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'''[[Gibbon]]''' |
'''[[Gibbon]]s''' are apes in the family Hylobatidae. |
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'''Gibbon''' may also refer to: |
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*[[Edward Gibbon]] (1737–1794), English historian and MP |
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*[[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]] (1796–1862), British politician |
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*[[Edward Howard-Gibbon]] (1799–1849), English surgeon, lawyer, and officer of arms |
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*[[John Gibbon]] (1827–1896), United States Army officer |
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*[[John Heysham Gibbon]] (1903–1973), US surgeon and inventor of the [[heart-lung machine]] |
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*[[Lardner A. Gibbon]] (Aug. 13, 1820 – Jan. 10, 1910), US Navy lieutenant, Amazon explorer, co-author of [[Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon]] |
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*[[Lewis Grassic Gibbon]] (1901–1935), Scottish writer |
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*[[Ray Gibbon]] (died 1999), former mayor of St. Albert, Canada |
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*[[Roger Gibbon]] (born 1944), track cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago |
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*William [[Monk Gibbon]] (1896–1987), Irish poet and prolific author |
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==Places== |
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*[[Gibbon, Minnesota]], USA |
*[[Gibbon, Minnesota]], USA |
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*[[Gibbon, Nebraska]], USA |
*[[Gibbon, Nebraska]], USA |
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*[[Ray Gibbon Drive]], St Albert, Canada |
*[[Ray Gibbon Drive]], St Albert, Canada |
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==Other uses== |
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*[[Gibbon (surname)]] |
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*[[Gibbon (comics)]], character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man titles |
*[[Gibbon (comics)]], character in Marvel Comics' Spider-Man titles |
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*Gibbon, a [[Death Eater#Death Eaters and their crimes|Death Eater]] character in ''Harry Potter'' |
*Gibbon, a [[Death Eater#Death Eaters and their crimes|Death Eater]] character in ''Harry Potter'' |
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*"[[Funky Gibbon]]", song by The Goodies |
*"[[Funky Gibbon]]", song by The Goodies |
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Revision as of 12:31, 16 October 2015
Look up gibbon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae.
Gibbon may also refer to:
Places
- Gibbon, Minnesota, USA
- Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
- Gibbon, Oregon, USA
- Gibbon Bay, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
- Ray Gibbon Drive, St Albert, Canada
Other uses
- Gibbon (surname)
- 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