Delbert

Delbert is a given name. It is a short form of Adelbert, which is a combination of the German words adal, meaning noble, and berht, meaning bright. Notable people with the name include:

• Delbert F. Anderson (1919–1999), American farmer and politician
• Delbert Baker, Seventh-day Adventist minister, author, educator, and administrator
• Delbert Black (1922–2000), the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, from 1967 to 1971
• Delbert Cowsette, former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League
• Delbert Daisey (1924–2017), known as Cigar Daisey, American waterfowl wood carver
• Delbert Day, American engineer and co-inventor of TheraSphere glass microspheres and glasphalt
• Delbert Fowler, former American football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
• D. R. Fulkerson (1924–1976), mathematician who co-developed the Ford–Fulkerson algorithm
• Delbert Gee, judge of the Superior Court of California (USA) in Alameda County since 2002
• Delbert W. Halsey (1919–1942), United States Navy officer, received the Navy Cross posthumously for actions in World War II
• Delbert Hosemann, the Republican Secretary of State of Mississippi
• Delbert O. Jennings (1936–2003), United States Army soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in the Vietnam War
• Delbert Kirsch, Canadian provincial politician
• Delbert Lamb (1914–2010), American speed skater who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics and in the 1948 Winter Olympics
• Del Latta (1920–2016), former member of the United States House of Representatives
• Delbert Mann (1920–2007), American television and film director
• Delbert McClinton, American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player and pianist
• Delbert Miller, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• G. Delbert Morris (1909–1987), United States Republican politician who served in the California legislature
• Delbert Philpott (1923–2005), American soldier and scientist
• Delbert Riley, Canadian First Nations leader of Chippewa background
• Delbert Lee Scott, businessman and politician from Missouri
• Delbert Spurlock, US Assistant Secretary of the Army (1980–1989), Deputy Secretary of Labor (1991–1993)
• Delbert L. Stapley (1896–1978), member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1950–1978)
• Del Thiessen, American psychology professor emeritus
• Del Thompson, American football player
• Delbert Tibbs (1939–2013), American man wrongfully convicted of murder and rape in 1974 and sentenced to death
• Delbert Leroy True (1923–2001), archaeologist who worked in California, particularly San Diego County, and in northern Chile
• Del Webb (1899–1974), American real estate developer and a co-owner of the New York Yankees baseball club
• Delbert E. Wong (1920–2006), the first Chinese American judge in the continental United States
• Del Yocam, American technology executive