'''Osbert''' is a male [[Germanic name|Germanic given name]] and a [[surname]], composed of the elements ''[[æsir|ans/os]]'' "god", and ''[[:wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/berhtaz|berht]]'' "bright".
It may refer to:
== Given name == === Pre-modern era=== *Osbert or [[Osberht of Northumbria]] (died 867), King of Northumbria *Osbert or [[Osbeorn Bulax]] (died c. 1054), son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria *[[Osbert de Bayeux]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1121−1184), medieval English cleric and archdeacon *[[Osbert of Clare]] (died in or after 1158), monk, elected prior of Westminster Abbey and briefly abbot, writer, hagiographer and forger of charters *[[Osbert of Dunblane]] (died 1230), Bishop of Dunblane *[[Osbert de Longchamp]] (c. 1155−before 1208), Anglo-Norman administrator *[[Osbert fitzHervey]] (died 1206), Anglo-Norman royal judge
=== Modern world === *[[O. G. S. Crawford]] (1886−1957), English archaeologist and a pioneer in the use of aerial photographs in his field *[[Osbert Lancaster]] (1908−1986), English cartoonist, author, art critic and stage designer *[[Osbert Mackie]] (1869−1927), English rugby union centre and Anglican priest *[[Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton]] (1871−1930), British courtier and Liberal politician *[[Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, born 1876)]] (1876−1949), English cricketer *[[Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby]] (1897−1966), British Conservative Party politician *[[Osbert Salvin]] (1835−1898), English naturalist, ornithologist and herpetologist *[[Osbert Sitwell]] (1892−1969), English writer
== Surname ==
*[[Alphonse Osbert]] (1857-1939), French painter *[[William Fitz Osbert]] (died 1196), champion of the poor in London
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