Gibson (surname)
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[edit] Notable people with the surname Gibson
- Alexander Gibson (conductor) (1926 – 1995), Scottish composer and music director
- Alexander Gibson (industrialist) (1819 – 1913), Canadian industrialist
- Alfred Gibson (? – 1874), Australian explorer
- Althea Gibson (1927 – 2003), African-American tennis player
- Aubrey Gibson (1901-1973), Australian businessman and patron of the arts
- Bob Gibson (born 1935), American baseball pitcher
- Bob Gibson (musician) (1931 – 1996), American folksinger
- Brian Gibson, British film director
- Brian Gibson (Australian politician), Australian Senator
- Bryan Gibson (born 1947), Canadian boxer
- Carleton B. Gibson (1863 – 1927), first President of the Rochester Institute of Technology
- Charles Gibson (born 1943), an American television journalist
- Charles Dana Gibson (1867 – 1944), American graphic artist, creator of the Gibson Girl
- Charles H. Gibson (1842 – 1900), United States Senator from Maryland
- Colin Gibson (born 1961), English footballer
- Dale Gibson, American basketball coach and university professor
- Dave Gibson, lead singer of New Zealand band Elemeno P
- David Gibson (1804-1864), a surveyor, farmer and political figure in Upper Canada
- Daniel Gibson (born 1986), American professional basketball player
- Deborah Gibson (born 1970), singer, Broadway performer, and former teen idol; credited as Debbie Gibson during her Teen Idol days
- Don Gibson (1928 – 2003), American country musician
- Don Gibson (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer
- Edmund Gibson (1669 – 1748), English divine and jurist
- Edward Gibson (born 1936), American astronaut
- Eleanor J Gibson (1910-2002) eminent American psychologist
- George Ernest Gibson (1884-1959) Scottish American chemist
- Gordon Gibson (born 1937), Canadian political columnist, author, and politician
- Guy Gibson (1918 – 1944), Royal Air Force officer and commander of the 'Dambusters' squadron
- Henry Gibson (born 1935), American comedic actor, film & television (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In)
- Hoot Gibson (1892 – 1962), rodeo champion, pioneer cowboy film actor, film director, and producer
- Hutton Gibson (born 1918), father of actor Mel Gibson and a writer on religion
- Ian Gibson (artist), British comic book artist
- J. J. Gibson (1904 – 1979), American psychologist influential in the field of visual perception
- Jabbar Gibson, Hurricane Katrina bus driver
- Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league coach
- James Gibson (professional wrestler), American professional wrestler under the ringname Jamie Noble
- Jill Gibson (born 1942), singer and artist who sang briefly in The Mamas & the Papas
- John Gibson (Indiana), American territorial governor of the Indiana Territory (1800 – 1816)
- John Gibson (media host) (born 1946), American conservative commentator and author
- John Douglas Gibson (c.1925-1984), Australian ornithologist and albatross expert
- Jon Gibson (minimalist musician) (born 1940) is a flautist, saxophonist, and composer
- Josh Gibson (1911-1947), Baseball Hall of Fame member and outstanding player in the Negro Leagues
- Kenny Gibson (born 1961), Scottish politician
- Kenneth A. Gibson (born 1932), American politician; mayor of Newark New Jersey
- Kirk Gibson (born 1957), American baseball slugger
- Marcus Gibson (born 1973), Australian author
- Mel Gibson (born 1956), American film actor, director, and producer
- Michael Gibson (1944-2005), American film and stage musician and orchestrator
- Orville Gibson (1856-1918), American luthier and founder of Gibson Guitar Corporation
- Paul Gibson (born 1944), Australian politician
- Ralph Gibson (born 1939), American awarded photographer
- Randall L. Gibson (1832 – 1892), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Louisiana
- Robert L. Gibson (born 1946), American astronaut
- Sarah E. Gibson (born 1986), British political philosopher and producer / singer-songwriter of solo artist Simply Sarah
- Steve Gibson (born 1955), computer engineer and journalist, founder of Gibson Research Corporation
- Thomas Milner Gibson (1806 – 1884), English politician
- Tyrese Gibson (born 1978), American R&B and hip hop singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, former fashion model and MTV VJ
- Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 – 1962), British poet
- William Gibson (historian) (born 1959) Historian
- William Gibson (Canadian parliamentarian) (1849 – 1914), Canadian MP and Senator
- William Gibson (Catholic martyr) (died 1596), English Catholic martyr
- William Gibson (born 1948), American science fiction/cyberpunk and contemporary novelist, author of Neuromancer
- William Gibson (playwright) (born 1914), American playwright, author of The Miracle Worker
- William Hamilton Gibson (1850 – 1896), American illustrator, author and naturalist
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