Gibson (surname)
Gibson is a Scottish surname. It can be a sept of Clan Campbell, Clan Buchanan or Clan MacMillan. In Ireland, Gibson may be an anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Gibealláin.
It may also be derived from the popular medieval name Gilbert, introduced to England and Ireland by the Normans and often shortened to "Gib". In this case the surname Gibson would mean "son of Gib".
Notable people with the surname
- Aaron Gibson, American football player
- Adam Gibson, Australian basketball player
- Adrian Gibson, Australian politician
- Ari Gibson, Australian artist, animator and video game designer
- Alan Gibson, English sports journalist
- Alan Gibson (director), Canadian film director
- Alan Gibson (bishop), clergyman in South Africa
- Alec Gibson, American football player
- Aleena Gibson, Swedish songwriter
- Alex Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alexander Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alfred Gibson, Australian explorer
- Althea Gibson, African-American tennis player
- Amy Gibson, American actress and businesswoman
- Andrea Gibson, American poet
- Andrew Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Anna Gibson, American ski mountaineer
- Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, British trade unionist
- Antonio Gibson, American football running back
- Antonio Gibson (safety), American football safety
- Ashley Gibson, English rugby league player
- Aubrey Gibson, Australian businessman and patron of the arts
- Ben Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bob Gibson, American baseball player
- Bob Gibson (disambiguation), multiple other people
- Brian Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bryan Gibson, Canadian boxer
- Cade Gibson, American baseball player
- Carleton B. Gibson, first President of the Rochester Institute of Technology
- Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer
- Charles Gibson, American broadcast journalist
- Charles Gibson (disambiguation), multiple other people
- Chris Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Clifford Gibson, American blues singer and guitarist
- Colin Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Gibson, American American mixed martial artist
- Craig Gibson, American college baseball coach
- Daniel Gibson, American professional basketball player
- Daniel Z. Gibson, American college President
- Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
- Darryl Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Debbie Gibson, American singer, Broadway performer
- Dennis Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Diana Gibson, American actress
- Donald Gibson (disambiguation), or Don Gibson, multiple people
- Doug Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Douglas Gibson, Canadian editor, publisher and writer
- Douglas Gibson (politician), South African lawyer, politician and diplomat
- Edmund Gibson, English divine and jurist
- Edward Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Eleanor J. Gibson, American psychologist
- Ella Elvira Gibson, first woman chaplain in the US military
- Ella Gibson, British archer
- Elspeth Gibson, British fashion designer
- Ernest Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ervin Gibson, American murder victim
- Eunice Gibson, founder of the Barbados Nurses Association
- Frank Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fred Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gary Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- George Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ginny Gibson, vocalist and recording artist in New York in the 1950s
- Gordon Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Graeme Gibson, Canadian novelist
- Greg Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Guy Gibson, British aviator, commander of the 'Dambusters' squadron
- Henry Gibson, American actor
- Herbert Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hilda Gibson, member of the Women's Land Army during World War II
- Henry Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hoot Gibson, rodeo champion, pioneer cowboy film actor, film director, and producer
- Hugh Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hutton Gibson, father of actor Mel Gibson and a writer on religion
- Ian Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- James C. Gibson, Scottish military veteran, plantation manager, and community leader
- John Gibson, American art dealer, gallerist of John Gibson Gallery in New York City
- J. J. Gibson, American psychologist in the field of visual perception
- Jack Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jackie Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- James Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jean Gibson, English artist
- Jerrick Gibson, American football player
- Jill Gibson, singer and artist who sang briefly in The Mamas & the Papas
- John Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jon Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Josh Gibson, Baseball Hall of Fame member and player in the Negro leagues
- Josh Gibson (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Julie Gibson, American singer and actress
- Julie Ann Gibson, captain in the Royal Air Force
- Keith Gibson (footballer), New Zealand footballer
- Kelly Gibson, American professional golfer
- Kelsie Gibson, British rower
- Kenny Gibson, Scottish politician
- Kenneth Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
- Kyle Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lacy Gibson, American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Lawrence R. Gibson, American politician
- Leah Gibson, Canadian actress
- Levi Withee Gibson, American politician
- Lewis Gibson (figure skater), Scottish figure skater
- Lorna Gibson, American materials scientist and engineer
- Mabel Gibson, Australian singer in musicals
- Manson Gibson, American kickboxer
- Margaret Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mark Thomas Gibson, American artist
- Mel Gibson, American-Australian film actor, director, and producer
- Michael Gibson (disambiguation), or Mike Gibson, multiple people
- Millie Gibson, English actress
- Milo Gibson, Australian actor, son of the actor Mel Gibson
- Miranda Gibson, Australian environmental activist and school teacher
- Neil Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Orville Gibson, American luthier and founder of Gibson Guitar Corporation
- Pandora Gibson, Bahamian comedian and storyteller
- Pat Gibson, Irish quiz player
- Patrick Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Paul Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rachel Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ralph Gibson, American awarded photographer
- Ralph Gibson (fighter pilot), American flying ace
- Sir Ralph Gibson (judge), British judge
- Ralph Gibson (political activist), Australian political organiser and writer
- Randall L. Gibson, U.S. Congressman and Senator from Louisiana
- Richard Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robin Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sally Gibson, Canadian writer and historian
- Sam Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Shane Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Sharon Gibson, English javelin thrower
- Shelton Gibson, American football player
- Steve Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Taj Gibson, American basketball player
- Thomas Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Todd Gibson, American racing driver
- Tom Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tony Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyrese Gibson, American R&B and hip hop singer and songwriter
- Ursula Gibson, American physicist
- Violet Gibson, Irish would-be assassin of Benito Mussolini
- Virginia Gibson, American dancer, singer and actress
- Walter Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, British poet
- William Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Willis Gibson, American gamer, "the boy who beat Tetris"
- Zach Gibson, American football player
- Gibson (Kent cricketer), first name unknown
Fictional characters
- Dallas Gibson (Specter), a mutant character in Marvel Comics
- Lt. Paul Gibson, a character played by Joey Lawrence in the 2016 movie Isle of the Dead
- Gibson, a character played by Zach Steel in the television series ''A.N.T. Farm''