Gibbons
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Notable people named Gibbons include:
- Alan GibbonsAlan GibbonsAlan Gibbons is an author of children's books and a Blue Peter Book Award. He currently lives in Liverpool, England, where he used to teach in a primary school. His father was a farm laborer, but was hurt in an accident when Alan was eight years old. The family had to move to Crewe, Cheshire...
, a British author - Beth GibbonsBeth GibbonsBeth Gibbons is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist for the iconic British band Portishead.-Early life:...
(born 1965), a British singer - Billy GibbonsBilly GibbonsWilliam Frederick "Billy" Gibbons is an American musician, actor and car customizer, best known as the guitarist of the Texas blues-rock band ZZ Top. He is also the lead singer and composer for many of the band's songs. Gibbons is known for playing his Gretsch Billy Bo guitar and his famous 1959...
, a guitarist for ZZ Top - Carroll GibbonsCarroll GibbonsCarroll Gibbons was an American-born musician, bandleader and composer who made his career primarily in Britain. He was born and raised in Clinton, Massachusetts. In his late teens he travelled to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music...
(1903–1954), an American-born British bandleader - Cedric GibbonsCedric GibbonsAustin Cedric Gibbons was an Irish American art director who was one of the most important and influential in the field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture through the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater...
(1893–1960), an American art director - Christopher GibbonsChristopher GibbonsChristopher Gibbons was an English composer and organist. He was the second son, and first surviving child of the composer Orlando Gibbons.As a child, Gibbons sang in the Chapel Royal under the direction of Nathaniel Giles...
(1615–1676), an English composer, son of Orlando - Dave GibbonsDave GibbonsDave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything"...
, a British writer and artist of comics - Edward Stanley GibbonsEdward Stanley GibbonsEdward Stanley Gibbons was an English philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd, publishers of the famous Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogue and other stamp-related books and magazines.-Early life:...
(1840–1913), a philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd. - Euell Theophilus Gibbons (1911–1975), an outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets
- Gary GibbonsGary GibbonsGary William Gibbons , FRS, is a British theoretical physicist. Gibbons studied in Cambridge,where in 1969 he became a research student under the supervision of Dennis Sciama. When Sciama moved to Oxford, he became a student of Stephen Hawking, obtaining his PhD from Cambridge in 1973...
, a British theoretical physicist - Gillian Gibbons, a British woman arrested for naming a teddybear Muhammad in Sudan
- Grinling GibbonsGrinling GibbonsGrinling Gibbons was an English sculptor and wood carver known for his work in England, including St Paul's Cathedral, Blenheim Palace and Hampton Court Palace. He was born and educated in Holland where his father was a merchant...
(1648–1721), a master wood carver - J. Whitfield GibbonsJ. Whitfield GibbonsJ. Whitfield "Whit" Gibbons is an American herpetologist, author, and educator. He is Professor Emeritus of Ecology, University of Georgia, and Head of the Environmental Outreach and Education program at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory .-Life and work:Gibbons was born in Montgomery, Alabama....
, American herpetologist - James Gibbons (1834–1921), a Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore, 1877–1921. See also Jim Gibbons (disambiguation) for other "Jim Gibbons".
- Jay GibbonsJay GibbonsJay Jonathan Gibbons is an American professional baseball outfielder in Major League Baseball. Gibbons was a graduate of Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California...
, a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers - Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)James "Jim" Gibbons was a senior Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected in 1957 as a Teachta Dála for Carlow–Kilkenny. He held his seat until 1982...
- Jim Gibbons, Jr (Irish politician)
- Jim Gibbons (United States politician)Jim Gibbons (United States politician)James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons is an American politician. He served as the 28th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada from 2007 to 2011. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, having served from 1997 to 2006...
(born 1951), a Governor of Nevada - John GibbonsJohn GibbonsJohn Michael Gibbons was the manager of the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2008...
, a former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays - John H. GibbonsJohn H. GibbonsJohn Howard "Jack" Gibbons is an American scientist. Between 1993 and 1998 he served as the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.- Biography :...
, a scientist - John Joseph GibbonsJohn Joseph GibbonsJohn Joseph Gibbons is a former federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and is currently a partner at the law firm of Gibbons P.C.-Early career:...
, an American lawyer and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Leeza GibbonsLeeza GibbonsLeeza Kim Gibbons is an American talk show host. Gibbons is the host of her own radio show, Hollywood Confidential, part of the United Stations radio syndication company.-Early life:...
, a television personality - Orlando GibbonsOrlando GibbonsOrlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods...
(1583–1625), an English composer - Paul GibbonsPaul GibbonsPaul Kendall Gibbons is a retired pole vaulter from New Zealand. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the qualifying round with no official mark. Gibbons set his personal best in 1992 and equalled it in 1997.-Personal bests:-References:**...
(born 1971), a New Zealand pole vaulter - Peter GibbonsPeter GibbonsPeter Gibbons was the champion of the CASCAR Super Series in 1999 and 2000.-References:...
(fictional), a character from the popular cult movie, Office Space - Sam GibbonsSam GibbonsSam Melville Gibbons is a politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives.-Early life and education:...
(born 1920), an American politician and distinguished World War II Veteran - Scott GibbonsScott GibbonsScott Gibbons is an American-born composer and performer of electroacoustic music. His work is notable for its rigorous use of single objects as sole instrumentation .- Critical response :"Gibbons' tendency to understatement is extraordinary...
, an American composer - Simon GibbonsSimon GibbonsSimon Gibbons is Professor of Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University of London.He was the 2005 recipient of the Phytochemical Society of Europe - Pierre Fabre Award for Phytochemistry and was a Fellow of the The Prince's Foundation for Integrated Health...
, a Professor of Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University of London - Stella GibbonsStella GibbonsStella Dorothea Gibbons was an English novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer.Her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm, won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933...
(1902–1989), an author of Cold Comfort Farm - Steve Gibbons (musician), a musician from Birmingham
- Steve GibbonsSteve GibbonsStephen William Gibbons , Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Bendigo, Victoria...
, an Australian politician - Thomas GibbonsThomas Gibbons*Thomas Gibbons *Tommy Gibbons , American heavy-weight boxer*Thomas Gibbons...
(1757–1852), a lawyer, mayor of Savannah, steamboat tycoon, father of William Gibbons (1794–1852) - Gibbons BagnallGibbons BagnallGibbons Bagnall , was an English poetical writer.Bagnall was the son of Gibbons Bagnall of Windsor. He was admitted to Balliol College, Oxford, 12 July 1735, where he proceeded B.A. 30 April 1741. He afterwards went to King's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1760...
, poet