# Egbert

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For other uses, see [Egbert (disambiguation)](/source/Egbert_(disambiguation)).

**Egbert** is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. [Anglo-Saxon](/source/Anglo-Saxons) variant spellings include **Ecgberht** (Old English pronunciation: [\[ˈedʒberˠxt\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Old_English)) and **Ecgbert**. German variant spellings include **Eckbert** and **Ekbert**.

## People with the first name

### Middle Ages

- [Ecgberht of Kent](/source/Ecgberht_of_Kent), king of Kent (ruled 664–673)

- [Ecgberht of Ripon](/source/Ecgberht_of_Ripon) (died 729), Anglo-Saxon saint, monk and Bishop of Lindisfarne

- [Ecgbert of York](/source/Ecgbert_of_York) (died 766), Archbishop of York

- [Ecgberht II of Kent](/source/Ecgberht_II_of_Kent) (died c. 784), king of Kent

- [Egbert of Saxony](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_of_Saxony&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekbert_(Sachsen)); [it](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecberto)] (fl. 756–811), Saxon nobleman

- [Egbert of Lindisfarne](/source/Egbert_of_Lindisfarne) (died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne

- [Egbert of Wessex](/source/Ecgberht%2C_King_of_Wessex), king of Wessex (ruled 802–839)

- [Ecgberht I of Northumbria](/source/Ecgberht_I_of_Northumbria), king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873)

- [Ecgberht II of Northumbria](/source/Ecgberht_II_of_Northumbria), king of Northumbria (ruled c. 876–883)

- [Ekbert of Wetigau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekbert_of_Wetigau&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekbert_(Wetigau))] (fl. 889–c. 930), Saxon nobleman

- [Egbert (archbishop of Trier)](/source/Egbert_(archbishop_of_Trier)) (c. 950–993)

- [Egbert of Liège](/source/Egbert_of_Li%C3%A8ge) (fl. c. 1023), educator and author

- [Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen](/source/Egbert_I%2C_Margrave_of_Meissen) (d. 1068)

- [Egbert von Münsterschwarzach](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_von_M%C3%BCnsterschwarzach&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_von_M%C3%BCnsterschwarzach)] (d. 1076/7), abbot

- [Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen](/source/Egbert_II%2C_Margrave_of_Meissen) (c. 1060–1090)

- [Ekbert I of Tecklenburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekbert_I_of_Tecklenburg&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekbert_I._(Tecklenburg))] (d. 1150), German count

- [Eckbert of Schönau](/source/Eckbert_of_Sch%C3%B6nau) (d. 1184), abbot and biographer

- [Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekbert_von_Andechs-Meranien&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekbert_von_Andechs-Meranien)] (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg

- [Ekbert von Bentheim](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekbert_von_Bentheim&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekbert_von_Bentheim)] (d. 1335), ecclesiastic

- [Egbert Hallihan, Duke of New Jersey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_Hallihan,_Duke_of_New_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1) (c. 1347)

### Modern era

- [Egbert Strijbos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_Strijbos&action=edit&redlink=1) (born 1975), Dutch scientist and scholar and handy man with a diverse toolbox.

- [Egbert Aglae](/source/Egbert_Aglae) (born 1980), Seychelles politician

- [Egbert Bakker](/source/Egbert_Bakker) (born 1958), Dutch classical scholar

- [Egbert Baqué](/source/Egbert_Baqu%C3%A9) (born 1952), German gallerist, author and translator

- [Egbert Benson](/source/Egbert_Benson) (1746–1833), New York jurist and politician, a founding father of the United States

- [Egbert Brieskorn](/source/Egbert_Brieskorn) (1936–2013), German mathematician

- [Egbert B. Brown](/source/Egbert_B._Brown) (1816-1902), Union general in the American Civil War

- [Egbert van Burmania Rengers](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_van_Burmania_Rengers&action=edit&redlink=1) [[fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_van_Burmania_Rengers); [fy](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_fan_Burmania_Rengers); [nl](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_van_Burmania_Rengers)] (1745–1806), Frisian nobility and politician

- [Egbert Cadbury](/source/Egbert_Cadbury) (1893-1967), British Royal Navy First World War pilot and businessman

- [Egbert Cleave](/source/Egbert_Cleave) (fl. 1870s), American author

- [Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III](/source/Egbert_Nathaniel_Dawkins_III) (born 1979), American musician known as *Aloe Blacc*

- [Egbert van Drielst](/source/Egbert_van_Drielst) (1745-1818), Dutch painter

- [Egbert von Frankenberg und Proschlitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_von_Frankenberg_und_Proschlitz&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_von_Frankenberg_und_Proschlitz_(1909%E2%80%932000)); [nl](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_von_Frankenberg_und_Proschlitz)] (1909-2000), East German military leader and politician

- [Egbert B. Groen](/source/Egbert_B._Groen) (1915-2012), American politician and lawyer

