title: Gardner (given name)
text: # Gardner (given name)
  
  Gardner is a male given name derived from Gardner (surname).
  
  ## Gardner as first name
  
  * Gardner Ackley (1915–1998), American economist
  * Gardner Dozois (1947-2018), American science fiction author and editor
  * Gardner Fox (1911–1986), American comic book writer
  * Gardner McKay (1932–2001), American actor
  * Gardner Minshew (born 1996), American football player
  * Gardner Read (1913-2005), American composer
  * Gardner Williams (swimmer), American freestyle swimmer
  * Gardner D. Williams, American politician
  * Gardner F. Williams, American mining engineer and author
  * Gardner R. Withrow (1892–1964), American politician
  
  ## Gardner as middle name
  
  * Edward Gardner Lewis (1869–1950), American publisher and founder of utopian colonies
  * John Gardner Coolidge (1863–1936), American diplomat, author and collector
  * Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), English Egyptologist
  * Joseph Gardner Swift (1783–1865), American army officer
  * Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891), American politician
  * Morgan G. Bulkeley (1837–1922), Governor of Connecticut
  * Sir Prescott Gardner Hewett (1812–1891), English surgeon
  * William Gardner Hale (1849–1928), American classical scholar
  * Paul Gardner Allen (1953–2018), co-founder of Microsoft
  