Osbert is a male

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. It may refer to: Osbert , a novel by R.A. Currier

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*Osbert or Osberht of Northumbria (died 867), King of Northumbria *Osbert or

Osbeorn Bulax Osbeorn, also spelled Osbjorn and Osbert (died c. 1054), given the nickname Bulax, was the son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria (died 1055). He is one of two known sons of Siward, believed to be the older.Aird, "Siward" While it is normally assumed ...

(died c. 1054), son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria *

Osbert de Bayeux Osbert de Bayeux (''floruit'' 1121 to 1184) was a medieval English cleric and archdeacon in the Diocese of York. A relative of Thurstan, the Archbishop of York, Osbert probably owed his ecclesiastical positions to this relative. After Thurstan's ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1121−1184), medieval English cleric and archdeacon *

Osbert of Clare Osbert of Clare (died in or after 1158) was a monk, elected prior of Westminster Abbey and briefly abbot. He was a prolific writer of letters, a hagiographer and a forger of charters. Life Osbert was born towards the end of the eleventh century a ...

(died in or after 1158), monk, elected prior of Westminster Abbey and briefly abbot, writer, hagiographer and forger of charters *

Osbert of Dunblane Osbert († 1231) was an early 13th-century cleric who held the position of Bishop of Dunblane ( Scotland). A mandate for a new election was issued in January 1226 after the presumed resignation of Osbert's predecessor Radulf. Osbert's name (as " ...

(died 1230), Bishop of Dunblane *

Osbert de Longchamp Osbert de Longchamp or Osbert de Longo Campo (c. 1155 – before 1208) was an Anglo-Norman administrator. He was born in Wilton Castle, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, the son of Hugh de Longchamp. One of his brothers, William, was to become ...

(c. 1155–before 1208), Anglo-Norman administrator * O. G. S. Crawford (1886-1957), English archaeologist and a pioneer in the use of aerial photographs in his field *

Osbert fitzHervey Osbert fitzHervey (died 1206) was an Anglo-Norman royal judge. Brother of Hubert Walter and Theobald Walter, Osbert served three kings of England and may have contributed to the legal treatise attributed to his uncle, Ranulf de Glanvill. Ralph o ...

(died 1206), Anglo-Norman royal judge * Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986), English cartoonist, author, art critic and stage designer * Osbert Mackie (1869-1927), English rugby union centre and Anglican priest * Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton (1871-1930), British courtier and Liberal politician * Osbert Mordaunt (1876-1949), English cricketer * Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby (1897-1966), British Conservative Party politician * Osbert Salvin (1835-1898), English naturalist, ornithologist and herpetologist * Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), English writer

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* Alphonse Osbert (1857-1939), French painter * William Fitz Osbert (died 1196), champion of the poor in London {{given name, type=both Given names English given names English masculine given names