Albert (given name)

Albert

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	Noble and Bright

Albert is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Germanic words adal "noble" and beraht - "bright". Albert may refer to:

People:

• Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
• St. Albert (disambiguation)
• Prince Albert (disambiguation)
• Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
• Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100–1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
• Albert of Brunswick and Lunenburg-Wolfenbüttel (died 1395), as Albert II Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
• Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240–1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
• Albert of Sweden (1338–1412), king of Sweden
• Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
• Albert of Mainz (1490–1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
• Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490–1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
• Albert Alcibiades (1522–1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
• Albert L'Ouvrier (1815–1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
• Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861), Consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
• Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821–1901), French monarchist politician
• Albert, King of Saxony (1828–1873), the eldest son of Prince John
• Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848–1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889 to June 26, 1922
• Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934), the third King of the Belgians
• Albert II of Belgium (1934–), the current King of the Belgians
• Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958–), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco

• Albert (director), Indian film director
• Albert Bandura Psychologist
• Albert Booth (1928–2010), British politician
• Albert Ralph Campbell, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Albert Camus (1913–1960), French philosopher and novelist
• Albert Collins, blues singer-guitarist
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist
• Albert Fish, (1870–1936), American serial killer and cannibal
• Albert Johnson, birth name of rapper Prodigy (rapper) of Mobb Deep
• Albert Mussey Johnson (1872–1948), eccentric multimillionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle
• Albert King, blues singer-guitarist
• Albert Pujols (1980–), professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals
• Albert Scanlon, (1980–), English footballer
• Matthew Bloom (1972–), professional wrestler who went by the name Albert

Fictional characters:

• Albert (Discworld), a character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
• Albert, supporting character in Josie (later Josie and the Pussycats (comic))
• Albert Heinrich a.k.a. Cyborg 004, a character in Cyborg 009
• Al, a character in Toy Story
• Albert Hinkey, a character in the film Cars
• Albert Manning, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

In different languages

• Armenian: Ալբերտ (Albert)
• Breton: Alberzh
• Catalan: Albert
• China: Wai Ho
• Croatian: Albert
• Czech: Albert
• Dutch: Albert
• French: Albert
• Galician: Alberte, Alberto and Albertos
• Georgian: ალბერტ (Albert)
• German: Albert
• Greek: Αλβέρτος (Alvértos)
• Hebrew: אלברט (Albert)
• Icelandic: Albert
• Italian: Alberto
• Latin: Albertus
• Norwegian: Albert
• Polish: Albert
• Portuguese: Alberto
• Russian: Альберт (Albert)
• Serbian: Алберт/Albert
• Slovak: Albert
• Slovene: Albert
• Spanish: Alberto
• Swedish: Albert

See also

• Albert (surname)
• Albert (disambiguation)
• Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of Albert
• All pages with titles beginning with Albert
• Adalbert (name)