Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade.

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Ekbert and Ecbert.

People with the first name

Middle Ages

Ecgberht of Kent Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a King of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. He may have still been a child when he became king following his father's death on 14 July 664, because his mother Seaxburh was ...

, king of Kent (ruled 664–673) * Egbert or Ecgberht of Ripon (died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne * Egbert or Ecgbert of York (died 766), Archbishop of York *

Ecgberht II of Kent Ecgberht II was King of Kent jointly with Heaberht. Ecgberht II is known from his coins and charters, ranging from 765 to 779, two of which were witnessed or confirmed by Heaberht. Ecgberht II acceded by 765, when he issued his earliest surviv ...

(died c. 784), king of Kent *

Egbert of Lindisfarne Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from his consecration on 11 June 803 until his death in 821.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 He is often confused with Saint Egbert who served as a monk A ...

(died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne * Egbert of Wessex, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839) *

Ecgberht I of Northumbria Ecgberht (died 873) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. This period of Northumbrian history is poorly recorded, and very little is known of Ecgberht. He first appears following the death of kings Ælla and Osberht in batt ...

, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873) *

Ecgberht II of Northumbria Ecgberht was a king in Northumbria in the late Ninth Century. Very little is known of his reign. Unlike his predecessor King Ricsige, who may have ruled most of the kingdom of Northumbria following the expulsion of the first King Ecgberht in 87 ...

, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883) * Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993) *

Egbert of Liège Egbert of Liège, in , was an 11th-century educator and author, working at the cathedral school in Liège (in what is now Belgium). His main work, produced around 1023, is an educational collection entitled ''Fecunda Ratis'' ("The Richly Laden Shi ...

(), educator and author * Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068) * Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)

Later times

Egbert Bakker Egbert Jan Bakker (born 12 November 1958) is a Dutch classical scholar specializing in Greek language, literature and linguistics. He currently is a professor of Classics at Yale University. Career Bakker was born in 1958 in Amsterdam. He obtained ...

(born 1958), Dutch classical scholar * Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator * Egbert Benson (1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States * Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician *

Egbert B. Brown Egbert Benson Brown (October 4, 1816 – February 11, 1902) was a Union Army, Union General officer, general in the Trans-Mississippi Department, Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Early life and education Egbert Brown was bo ...

(1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War * (1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician *

Egbert Cadbury Major (Honorary Air Commodore) Sir Egbert "Bertie" Cadbury (20 April 1893 – 12 January 1967) was a British businessman, a member of the Cadbury family, who as a First World War pilot shot down two Zeppelins over the North Sea: ''LZ 61 (L 21), ...

(1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman *

Egbert Cleave Egbert Cleave (flourished 1870s) was an American author from Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is th ...

(fl. 1870s), American author *

Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born January 7, 1979), known professionally by his stage name Aloe Blacc (), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. He is best known for his singles "I Need a Dollar", " The Man", which topped the charts in th ...

(born 1979), American musician known as ''Aloe Blacc'' * Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Dutch painter * (1909-2000), East German military leader and politician *

Egbert B. Groen Egbert B. "Ebbie" Groen (January 26, 1915 – September 24, 2012) was an American politician and lawyer. Born in Pekin, Illinois, Groen went to the Pekin Public Schools. He received his bachelor's degree from Knox College in 1937 and his law ...

(1915-2012), American politician and lawyer *

Egbert Hambley Egbert Barry Cornwall Hambley (2 May 1862 – 13 August 1906) was a Cornish-born mining engineer and power company executive, who worked for much of his career in North Carolina. Early life and education Egbert Hambley was born in Penzance, Cor ...

(1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer * Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter * Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Hirschfelder (born 1942), German rower * Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player * Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist * Egbert Jahn (born 1941), German political scientist * Egbert Kankeleit (born 1929), German nuclear physicist * Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother * Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands *

Egbert Adriaan Kreiken Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1 November 1896, Barneveld, Gelderland – 16 August 1964) was a Dutch teacher and astronomer. He was born at Barneveld in the Netherlands, to a family of teachers. After being awarded his Ph.D. in 1923, he would b ...

