknown Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959. He produced a number of LPs in the decade...
(1931–1996), American folksinger - Brian Gibson (director), English film director
- Brian Gibson (Australian politician)Brian Gibson (Australian politician)Brian Francis Gibson is an Australian politician and businessman who has held senior appointments in Australian companies and industry bodies.Gibson was born in Ascot Vale Victoria in 1936....
, Australian Senator - Bryan GibsonBryan GibsonBryan Gibson is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's middleweight division by East Germany's Bernd Wittenburg...
(born 1947), Canadian boxer - Carleton B. GibsonCarleton B. GibsonCarleton Bartlett Gibson was a 19th– and 20th century American industrial educator, most notable for having served as the first president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, from 1910 to 1916....
(1863–1927), first President of the Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of TechnologyThe Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States... - Charles GibsonCharles GibsonCharles deWolf "Charlie" Gibson is a former American broadcast television anchor and journalist. He was a host of Good Morning America from 1987 to 1998 and 1999 to 2006 and anchor of World News with Charles Gibson from 2006 to 2009....
(born 1943), an American television journalist - Charles Dana GibsonCharles Dana GibsonCharles Dana Gibson was an American graphic artist, best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century....
(1867–1944), American graphic artist, creator of the Gibson GirlGibson GirlThe Gibson Girl was the personification of a feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen-and-ink-illustrated stories created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period spanning the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in the United States.Some people argue that the... - Charles H. GibsonCharles H. GibsonCharles Hopper Gibson was a U. S. Senator from Maryland, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1885–1891....
(1842–1900), United States Senator from Maryland - Clifford GibsonClifford GibsonClifford "Grandpappy" Gibson was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is best known for the tracks, "Bad Luck Dice" and "Hard Headed Blues"....
(1901–1963), American blues singer and guitarist - Colin Gibson (footballer) (born 1961), English footballer
- Colin Gibson (musician)Colin Gibson (musician)Colin Gibson is a bass player and composer.-Biography:Gibson and guitarist John Turnbull were childhood friends and played together in a band called The Primitive Sect, wth Bob Sergeant on organ. In summer 1966, Gibson and Turnbull joined unsigned, Newcastle band The Chosen Few...
, English bass guitarist - Dale GibsonDale GibsonDale Gibson is a former men's basketball coach at Liberty University . After leaving coaching, he served as a professor at Liberty where he started the school's Sport Management program...
, American basketball coach and university professor - Darron GibsonDarron GibsonDarron Thomas Daniel Gibson is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland national team...
(born 1987), Irish footballer - Daniel GibsonDaniel GibsonDaniel Hiram Gibson is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. His nickname, "Boobie," was given to him by his mother. He has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers ever since 2006 when he was drafted in the second round...
(born 1986), American professional basketball player - David Gibson, several people
- Deborah GibsonDeborah GibsonDeborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
(born 1970), singer, Broadway performer, and former teen idol; credited as Debbie Gibson during her teen idol days - Don GibsonDon GibsonDonald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...
(1928–2003), American country musician - Don Gibson (footballer)Don Gibson (footballer)Thomas Richard Donald "Don" Gibson is an English former footballer who played at right half in the Football League for Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday and Leyton Orient....
(born 1929), English footballer - Edmund GibsonEdmund GibsonEdmund Gibson was a British divine and jurist.-Early life and career:He was born in Bampton, Westmorland. In 1686 he was entered a scholar at Queen's College, Oxford...
(1669–1748), English divine and jurist - Edward GibsonEdward GibsonEdward George Gibson, PhD, is a former NASA astronaut, pilot, and engineer.Before becoming a NASA astronaut, Gibson graduated from the University of Rochester and the California Institute of Technology...
(born 1936), American astronaut - Edward Gibson, 1st Baron AshbourneEdward Gibson, 1st Baron AshbourneEdward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne PC, QC was an Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.-Background and education:...
(1837–1913), Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland - Eleanor J Gibson (1910–2002) eminent American psychologist
- Elspeth GibsonElspeth GibsonElspeth Gibson is a British fashion designer, known for her feminine style of design. Her designs are often characterised by lace, beading and embroidery. Gibson was the British Fashion Council's New Generation Designer of the Year in 1998, and examples of her work are held in the design archive...
(born 1963), British fashion designer - George Ernest GibsonGeorge Ernest GibsonGeorge Ernest Gibson was a Scottish born American nuclear chemist.-Early years:George Ernest Gibson was born Edinburgh, Scotland and educated partly in Germany where attended a gymnasium in Darmstadt, finishing his schooling in Edinburgh. He studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh...
