Gibbons (surname)

Gibbons is an Irish and English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893), American schoolteacher, abolitionist, and social welfare activist
• Alan Gibbons (born 1953), English writer
• Beth Gibbons (born 1965), English singer and songwriter
• Billy Gibbons (born 1949), American musician
• Brian Gibbons (born 1988), American ice hockey player
• Carroll Gibbons (1903–1954), American-born British bandleader
• Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), American art director
• Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676), English composer, son of Orlando
• Conor Gibbons, Irish Gaelic footballer
• D. Barry Gibbons (1929-1998), American politician
• Dave Gibbons (born 1949), English comic book artist and writer
• David Gibbons (politician) (1927–2014), Prime Minister of Bermuda
• Edward Gibbons (1568 – before 1650), English musician, brother of Orlando
• Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840–1913), philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
• Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603), English composer, brother of Orlando
• Elsie Gibbons (1903–2003), Canadian politician
• Euell Gibbons (1911–1975), outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets
• Franco Gibbons, Palauan politician
• Frederick Gibbons, American psychologist
• Gary Gibbons (born 1946), British theoretical physicist
• Sir George Christie Gibbons, KC (1848–1918), Canadian lawyer and businessman
• Gillian Gibbons (born 1953), British woman arrested in Sudan for naming a teddy bear Muhammad
• Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721), master wood carver
• Gwilym Gibbons (born 1971), British arts leader
• Herbert Adams Gibbons (1880–1934), American journalist
• Herbert Gladstone Coe Gibbons (1905–1963), English cricketer
• Hope Gibbons (1856–1947), New Zealand businessman
• Ian Gibbons (musician) (1952–2019), English keyboardist, member of The Kinks
• Ibedul Gibbons (1944–2021), Palauan chief
• J. Whitfield Gibbons (born 1939), American herpetologist
• James Gibbons (1834–1921), Archbishop of Baltimore, 1877–1921, and Cardinal
• James Gibbons (footballer) (born 1998), English footballer
• Jay Gibbons (born 1977), American baseball player
• Jean D. Gibbons (born 1938), American statistician
• Jim Gibbons (disambiguation)
• John C. Gibbons (died 2021), Palauan politician
• John Gibbons (born 1962), American baseball player and manager
• John H. Gibbons (scientist) (1929–2015), American scientist and Whitehouse advisor
• John Joseph Gibbons (1924–2018), American lawyer and judge
• John Lloyd Gibbons (1837–1919), British politician
• June and Jennifer Gibbons (1963–, 1963–1993), identical twins known as "The Silent Twins" since they only communicated with each other
• Leeza Gibbons (born 1957), American television personality
• Lile Gibbons, American politician
• Lyman Gibbons (1808–1879), Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Nolan Gibbons (2005–2020), American teen singer and member of Acapop! KIDS
• Norah Gibbons (1952–8 April 2020), Irish children's advocate and social worker
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), English composer
• Paul Gibbons (born 1971), New Zealand pole vaulter
• Peter Gibbons (born 1962), Canadian racing driver
• Robert Gibbons (disambiguation)
• Sam Gibbons (1920–2012), American politician and distinguished World War II Veteran
• Scott Gibbons (born 1969), American composer
• Shay Gibbons (1929–2006), an Irish international footballer
• Simon Gibbons, Professor of Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University of London
• Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), English author
• Steve Gibbons (disambiguation)
• Thomas Gibbons (disambiguation)
• William Gibbons (congressman) (1726–1800), American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress
• William Conrad Gibbons (1926–2015), American military historian
• William Ernest Gibbons (1898–1976), British politician
• William M. Gibbons (1919–1990), American lawyer and railroad executive

• Fictional characters:
  • Augustus Eugene Gibbons, a fictional character portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the xXx trilogy
  • Gibbons, a fiction character in Tintin in the Congo
  • Gibbons, a fictional character in The Blue Lotus
  • Peter Gibbons, a character from the popular cult movie, Office Space
  • Portia Gibbons, a fictional character in The Mighty B!

Gibbons may also be used as a first name. Notable people with the name include:

• Gibbons Bagnall (1719–1800), English poetical writer

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Gibbons.
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