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Gilbert (surname)

family name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ1158185 ↗
Source-derived summary

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

Aletha Gilbert (1870-1931), American civic leader

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

Brenda Gilbert, Canadian film producer

Bruce Gilbert (born 1946), English musician

C

C. P. H. Gilbert (1861–1952), American architect

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

Chris Gilbert (disambiguation)

D

Dana Gilbert (born 1959), American tennis player

Daniel Gilbert (disambiguation)

DaRon Gilbert (born 2001), American football player

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 (1936–2025), American-born Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Edwin Gilbert (1907–1976), German-born American novelist

Edwin Fisher Gilbert (1929–2020), American swimmer

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 S. Gilbert, American biostatistician and expert in the risks of radiation-induced cancer

Eugène Gilbert (1889–1918), French pilot

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 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

Goldsmith C. Gilbert, American pioneer and early resident of Muncie, Indiana

Greg Gilbert (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player

Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918), American geologist

Gustave Gilbert (1911–1977), American psychologist

H

Helen Gilbert (artist) (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

Keshon Gilbert (born 2003), American basketball player

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.

Editorial summary

“Gilbert (surname)” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gilbert, surname and family can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1954, 1944, 2010, 1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gilbert, surname and family.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Gilbert (surname)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Gilbert, surname and family provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1158185. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1954, 1944, 2010 and 1967.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gilbert (surname)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.