(1884–1959) Scottish American chemist - Gordon GibsonGordon GibsonGordon Gibson, OBC is a political columnist, author, and former politician in British Columbia , Canada. He is the son of the late Gordon Gibson Sr, who was a prominent businessman and Liberal Party politician in mid-1950s BC....
(born 1937), Canadian political columnist, author, and politician - Guy GibsonGuy GibsonWing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, RAF , was the first CO of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area...
(1918–1944), Royal Air Force officer and commander of the 'Dambusters' squadron - Henry GibsonHenry GibsonHenry Gibson was an American actor and songwriter, best known as a cast member of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and for his recurring role as Judge Clark Brown on Boston Legal.-Early life:...
(born 1935), American comedic actor, film & television (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) - Hoot GibsonHoot GibsonHoot Gibson was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.-Early life and career:...
(1892–1962), rodeo champion, pioneer cowboy film actor, film director, and producer - Hugh S. Gibson (1883–1954), American diplomat
- Hutton GibsonHutton GibsonHutton Peter Gibson is an American writer on Sedevacantism, World War II veteran, the 1968 Jeopardy! grand champion and the father of 11 children, one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson....
(born 1918), father of actor Mel Gibson and a writer on religion - Ian Gibson (artist)Ian Gibson (artist)Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black-and-white work for 2000 AD, especially as the main artist on Robo-Hunter and The Ballad of Halo Jones, as well as his long run on Judge Dredd.-Biography:...
, British comic book artist - Ian GibsonIan Gibson (footballer born 1943)Ian Stewart Gibson is a Scottish former professional footballer.-Early career:A Scottish schoolboy international, Gibson began his career at Accrington Stanley, making his league debut at the age of 15, before joining Bradford Park Avenue in 1960...
(born 1943), English footballer - J. J. GibsonJ. J. GibsonJames Jerome Gibson , was an American psychologist, born in McConnelsville, Ohio, who received his Ph.D. from Princeton University's Department of Psychology, and is considered one of the most important 20th century psychologists in the field of visual perception...
(1904–1979), American psychologist influential in the field of visual perception - Jabbar GibsonJabbar GibsonJabbar Gibson is a man who, on September 1, 2005, drove an abandoned New Orleans school bus after Hurricane Katrina from the flooded area to Houston, Texas, to rescue victims of the flooded city...
, Hurricane Katrina bus driver - Jack Gibson (rugby league)Jack Gibson (rugby league)Jack Arthur Gibson OAM was an Australian rugby league identity – a player, commentator and most notably a coach...
, Australian rugby league coach - James Gibson (professional wrestler), stage name of American professional wrestler James Howard, also known under the ringname Jamie Noble
- Jill GibsonJill GibsonJill Gibson is an American singer, songwriter, photographer and painter. She is mostly known for having once briefly been a member of the famous 1960s rock group The Mamas & the Papas.-Early life and personal life:...
(born 1942), singer and artist who sang briefly in The Mamas & the Papas - John Gibson (sculptor)John Gibson (sculptor)John Gibson, was a Welsh sculptor.-Early life:He was born near Conwy, Wales, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.When he was nine years old the...
(19 June 1790 - 27 January 1866(1866-01-27), Welsh sculptor. - John Gibson (Indiana)John Gibson (Indiana)John Gibson was a veteran of the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War, Tecumseh's War, and the War of 1812. A delegate to the first Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1790, and a merchant, he earned a reputation as a frontier leader and had good...
, American territorial governor of the Indiana Territory (1800–1816) - John Gibson (media host)John Gibson (media host)John David Gibson is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of The Big Story on the Fox News television channel.-Early career:Gibson earned a BA...
(born 1946), American conservative commentator and author - John Bannister GibsonJohn Bannister GibsonJohn Bannister Gibson was a Pennsylvania attorney and judge.-Early life:Born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, Gibson was named for John Banister, a Virginia hero of the American Revolution. Gibson's father, George Gibson, also fought in the war and remained in service after its end...
(1780–1853), Pennsylvania attorney and judge - John Douglas GibsonJohn Douglas GibsonJohn Douglas Gibson lived in Thirroul, New South Wales all his life, and worked at the nearby Port Kembla steelworks...
(c.1925–1984), Australian ornithologist and albatross expert - John H. GibsonJohn H. GibsonJohn Holden Gibson II is a Texas businessman and former senior official in the United States Department of Defense. He has been chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and managing director for several companies including a national consulting group...
, Texas businessman and senior Defense Department official - Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)Jon Gibson is a flautist, saxophonist, and composer.-Education:Gibson studied at Sacramento State University and with Henry Onderdonk and Wayne Peterson at San Francisco State University, where he earned a BA in 1964...
