Gisborne (surname)
Gisborne, Gisborn or Gisbourne is a surname originating in the East Midlands/North of England, possibly connected to the town of Gisburn (formerly Gisburne) in Lancashire (formerly West Riding of Yorkshire).
People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Frederic Newton Gisborne (1824–1892), Canadian inventor and electrician
- Henry Fyshe Gisborne (1815–1841), English-born Australian bureaucrat and socialite, son of Thomas Gisborne the Younger
- Maria Gisborne (1770–1836), correspondent
- Thomas Gisbourne the Elder (1758–1846), English Anglican divine, priest and poet
- Thomas Gisborne the Younger (1790–1852), English Whig MP
- William Gisborne (1825–1898), New Zealand Colonial Secretary
Fictional characters
- Guy of Gisbourne, villain in the Robin Hood legends
- Meia Gisborn, character in Vandread
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