Gibb is a surname of Scottish origin dating to the sixteenth century. It is a diminutive of "

Gilbert Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters * Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South ...

Notable people with the given name

Andrew Gibb Maitland Andrew Gibb Maitland (30 November 1864 – 27 January 1951) was an English-born Australian geologist. Maitland was born in Birkby, Yorkshire, England and studied civil engineering at Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds where he was influenced ...

(1864–1951), English-born Australian geologist * Gibb McLaughlin (1884–1960), English film actor *

James Gibb Ross James Gibb Ross (18 April 1819 – 1 October 1888) was a Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec. Born in Carluke, a village of South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Ross emigrated to Canada in 1832 with his brother, John Ro ...

(1819–1888), Canadian merchant and politician *

James Gibb Stuart James Gibb Stuart (30 August 1920 – 23 September 2013) was a financial author, owner of Ossian Publishers, and chairman of the Scottish Pure Water Association. He was known for his outspoken opposition to the European Union, and for publishing a ...

(1920–2013), British financial author * Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 1948), former Premier of Victoria, Australia

Notable people with the surname

Alexander Gibb Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(1872–1958), Scottish civil engineer *

Ali Gibb Alistair Stuart Gibb (born 17 February 1976) is a former footballer, who is currently Senior Academy Physiotherapist at League Two club Bolton Wanderers. He joined Bath after his release from Hartlepool United in 2008. The former Norwich City p ...

(born 1976), English footballer *

Andrea Gibb Andrea Gibb is a Scottish screenwriter and actress. Early life and education Andrea Gibb was born in Greenock, Scotland. She studied drama and sociology at Glasgow University and then did a post-graduate teaching degree at Manchester Polytechn ...

(21st century), Scottish screenwriter and actor * Andy Gibb (1958–1988), English-born Australian singer and teen idol; younger brother of the Bee Gees * Barry Gibb (born 1946), English singer, songwriter and producer; oldest of the three brothers who formed the Bee Gees * Bobbi Gibb (born 1942), American long-distance runner * Camilla Gibb (born 1968), Canadian writer * Cynthia Gibb (born 1963), American actress and former model *

Donald Gibb Donald Richard Gibb (born August 4, 1954) is an American actor, best known for his roles as the hulking, dimwitted fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the ''Revenge of the Nerds'' film series, as Kumite fighter Ray Jackson in ''Blo ...

(born 1954), American actor * Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1857–1901), Scottish orientalist *

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), Scottish 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 *

Gordon Gibb Gordon Gibb is the CEO of Flamingo Land Ltd and former chairman of Bradford City Football Club. Personal Gordon Gibb was born in November 1975 at Strathaven in Scotland, moving to Yorkshire when his father, Robert Gibb, a former professional foo ...

(21st century), CEO of Flamingo Land Ltd *

Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (2 January 1895 – 22 October 1971), known as H. A. R. Gibb, was a Scottish historian and Oriental studies, Orientalist. Early life and education Gibb was born on Wednesday, 2 January 1895, in A ...

(1895–1971), Scottish scholar of Islam and the Middle East * Hugh Gibb (1916–1992), English drummer and bandleader, the father of British musicians, Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb. *

Jake Gibb Jacob "Jake" Spiker Gibb (born February 6, 1976) is an American professional beach volleyball player, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with Taylor Crabb as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the 2016 Sum ...

(born 1976), American beach volleyball player *

James Gibb (disambiguation) James Gibb may refer to: * James Gibb (Australian politician) (1843–1919) * James Brunton Gibb (1897–1968), Australian performer and teacher of elocution * James Gibb (Presbyterian minister) (1857–1935), Presbyterian minister in New Zealand * ...

, multiple people *

Jo Gibb JoAnn Gibb is a Scottish theatre actress best known for her role of Rumpleteazer in the 1998 film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's '' Cats'', and as the replacement Pearl the Observation Car in the original production of ''Starlight Express''. She al ...

(born 1976), Scottish theatre actress * Joel Gibb (born 1977), Canadian artist *

John Gibb (disambiguation) John Gibb may refer to: * John Gibb (courtier) (c. 1550–1628), Scottish courtier * 'Meikle' John Gibb (died c. 1720), Scottish religious zealot and founder of the Sweet Singers or Gibbite sect * John Gibb (businessman) (1829–1905), cofoun ...

, people named John Gibb * Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), English rock bass guitarist; twin brother of Robin and also a Bee Gees member *

Maurie Gibb Maurice Peter Gibb (7 February 1914 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aust ...

(1914–2000), Australian rules footballer *

Moira Gibb Dame Moira Margaret Gibb (born 1950) is a British public servant and former social worker. Early life and education Gibb studied engineering for two years at the University of Glasgow. She then transferred courses, and studied French and Ps ...

(born 1950), British public servant and social worker * Nick Gibb (born 1960), British politician *

Paul Gibb Paul Antony Gibb (11 July 1913 – 7 December 1977) was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and Essex, as a right-handed opening or mid ...

(1913–1977), English cricketer *

Peter Gibb Peter Robert Gibb (30 June 1954 – 23 January 2011) was an Australian criminal, known for his escape from the Melbourne Remand Centre in 1993. Escape from Melbourne Remand Centre Gibb had several prior convictions for manslaughter, armed robbe ...

(1954–2011), Australian criminal and prison escapee *

Robert Gibb (disambiguation) Robert Gibb may refer to: *Robert Gibb (courtier) (1490-1558), Scottish courtier * Robert Gibb (poet) (born 1946), American poet *Robert Gibb (1845–1932), Scottish painter * Bobby Gibb (1902–1953), Australian rules footballer with South Melbour ...

, multiple people **

Robert Gibb Robert Gibb RSA (28 October 1845 – 11 February 1932) was a Scottish painter who was Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907 and was Painter and Limner to the King from 1908 until his death. He built his reputation on ...

(1845–1932), Scottish painter **

Robert Gibb (poet) Robert Gibb (born September 5, 1946) is an American poet. Gibb won the 1997 National Poetry Series Open Competition for ''The Origins of Evening''. It, along with his next two books, comprise what Gibb calls ''The Homestead Trilogy'', a nearly 1 ...

(born 1946), American poet *

Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He gained worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group with elder brother Barry and fraternal twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his o ...

(1949–2012), British singer and songwriter; twin brother of Maurice and also a Bee Gees member *

Russ Gibb Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WKNR-F ...

(1931–2019), American concert promoter and media personality * Steve Gibb (born 1973), English guitarist, the son of Barry Gibb *

Thomas Gibb (disambiguation) Thomas Gibb (1838–1894) was an English Liberal politician. Thomas Gibb or Gybbe may also refer to: *Thomas Augustus Gibb, co-founder of Gibb, Livingston & Co., a foreign trading firm in China *Tommy Gibb (born 1944), footballer * Thomas Gybbe, ...

, multiple people *

Walter Gibb Walter Gibb, (26 March 1919 – 4 October 2006) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) flying ace and a British test pilot who twice held the world altitude record. Early life The son of a Scottish mining Engineer, Walter Frame Gibb was born near Port Ta ...

(1919–2006), British test pilot *

William Gibb (disambiguation) William Gibb may refer to: * William Gibb (artist) (1839–1929), Scottish artist * William Gibb (footballer), Scottish footballer * William Gibb (politician) (1882–1952), Australian politician See also *Gibb Gibb is a surname of Scottish orig ...

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