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 () 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

• (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)

• (fl. 889–), Saxon nobleman

• Egbert (archbishop of Trier) (c. 950–993)

• Egbert of Liège (), educator and author

• Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1068)

• (d. 1076/7), abbot

• Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1060–1090)

• (d. 1150), German count

• Eckbert of Schönau (d. 1184), abbot and biographer

• (d. 1237), bishop of Bamberg

• (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

• (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

• (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

• (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

• (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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