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Politics

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George Gibbs (Australian politician) George Sampson Gibbs (25 April 1908 – 25 May 1968) was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond to clerk George Thomas Pender Gibbs and Alberta Sampson. He attended Scotch College and became a schoolteacher, teaching at Malvern, ...
(1908–1968), member of the Victorian Parliament *
George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, (6 July 1873 – 28 October 1931) was a British Conservative politician. Early life Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and ...
(1873–1931), British member of parliament and peer * George Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (1928–2001), British peer and kidnapping victim


Science

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George Gibbs (ethnologist) George Gibbs (1815–1873) was an American ethnologist, naturalist and geologist who contributed to the study of the languages of indigenous peoples in Washington Territory. Known for his expertise in Native American customs and languages, Gibb ...
(1815–1873), American ethnologist, naturalist and geologist *
George Gibbs (mineralogist) George Gibbs (January 7, 1776 – August 6, 1833) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. The mineral gibbsite is named after him. Early life George Gibbs was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of wealthy merchant George Gibbs and ...
(1776–1833), American mineralogist *
George James Gibbs George James Gibbs (1866 – 22 February 1947) was an astronomer, engineer, inventor and public science lecturer. He invented a heliochronometer 'which was able to accurately determine Greenwich Mean Time, GMT to within a minute at any time of ...
(1866–1947), British astronomer and engineer *
George Gibbs (gunmaker) George Gibbs may refer to: Politics * George Gibbs (Australian politician) (1908–1968), member of the Victorian Parliament * George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall (1873–1931), British member of parliament and peer * George Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall ( ...
(died 1884), English gunmaker and founder of George Gibbs Ltd., the maker of the
.505 Gibbs The .505 Gibbs cartridge was designed by George Gibbs in 1911. The cartridge was originally known as the .505 Rimless Nitro Express. The C.I.P. refers to the cartridge as the 505 Mag. Gibbs in their publications. It is a .50 caliber (12.8  ...
cartridge


Sports

* George Gibbs (Australian footballer) (1905–1987), for Fitzroy and Collingwood *
George Gibbs (footballer, born 1953) George Gibbs (born 23 December 1953) is an English former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Amer ...
, English


Other

* George Gibbs, one of the main characters in the 1938 Thornton Wilder play ''
Our Town ''Our Town'' is a 1938 metatheatrical three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 throug ...
'' * George F. Gibbs (1846–1924), secretary to the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *
George Fort Gibbs George Fort Gibbs (March 8, 1870 – October 10, 1942) was an American author, illustrator, artist, and screenwriter. As an author, he wrote more than 50 popular books, primarily adventure stories revolving around espionage in exotic location ...
(1870–1942), American writer and illustrator for ''The Saturday Evening Post'' *
George Sabin Gibbs George Sabin Gibbs (December 14, 1875 – January 8, 1947) was a United States Army officer. After serving as a brigadier general during World War I, he was promoted to major general and served as Chief Signal Officer for the Signal Corps. Early ...
(1875–1947), American general *
George Couper Gibbs George Couper Gibbs (October 28, 1879 – September 17, 1946) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 26th Florida Attorney General from 1938 until 1941. Early life and education Gibbs was born in Jacksonville, Florida on Oct ...
(1879–1946), Florida Attorney General and circuit court judge * George W. Gibbs Jr. (1916–2000), sailor in the United States Navy *
George Gibbs (priest) George Meade Gibbs, MA was archdeacon of Saint Kitts from 1861 until 1882. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin; and ordained in 1849. After curacies in Derby, Southwark and Wonston he was Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's ...
, Archdeacon of Saint Kitts *
George Gibbs (special effects artist) George Gibbs (18 July 1937 – 15 December 2020) was a British special effects artist who is best known for his work in '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'', ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' and '' Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''. Biograph ...
(died 2020), film special effects artist


See also

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George Gibb (transport administrator) Sir George Stegmann Gibb (30 April 1850 – 17 December 1925) was a Scottish transport administrator who served as the general manager of the North Eastern Railway, managing director of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, a ...
(1850–1925), transport administrator *
George Gibb (footballer) George Gibb (1891 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a left half. Personal life Gibb was serving as an acting lance sergeant in the 1st/9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Bat ...
(1891–1917), Scottish footballer *
George Gibbs Dibrell George Gibbs Dibrell (April 12, 1822 – May 9, 1888) was an American lawyer and a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives from the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee. He also served as a general in the Confederate ...
(1822–1888), member of the United States House of Representatives {{human name disambiguation, Gibbs, George