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Noun
gibbons- Plural of gibbon
French
Noun
m|p- Plural of gibbon
Extensive Definition
A gibbon is a type of ape.
Famous people named Gibbons include:
- Beth Gibbons (born 1965), British singer
- Billy Gibbons, guitarist for ZZ Top
- Carroll Gibbons (1903–1954), American-born British bandleader
- Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), American art director
- Christopher Gibbons (1615 - 1676), English composer, son of Orlando
- Dave Gibbons, British writer and artist of comics
- Edward Stanley Gibbons (1840-1913), philatelist and founder of Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
- Euell Gibbons (1911-1975), outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets
- Gary Gibbons, British theoretical physicist
- Gillian Gibbons, British woman arrested for naming a teddybear Muhammad in Sudan
- Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721), master wood carver
- James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921), Archbishop of Baltimore, 1877 - 1921. See also Jim Gibbons (disambiguation) for other "Jim Gibbons".
- Jay Gibbons, right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles
- Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)
- Jim Gibbons, Jr (Irish politician)
- Jim Gibbons (United States politician) (born 1951), Governor of Nevada
- John Gibbons, manager of the Toronto Blue Jays
- John H. Gibbons, scientist
- Leeza Gibbons, television personality
- Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625), English composer
- Stella Gibbons (1902-1989), author of Cold Comfort Farm
- Scott Gibbons, American composer
- Steve Gibbons (musician), from Birmingham
- Steve Gibbons, Australian politician
- Thomas Gibbons (1757-1852), lawyer, mayor of Savannah, steamboat tycoon, father of William Gibbons (1794-1852) whose home, Mead Hall, was the historic first building on the Drew University campus.
- Thomas Gibbons (1904-1987), former Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner during the 1950's reform years.
Gibbons may also refer to:
- Gibbons, a little person from the tv show Tom Goes to the Mayor, played by Brian Posehn.
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824), a landmark United States Supreme Court case
- the Stanley Gibbons stamp catalogues published by Stanley Gibbons Ltd
- Gibbons, Alberta
- Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s
See also
- Gibson (sept)
- Cardinal Gibbons High School (Florida), a private high school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Gibbon (disambiguation) for uses of the term as a nominal singular
gibbons in German: Gibbons
(Begriffsklärung)
gibbons in French: Gibbons
gibbons in Japanese: ギボンズ
gibbons in Russian: Гиббонс