# Egbert

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 (Old English pronunciation:) 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
* Egbert of Saxony [de; it] (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)
* Ekbert of Wetigau [de] (fl. 889–c. 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)
* Egbert von Münsterschwarzach [de] (d. 1076/7), abbot
* Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)
* Ekbert I of Tecklenburg [de] (d. 1150), German count
* Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer
* Ekbert von Andechs-Meranien [de] (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg
* Ekbert von Bentheim [de] (d. 1335), ecclesiastic

### Later times

* 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
* Egbert van Burmania Rengers [fr; fy; 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
* Egbert von Frankenberg und Proschlitz [de; 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
* 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
* 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 Boulder, a cute baby boy in Season 1, Episode 7 of The Flintstones ("The Babysitters"), in which Fred and Barney have tickets for the fights but get roped into babysitting their wives' friend's son that night