# Adelbert

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For the ghost town, see [Adelbert, Missouri](/source/Adelbert%2C_Missouri).

For the mountain range, see [Adelbert Range](/source/Adelbert_Range).

Adelbert Gender Male Language German Origin Meaning noble bright Other names See also Albert, Adalbert, Delbert

**Adelbert** is a given name of [German](/source/German_language) origin, which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words *adal* (meaning noble) and *berht* (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adalbart and Adalberto. Related names include [Albert](/source/Albert_(given_name)), [Delbert](/source/Delbert), and Elbert. The name Adelbert may refer to:

- [Adelbert Althouse](/source/Adelbert_Althouse) (1869–1954), American politician

- [Adelbert Ames](/source/Adelbert_Ames) (1835–1933), American politician

- [Adelbert Ames Jr.](/source/Adelbert_Ames_Jr.) (1880–1955), American scientist

- [Adelbert Anson](/source/Adelbert_Anson) (1840–1909), English-born Canadian clergyman

- [Adelbert S. Atherton](/source/Adelbert_S._Atherton) (1850–1920), American politician

- [Adelbert Bleekman](/source/Adelbert_Bleekman) (1846–1908), American politician

- [Adelbert Brownlow-Cust, 3rd Earl Brownlow](/source/Adelbert_Brownlow-Cust%2C_3rd_Earl_Brownlow) (1844–1921), British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician

- [Adelbert Bryan](/source/Adelbert_Bryan) (fl. 1980s–2000s), U.S. Virgin Islands politician

- [Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington](/source/Adelbert_Rinaldo_Buffington) (1837–1922), United States Army Brigadier General

- [Adelbert Cronkhite](/source/Adelbert_Cronkhite) (1861–1937), career United States Army officer

- [Adelbert Delbrück](/source/Adelbert_Delbr%C3%BCck) (1822–1890), German banker

- [Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin](/source/Adelbert_Heinrich_Graf_von_Baudissin) (1820–1871), German writer

- [Adelbert Edward Hanna](/source/Adelbert_Edward_Hanna) (1863–1918), Canadian politician

- [Adelbert Everson](/source/Adelbert_Everson) (1841–1913), American Civil War soldier

- [Adelbert Ford](/source/Adelbert_Ford) (1890–1976), American psychologist

- [Adelbert Jenkins](/source/Adelbert_Jenkins) (fl. 1960s–2000s), African American clinical psychologistknown for his humanistic approach to Black psychology

- [Adelbert J. McCormick](/source/Adelbert_J._McCormick) (1845–1903), American merchant and politician

- [Adelbert Mühlschlegel](/source/Adelbert_M%C3%BChlschlegel) (1897–1980), prominent German Baháʼí

- [Adelbert Niemeyer](/source/Adelbert_Niemeyer) (1867–1932), German painter

- [Adelbert Nongrum](/source/Adelbert_Nongrum) (fl. 2010s–2020s), Indian politician

- [Adelbert H. Roberts](/source/Adelbert_H._Roberts) (1866–1937), first African-American to serve in the Illinois Senate

- [Adelbert Schulz](/source/Adelbert_Schulz) (1903–1944), German general

- [Adelbert St. John](/source/Adelbert_St._John) (1931–2009), Canadian-Austrian professional ice hockey player

- [Adelbert Delos Thorp](/source/Adelbert_Delos_Thorp) (1844–1919), American farmer, fisherman, and Wisconsin pioneer

- [Adelbert L. Utt](/source/Adelbert_L._Utt) (1856–1936), American politician

- [Adelbert Van de Walle](/source/Adelbert_Van_de_Walle) (1922–2006), Belgian architect and art historian

- [Adelbert von Chamisso](/source/Adelbert_von_Chamisso) (1781–1838), German writer

- [Adelbert von Keller](/source/Adelbert_von_Keller) (1812–1883), German scholar

- [Adelbert Waldron](/source/Adelbert_Waldron) (1933–1995), United States Army sniper

- [Adelbert Theodor Wangemann](/source/Adelbert_Theodor_Wangemann) (1855–1906), German-born American laboratory assistant to Thomas Edison

## See also

- [Adalbert](/source/Adalbert), a given name

- [Adalberto](/source/Adalberto), a given name

- [Aldebert (disambiguation)](/source/Aldebert_(disambiguation))

- [Arthur Adelbert Taylor](/source/Arthur_Adelbert_Taylor) (1849–1923) American newspaper editor and publisher

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