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origin, which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words ''adal'' (meaning noble) and ''berht'' (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adalbart and Adalberto. Related names include Albert,

Delbert Delbert is a given name. It is a short form of Adelbert, which is a combination of adal, meaning noble, and Bert meaning bright. Notable people with the name include: *John Delbert Van Allen, retail dry goods merchant and department store owner who ...

, and Elbert. The name Adelbert may refer to: *

Adelbert Althouse Adelbert Althouse (May 23, 1869 – May 17, 1954) was a United States Navy Captain who served as the 27th and 29th Naval Governor of Guam. Prior to his Governorship, he served on ships in the Navy and participated in both the Spanish–America ...

(1869–1954), American politician * Adelbert Ames (1835–1933), American politician * Adelbert Ames Jr. (1880–1955), American scientist *

Adelbert Anson Adelbert John Robert Anson DD (20 December 184027 May 1909) was a clergyman from the Anson family. He served as an Anglican bishop in late 19th century western Canada. Early life Anson was the fourth and youngest son of Thomas Anson, 1st Earl ...

(1840–1909), English-born Canadian clergyman *

Adelbert S. Atherton Adelbert S. Atherton (October 13, 1850 – December 14, 1920) was an American politician from Chicopee, Massachusetts, who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after being elected to the 125th Massachusetts General Court in 1903 ...

(1850–1920), American politician *

Adelbert Bleekman Adelbert E. Bleekman, Sr., (March 26, 1846January 27, 1908) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate ( 1874 & 1875) and State Assembly ( 1873), and served as district attorney of Monroe Cou ...

(1846–1908), American politician * Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow (1844–1921), British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician *

Adelbert Bryan Adelbert Bryan is a U.S. Virgin Islands politician and former senator. Political Career Adelbert Bryan served as Frederiksted police commander. In 1989, he won 35 percent of the vote for USVI Governor. Bryan has also served as Senator and on ...

(fl. 1980s–2000s), U.S. Virgin Islands politician *

Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington (November 22, 1837 – July 10, 1922) was a United States Army Brigadier General who served as the 10th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. Biography Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington was born in Wheeling ...

(1837–1922), United States Army Brigadier General * Adelbert Cronkhite (1861–1937), career United States Army officer *

Adelbert Delbrück Gottlieb Adelbert Delbrück (; January 16, 1822 in Magdeburg – May 26, 1890 in Kreuzlingen) was a German banker and businessman. Early life His father Gottlied Delbrück (1777–1842) worked in Magdeburg. The ''Delbrück'' family was a pr ...

(1822–1890), German banker *

Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (born 25 January 1820 in Horsens, Jutland, died 28 March 1871 in Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus ap ...

(1820–1871), German writer *

Adelbert Edward Hanna Adelbert Edward Hanna (May 29, 1863 – February 27, 1918) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Lanark South from 1913 to 1917 as a Conservative and Lanark from 1917 to 1918 as a Unionist Party member. He w ...

(1863–1918), Canadian politician * Adelbert Everson (1841–1913), American Civil War soldier *

Adelbert Ford Adelbert Ford (April 23, 1890 – April 1976) was an American psychologist who looked at the role of our senses in learning, as well as how distractions interact with this process. Life and career Ford was born and raised in Michigan. He completed ...

(1890–1976), American psychologist *

Adelbert Jenkins Adelbert H. Jenkins is an African American clinical psychologist who is known for his humanistic approach to Black psychology at the start of the field in the early 1970s. Jenkins was also one of the 28 founding members of the National Associati ...

(fl. 1960s–2000s), African American clinical psychologistknown for his humanistic approach to Black psychology *

Adelbert J. McCormick Adelbert J. McCormick (December 16, 1845 – December 27, 1903) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life McCormick was born on December 16, 1845, in Ridgeway, New York, the son of Nelson McCormick. He attended Medina Academy. ...

(1845–1903), American merchant and politician * Adelbert Mühlschlegel (1897–1980), prominent German Baháʼí * Adelbert Niemeyer (1867–1932), German painter * Adelbert Nongrum (fl. 2010s–2020s), Indian politician *

Adelbert H. Roberts Adelbert H. Roberts (August 20, 1866 – January 26, 1937) was an American politician who in 1924 became the first African American to serve in the Illinois Senate. Biography Roberts was born August 20, 1866, in Decatur, Michigan. He graduated ...

(1866–1937), first African-American to serve in the Illinois Senate * Adelbert Schulz (1903–1944), German general *

Adelbert St. John Adelbert "Del" St. John (October 6, 1931 – December 18, 2009) was a Canadian-Austrian professional ice hockey player. St. John, a forward, scored 17 goals and 16 assists in 31 games for the Nottingham Panthers of the British National League. ...

(1931–2009), Canadian-Austrian professional ice hockey player * Adelbert Delos Thorp (1844–1919), American farmer, fisherman, and Wisconsin pioneer *

Adelbert L. Utt Adelbert L. "Del" Utt (June 11, 1856 – April 8, 1936) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Born in the town of Harrison, Grant County, Wisconsin, Utt went to public school and to Platteville State Normal School in Platteville ...

(1856–1936), American politician * Adelbert Van de Walle (1922–2006), Belgian architect and art historian * Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), German writer *

Adelbert von Keller Adelbert von Keller (5 July 1812 – 13 March 1883) was a German philologist. Biography He was born at Pleidelsheim, and educated at the University of Tübingen, where, after study at Paris, he became Privatdozent and assistant librarian (1835) ...

(1812–1883), German scholar *

Adelbert Waldron Adelbert F. "Bert" Waldron III (March 14, 1933 – October 18, 1995) was a United States Army sniper who served during the Vietnam War with the 9th Infantry Division. Until 2011, Waldron held the record for most confirmed kills by any American sn ...

(1933–1995), United States Army sniper *

Adelbert Theodor Wangemann Adelbert Theodor Edward Wangemann (February 13, 1855 – June 1906), known as Theo, was a German who emigrated to the United States. In 1888, he began working for Thomas Edison as an assistant at his laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1889, ...

(1855–1906), German-born American laboratory assistant to Thomas Edison

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