- [Egbert Hambley](/source/Egbert_Hambley) (1862–1906), British-born American mining engineer

- [Egbert Hayessen](/source/Egbert_Hayessen) (1913–1944), German World War II resistance fighter

- [Egbert van Heemskerk](/source/Egbert_van_Heemskerk) (1634–1704), Dutch Golden Age painter

- [Egbert Hirschfelder](/source/Egbert_Hirschfelder) (1942–2022), German rower

- [Egbert Ho](/source/Egbert_Ho) (born 1978), Dutch field hockey player

- [Egbert C.N. van Hoepen](/source/Egbert_Cornelis_Nicolaas_van_Hoepen) (1884–1966), Dutch paleontologist

- [Egbert Jahn](/source/Egbert_Jahn) (born 1941), German political scientist

- [Egbert Kankeleit](/source/Egbert_Kankeleit) (1929–2022), German nuclear physicist

- [Egbert Xavier Kelly](/source/Egbert_Xavier_Kelly) (1894–1945), Irish De La Salle Brother

- [Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer](/source/Egbert_Bartholomeusz_Kortenaer) (1604-1665), Dutch admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands

- [Egbert Adriaan Kreiken](/source/Egbert_Adriaan_Kreiken) (1896–1964), Dutch teacher and astronomer

- [Egbert Jans van Leeuwarden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_Jans_van_Leeuwarden&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Jans_van_Leeuwarden); [fy](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Jans_van_Leeuwarden); [nl](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Jans_van_Leeuwarden)] (1608–1674), Dutch clockmaker

- [Egbert Lucas](/source/Egbert_Lucas) (1878–1958), British Anglican Archdeacon

- [Egbert van 't Oever](/source/Egbert_van_'t_Oever) (1927–2001), Dutch speed skater and speed skating coach

- [Egbert van der Poel](/source/Egbert_van_der_Poel) (1621–1664), Dutch Golden Age painter

- [Egbert Rimkus](/source/Egbert_Rimkus) (died 1996), German tourist famous for disappearing in [Death Valley](/source/Death_Valley)

- [Egbert Schuurman](/source/Egbert_Schuurman) (born 1937), Dutch engineer, philosopher, and politician

- [Egbert Stephens](/source/Egbert_Stephens) (born 1952), Guyanese cricketer

- [Egbert Streuer](/source/Egbert_Streuer) (born 1954), Dutch sidecar driver

- [Egbert Don Taylor](/source/Egbert_Don_Taylor) (1937–2014), Jamaican Episcopelian bishop

- [Egbert Ten Eyck](/source/Egbert_Ten_Eyck) (1779–1844), American lawyer and politician, US congressman from New York

- [Egbert Van Alstyne](/source/Egbert_Van_Alstyne) (1878–1951), American songwriter and pianist

- [Egbert van Kampen](/source/Egbert_van_Kampen) (1908-1942), Belgian mathematician

- [Egbert Ludovicus Viele](/source/Egbert_Ludovicus_Viele) (1825-1902), American engineer, politician and Civil War brigadier general

- [Egbert Wagenborg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egbert_Wagenborg&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Wagenborg); [fy](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Wagenborg); [nl](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_Wagenborg)] (1866–1943), Dutch shipowner and builder

- [Egbert White](/source/Egbert_White) (1894–1976), American war correspondent

- [Egbert Austin Williams](/source/Egbert_Austin_Williams) (1874–1922), Bahamian-American vaudeville comedian

## People with the surname

- [Albert Gallatin Egbert](/source/Albert_Gallatin_Egbert) (1828–1896), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania

- [Harry C. Egbert](/source/Harry_C._Egbert) (1839–1899), US Army brigadier general

- [James Chidester Egbert, Jr.](/source/James_Chidester_Egbert%2C_Jr.) (1859–1948), American classical scholar and educator

- [James Dallas Egbert III](/source/James_Dallas_Egbert_III) (1962–1980), American college student involved in a widely covered disappearance

- [Joseph Egbert](/source/Joseph_Egbert) (1807–1888), U.S. Representative from New York

- [Rae L. Egbert](/source/Rae_L._Egbert) (1891–1964), New York politician

- [Sherwood Egbert](/source/Sherwood_Egbert) (1920–1969), president of Studebaker-Packard Corporation

- [William Egbert](/source/William_Egbert) (1857–1936), Canadian physician and politician

## Fictional characters

- [John Egbert](/source/John_Egbert), in the webcomic *Homestuck*

- [Julie Egbert](/source/Julie_Egbert), a character from the Australian television series *Prisoner*, played by Jackie Woodburne

- [Egbert B. Gebstadter](/source/Egbert_B._Gebstadter), fictional author who appears in the works of Douglas Hofstadter

- Egbert, a chicken villager in the [Animal Crossing](/source/Animal_Crossing) series

- Egbert, antagonist in Winkler's novel The Duppy (1996)

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