{{other uses}} '''Egbert''' is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include '''Ecgberht''' ({{IPA|ang|ˈedʒberˠxt}}) and '''Ecgbert'''. German variant spellings include '''Eckbert''' and '''Ekbert'''.
==People with the first name== ===Middle Ages=== * Ecgberht of Kent, king of Kent (ruled 664–673) * Ecgberht of Ripon (died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne * Ecgbert of York (died 766), Archbishop of York * Ecgberht II of Kent (died c. 784), king of Kent * {{interlanguage link|Egbert of Saxony|de|Ekbert (Sachsen)|it|Ecberto}} (fl. 756–811), Saxon nobleman * Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne * Egbert of Wessex, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839) * Ecgberht I of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873) * Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883) * {{ill|Ekbert of Wetigau|de|Ekbert (Wetigau)}} (fl. 889–{{circa|930}}), Saxon nobleman * Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993) * Egbert of Liège ({{fl.|c. 1023}}), educator and author * Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068) * {{ill|Egbert von Münsterschwarzach|de}} (d. 1076/7), abbot * Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090) * {{ill|Ekbert I of Tecklenburg|de|Ekbert I. (Tecklenburg)}} (d. 1150), German count * Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer * {{ill|Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien|de}} (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg * {{ill|Ekbert von Bentheim|de}} (d. 1335), ecclesiastic * Egbert Hallihan, Duke of New Jersey (c. 1347)
===Modern era=== * Egbert Strijbos (born 1975), Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox. * Egbert Aglae (born 1980), Seychelles politician * Egbert Bakker (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar * Egbert Baqué (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator * Egbert Benson (1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States * Egbert Brieskorn (1936–2013), German mathematician * Egbert B. Brown (1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War * {{interlanguage link|Egbert van Burmania Rengers|fr||fy|Egbert fan Burmania Rengers|nl|}} (1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician * Egbert Cadbury (1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman * Egbert Cleave (fl. 1870s), American author * Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III (born 1979), American musician known as ''Aloe Blacc'' * Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818), Dutch painter * {{interlanguage link|Egbert von Frankenberg und Proschlitz|de|Egbert von Frankenberg und Proschlitz (1909–2000)|nl|}} (1909-2000), East German military leader and politician * Egbert B. Groen (1915-2012), American politician and lawyer * Egbert Hambley (1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer * Egbert Hayessen (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter * Egbert van Heemskerk (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Hirschfelder (1942–2022), German rower * Egbert Ho (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player * Egbert C.N. van Hoepen (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist * Egbert Jahn (born 1941), German political scientist * Egbert Kankeleit (1929–2022), German nuclear physicist * Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother * Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands * Egbert Adriaan Kreiken (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer *{{interlanguage link|Egbert Jans van Leeuwarden|de||fy||nl|}} (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker * Egbert Lucas (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon * Egbert van 't Oever (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach * Egbert van der Poel (1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter * Egbert Rimkus (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in Death Valley * Egbert Schuurman (born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician * Egbert Stephens (born 1952), Guyanese cricketer * Egbert Streuer (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver * Egbert Don Taylor (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop * Egbert Ten Eyck (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York * Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist * Egbert van Kampen (1908-1942), Belgian mathematician * Egbert Ludovicus Viele (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general * {{interlanguage link|Egbert Wagenborg|de||fy||nl|}} (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder * Egbert White (1894–1976), American war correspondent * Egbert Austin Williams (1874–1922), Bahamian-American vaudeville comedian
==People with the surname== * Albert Gallatin Egbert (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * Harry C. Egbert (1839–1899), US Army brigadier general * James Chidester Egbert, Jr. (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator * James Dallas Egbert III (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance * Joseph Egbert (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York * Rae L. Egbert (1891–1964), New York politician * Sherwood Egbert (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation * William Egbert (1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician
==Fictional characters== * John Egbert, in the webcomic ''Homestuck'' * Julie Egbert, a character from the Australian television series ''Prisoner'', played by Jackie Woodburne * Egbert B. Gebstadter, fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter * Egbert, a chicken villager in the Animal Crossing series * Egbert, antagonist in Winkler's novel The Duppy (1996)
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