Gilbert [ gil-bert ] is a British Isles male given name. It means "the bright pledge", or “the bright promise” in Germanic. Many famous people have carried...

Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for the comic...

Gilbert and Sullivan were two men who worked together during the late 19th century to write fourteen well known comic operas. W.S. Gilbert wrote the words...

Hurricane Gilbert was a very powerful tropical cyclone which caused much damage to the Caribbean, Mexico and parts of South Texas in the 1988 Atlantic...

Walter Gilbert (born March 21, 1932) is an American physicist, biochemist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate. He helped develop DNA sequence...

People with the name "John Gilbert": John Gilbert (naturalist) (1812—1845), English naturalist and explorer in Australia John Gilbert (bushranger) (1842—1865)...

Melissa Gilbert (born May 8, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is famous for acting as Laura Ingalls Wilder in Little House on the Prairie...

Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located southeast of Phoenix. It was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the...

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette, was a...

John L. Gilbert III (born July 13, 1928) is an American television personality and actor. He worked mainly on television game shows. He was a nightclub...

John Gilbert (1842 – 1865) was a famous Australian bushranger. He was born in Hamilton, Canada. He came to Australia in 1852 when he was 10 years old...

Gilbert Jeremy Gottfried (February 28, 1955 – April 12, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian. He was the voice of...

Lewis Gilbert, CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was a British movie director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed more than 40 movies during...

Gilbert is a 2017 American documentary movie about the life and career of Gilbert Gottfried. It opened in theaters on November 3, 2017. This short article...

Gilbert Charles Stuart (born Gilbert Charles Stewart December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter. He was known for painting many portraits...

Rodrigue Gabriel Gilbert (July 1, 1941 – August 22, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played his entire career for the New York...

Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles on January 29, 1975 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress most famous for being Darlene Conner in...

Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo. It has a pointed face and it is about the size of...

Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Gilbert is one of the two...

Gilbert Jay Arenas Jr. (born January 6, 1982 ) is an Cuban-American basketball player who last played for the Shanghai Sharks. He also played for the...

Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist. White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne...

Charles-Gilbert Romme (26 March 1750 – 17 June 1795) was a French politician and mathematician who developed the French Republican calendar. He was a...

Ruth Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015) was an American folk singer-songwriter, actress and activist. She was one of the original...

Todd Gilbert (born October 19, 1970) is an American politician. He has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2006. Gilbert became...

Gilbert is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. This short article about a place or feature in the United States can be made longer...

Gilbert Harman (May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2021) was an American philosopher. He taught at Princeton University from 1963 until his retirement in 2017...

Kerrea Gilbert (born 28 February 1987) is a former English football player. Appearances in Champions League Appearance in Football League Trophy Appearance...

Gilbert is a town in the US state of Arkansas. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021. U.S. Geological Survey...

Gilbert Étienne (22 June 1928 – 17 May 2014) was a French economist, author and professor. Étienne is best known for his extensive publishing on economic...

Gilbert Taylor (12 April 1914 – 23 August 2013) was a British cinematographer. He worked on several movies such as Dr. Strangelove, A Hard Day's Night...

William Gilbert also known as Gilberd (24 May 1544? – 30 November 1603) was an English physicist, physician and natural philosopher. He was considered...

J. Freeman Gilbert (August 9, 1931 – August 15, 2014) was an American geophysicist. He was best known for his work with George E. Backus on inverting...

Gilbert is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. This short article about a place or feature in the United States can be made longer....

Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an openly gay American artist and civil rights activist. He designed the rainbow flag in 1978. Baker's...

Chad Everett Gilbert (March 9, 1981 – September 20, 2026) was an American guitarist, record producer and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of...

Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC (25 October 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a British historian and honorary Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford...

Australia's rarest animal, Gilbert's Potoroo, Potorous gilberti, and the Gilbert-Einasleigh River were named after him. Gilbert was born on 14 March, but...

Gilbert Lazard ((1920-02-04)4 February 1920 – (2018-09-06)6 September 2018) was a French linguist and iranologist. He was born in Paris. His works include...

Daniel Gilbert (born January 17, 1962) is an American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and majority owner of Rocket...

The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were a British protectorate from 1892 and colony from 12 January 1916. They are formed from two groups of islands in the...

Richard Gilbert Scott (12 December 1923 – 1 July 2017) was a British architect. He was the son of Giles Gilbert Scott and great-grandson of the great...

Gilbert Py (9 December 1933 – 9 October 2021) was a French tenor. He was known for his performances in Verdi's Otello, Tristan and Siegfried. Py was born...

The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; in the past Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands) are a group of sixteen islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is the...

Gilbert Edmund Kaplan (March 3, 1941 – January 1, 2016) was an American businessman, journalist and conductor. He was born in New York City, New York...

Gilbert Ryle (19 August 1900 – 6 October 1976) was a British philosopher. Today, he is mostly known for his critique of Cartesian dualism, which he called...

Gilbert Ojadi Aduche is a weightlifter from Nigeria. Gilbert competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born on 29 September...

What's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 romantic comedy-drama. This movie is about a family in Iowa. The title character, Gilbert (Johnny Depp), cares for...

Thomas Kelly Gilbert (born January 10, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He played parts of 11 seasons in the National Hockey...

Adrien Gilbert was a weightlifter from Canada. Adrien competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born on 10 September 1931 and died on 1 January 2010...

Dennis Gilbert (born October 30, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman. He currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey...