Lambert (name)

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Lambert is a given name and surname. It is the Low German form of the anthroponymic name Landberht from the Old High German land "(home) land" and beraht "fulgent, boast, lofty".

People with the given name Lambert

Lambert, Bishop of Ostia (c. 1036–1130), became Pope Honorius II

Lambert, Margrave of Tuscany (fl. 929–931), also count and duke of Lucca

Lambert le Bègue, 12th century Belgian priest

Lambert de Monte, also known as Lambert of Cologne (1430/5–1499), Dutch scholastic and thomist

Lambert of Ardres, (c. 1160–after 1203) 12th century French chronicler

Lambert of Cologne, also known as Lambert de Monte (1430/5–1499), Dutch scholastic and thomist

Lambert of Cremona, bishop of Cremona in the Middle Ages

Lambert of Gallura (d. 1225), giudice of Gallura, Sardinia

Lambert of Hersfeld (c. 1024–c. 1088), Thuringian chronicler

Lambert of Maastricht (c. 636 – c. 700), bishop, saint, and martyr

Lambert of St-Bertin or Lambert of St-Omer (born c. 1060), medieval encyclopedist

Lambert I of Leuven (c. 950–1015), count of Leuven

Lambert II, Count of Leuven (1041–1063), count of Leuven

Lambert I of Nantes (fl. 818–836), count of Nantes and duke of Spolete

Lambert II of Nantes (fl. 843–851), count of Nantes

Lambert III of Nantes (fl. 851–862), pretender to the County of Nantes

Lambert I of Spoleto (d. 880), duke and margrave of Spoleto

Lambert II of Spoleto (c. 880–898), Holy Roman Emperor

Lambert II, Count of Lens (d. 1054), count of Lens

Lambert Adelot (b. 1898), Belgian field hockey player

Lambert Amon Tanoh (b. 1926), Ivorian politician

Lambert Bartak, American organist

Lambert Beauduin (1873–1960), Belgian monk, founder of Chevetogne Abbey, Belgium

Lambert Blackwell Larking (1797–1868), English clergyman and antiquarian

Lambert Bos (1670–1717), Dutch scholar

Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823), American merchant

Lambert Daneau (c.1535–c.1590), French jurist and Calvinist theologian

Lambert Ferri (fl. c. 1250–1300), trouvère and cleric at the monastery at Saint-Léonard, Pas-de-Calais

Lambert Folkers (d. 1761), Nova Scotia politician

Lambert Grimaldi (1420–1494), Lord of Monaco

Lambert Hamel (b. 1940), German actor

Lambert Heinrich von Babo (1818–1899), German chemist

Lambert Hillyer (1889–1969), American director and screenwriter

Lambert Hitchcock (1795–1852), American furniture manufacturer

Lambert Lombard (1505–1566), painter and architect from the Low Countries

Lambert Mascarenhas, 20th century Indian journalist

Lambert McKenna (1870–1956), Irish scholar, editor and lexicographer

Lambert Meertens (b. 1944), Dutch computer scientist

Lambert Murphy (b. 1885), American tenor

Lambert Quetelet (1796–1874), alternate name of Adolphe Quételet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist

Lambert Redd (1908–1986), American athlete

Lambert Schaus (1908–1976), Luxembourgian politician

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (1700–1759), French sculptor

Lambert Simnel (c. 1477–c. 1525), child pretender to the throne of England

Lambert Sustris (c. 1515–20–c. 1584), Dutch painter

Lambert van Nistelrooij (b. 1953), Dutch politician

Lambert of Vence (1084–1154), Bishop and saint

Lambert Verdonk (b. 1944), Dutch football player

Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet (1875–1956), British politician

Lambert Wickes (1735–1777), American Continental Navy Captain

Lambert Wilson (b. 1958), French actor

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Adam Lambert (b. 1982), American recording artist, stage actor

Adelaide Lambert (1907–1996), American swimmer

Adrian Lambert (b. 1972), English bassist and songwriter

Adrien Lambert (1913–2003), Canadian politician

Alain Lambert (b. 1946), French politician

Albert Bond Lambert (1875–1946), American aviator

Albert Edward Lambert (1870–1929), British architect

Alice Elinor Lambert (1886–1981), American writer

Alison Lambert (b. 1977), British clarinettist

Allen Lambert (1911–2002), Canadian banker

Andrew Lambert (b. 1951), English historian

Angela Lambert (1940–2007), British journalist

Anne Louise Lambert (b. 1955), Australian actress

Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, Marquise de Lambert (1647–1733), French writer and salonnière

