Gaspard is a Francophone male given name or family name, and may refer to:

People

Given name

* Gaspard II Schetz, Lord of Grobbendonk *

Gaspard Abeille Gaspard Abeille (Riez, 1648 – Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an are ...

(1648–1718), French poet * Gaspard André (1840–1896), French architect * Gaspard Augé (born 1979), one half of French electronic music duo

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

* Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (1581–1638), French mathematician * Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624), Swiss botanist *

Gaspard Laurent Bayle Gaspard Laurent Bayle (18 August 1774, Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 1816) was a French physician. He studied medicine under Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755–1821), and was a colleague to René Laennec (1781–1826). Beginning in 1805 he p ...

(1774–1816), French physician *

Gaspard Bobek Gaspard Bobek (1593–1635) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pedena (1631–1635).

(1593–1635), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate *

Gaspard Auguste Brullé Gaspard Auguste Brullé (7 April, 1809 – 21 January, 1873) was a French entomologist. Passionate about insects from a young age and through the intervention of Georges Cuvier, he participated in the Morea expedition organised by Jean Baptiste ...

(1809–1873), French entomologist *

Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet Gaspard Jean-Baptiste Brunet (14 June 1734 – 15 November 1793) commanded the French '' Army of Italy'' during the French Revolutionary Wars and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Despite this fate his son Jean Baptiste Brunet also became a ...

(1734–1793), French military commander *

Gaspard Bureau Gaspard Bureau (died 1469) was a French ballistics expert and inventor, as well as lord of Montfermeil, Nogent-sur-Marne, Villemomble and other places. He was a brother of the artillery commander Jean Bureau. Life Gaspard was the third son of Simo ...

(died 1469), French ballistics expert and inventor *

Gaspard de Chabrol Gilbert Joseph Gaspard, comte de Chabrol de Volvic (25 September 1773, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme – 30 April 1843, Paris) was a French official. Biography Gaspard de Chabrol was born on the 25 September 1773 in Riom, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, the younge ...

(1773–1843), French politician and government official *

Gaspard Adolphe Chatin Gaspard Adolphe Chatin (30 November 1813 – 13 January 1901) was a French physician, mycologist and botanist who was born in Isère, and died in Les Essarts-le-Roi. He was the first to prove that goiter was related of iodine deficiencies. He stud ...

(1813–1901), French physician, mycologist and botanist *

Pierre Gaspard Chaumette Pierre Gaspard Anaxagore Chaumette (24 May 1763 – 13 April 1794) was a French politician of the Revolutionary period who served as the president of the Paris Commune and played a leading role in the establishment of the Reign of Terror. H ...

(1763–1794), French Revolutionary leader *

Gaspard I de Coligny Gaspard I de Coligny, Count of Coligny, seigneur de Châtillon (1465/1470–1522), known as the Marshal of Châtillon, was a French soldier. He was born in Châtillon-Coligny, the second son of Jean III de Coligny and Eleanor de Courcelles. He ser ...

(1465/1470–1522), French noble and military leader * Gaspard II de Coligny (1519–1572), French Huguenot leader * Gaspard III de Coligny (1584–1646), French Huguenot military general *

Gaspard Corrette Gaspard Corrette (c. 1671before 1733) was a French composer and organist. He was born around 1671, probably in Rouen, where he was organist for the church of St-Herbland. In approximately 1720 he moved to Paris. The exact date of his death is no ...

(c. 1671 – c. 1733), French composer and organist * Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (1792–1843), French mathematician *

Gaspard Cuenot Gaspard Cuenot (born 30 September 1991) is a Nordic skier, Nordic Skier and a former Biathlete. Career Cuenot is a former biathlete racing forSC La Brevine. Cuenot started his international career in 2008 in Austria at the IBU Cup. During the s ...

(born 1991), Swiss Nordic skier and a former biathlete * Gaspard Duchange (1662–1757), French engraver * Gaspard Dughet (1613–1675), French painter * Gaspard Fauteux (1898–1963), Canadian parliamentarian * Gaspard Amédée Gardanne (1758–1807), French military general * Gaspard Gourgaud (1783–1852), French military general * Gaspard Goyrand (1803–1866), French surgeon and politician * Gaspard de Gueidan (1688–1767), French aristocrat and lawyer * Gaspard van der Heyden (c. 1496 – c. 1549), Dutch goldsmith, engraver, master printer and builder of astronomical instruments * Gaspard Lemaire (1899–1979), Belgian swimmer * Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (1797–1876), French naturalist *

Gaspard Louis Gaspard Louis is a Haitian dancer, choreographer, and artistic director. A former dancer with Pilobolus, he is the founder and artistic director of the modern dance company Gaspard and Dancers. Louis is also on the faculty at North Carolina Centra ...

