Gibb is a surname of Scottish origin dating to the sixteenth century. It is a diminutive of " Gilbert".

Notable people with the given name

Andrew Gibb Maitland Andrew Gibb Maitland (30 November 1864 – 27 January 1951) was an English-born Australian geologist. Maitland was born in Birkby, Yorkshire, England and studied civil engineering at Yorkshire College of Science, Leeds where he was influenced ...

(1864–1951), English-born Australian geologist *

Gibb McLaughlin George McLoughlin (19 July 1879 – 30 June 1961), known professionally as Gibb McLaughlin, was an English film and stage actor. Early days McLaughlin was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England in 1879. For about 10 years he was a sales ...

(1884–1960), English film actor * James Gibb Ross (1819–1888), Canadian merchant and politician * James Gibb Stuart (1920–2013), British financial author * Jeffrey Gibb Kennett (born 1948), former Premier of Victoria, Australia

Notable people with the surname

Alexander Gibb Sir Alexander Gibb (12 February 1872 – 21 January 1958) was a British civil engineer. After serving as Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty and Director-General of Civil Engineering at the Ministry of Transport, he established the engineeri ...

(1872–1958), Scottish civil engineer * Ali Gibb (born 1976), English footballer * Andrea Gibb (21st century), Scottish screenwriter and actor *

Andy Gibb Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) was an English singer and songwriter. He was the younger brother of Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, musicians who had formed the Bee Gees during the late 1950s. Andy G ...

(1958–1988), English-born Australian singer and teen idol; younger brother of the Bee Gees *

Barry Gibb Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb (born 1 September 1946) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Along with his younger fraternal twin brothers, Robin Gibb, Robin and Maurice Gibb, Maurice, he rose to global fame as a member ...

(born 1946), English singer, songwriter and producer; oldest of the three brothers who formed the Bee Gees *

Bobbi Gibb Roberta Louise Gibb (born November 2, 1942) is an American former runner who was the first woman to have run the entire Boston Marathon (1966). She is recognized by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) as the pre-sanctioned era women's winne ...

(born 1942), American long-distance runner *

Camilla Gibb Camilla Gibb (born February 20, 1968) is an English-born Canadian writer who currently resides in Toronto. Early life and education Born in London, England, she grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and studied at North Toronto Collegiate Institute and ...

(born 1968), Canadian writer *

Colin Gibb Black Lace are a British pop band, best known for novelty party records, including their biggest hit, "Agadoo". The band first came to the public eye after being selected to represent the UK in the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, in which they f ...

(1953–2024), British musician *

Cynthia Gibb Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. She began her career as a cast member on the musical television drama '' Fame'', based on the movie of the same name. She ...

(born 1963), American actress and former model *

Donald Gibb Donald Richard Gibb (born August 4, 1954) is an American actor, best known for his roles as the hulking, dimwitted fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the '' Revenge of the Nerds'' film series, as Kumite fighter Ray Jackson in '' ...

(born 1954), American actor *

Elias John Wilkinson Gibb Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (3 June 1857 - 5 December 1901) was a Scottish orientalist. Gibb was born 3 June 1857 in Glasgow, at 25 Newton Place, to Elias John Gibb and Jane Gilman. He was educated by Collier and matriculated from Glasgow Univers ...

(1857–1901), Scottish orientalist *

George Gibb (transport administrator) Sir George Stegmann Gibb (30 April 1850 – 17 December 1925) was a British transport administrator who served as the general manager of the North Eastern Railway, managing director of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, a ...

(1850–1925), Scottish transport administrator *

George Gibb (footballer) George Gibb (1891 – 7 June 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Third Lanark as a left half. Personal life Gibb was serving as an acting lance sergeant in the 1st/9th ( Glasgow Highlanders) B ...

(1891–1917), Scottish footballer *

Gordon Gibb Gordon Gibb is the CEO of Flamingo Land Ltd and former chairman of Bradford City Football Club. Personal Gordon Gibb was born in November 1976 at Strathaven in Scotland, moving to Yorkshire attending a boarding school in Scarborough. when his f ...

(21st century), CEO of Flamingo Land Ltd *

Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (2 January 1895 – 22 October 1971), known as H. A. R. Gibb, was a Scottish historian and Orientalist. Early life and education Gibb was born on Wednesday, 2 January 1895, in Alexandria, Egypt, ...