(1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer * (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker *

Egbert Lucas Egbert de Grey Lucas was the Archdeacon of Durham from 1939 to 1953. Born on the Isle of Wight on 25 September 1878, he was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1903 his first post was as a curate at St Anne's, W ...

(1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon *

Egbert van 't Oever Egbert van 't Oever (15 July 1927 – 5 October 2001) was a Dutch speed skater. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics. Biography Van 't Oever coached Yvonne van Gennip at the 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary wher ...

(1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach *

Egbert van der Poel Egbert van der Poel (9 March 1621, in Delft – 19 July 1664, in Rotterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age genre and landscape painter, son of a Delft goldsmith. Life Van der Poel may have been a student of Esaias van de Velde and of Aert van der ...

(1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter *

Egbert Rimkus 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 Ekbert and Ecbert. People with the first name Mi ...

(died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in

Death Valley Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the Highest temperature recorded on Earth, hottest place on Earth. Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the ...

Egbert Schuurman Egbert Schuurman (born 23 July 1937) is a Dutch engineer, philosopher, politician for the Christian Union, and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the Netherlands. Biography Born in Borger, Schuurman attended the Protestant primary school i ...

(born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician *

Egbert Stephens Egbert Stephens (born 15 April 1952) is a former Guyanese cricketer who played a single first-class match for Essequibo in the final of the 1980–81 inter-county Jones Cup. Stephens, a right-arm fast bowler, was born in Dartmouth in what w ...

(born 1952), Guyanese cricketer * Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver * Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop *

Egbert Ten Eyck Egbert Ten Eyck (April 18, 1779 in Schodack, Rensselaer County, New York – April 11, 1844 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. In the mid-1820s, he served parts of two terms in the ...

(1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York * Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist *

Egbert van Kampen Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups. Life Van Kampen was born to Dutch parents in Belgium, where ...

(1908-1942), Belgian mathematician *

Egbert Ludovicus Viele Egbert Ludovicus Viele () (June 17, 1825 – April 22, 1902) was a civil engineer and United States Representative from New York from 1885 to 1887, as well as an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. Biography Viele was bor ...

(1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general * (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder * Egbert White (1894–1976), American war correspondent *

Egbert Austin Williams Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He is credited as being ...

(1874–1922), Bahamian American Vaudeville comedian

People with the surname

Albert Gallatin Egbert Albert Gallatin Egbert (April 13, 1828 – March 28, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Albert G. Egbert was born near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and G ...

(1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania *

Harry C. Egbert Harry Clay Egbert (January 3, 1839 – March 26, 1899) was an officer in the United States Army who served in the American Civil War, the Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War. He commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment during the ...

(1839–1899), US Army brigadier general * James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator * James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance *

Joseph Egbert Joseph Egbert (April 10, 1807 – July 7, 1888) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1841 to 1843. Biography Born near Bull Head, Staten Island, New York, Egbert attended the com ...

(1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York *

Rae L. Egbert Rae Livingston Egbert (August 15, 1891 – May 11, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Early years He was born on August 15, 1891, on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, the son of George L. Egbert (1862–1957 ...

(1891–1964), New York politician *

Sherwood Egbert Sherwood Harry Egbert (July 24, 1920 – 1969)''Seattle Daily Times'', July 31, 1969, Page 38. was an American businessman and marine. He served as president of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation and Studebaker Corporation from February 1, 1961''Wa ...

(1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation *

William Egbert William Egbert (February 25, 1857 – October 15, 1936) was a Canadian physician and politician. He served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1925 to 1931. Egbert was born in 1857 to a farming family in what is today the province ...

(1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

Fictional characters

* John Egbert, in the webcomic ''Homestuck'' *

Egbert B. Gebstadter Egbert B. Gebstadter is a fictional author who appears in the indices (and sometimes in the text) of books by Douglas Hofstadter, Douglas R. Hofstadter. For each Hofstadter book, there is a corresponding Gebstadter book. His name is derived from ...

, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter {{given name, type=both, cat=Germanic masculine given names Dutch masculine given names German masculine given names Surnames of German origin nl:Egbert (voornaam) pl:Egbert (imię)