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Gibson, Frederick Wellington (1920-1992) was born in Kingston. He earned a BA from Queen's in 1942 and an MA in history in 1944. After a brief period of graduate work at Harvard, he worked at the Public Archives of Canada and was selected by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1946 as an assistant in sorting his private papers for his memoirs. He returned to Queen's in 1952, where he taught Canadian history until his retirement in 1986. He served as Queen's first Vice-Principal (Academic) from 1966 to 1969 and won the Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence in 1985. He was also well known as the university's official historian. With fellow history professor Roger Graham, he co-edited Queen's University, volume I: 1841-1917, after the death of author Hilda Neatby. The second volume, Queen's University, Volume II, 1917-1961, he wrote himself. In 1991 he earned an honorary Doctorate of Laws. He died in 1992.

Hugh F. Gibson was born in Kingston, Ontario on December 12, 1916. He was educated at Queen's University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 and a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1938. He received legal training as Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1942. He practised law in Kingston from 1946 to 1964 and was created Queen's Counsel in 1960. During his legal career he held various positions including Judge of the Exchequer Court of Canada, 1964-1971, President of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, 1964-1981, and Judge of the Trial Division, Federal Court of Canada, 1971-1981.
In 1965 Judge Gibson was appointed Commissioner to investigate the loss of the M.V. "Fort William" in Montreal Harbour, 1965. He was Chairman of the Board of Inquiry into the crash of the Douglas DC-8 at Toronto International Airport, July 1970. In 1973 he was appointed Chairman of the Airport Inquiry Commission and six years later was appointed Commissioner to inquire into certain allegations concerning commercial practices of the Canadian Dairy Commission.

J. Douglas Gibson (1909-1988) was born in Toronto and attended Upper Canada College, Toronto and University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics in 1931. For the next thirty-four years Mr. Gibson worked for the Bank of Nova Scotia in various capacities including Assistant General Manager, Deputy Chairman, and Executive Vice-President. Mr. Gibson also held executive positions on numerous organizations dealing with political science, international affairs, public finance, and taxation between 1955 and 1966. He was the author of The Scotia Bank Story (with Joseph Schull), 1982 and editor of Canada's Economy in a Changing World. In 1964 he began a long association with Queen's University when he was elected to the Queen's University Board of Trustees and in May 1975 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Queen's.

Margaret Eleanor Gibson (née MacKay) was a graduate of Queen's University, B.A 1947. Margaret interrupted her studies at Queen's to serve as a Canadian Wren in the RCA Gunnery Training School in Halifax, during the Battle of the Atlantic. She worked as a journalist for a number of years, including at the Globe and Mail before moving back to Kingston with her husband Frederick Gibson who went on to be a Professor of History at Queen's University for 30 years.

Marie Stewart Durie Gibson (nee Durie) was the wife of J. Goodwin Gibson. They lived in Ottawa.

Robert Gibson was a Cheesemaker at Morven, Ontario.

Rose Mary Elizabeth Gibson was born in Kingston, Ontario.. In 1934 she graduated from Queen's University with a B.A. degree and was for many years an educator. Between 1958 and 1965 she worked as a school librarian, then completed her Bachelor of Library Science degree at the University of Ottawa in 1967. On completion of her degree she found work at Douglas Library, Queen's University, where she was employed in the Archives where she was best known for her expertise in genealogy. She was instrumental in establishing the Kingston Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and served as its first president. In 1968 she completed the Archives Course in Ottawa thus qualifying as a professional archivist. Miss Gibson retired from Queen's in 1978. She died in 1999.

Thomas Gibson, physician, Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and of the History of Medicine, taught for many years at Queen's University at Kingston, Ont.

British statesman, London, England.

Shirley Gibson-Langille is an artist, author, and historian based in Kingston, Ontario. Specializing in portraits of homes and businesses, she has exhibited her works since 1961.