Egbert

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Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht () and Ecgbert. German variant spellings include Eckbert and Ekbert.

People with the first name

Middle Ages

Ecgberht of Kent, king of Kent (ruled 664–673)
Ecgberht of Ripon (died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne
Ecgbert of York (died 766), Archbishop of York
Ecgberht II of Kent (died c. 784), king of Kent
(fl. 756–811), Saxon nobleman
Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne
Egbert of Wessex, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839)
Ecgberht I of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873)
Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883)
(fl. 889–), Saxon nobleman
Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993)
Egbert of Liège (), educator and author
Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068)
(d. 1076/7), abbot
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)
(d. 1150), German count
Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer
(d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg
(d. 1335), ecclesiastic
Egbert Hallihan, Duke of New Jersey (c. 1347)

Modern era

Egbert Strijbos (born 1975), Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox.
Egbert Bakker (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar
Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator
Egbert Benson (1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States
Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician
Egbert B. Brown (1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War
(1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician
Egbert Cadbury (1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman
Egbert Cleave (fl. 1870s), American author
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979), American musician known as Aloe Blacc
Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Dutch painter
(1909-2000), East German military leader and politician
Egbert B. Groen (1915-2012), American politician and lawyer
Egbert Hambley (1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer
Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter
Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter
Egbert Hirschfelder (1942–2022), German rower
Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player
Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist
Egbert Jahn (born 1941), German political scientist
Egbert Kankeleit (1929–2022), German nuclear physicist
Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands
Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer
(1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker
Egbert Lucas (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon
Egbert van 't Oever (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach
Egbert van der Poel (1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter
Egbert Rimkus (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in Death Valley
Egbert Schuurman (born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician
Egbert Stephens (born 1952), Guyanese cricketer
Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver
Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop
Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York
Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist
Egbert van Kampen (1908-1942), Belgian mathematician
Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general
(1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder
Egbert White (1894–1976), American war correspondent
Egbert Austin Williams (1874–1922), Bahamian-American vaudeville comedian

People with the surname

Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Harry C. Egbert (1839–1899), US Army brigadier general
James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator
James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance
Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York
Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), New York politician
Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation
William Egbert (1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

Fictional characters

John Egbert, in the webcomic Homestuck
Julie Egbert, a character from the Australian television series Prisoner, played by Jackie Woodburne
Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter
Egbert, a chicken villager in the Animal Crossing series

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