Gilbert may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Gilbert (given name) Gilbert is a given name of Norman-French origin, itself from Germanic ''Gisilberht'' or ''Gisalberht''. Original spellings included ''Gislebert'', ''Guilbert'' and ''Gilebert''. The first element, ''Gil-'', comes from Germanic ''gīsil'', meanin ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Gilbert (surname) Gilbert is a surname of English origin. It is derived from ''Giselbert'', an Anglo-Norman medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements: ''gisil'' ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and ''berht'' ("bright", "famous"). This ...

, including a list of people

Places

Australia

Gilbert River (Queensland) The Gilbert River is located in Far North Queensland, Australia. When combined with the Einasleigh River, the river system is the largest river system in northern Australia. Features and location The Gilbert River rises below Conical Hill i ...

Gilbert River (South Australia) The Gilbert River is a river in the Mid North region of South Australia. Course and features The Gilbert River rises near Manoora, on the Barrier Highway and flows generally south, as a broad and shallow valley through mainly undulating countr ...

Kiribati

Gilbert Islands The Gilbert Islands ( gil, Tungaru;Reilly Ridgell. ''Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia.'' 3rd. Ed. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1995. p. 95. formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill IslandsVery often, this n ...

, a chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean

United States

Gilbert, Arizona Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located southeast of Phoenix within the city's metropolitan area. Incorporated on July 6, 1920, Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World". It is the fifth-lar ...

, a town *

Gilbert, Arkansas Gilbert is a town in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 26 at the 2020 census, ranking it as the smallest municipality in the state and one of the smallest in the nation. Over the years, Gilbert has gained a reputation (a ...

, a town * Gilbert, Florida, the airport of Winterhaven *

Gilbert, Iowa Gilbert is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,211 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area. ...

, a city * Gilbert, Louisiana, a village * Gilbert, Michigan, and unincorporated community * Gilbert, Minnesota, a city *

Gilbert, Nevada Gilbert is a ghost town in Esmeralda County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. History A post office was established at Gilbert in 1925, and remained in operation until 1942. The community was named after the brothers Gilbert, businessmen in the loca ...

, ghost town * Gilbert, Ohio, an unincorporated community *

Gilbert, Pennsylvania Gilbert is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 459 in the 2000 census. The Pohopoco Creek runs southward through Gilbert, then westward through Beltzville Lake to the Lehigh River The ...

, an unincorporated community * Gilbert, South Carolina, a town * Gilbert, West Virginia, a town *

Gilbert, Wisconsin Gilbert is an unincorporated community located in the town of Bradley, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. Gilbert is located at the junction of Wisconsin Highway 107 State Trunk Highway 107 (often called Highway 107, STH-107 or WIS ...

, an unincorporated community *

Mount Gilbert (disambiguation) Mount Gilbert can refer to: * Mount Gilbert (Alaska) in Alaska, USA * Mount Gilbert (Chugach Mountains) in Alaska, USA * Mount Gilbert (Antarctica) * Mount Gilbert (California) in California, USA * Mount Gilbert (Nevada) in Nevada, USA * Mount ...

, various mountains *

Gilbert River (Oregon) The Gilbert River is a tributary of the Multnomah Channel on Sauvie Island in the U.S. state of Oregon. About long, it flows from near the south end of the island into Sturgeon Lake and then north from the lake into the channel, a distributary ...

Outer space

Gilbert (lunar crater) Gilbert is a large lunar impact crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to its location this feature appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, limiting the amount of detail that can be observed. The crater lies to the nor ...

Gilbert (Martian crater) 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 ...

Arts and entertainment

Gilbert Collection The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection is a collection of '' objets d'art'' formed by the English-born businessman Sir Arthur Gilbert, who made most of his fortune in the property business in California. After initially becoming interested ...

, an art collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum *

Gilbert (band) Gilbert is the performance name of Matthew Gilbert Linley, a London-based composer and musician. He is also the drummer in Engineers with Mark Peters and Ulrich Schnauss. Biography Linley grew up in Eltham, South-east London, England. He bega ...

, a name used by English composer and musician Matthew Gilbert Linley * ''Gilbert'' (film), a documentary on Gilbert Gottfried

Education

Gilbert Academy Gilbert Academy was a premier preparatory school for African American high school students in New Orleans, Louisiana. Begun in 1863 in New Orleans as a home for colored children orphaned by the American Civil War, the home moved to Baldwin, Loui ...

, a defunct private preparatory school for African Americans in Louisiana *

Gilbert School The Gilbert School is a privately endowed secondary school that serves as the public high school for the towns of Winchester and Hartland, Connecticut and the public middle school for Winchester. The school was founded in 1895 as the result o ...

, a privately endowed secondary school that serves as the public high school for Winchester, Connecticut

Ships

* , a survey ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey * , a fisheries research ship of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and (as NOAAS ''Charles H. Gilbert'') the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Other uses

* A. C. Gilbert Company, an American toy company *

Gilbert (unit) The gilbert (symbol: Gb) is an obsolete unit used in practical cgs and CGS-EMU systems to measure magnetomotive force. The unit is named for English physicist William Gilbert. Definition: *1 Gb = (1/4π) Bi-turn Conversion to the ...

, a CGS unit of magnetomotive force *

Gilbert Building (disambiguation) Gilbert Building may refer to: *Gilbert Building (Beaumont, Texas) in Beaumont, Texas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Texas *Gilbert Building (Portland, Oregon), listed on the National Register of Historic P ...

, several buildings on the American National Register of Historic Places * Gilbert Cell, a transistor circuit used in communication electronics *

Gilbert Hill Gilbert Hill is a monolith column of black basalt rock at Andheri, in Mumbai, India. The rock has a sheer vertical face and was formed when molten lava was squeezed out of the Earth's clefts during the Mesozoic Era about 66 million years ago. ...

, a monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, India *

Gilbert House (disambiguation) Gilbert House may refer to: ;in the Falkland Islands * Gilbert House (Falkland Islands), the premises of the Legislative Council of the Falkland Islands, in Stanley in the United States (by state then city) *Gilbert House, a Los Angeles Historic- ...

, various buildings * Gilbert Model, a social class model *

Gilbert Rugby Gilbert Rugby is a sports equipment manufacturing brand, specialising in rugby union and netball. The company is mostly known for its rugby union balls, having been official supplier for every World Cup since 1995. History The company was establ ...

, an English sporting-goods manufacturer *

Gilbert Street, Adelaide Gilbert Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia.Map
of the

, Australia *

Gilbert's syndrome Gilbert syndrome (GS) is a syndrome in which the liver of affected individuals processes bilirubin more slowly than the majority. Many people never have symptoms. Occasionally jaundice (a slight yellowish color of the skin or whites of the eyes) ...

, a benign medical condition that may cause mild jaundice * Gilbert (typeface), a typeface created in honor of artist Gilbert Baker * Hurricane Gilbert, a 1988 Caribbean hurricane