Annie Lambert (b. 1946), British actress

Sir Anthony Lambert (1911–2007), British ambassador

August Lambert (1916–1945), German Luftwaffe fighter ace

Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842), British botanist

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Ben Lambert (born 1976), British musician

Bob Lambert (cricketer) (1874–1956), Irish cricketer

Bob Lambert (academic) (born 1952), English member of the Special Demonstration Squad and academic

Bob Lambert (executive) (c. 1957–2012), American media executive with The Walt Disney Company

Brad Lambert (b. 1965), American football coach

Brian Lambert (footballer) (1936–2007), English footballer

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Cecil Lambert, (1864–1928) British admiral

Charles de Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Charles Lambert (disambiguation)

Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896), American composer

Chris Lambert (disambiguation)

Christophe Lambert (disambiguation)

Christopher Lambert (disambiguation)

Claude Lambert (b. 1969), Canadian boxer

Clayton Lambert (b. 1952), Guyana cricketer

Cody Lambert (b. 1961), American rodeo rider

Constant Lambert (1905–1951), British composer

Craig Lambert (b. 1968), Australian rules footballer

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Dan Lambert (b. 1970), Canadian ice hockey player

Daniel Lambert (1770–1809), British prison keeper, famous for his obesity

David Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people with this name

Denis Lambert (b. 1961), Canadian boxer

Denny Lambert (b. 1970), Canadian ice hockey player

Derek Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Dion Lambert (born 1969), American football player

Donald Lambert (1904–1962), American jazz stride pianist

Dorothea Lambert Chambers (1878–1960), British tennis player

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E. M. Lambert (1905–2000), American college football coach

Eddie J. Lambert (b. 1956), Louisiana politician

Edie Lambert (b. 1968), American television journalist

Eleanor Lambert (1903–2003), American fashion pioneer

Elizabeth Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore (c. 1445–c. 1527), mistress of King Edward IV of England

Elizabeth Lambert, pen name of contemporary author Penelope Williamson

Eric Lambert (author) (1918–1966), Australian author

Erwin Lambert (1909–1976), Nazi SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator

Eugene Lambert (fl. 1960–1990), Irish puppeteer

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Francis Lambert, theologian

Frank Lambert (disambiguation)

Franz Lambert (b. 1948), German composer and organist

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Gary Lambert (politician), American politician

Garry Lambert, contemporary Australian politician

Gavin Lambert (1924–2005) British American screenwriter, novelist and biographer

Geert Lambert (b. 1968), Belgian politician

Geoffrey Lambert, a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 2000 Canadian federal election

George Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Gordon Lambert (1919–2005), Irish art collector

Graham Lambert, member of the band Inspiral Carpets

Grant Lambert (b. 1977), Australian cricketer

Greg Lambert (disambiguation)

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Ham Lambert (1910–2006), Irish cricketer and Rugby Union player

Harold Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Harry Lambert (1918–1995), Australian cricketer

Henri Lambert (1872–1934), Belgian engineer and glass works owner

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Ian Lambert (b. 1960), Australian principal of The Scots College

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Jack Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Jacques Lambert (b. 1891), French architect

Jane Lambert, maiden name of Jane Shore (c. 1445–c. 1527), mistress of King Edward IV of England

Janet Lambert (1893–1973), American playwright

Jason Lambert (b. 1977), American mixed martial artist

Jean Lambert (b. 1950), politician

Jenna Lambert (born 1991), Canadian disabled swimmer

Jérôme Lambert (b. 1957), French politician

Jerry Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), mathematician and physicist

John Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

John Lambert of Creg Clare (1645 – c.1669), Irish soldier and Royalist

Johnny Woodly Lambert (b. 1980), Costa Rican footballer

Joseph E. Lambert (fl. 1970–2008), chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court, United States

Joseph-François Lambert, (1824–1873), French adventurer and diplomate

Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), English Canon of York

Joyce Lambert (1916–2005), English botanist and statigrapher

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Karel Lambert (b. 1928), philosopher and logician

Karl Lambert (1815–1865), Russian general

Kathy Lambert, contemporary American politician

Ken Lambert (1928–2002), English footballer

Kent Lambert, contemporary American politician

Kit Lambert (1935–1981), English record producer

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Lane Lambert (b. 1964), Canadian ice hockey player

