Albert
Meaning: Its source is Adalbrecht, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Exalted, shining with fame."
Origin: "Adalbrecht."
Languages: This boy's name is used in Dutch, English, French, Polish, Czech, Norwegian and Swedish.
Feminine Forms: Alberta
Source Forms: Adalbrecht
Popularity: The name Albert ranked 286th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 54th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.
Narrative: When Britain's Queen Victoria married the Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1840, she brought his name to the attention of the English-speaking world. Prince Albert proceeded to load the name with positive associations, displaying a lively intelligence and a sincere interest in the welfare of his adopted people.
In the 20th century, a prince of a different order put his stamp upon the name. Physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) not only had an enormous impact on science, but also used his fame and the respect accorded to his great intellect to advance many humanitarian concerns.
Arts and Music
- Albert Ayler (born 1936)
American jazz musician.
- Alto sax player and composer associated with bop and free jazz (see list of Critics' Picks for the Jazz Hall of Fame)
- Albert King (born 1923)
American musician.
- Blues guitarist (see list of Guitarists)
- Albert von Tilzer (born 1878, died 1956)
American popular composer and songwriter.
- Wrote ''''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'''' (see list of Songwriters)
Leadership
- Albert J. Costello (born 1935)
American business executive.
- CEO of Fortune 500 company W.R. Grace (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
- Albert Einstein (born 1879, died 1955)
German-American physicist whose theories of relativity greatly influenced 20th-century science and culture.
- Time Magazine Man of the 20th century (see list of People who overthrew the inherited ideas about logic, language, learning, mathematics, economics, space and time of the old century)
- Albert Gallatin (born 1761, died 1849)
American financier and political leader.
- U.S. Representative, 1795-1801; secretary of the treasury, 1801-1814; minister to France and Great Britain (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
- Albert J. Luthuli (born 1898, died 1967)
South African reformer. President of the African National Congress,1952-60.
- 1960 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
- Albert Schweitzer (born 1875, died 1965)
Alsatian theologian, missionary, physician and musicologist.
- 1952 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
Miscellaneous
- Albert Einstein (born 1879, died 1955)
German-American physicist whose theories of relativity greatly influenced 20th-century science and culture.
- On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')
- Albert Coady Wedemeyer II (born 1897, died 1989)
American general who drafted the strategy for America's entrance into WWII.
- 1985 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- Albert K. Mitchell
- National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
- Albert Nipon
- American fashion designer (see list of Fashion Designers)
- Albert B. Sabin (born 1906, died 1993)
Polish-American biologist who developed an oral, live-virus vaccine for polio.
- 1986 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- Albert Shanker
American educator and labor leader.
- 1988 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
- Albert Stubbins
British soccer player.
- On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')
- Albert Wohlstetter
Military strategist.
- 1985 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
Science and Philosophy
- Albert Boyd
Set a world air-speed record in 1947.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
- Albert Claude (born 1898, died 1983)
American biochemist who used biochemical methods to isolate a cancer cell.
- 1974 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with George Palade and Christian de Duve (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
- F. Albert Cotton (born 1930)
American chemist.
- 1982 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Albert Einstein (born 1879, died 1955)
German-American physicist whose theories of relativity greatly influenced 20th-century science and culture.
- 1921 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
- Albert F. Hegenberger
Co-pilot on the first flight from the mainland U.S. to Hawaii.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
- Albert A. Michelson (born 1852, died 1931)
American physicist who measured the movement of the Earth through space.
- 1907 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
- Albert Overhauser (born 1925)
American physicist.
- 1994 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Albert C. Read
Piloted the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean (with a stop in the Azores), in 1919.
- Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
- Albert B. Sabin (born 1906, died 1993)
Polish-American biologist who developed an oral, live-virus vaccine for polio.
- 1970 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
- Albert Sacco (born 1949)
American astronaut and mechanical engineer.
- Astronaut on Columbia (1995) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
- Albert Schweitzer (born 1875, died 1965)
Alsatian theologian, missionary, physician and musicologist.
- His book on ethics, Philosophy of Civilization (1923), advocated reverence for all life (see list of Miscellaneous Social Scientists)
- Albert Szent-Györgyi (born 1893, died 1986)
Hungarian chemist who discovered the role of vitamin C in the oxidation of nutrients in the cell.
- 1937 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
Sports
- Albert Azaryan
Soviet athlete.
- 1956, 1960 Olympic gymnastics gold medal winner for Rings (see list of Gold Medalists in Individual Gymnastics Events)
- Albert B. ''Happy'' Chandler
American baseball commissioner, 1944-50.
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Albert Glen ''Turk'' Edwards
- Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1969 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
- Albert Gutterson
American athlete.
- 1912 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
- Albert Hill
British athlete.
- 1916 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 800m run (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 800m Run)
- 1920 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 1500m run (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
- Albert B. Hodges
- 1894-95 U.S. Chess champion (see list of United States Chess Champions)
- Albert Johnson
Jockey.
- 1922, 1926 Kentucky Derby winner (see list of Jockeys Who Have Won the Kentucky Derby)
- Albert ''Red'' Schoendienst (born 1923)
American baseball player, coach, and manager.
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Albert White
American athlete.
- 1924 Olympic gold medal winner for Springboard Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Springboard Diving)
- 1924 Olympic gold medal winner for Platform Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Platform Diving)
- Albert ''Chalky'' Wright (born 1912, died 1957)
Mexican boxer.
- Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Modern inductees)
- Albert Zürner
German athlete.
- 1908 Olympic gold medal winner for Springboard Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Springboard Diving)
Stage and Screen
- Fat Albert
Fictional character.
- From ''''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'''' (see list of Cartoon characters)
- Albert Brooks (born 1947)
American comedian, director, and writer.
- A cast member on ''''Saturday Night Live,'''' from 1975-1976 (see list of Saturday Night Live)
- Gen. Albert Burkhalter
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Leon Askin (see list of Characters on ''Hogan's Heroes'')
- Albert Dekker (born 1905, died 1968)
American actor.
- Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Albert Fields
- 1990s Mouseketeer (see list of 1990s Mickey Mouse Club)
- Albert Ingalls
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Matthew Laborteaux (see list of Characters on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
- Albert Maltz (born 1908)
American film writer and director.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
- Albert Rosenfield
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Miguel Ferrer (see list of Characters on ''Twin Peaks'')
The Literary World
- Albert J. Beveridge (born 1862, died 1927)
American historian and U.S. senator.
- 1920 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for The Life of John Marshall (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
- Albert Campion
Fictional detective.
- Created by author Margery Allingham (see list of Fictional Detectives)
- Albert Camus (born 1913, died 1960)
French novelist and essayist.
- 1957 Nobel Prize winner for Literature (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature)
- Wrote The Stranger, The Plague and The Rebel (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
- Albert Carson
Fictional character.
- Head librarian of Derry, 1914-1960, in Stephen King''s novel It (see list of Characters in It)
- Albert L. Delugach
- 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
- Albert V. Gaudiosi
- 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
- Albert Hackett (born 1900, died 1995)
American playwright and screenwriter.
- 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for The Diary of Anne Frank (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
- Albert Morgan
Fictional character.
- Character in ''''The Key,'''' by Eudora Welty (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)
- Albert Scardino
- 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
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Albert the Great
Used in reference to Albert Chevalier, a British music-hall singer and comedian.
- Fat Albert
Meaning: Its source is Adalbrecht, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Exalted, shining with fame."
Origin: "Adalbrecht."
Popularity: The name Albert ranked 3454th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.
This name is usually reserved for boys. In part, it may owe its position on the US Census popularity list to incorrectly filled-out census forms.
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