Egbert

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.

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)
 * Ekbert of Wetigau (fl. 889–c. 930), Saxon nobleman
 * Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993)
 * Egbert of Liège (fl. c. 1023), educator and author
 * Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068)
 * Egbert von Münsterschwarzach (d. 1076/7), abbot
 * Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)
 * Ekbert I of Tecklenburg (d. 1150), German count
 * Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer
 * Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg
 * Ekbert von Bentheim (d. 1335), ecclesiastic

Later times

 * 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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