Osbert

Osbert is a male Germanic given name and a surname, composed of the elements ans/os "god", and berht "bright".

It may refer to:

Given name

Osbert or Osberht of Northumbria (died 867), King of Northumbria
Osbert or Osbeorn Bulax (died c. 1054), son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria
Osbert de Bayeux (fl. 1121−1184), medieval English cleric and archdeacon
Osbert of Clare (died in or after 1158), monk, elected prior of Westminster Abbey and briefly abbot, writer, hagiographer and forger of charters
Osbert of Dunblane (died 1230), Bishop of Dunblane
Osbert de Longchamp (c. 1155−before 1208), Anglo-Norman administrator
Osbert fitzHervey (died 1206), Anglo-Norman royal judge

O. G. S. Crawford (1886−1957), English archaeologist and a pioneer in the use of aerial photographs in his field
Osbert Lancaster (1908−1986), English cartoonist, author, art critic and stage designer
Osbert Mackie (1869−1927), English rugby union centre and Anglican priest
Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton (1871−1930), British courtier and Liberal politician
Osbert Mordaunt (cricketer, born 1876) (1876−1949), English cricketer
Osbert Peake, 1st Viscount Ingleby (1897−1966), British Conservative Party politician
Osbert Salvin (1835−1898), English naturalist, ornithologist and herpetologist
Osbert Sitwell (1892−1969), English writer