Albert Given Name
Gender	Male
Meaning	noble-bright
Origin	Germanic
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Albert

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 of Austria
• St. Albert
• Prince Albert
• 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 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

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
• 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

See also

• All pages beginning with Albert
• Alberta
• Albertina

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Albert". Image Credit.

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