This surname has Anglo-Saxon pre-8th century origins; spelling variations include Albert, Albertson and Alberts in English names. It is derived from the Old German compound 'Aedelbeort' meaning 'noble-bright'. However, many sources show it as a French surname, with many spelling variations on the French form. It is now found in many locations of the world, spread by

French Huguenot The Huguenots ( , ; ) are a Religious denomination, religious group of French people, French Protestants who held to the Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, ...

refugees, amongst others. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Abbé Aubert (1731–1814), French playwright, poet and journalist * Louis Aubert (painter) (1720 – ), painter and composer *

Alexander Aubert Alexander Aubert FRS FSA, (1730–1805), was an English amateur astronomer and businessman. Life He was born at Austin Friars, London, 11 May 1730. The appearance of the Great Comet of 1744 gave him, then a schoolboy at Geneva, a permanent b ...

(1730–1805), English merchant * Alvin Aubert (1930–2014), American poet * Anaïs Aubert, known as

Mademoiselle Anaïs Anaïs Pauline Nathalie Aubert, known as Mademoiselle Anaïs (1802–1871) was a French actress. Biography Anaïs was born in Toury, Eure-et-Loir, and entered the Comédie-Française in 1816 at the age of just fourteen. In 1832 she was chosen to ...

(1802–1871), French actress *

Andreas Aubert (art historian) Fredrik Ludvig Andreas Vibe Aubert (28 January 1851 – 10 May 1913) was a Norway, Norwegian art educator, art historian and art critic. Biography Andreas Aubert was the second son of Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (1807-1877), a classical scho ...

(1851–1913), Norwegian art historian * Aristide Aubert Du Petit Thouars (1760–1798), French naval officer * Arnaud Aubert (1319–1371), Catholic Chamberlain *

Étienne Aubert Pope Innocent VI (; 1282 – 12 September 1362), born Étienne Aubert, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 December 1352 to his death, in September 1362. He was the fifth Avignon pope and the only one with the ...

(1282–1362), later became Pope Innocent VI * Aubert of Avranches,

bishop of Avranches The Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathedral of Coutanc ...

* Axel Aubert (1873–1943), Norwegian businessman *

Ebba d'Aubert Ebba d'Aubert, née ''Bergström'' (1819–1860) was a Swedish concert pianist. She was married to the second concert conductor at the Kungliga Hovkapellet, violinist Theodor Adolf Eduard d'Aubert. She became an Associé of the Royal Swedish Acad ...

(1813–1860), Swedish pianist *

François d'Aubert François d'Aubert (born 31 October 1943, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French politician. He is an auditor at the Court of Audit (France), Court of Audit. From 2002, he was minister delegate to research in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government. ...

(born 1943), French politician *

Hermann Rudolph Aubert Hermann Rudolph Aubert (November 23, 1826 – February 12, 1892) was a German physiologist born in Frankfurt (Oder), Frankfurt. In 1850 he obtained his medical doctorate, afterwards serving as privat-docent of physiology at Breslau (1854). In 186 ...

(1826–1892), German physiologist *

Jacques Aubert Jacques Aubert (30 September 1689 – 19 May 1753), also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux (Jacques Aubert the Elder), was a French composer and violinist of the Baroque period. From 1727 to 1746, he was a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Ro ...

(1689–1753), French composer and violinist *

Jean Aubert (architect) Jean Aubert (; ca. 1680 – 13 October 1741) was a French architect, the most successful of the ''Régence'' and designer of two of the most important buildings of the period: the stables of the Château de Chantilly and the Hôtel Biron in Par ...

(–1741), French architect *

Jean Aubert (engineer) Jean Aubert was a French people, French engineer. In 1961, he used the idea of the German engineer Julius Greve from the last century to describe a ''pente d'eau'' (), which was a way of moving boats up the gradient of a canal without locks. The ...