(born 1940) is a flautist, saxophonist, and composer - Josh GibsonJosh GibsonJoshua Gibson was an American catcher in baseball's Negro leagues. He played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946...
(1911–1947), Baseball Hall of Fame member and player in the Negro Leagues - Kelly GibsonKelly GibsonKelly Gibson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Gibson joined the Nationwide Tour in 1990. He won the Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open in 1991 and also earned his PGA Tour card that year through qualifying school...
(born 1964), American professional golfer - Kenny Gibson (born 1961), Scottish politician
- Kenneth A. GibsonKenneth A. GibsonKenneth Allen Gibson is an American Democratic Party politician, who was elected in 1970 as the 34th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the largest city in the state. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern U.S. city...
(born 1932), American politician; mayor of Newark New Jersey - Kirk GibsonKirk GibsonKirk Harold Gibson is a former Major League Baseball player and currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. As a player, Gibson was an outfielder who batted and threw left-handed...
(born 1957), American baseball slugger - Marcus GibsonMarcus GibsonMarcus Keith Gibson is an Australian writer who emerged at a young age with the novel 'D'.-Early life:Gibson was born into a devout Christian family in Sydney. He was raised in a strict environment, and by 16 was teaching in a Sunday School run by his parents...
(born 1973), Australian author - Mel GibsonMel GibsonMel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
(born 1956), American-Australian film actor, director, and producer - Michael Gibson (musician) (1944–2005), American film and stage musician and orchestrator
- Orville GibsonOrville GibsonOrville H. Gibson was a luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1896, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments....
(1856–1918), American luthier and founder of Gibson Guitar CorporationGibson Guitar CorporationThe Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names... - Pandora GibsonPandora GibsonPandora Gibson-Gomez was a Bahamian comedienne and storyteller known for her imitation of the dialect of Eleuthra. She was also an actor and performer for concerts and shows. She died at 47...
was a Bahamian comedienne and storyteller - Paul Gibson (politician) (born 1944), Australian politician
- Ralph GibsonRalph GibsonRalph Gibson is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition.Ralph Gibson studied photography while in the US Navy and...
(born 1939), American awarded photographer - Randall L. GibsonRandall L. Gibson-External links:*...
(1832–1892), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Louisiana - Robert L. "Hoot" GibsonRobert L. GibsonRobert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a retired Captain and Naval Aviator in the United States Navy and a retired NASA astronaut.-Personal:...
(born 1946), American astronaut - Sir Robert GibsonRobert Gibson (businessman)Sir Robert Gibson, GBE, was a Scottish-born Australian businessman, a president of the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia.-Early life:...
(1863–1934), Chairman, Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Steve Gibson (computer programmer) (born 1955), computer engineer and journalist, founder of Gibson Research Corporation
- Sharon GibsonSharon GibsonSharon Angela Gibson is a retired English athlete who competed in the women's javelin throw event during her career. She twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. Gibson, a bronze medal winner at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, was affiliated with the Notts Athletic...
(born 1961), English javelin thrower - Thomas Milner GibsonThomas Milner GibsonThomas Milner Gibson PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Thomas Milner Gibson came of a Suffolk family, but was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where his father was serving as an officer in the army...
(1806–1884), English politician - Tyrese Gibson (born 1978), American R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, former fashion model and MTV VJ
- Violet GibsonViolet GibsonHon. Violet Albina Gibson , the daughter of the 1st Lord Ashbourne, is best known for shooting Benito Mussolini in Rome in 1926....
(1876–1956), Irish would-be assassin of Benito Mussolini - Wilfrid Wilson GibsonWilfrid Wilson GibsonWilfrid Wilson Gibson was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work.-Early work:...
(1878–1962), British poet - William Gibson (historian)William Gibson (historian)William Thomas Gibson is a historian, academic, and professor who specialises in the history of religion in Britain in the early modern period.-Education:...
(born 1959) Historian - William Gibson (Canadian parliamentarian) (1849–1914), Canadian MP and Senator
- William Gibson (Catholic martyr) (died 1596), English Catholic martyr
- William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
(born 1948), American science fiction/cyberpunk and contemporary novelist, author of Neuromancer - William Gibson (playwright)William Gibson (playwright)William Gibson was an American playwright and novelist. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1938.He was of Irish, French, German, Dutch and Russian ancestry...
(born 1914), American playwright, author of The Miracle Worker - William Hamilton GibsonWilliam Hamilton GibsonWilliam Hamilton Gibson was an American illustrator, author and naturalist.-Biography:Gibson was born in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, of an old, distinguished New England family; one of his great-great-grandfathers was the jurist Richard Dana , who was the great-grandfather of the famous author...
(1850–1896), American illustrator, author and naturalist