Famous People with Name Gilbert

Gilbert Roland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilbert Roland: was a Mexican-born actor in American films.He was born Luis Antonio Damaso de Alonso in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. He initially intended to follow in his father's footsteps and become a bullfighter but when the family moved to the United States, he became interested in acting when he was literally picked off the streets for a role as an extra. He chose his screen name by combining the names of two of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. His dashing good looks helped him find work immediately although he was often cast in the typical "Latin Lover" role.

Gilbert Jesse "The Gravedigger" Brown            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilbert Jesse "The Gravedigger" Brown: is a former Nose tackle who played for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (1993-99, 2001-03). He was considered by many as one of the greatest run stuffers of his era.

Gilbert Newton Lewis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilbert Newton Lewis: was a famous American physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond (see his Lewis dot structures and his 1916 paper "The Atom and the Molecule"), his purification of heavy water, his reformulation of chemical thermodynamics in a mathematically rigorous manner accessible to ordinary chemists, his theory of Lewis acids and bases, and his photochemical experiments. In 1926, Lewis coined the term "photon" for the smallest unit of radiant energy. He was a brother of Alpha Chi Sigma, the professional chemistry fraternity.

Gilbert Fowler White            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilbert Fowler White: was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century" (Wescoat, 2006). White is known predominantly for his work on natural hazards, particularly flooding, and the importance of sound water management in contemporary society. He was raised in Chicago in the Hyde Park neighborhood, and spent summers in the Tongue River Valley of Wyoming, before studying at the University of Chicago, where he earned his B.S. in 1932 and his PhD in 1942. From 1946 to 1955 he was President of Haverford College. He then returned to Chicago as a professor of geography, where he was the central figure in the "Chicago school" of natural hazards research. In 1970, he moved to the University of Colorado, before retiring after ten years there. Having published his first paper in 1935, he was still publishing into his 90s (Wescoat and White, 2003).

Gilbert Charles Stuart            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gilbert Charles Stuart: was an American painter from Rhode Island.Gilbert Stuart is widely considered to be one of America's foremost portraitists.[2] His best known work, the unfinished portrait of George Washington that is sometimes referred to as The Athenaeum, was begun in 1

Paul Brandon Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul Brandon Gilbert: He is currently married to Emi, who has been on tour with Paul as a keyboardist since 2007. This is Paul's second marriage, the first in the late 90s. Following his departure from Mr. Big in 1997, Gilbert began releasing solo albums. He also joined Joe Sa

Kevin Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kevin Gilbert: Kevin Gilbert was an accomplished instrumentalist and composer, who played trumpet, keyboards, guitars, drums and bass, as well as singing vocals. His talents also extended to producer. He toured with Eddie Money before winning the 1988 Yamaha SOUNDCHECK

Brad Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Brad Gilbert: is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player. He is the current coach of Britain's 2nd highest ranked tennis player, Alex Bogdanovic, as part of his contract with the English Lawn Tennis Association.

Grove Karl Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Grove Karl Gilbert: was an American geologist.Gilbert was born in Rochester, New York and graduated from the University of Rochester. In 1871, he joined George M. Wheeler's geographical survey as its first geologist. He then joined the Powell Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region in 1874, becoming Powell's primary assistant, and stayed with the survey until 1879.[1] During this time he published an important monograph, The Geology of the Henry Mountains (1877). After the creation of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879, he was appointed to the position of Senior Geologist and worked for the USGS until his death (including a term as acting director).

Charles Henry Gilbert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Henry Gilbert: was an American ichthyologist who worked with Seth Eugene Meek and David Starr Jordan.[1] Later he became a professor at Stanford University, and studied the marine fisheries of the Pacific northwest.