(1895–1971), Scottish scholar of Islam and the Middle East *

Hugh Gibb Hugh Leslie Gibb (15 January 1916 – 6 March 1992) was an English drummer, bandleader and the father of musicians Barry Gibb, Barry, Robin Gibb, Robin, Maurice Gibb, Maurice and Andy Gibb. Barry, Robin and Maurice would go on to form the Bee ...

(1916–1992), English drummer and bandleader, the father of British musicians, Barry, Robin, Maurice and Andy Gibb. *

Jake Gibb Jacob Spiker Gibb (born February 6, 1976) is an American professional beach volleyball player, who currently plays on the AVP Tour with Taylor Crabb as his partner. Gibb and Casey Patterson represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olym ...

(born 1976), American beach volleyball player *

James Gibb (disambiguation) James Gibb may refer to: * James Gibb (Australian politician) (1843–1919) * James Brunton Gibb (1897–1968), Australian performer and teacher of elocution * James Gibb (Presbyterian minister) (1857–1935), Presbyterian minister in New Zealand * ...

, multiple people *

Jo Gibb JoAnn Gibb is a Scottish people, Scottish theatre actress best known for her role of Rumpleteazer in Cats (1998 film), the 1998 film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Cats (musical), Cats'', and as the replacement Pearl the Observation Car in the orig ...

(born 1976), Scottish theatre actress *

Joel Gibb Joel W. Gibb (born 28 January 1977) is a Berlin-based Canadian artist and singer-songwriter who leads the "gay church folk" group The Hidden Cameras. He was born in Kincardine, Ontario. Career His first involvement with the music scene was a ...

(born 1977), Canadian artist *

John Gibb (disambiguation) John Gibb may refer to: * John Gibb (courtier) (c. 1550–1628), Scottish courtier * 'Meikle' John Gibb (died c. 1720), Scottish religious zealot and founder of the Sweet Singers or Gibbite sect * John Gibb (businessman) (1829–1905), cofounde ...

, people named John Gibb *

Maurice Gibb Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and fraternal twin brother Robin Gibb wer ...

(1949–2003), English rock bass guitarist; twin brother of Robin and also a Bee Gees member *

Maurie Gibb Maurice Peter Gibb (7 February 1914 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and early 194 ...

(1914–2000), Australian rules footballer *

Moira Gibb Dame Moira Margaret Gibb (; born April 1950) is a British public servant and social work adviser. After qualifying as a social worker, she worked for the London boroughs of Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, and Camden, where she served as the ...

(born 1950), British public servant and social worker *

Nick Gibb Sir Nicolas John Gibb (born 3 September 1960) is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Schools from 2010 to 2012; 2014 to 2021 and from 2022 to 2023. He has served at the Department for Education under Conservative Prime Mini ...

(born 1960), British politician *

Paul Gibb Paul Antony Gibb (11 July 1913 – 7 December 1977) was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and Essex, as a right-handed opening or mid ...

(1913–1977), English cricketer *

Peter Gibb Peter Robert Gibb (30 June 1954 – 23 January 2011) was an Australian criminal, known for his escape from the Melbourne Remand Centre in 1993. Escape from Melbourne Remand Centre Gibb had several prior convictions for manslaughter, armed robbe ...

(1954–2011), Australian criminal and prison escapee * Robert Gibb (disambiguation), multiple people **

Robert Gibb (painter) Robert Gibb Royal Scottish Academy, RSA (28 October 1845 – 11 February 1932) was a Scotland, Scottish Painting, painter. He was Keeper of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1895 to 1907 and was Painter and Limner, Painter and Limner to th ...

(1845–1932), Scottish painter ** Robert Gibb (poet) (born 1946), American poet *

Robin Gibb Robin Hugh Gibb (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a member of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and fraternal twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his own successfu ...

(1949–2012), British singer and songwriter; twin brother of Maurice and also a Bee Gees member *

Russ Gibb Russel James Gibb (June 15, 1931 – April 30, 2019) was an American rock concert promoter, school teacher and disc jockey from Dearborn, Michigan, best known for his role in the "Paul is dead" phenomenon, a story he broke on radio station WNIC, WK ...

(1931–2019), American concert promoter and media personality *

Steve Gibb Stephen Thadeus Crompton Gibb (born 1 December 1973) is a British-American guitarist. He has been a member of numerous hard rock and metal bands including 58, Black Label Society, Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow, The Underbellys, SkilletHead, and ...

(born 1973), English guitarist, the son of Barry Gibb * Thomas Gibb (disambiguation), multiple people * Walter Gibb (1919–2006), British test pilot * William Gibb (disambiguation), multiple people

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