Gibson (surname)
Gibson is a surname of English origin. The name is derived from a patronymic form of the common medieval name Gib, which is a short form of Gilbert. Variant forms of the surname include Gibsoun, Gipson, Gibbson, Gibbons, Gilson, Gibb, Gibbs and Gibby amongst others.
The personal name Gilbert was introduced into Britain by followers of William the Conqueror after the Norman Invasion of 1066. The Norman name was originally found as Gislebert or Gillebert, and is composed of the Germanic elements Gisil, meaning "hostage" or "noble youth", and berht, meaning "bright" or "famous". Gilbert became a very popular given name in England during the Middle Ages.
It can be a sept of Clan Campbell, Clan Buchanan or Clan MacMillan.
Notable people with the surname Gibson
- Aaron Gibson, American football player
- Adam Gibson , Australian basketball player
- Adrian Gibson, Australian politician
- Alan Gibson, English sports journalist
- Alan Gibson , Canadian film director
- Alan Gibson , clergyman in South Africa
- Alec Gibson, American football player
- Aleena Gibson, Swedish songwriter
- Alex Gibson, multiple people
- Alexander Gibson, multiple people
- Alfred Gibson, Australian explorer
- Althea Gibson, African-American tennis player
- Amy Gibson, American actress and businesswoman
- Andrea Gibson, American poet
- Andrew Gibson, multiple people
- Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, British trade unionist
- Antonio Gibson, multiple people
- Ashley Gibson, English rugby league player
- Aubrey Gibson, Australian businessman and patron of the arts
- Ben Gibson, multiple people
- Bob Gibson, multiple people
- Brian Gibson, multiple people
- Bryan Gibson, Canadian boxer
- Carleton B. Gibson, first President of the Rochester Institute of Technology
- Catherine Gibson, Scottish swimmer
- Charles Gibson, multiple people
- Chris Gibson, multiple people
- Clifford Gibson, American blues singer and guitarist
- Colin Gibson, multiple people
- Craig Gibson, American college baseball coach
- Daniel Gibson, American basketball coach and university professor
- Darron Gibson, Irish footballer
- Darryl Gibson, multiple people
- Daniel Gibson, American professional basketball player
- David Gibson, multiple people
- Deborah Gibson, singer, Broadway performer, and former teen idol; credited as Debbie Gibson during her teen idol days
- Dennis Gibson, multiple people
- Diana Gibson, American actress
- Donald Gibson, or Don Gibson, multiple people
- Doug Gibson, multiple people
- Edmund Gibson, English divine and jurist
- Edward Gibson, multiple people
- Eleanor J Gibson, eminent American psychologist
- Ella Elvira Gibson, first woman to serve as a military chaplain in the United States military
- Elspeth Gibson, British fashion designer
- Ernest Gibson, multiple people
- Fred Gibson, multiple people
- Gary Gibson, multiple people
- George Gibson, multiple people
- Ginny Gibson, professional name for a vocalist who flourished as a recording artist in New York in the 1950s
- Gordon Gibson, Canadian political columnist, author, and politician
- Graeme Gibson, Canadian novelist
- Greg Gibson, multiple people
- Guy Gibson, Royal Air Force officer and commander of the 'Dambusters' squadron
- Henry Gibson, American actor
- Herbert Gibson, multiple people
- Hilda Gibson, member of the Women's Land Army during World War II
- Henry Gibson, multiple people
- Hoot Gibson, rodeo champion, pioneer cowboy film actor, film director, and producer
- Hugh Gibson, multiple people
- Hutton Gibson, father of actor Mel Gibson and a writer on religion
- Ian Gibson, multiple people
- J. J. Gibson, American psychologist influential in the field of visual perception
- Jack Gibson, multiple people
- Jackie Gibson, multiple people
- James Gibson, multiple people
- Jean Gibson, English artist
- Jerrysten J. Gibson, Preacher
- Jill Gibson, singer and artist who sang briefly in The Mamas & the Papas
- John Gibson, multiple people
- Jon Gibson, multiple people
- Josh Gibson, Baseball Hall of Fame member and player in the Negro Leagues
- Josh Gibson , Australian rules footballer
- Julie Gibson, American singer and actress
- Julie Ann Gibson, British Captain in the Royal Air Force
- Keith Gibson, American author
- Kelly Gibson, American professional golfer
- Kenny Gibson, Scottish politician
- Kenneth Gibson, multiple people
- Kirk Gibson, American baseball slugger
- Lawrence R. Gibson, American politician
- Leah Gibson, Canadian actress
- Leigh Gibson, American Singer
- Levi Withee Gibson, American politician
- Lorna Gibson, American materials scientist and engineer
- Marcus Gibson, Australian author
- Margaret Gibson, multiple people
- Mark Thomas Gibson,, American artist
- Mel Gibson, American-Australian film actor, director, and producer
- Michael Gibson, or Mike Gibson, multiple people
- Neil Gibson, 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, multiple people
- Paul Gibson, multiple people
- Rachel Gibson, multiple people
- Ralph Gibson, American awarded photographer
- Sir Ralph Gibson, British judge
- Randall L. Gibson, U.S. Congressman and Senator from Louisiana
- Richard Gibson, multiple people
- Robert Gibson, multiple people
- Robin Gibson, multiple people
- Sally Gibson, Canadian writer and historian
- Sam Gibson, multiple people
- Shane Gibson, multiple people
- Sharon Gibson, English javelin thrower
- Shelton Gibson, American football player
- Steve Gibson, multiple people
- Taj Gibson, American basketball player
- Thomas Gibson, multiple people
- Tom Gibson, multiple people
- Tony Gibson, multiple people
- Tyrese Gibson, American R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, former fashion model and MTV VJ
- Ursula Gibson, American physicist
- Violet Gibson, Irish would-be assassin of Benito Mussolini
- Virginia Gibson, American dancer, singer and actress
- Walter Gibson, multiple people
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, British poet
- William Gibson, multiple people