(1894–1984), French engineer *

Jean-Louis Aubert Jean-Louis Aubert (, born 12 April 1955) is a French singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and producer. He went on a solo career after the split of the rock band Téléphone that he co-founded. Early life Born in Nantua, Ain, France in 195 ...

(born 1955), French guitarist, singer and songwriter *

Jeanne Aubert Jeanne Aubert (born Jeanne Perrinot; 21 February 1900 – 6 March 1988) was a French singer and actress. Biography Aubert was born in Paris, France, to a single mother, Augustine Marguerite Perrinot, who pushed her daughter into a career in sho ...

(1900–1988), French singer and actress * , French painter *

Julien Aubert Julien Aubert (; born 11 June 1978) is a French politician and civil servant who represented the 5th constituency of the Vaucluse department in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2022. A member of The Republicans (LR) and its predecessor parti ...

(born 1978), French politician * K. D. Aubert (born 1978), American actress *

Louis Aubert Louis François Marie Aubert (19 February 1877 – 9 January 1968) was a French composer. Biography Born in Paramé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Louis Aubert was a child prodigy. His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to re ...

(1877–1968), French composer *

Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (5 November 1758, Saint-Martin-de-la-Place, Bournois – 12 May 1831, Paris) was a French botanist known for his work collecting and describing orchids from the three islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and R� ...

(1758–1831), French botanist *

Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert (30 March 1807 – 14 June 1887) was a Norwegian philologist. Biography Aubert was born in Christianssand (now Kristiansand), Norway. He was the son of Benoni Aubert (1768–1832) and Jakobine Henriette Thaulow (177 ...

(1807–1887), Norwegian philologist *

Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert Ludvig Mariboe Benjamin Aubert (22 November 1838 – 5 February 1896) was a Norwegian professor, jurist and government official. Biography Aubert was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of professor Ludvig Cæsar Martin Aubert ...

(1838–1896), Norwegian jurist and politician *

Marie-Hélène Aubert Marie-Hélène Aubert (; born 16 November 1955 in Nantes) is a French politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the West of France. She is a member of the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different politica ...

(born 1961), French politician * Philippe-Ignace François Aubert de Gaspé (died 1841), Canadian writer *

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (; 30 October 1786 – 29 January 1871) was a Canadian lawyer, writer, and seigneur. He is known chiefly for his novel '' Les Anciens Canadiens'', considered the first classic of French Canadian fiction. Biograp ...

(1786–1871), French Canadian writer and seigneur *

Pierre Aubert Pierre Aubert (3 March 1927 – 8 June 2016) was a Swiss politician, lawyer and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1978–1987). Political career He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977 as member of the Social Democratic ...

(1927–2016), Swiss politician *

Puig Aubert Puig Aubert (born Robert Aubert Puig, 24 March 1925 – 3 June 1994), is often considered the best French rugby league footballer of all time. Over a 16-year professional career he would play for AS Carcassonne, Carcassonne, XIII Catalan, Celtic ...

(1925–1994), French rugby league footballer *

Raphaël Aubert Raphaël Aubert (born 1953 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer and essayist. Biography Early life and education Raphaël Aubert was brought up in a family of artists. He studied in the Faculty of Arts and Theology at University of Lausa ...

(born 1953), Swiss writer and essayist *

Suzanne Aubert Suzanne Aubert (19 June 1835 – 1 October 1926), better known to many by her religious name ''Mary Joseph'' or "Mother Aubert", was a French religious sister who started a home for orphans and the under-privileged in Jerusalem, New Zealand on ...

(1835–1926), Catholic sister *

Vilhelm Aubert Johan Vilhelm Aubert (7 June 1922 – 19 July 1988) was an influential Norwegian sociologist. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo from 1963 to 1971 and at the Department of Sociology from 1971 to 1988. He co-founded ...

(1922–1988), Norwegian sociologist * Vilhelm Mariboe Aubert (1868–1908), Norwegian jurist * Aubert (noble family), a noble family of

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

and

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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