Laura Lambert, alternate name of Russian spy Elena Miller

Lillian Lincoln Lambert (fl. 1967–2001), American businesswoman

Lisa Lambert, Canadian actress, writer and composer

Lisa Michelle Lambert, an American convicted murderer

Louis Lambert (b. 1940), American politician

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Marcel Lambert (1919–2000), Canadian politician

Marie Lambert (1935–1961), Swiss motorcycle racer

Margaret Bergmann Lambert (b. 1914), German athlete

Marjorie F. Lambert (1908–2006), American anthropologist and archaeologist

Mark Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Mary Lambert (director) (b. 1951), American director

Mary Lambert (singer) (b. 1989), American singer-songwriter

Melanie Lambert and Fred Palascak (b. 1974 and 1975 respectively), pair ice skating team

Mercedes Lambert, pseudonym of Douglas Anne Munson (1948–2004), attorney, teacher and writer

Michael Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Michelle Lambert (b. 1985), American pop singer

Michel Lambert (1610–1696), French singing master, theorbist and composer

Mick Lambert (b. 1950), British football player

Mieszko II Lambert (990–1034), king of Poland

Miranda Lambert (b. 1983), American country music singer

Moy Lambert (1550–1625), Dutch vice admiral

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Nadine Lambert (1926–2006), American psychology professor

Nathalie Lambert (b. 1963), Canadian short-track speed skater

Neal E. Lambert (b. 1934), American professor of literature

Nicolas-Eustache Lambert Dumont (1767–1835), Canadian seigneur

Nigel Lambert (born 1944), British actor

Norman Platt Lambert (1885–1965), Canadian politician

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Paul Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Paula Lambert (b. 1943), American cook

Pee Wee Lambert (1924–1965), American mandolinist

Percy E. Lambert (1881–1913), car racer, first person to cover a hundred miles in an hour

Peter Lambert, any of several people with this name

Phyllis Lambert (b. 1927), Canadian millionaire and philanthropist

Pierre Lambert (1920–2008), French trotskyist

Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679), French bishop and founding member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society

Piggy Lambert (1888–1958), American basketball coach

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Rachel Lambert Mellon (b. 1910), American philanthropist and art collector

Rae Lambert, 20th century British author

Raoul Lambert (b. 1944), Belgian football player

Ray Lambert (b. 1922), Welsh football player

Raymond Lambert (1914–1997), Swiss climber

Rickie Lambert (b. 1982), English football player

Richard Lambert (b. 1944), British businessman

Richard Lambert (handballer) (b. 1948), Canadian handball player

Richard S. Lambert (1894–1981), Canadian author

Rudy Lambert (fl. 1940s), American member of the California Communist Party

Ryan Lambert (born 1971), American performer

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S. H. Lambert, pen name of British writer Stephen Southwold (1887–1964)

Samuel M. Lambert (1914–1991), American president of the National Education Association during the administration of Richard M. Nixon

Sarah Lambert (b. 1970), Australian actor and producer

Scrappy Lambert (1901–1987), American jazz band vocalist

Sep Lambert (1876–1959), Irish cricketer

Sheela Lambert (b. 1956), American civil rights activist

Simon Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Stephen Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

Steve Lambert (artist) (b. 1976), American artist

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Thomas Lambert, any of several people with this name

Tony Lambert, 20th century British diplomat

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Verity Lambert (1935–2007), British television producer

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Ward Lambert (1888–1958), American college basketball coach

Wilfred G. Lambert (b. 1926), British archaeologist

William Lambert (disambiguation), any of several people of the same name

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Yumi Lambert (b. 1995), Belgian fashion model

Yves Lambert (b. 1936), French aerospace engineer

Yvon Lambert (b. 1950), Canadian ice hockey player

Yvonne Lambert, member of the band The Octopus Project

In British peerage

Viscount Lambert, British peerage title created in 1945

Lambert Baronets, British baronetage title created in 1711

Fictional characters

Alfred, Chip, Denise, Enid, and Gary Lambert, characters in Jonathan Franzen's 2001 novel "The Corrections"

Darien Lambert, main character of the series Time Trax

Diane Lambert, character from the British soap opera Emmerdale

Eve Lambert, character from the American television series Port Charles

Irving Lambert, a major character in the Splinter Cell franchise.

Lambert Strether, character from Henry James's 1903 novel The Ambassadors

Val Lambert, character from the British soap opera Emmerdale

Chuck Lambert, character from Season 1 episode 4 ("Phantom Traveller") of "Supernatural"

References

Lambert (name) Wikipedia

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