Gibbons (surname)

This article is about the surname. For the apes, see Gibbon. For other uses, see Gibbons (disambiguation).

Notable people named Gibbons include:

• Abigail Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893), an American schoolteacher, abolitionist, and social welfare activist
• Alan Gibbons (b. 1953), English children's author
• Beth Gibbons (b. 1965), English singer and songwriter
• Billy Gibbons (b. 1949), American rock musician
• Brian Gibbons (b. 1988), American ice hockey player
• Carroll Gibbons (1903–1954), American-born British bandleader
• Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), American art director
• Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676), English composer, son of Orlando
• Dave Gibbons (b. 1949), English comic book artist and writer
• David Gibbons (politician), a Prime Minister of Bermuda
• Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840–1913), a philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
• Euell Theophilus Gibbons (1911–1975), an outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets
• Frederick Gibbons, American psychologist
• Gary Gibbons (b. 1946), British theoretical physicist
• Gillian Gibbons (b. 1953), a British woman arrested for naming a teddybear Muhammad in Sudan
• Grinling Gibbons (1648–1721), a master wood carver
• Gwilym Gibbons (b. 1971), a British arts leader
• Herbert Adams Gibbons (1880–1934), an American journalist
• Herbert Gladstone Coe Gibbons (1905–1963), an English cricketer
• Hope Gibbons (1856 – 1947) New Zealand businessman
• J. Whitfield Gibbons (b. 1939), American herpetologist
• James Gibbons (1834–1921), Archbishop of Baltimore, 1877–1921, and Cardinal
• James Gibbons (footballer)
• Jay Gibbons (b. 1977), American baseball player
• Jean D. Gibbons, American statistician
• Jim Gibbons (disambiguation)
• John Gibbons (b. 1962), American baseball player and manager
• John H. Gibbons (scientist) (b. 1929), American scientist and Whitehouse advisor
• John Joseph Gibbons (b. 1924), American lawyer and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• John Lloyd Gibbons (1837–1919), Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South from 1898 to 1900
• June and Jennifer Gibbons (1963–, 1963–1993), identical twins known as "The Silent Twins" since they only communicated with each other
• Leeza Gibbons (b. 1957), American television personality
• Lile Gibbons, American politician
• Lyman Gibbons (1808–1879), Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), an English composer
• Paul Gibbons (b. 1971), New Zealand pole vaulter
• Peter Gibbons (b. 1962), Canadian racing driver
• Peter Gibbons (fictional), a character from the popular cult movie, Office Space
• Robert Gibbons, several people of this name, see Robert Gibbons (disambiguation)
• Sam Gibbons (1920–2012), American politician and distinguished World War II Veteran
• Scott Gibbons (b. 1969), American composer
• Shay Gibbons, a Republic of Ireland international footballer
• Simon Gibbons, Professor of Phytochemistry at the School of Pharmacy, University of London
• Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), English author
• Steve Gibbons (disambiguation)
• Thomas Gibbons (disambiguation)
• William Gibbons (congressman) (1726–1800), American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress
• William Conrad Gibbons (1926–2015), American military historian
• William Ernest Gibbons (1898–1976), British politician
• William M. Gibbons (1919–1990), American lawyer and railroad executive
• Gibbons Bagnall (1719–1800), English poet

Fictional characters

• Augustus Eugene Gibbons, a fictional character portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the xXx trilogy
• Portia Gibbons, a fictional character in The Mighty B!