Gibbon (disambiguation)

Gibbon is a family of apes; it may also refer to:

People

• Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), English historian and MP
• Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), British politician
• Edward Howard-Gibbon (1799–1849), English surgeon, lawyer, and officer of arms
• John Gibbon (1827-1896), United States Army officer
• John Heysham Gibbon (1903-1973), US surgeon and inventor of the heart-lung machine
• Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901–1935), Scottish writer
• Ray Gibbon (died 1999), former mayor of St. Albert, Canada
• Roger Gibbon (born 1944), track cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago
• William Monk Gibbon (1896–1987), Irish poet and prolific author

Places

• Gibbon, Minnesota, USA
• Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
• Gibbon, Oregon, USA
• Gibbon Bay, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
• Ray Gibbon Drive, St Albert, Canada

Other

• Gibbon (comics), character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man titles
• Gibbon, a Death Eater character in Harry Potter
• scallion, an edible plant with hollow green leaves

See also

• Gibbons, surname
• Gutsy Gibbon, release of Ubuntu
• "Funky Gibbon", song by The Goodies