, Haitian dancer and choreographer *

Gaspard Manesse Gaspard Manesse (born 25 March 1975 in Paris) is a French actor, composer and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Julien Quentin in the film ''Au revoir, les enfants'' (1987). He acted in and composed the music for the film '' Comm ...

(born 1975), French actor and musician * Gaspard Marsy (1624/1625–1681), of the brothers

Gaspard and Balthazard Marsy The brothers Gaspard (born 1624 or 1625, died 10 December 1681) and Balthazar Marsy (baptised 6 January 1628, died May 1674) were French sculptors. Originally from Cambrai, they moved to Paris and were employed by King Louis XIV, particularly ...

, French sculptor *

Gaspard Mermillod Gaspard Mermillod (22 September 1824 – 23 February 1892) was a Swiss Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Despite a lengthy investiture conflict with the Calvinist Canton of Geneva, he served as Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva from 1883 ...

(1824–1892), Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop * Gaspard Michaud (1795–1880), French malacologist *

Gaspard Théodore Mollien Gaspard Théodore Mollien (29 August 1796, in Paris – 28 June 1872, in Nice) was a French diplomat and explorer. In July 1816, as a passenger aboard the ''Medusa'' en route to Saint-Louis, Senegal, he became shipwrecked to the south of Cap Bla ...

(1796–1872), French diplomat and explorer *

Gaspard Monge Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse (9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry. Durin ...

(1746–1818), French mathematician *

Gaspard Musabyimana Gaspard Musabyimana (Nyamugali, Ruhengeri, 12 March 1955) is a Rwandan writer who currently lives in Belgium. He has had a multidisciplinary education. Publications * ''Les années fatidiques pour le Rwanda. Coup d'œil sur les préparatifs i ...

(born 1955), Rwandan writer *

Gaspard Nemius Gaspard du Bois, Latinized Nemius (1587–1667) was the sixth bishop of Antwerp and the ninth archbishop of Cambrai. Life Nemius was born in 's-Hertogenbosch on 23 April 1587. He studied at the University of Douai, graduating Doctor of Sacred Theo ...

(1587–1667), Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop *

Gaspard Pacaud Gaspard Pacaud (June 24, 1859 – August 28, 1928) was a Canadian journalist and political figure in Ontario. He represented Essex North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal member. He was born Jean-Baptist ...

(1859–1928), Canadian journalist and politician *

Gaspard de Prony Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony (22 July 1755 – 29 July 1839) was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnières-sur-Seine, France. Educati ...

(1755–1839), French mathematician and engineer *

Gaspard Rigaud Gaspard Rigaud (1 June 1661 – 28 March 1705) was a French painter and portraitist. He was born in Perpignan, the younger brother of the portraitist Hyacinthe Rigaud. Gaspard's daughter married Hyacinthe's pupil Jean Ranc Jean Ranc (28 J ...

(1661–1705), French painter and portraitist *

Gaspard Rinaldi Gaspard Rinaldi (born 26 May 1909 in Cannes — 24 November 1978 in Marseille) was a French cyclist. Palmares ;1929 :2nd Marseille - Nice ;1930 :Marseille - Nice :Nice - Annot - Nice :Grand Prix de Cannes ;1931 :Nice ;1933 :4th stage Tour de Sui ...

(1909–1978), French cyclist *

Gaspard Robert Gaspard Robert (1722-1799) was the founder of a factory that made faience in Marseille, France, between 1750 and 1793. History Joseph Gaspard Robert first worked in a porcelain factory, and then returned to Marseille in 1750. Robert operated a ...

(1722–1799), French ceramics manufacturer founder *

Gaspard Le Roux Gaspard Le Roux () was a French harpsichordist active in Paris at the beginning of the 18th century. Little is known of his life, which is exacerbated by the commonality of his name among musicians and dance instructors in Paris. A Le Roux is ment ...

(c. 1670 – c. 1706), French harpsichordist *

Gaspard de Saulx Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes (March 1509–June 1573) was a French Roman Catholic military leader during the Italian Wars and the French Wars of Religion. He served under four kings during his career, participating in the Siege of Calais (15 ...

(1509–1573), French military leader *

Gaspard Terrasson Gaspard Terrasson (October 1680 – 2 January 1752) was a French Oratory of Jesus, Oratorian, teaching humanities and afterwards philosophy, and later a well-known preacher. Life Terrasson was born at Lyon. His oratorical talents were reve ...

