Gibson (surname)

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
• Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne (1837 – 1913), Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland
• 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
• John H. Gibson, Texas businessman and senior Defense Department official
• 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. "Hoot" 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
• Violet Gibson (1876 - 1956), Irish would-be assassin of Benito Mussolini
• 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
• Paige Louise Gibson (1991-).

See also

• John Gibson (disambiguation)
• William Gibson (disambiguation)