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