Egbert
Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.
People with the first name
Middle Ages
- Ecgberht of Kent, king of Kent
- Ecgberht of Ripon, Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Ecgbert of York, Archbishop of York
- Ecgberht II of Kent, king of Kent
- , Saxon nobleman
- Egbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
- Egbert of Wessex, king of Wessex
- Ecgberht I of Northumbria, king of Northumbria
- Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria
- , Saxon nobleman
- Egbert (archbishop of Trier)
- Egbert of Liège, educator and author
- Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen
- , abbot
- Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
- , German count
- Eckbert of Schönau, abbot and biographer
- , bishop of Bamberg
- , ecclesiastic
- Egbert Hallihan, Duke of New Jersey
Modern era
- Egbert Strijbos, Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox.
- Egbert Bakker, Dutch classical scholar
- Egbert Baqué, German gallerist, author and translator
- Egbert Benson, New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States
- Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician
- Egbert B. Brown, Union general in the American Civil War
- , Frisian nobility and politician
- Egbert Cadbury, British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman
- Egbert Cleave, American author
- Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, American musician known as Aloe Blacc
- Egbert van Drielst, Dutch painter
- , East German military leader and politician
- Egbert B. Groen, American politician and lawyer
- Egbert Hambley, British-born American mining engineer
- Egbert Hayessen, German World War II resistance fighter
- Egbert van Heemskerk, Dutch Golden Age painter
- Egbert Hirschfelder, German rower
- Egbert Ho, Dutch field hockey player
- Egbert C.N. van Hoepen, Dutch paleontologist
- Egbert Jahn, German political scientist
- Egbert Kankeleit, German nuclear physicist
- Egbert Xavier Kelly, Irish De La Salle Brother
- Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
- Egbert Adriaan Kreiken, Dutch teacher and astronomer
- , Dutch clockmaker
- Egbert Lucas, British Anglican Archdeacon
- Egbert van 't Oever, Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach
- Egbert van der Poel, Dutch Golden Age painter
- Egbert Rimkus, German tourist famous for disappearing in Death Valley
- Egbert Schuurman, Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician
- Egbert Stephens, Guyanese cricketer
- Egbert Streuer, Dutch sidecar driver
- Egbert Don Taylor, Jamaican Episcopelian bishop
- Egbert Ten Eyck, American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York
- Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist
- Egbert van Kampen, Belgian mathematician
- Egbert Ludovicus Viele, American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general
- , Dutch shipowner and builder
- Egbert White, American war correspondent
- Egbert Austin Williams, Bahamian-American vaudeville comedian
People with the surname
- Albert Gallatin Egbert, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- Harry C. Egbert, US Army brigadier general
- James Chidester Egbert, Jr., American classical scholar and educator
- James Dallas Egbert III, American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance
- Joseph Egbert, U.S. Representative from New York
- Rae L. Egbert, New York politician
- Sherwood Egbert, president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation
- William Egbert, Canadian physician and politician
Fictional characters
- John Egbert, in the webcomic Homestuck
- Julie Egbert, a character from the Australian television series Prisoner, played by Jackie Woodburne
- Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter
- Egbert, a chicken villager in the Animal Crossing series
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