Albert

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name = Albert


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gender = Male
meaning = noble-bright
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origin = Germanic
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Albert is a common first name. The name has its origins in the Germanic name "Adalbrecht", meaning "noble-bright". "Albert" may refer to:
* Albert (surname), a family name (and people with that name)
* Albertet, an Occitan diminutive of Albert

People:
*Albert Collins, blues singer-guitarist
*Albert King, blues singer-guitarist
*Albert of Austria (disambiguation)
*St. Albert (disambiguation)
*Prince Albert (disambiguation)
*Albert of Aix (c. 1100), historian of the first crusade
*Albert I of Brandenburg (c. 1100-1170) Margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to 1170 to and duke of Saxony from 1138 to 1142
*Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (c. 1240-1314), the son of Henry III, Margrave of Meißen and Constantia of Austria
*Albert of Sweden (1338-1412), king of Sweden
*Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443-1500), the younger son of Frederick II the Gentle
*Albert of Mainz (1490-1545), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1514 to 1545 and Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1513 to 1545
*Albert I, Duke of Prussia (1490-1568), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order before converting to Lutheranism and becoming the first duke of Ducal Prussia
*Albert Alcibiades (1522-1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
*Albert L'Ouvrier (1815-1895), French socialist statesman of the French Second Republic
*Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (1821-1901), French monarchist politician
*Albert, King of Saxony (1828-1873), the eldest son of Prince John
*Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922), the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889 – June 26, 1922
*Albert Camus (1913-1960), French philosopher and novelist
*Albert Mussey Johnson (1872-1948), eccentric multi-millionaire and builder of Scotty's Castle.
*Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born theoretical physicist.
*Albert I of Belgium (1875-1934), the third King of the Belgians
*Albert II of Belgium (1934-), the current King of the Belgians
*Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958-), the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco
*Matthew Bloom (1972-), professional wrestler who went by the name Albert.
*Albert Pujols (1980-), professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals
*Albert Johnson, birth name of rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep Fictional characters:
*Albert (Discworld), a character in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series
* Albert, supporting character in "Josie" (later "Josie and the Pussycats" (comic))
*Albert Heinrich aka Cyborg 004, a character in Cyborg 009
*One of the two main characters in Leo Tolstoy's short story with the same name, Albert

In geography it may refer to:
*Albert (electoral district), a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada from 1867 to 1903
*Albert, Belize
*Albert, Kansas
*Albert, Somme a French Commune, site of three battles during the First World War::* Battle of Albert (1914)::* Battle of Albert (1916)::* Battle of Albert (1918)
*Albert, Texas, a ghost town
*Albert County, New Brunswick
*Albert Township, Michigan

In other fields it may refer to:
*Albert Heijn, the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands.
*719 Albert, Amor asteroid
*Albert E. Gator, the costumed male mascot of the University of Florida Gators athletics teams
*Albert Productions, a record label
*Albert (Automobile), an early 1920s British automobile

ee also

*lookfrom|Albert
*Alberta
*Albertina