(1680–1752), French oratorian and priest *

Gaspard-Félix Tournachon Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person t ...

(also known as Nadar; 1820–1910), French photographer known as (Félix) Nadar * Gaspard Ulliel (1984–2022), French actor and model *

Gaspard Vieusseux Gaspard Vieusseux (February 18, 1746 – October 21, 1814) was a Genevan physician born in Geneva. In 1766 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leiden, and subsequently returned to Geneva in order to practice medicine. Vieusseux is ...

(1746–1814), Swiss physician

Surname

Mitch Gaspard Mitch Gaspard (born May 26, 1965) is an American college baseball coach and former second baseman. He is the hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech University. Gaspard played college baseball at Louisiana State University fro ...

(born 1965), American college baseball coach *

Patrick Gaspard Patrick Hubert Gaspard (born 1967) is an American former diplomat who serves as president of Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank. A noted Democratic Party leader and strategist, Gaspard served as executive director of the D ...

(born 1967), president of the Center for American Progress (CAP) *

Pierre Gaspard (mountaineer) Pierre Gaspard (27 March 1834, in Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans – 16 January 1915, in Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans) This page incorrectly gives Gaspard's year of death as 1917. was a French mountain climber, one of the greatest mountain guides in th ...

(1834–1915), French mountain climber and guide *

Pierre Gaspard Pierre Gaspard (born 6 December 1959) is a Belgian physicist and professor at the ''Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems'' and the ''Service de Physique Non-Linéaire and Mécanique Statistique'' of the Universit ...

(born 1959), Belgian physicist *

Shad Gaspard Shad Javier Gaspard (January 13, 1981 – May 17, 2020) was an American professional wrestler and actor. He was best known for his time with WWE, where he performed under his real name, or mononymously as Shad. Gaspard signed with World Wrestli ...

(1981–2020), professional wrestler and actor

Fiction

* ''Gaspard'' (novel), 1915 French novel by

René Benjamin René Benjamin (1885 in Paris, France - 1948 in Tours, France) was a French writer. In 1915 he received the Prix Goncourt for his novel ''Gaspard''. In 1938, he became the first Goncourt laureate to be appointed a member of the Académie Goncourt ...

which won the Prix Goncourt *

Gaspard and Lisa Gaspard et Lisa, more commonly known as Gaspard and Lisa, are two fictional characters appearing in a series of children's books created by wife and husband Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben. The books center on two friends: Gaspard (black wi ...

, protagonists in a series of children's books by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben * ''Gaspard and Lisa'' (TV series), a British–American–French animated television series * A supporting character in Charles Dickens' novel, '' A Tale of Two Cities'' * Gaspard the Fox, a real urban fox whose fictional story is told in a picture book by

Zeb Soanes Zebedee Soanes (born 24 June 1976) is a British radio presenter who presents the weekday evening music show ''Smooth Classics at Seven'' on Classic FM. He was previously a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extr ...

and

James Mayhew James John Mayhew (born 1964 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is an English illustrator and author of children's books, storyteller, artist and concert presenter/live art performer. Early life and education The son of RAF pilot John Byrne Mayhew and ...

* Grand Duke Gaspard de Chalons, a '' Dragon Age: Inquisition'' game character * Gaspard, a character and boss in ''

Dark Cloud 2 ''Dark Chronicle'', released as ''Dark Cloud 2'' in North America, is a 2002 action role-playing game developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 (PS2). It was released in Japan before releasing in ...

Other uses

Gaspard, Saint-Jean-du-Sud, Haiti Gaspard is a village in the Saint-Jean-du-Sud commune of the Port-Salut Arrondissement, in the Sud department of Haiti. See also *Saint-Jean-du-Sud Saint-Jean-du-Sud ( ht, Sen Jan disid) is a commune in the Port-Salut Arrondissement, in the S ...

, a village in the Sud department of Haiti * '' Gaspard de la nuit'', piano suite (1908) by Maurice Ravel * Pic Gaspard, a mountain in the French Alps * Colonel Gaspard, the ''nom-de-guerre'' of French Resistance leader

Émile Coulaudon Émile Coulaudon (29 December 1907 - 1 June 1977), known as Colonel Gaspard, was one of the principal leaders of the French Resistance in Auvergne during the Second World War. Life prior to the Resistance Coulaudon was born on 29 December 1907 ...

(1907–1977) {{disambiguation, given name, surname French masculine given names