Gaston is a masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

of French origin and a

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. The name "Gaston" may refer to:

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* Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) * Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) * Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) * Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472) *

Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn Gaston I (French: ''Gaston Ier de Béarn''; died ca. 980) was an early French nobleman. He was the Viscount of Béarn. Family Gaston's father was Centule II of Béarn, whilst his mother is completely unknown. Gaston's paternal grandfather was n ...

(died circa 980) *

Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn Gaston II Centule (circa 951 – 1012) was the Viscount of Béarn from 996 to his death. He succeeded his father Centule III after the latter's assassination at the hands of Lupus the Strong, Lord of Serres. Gaston granted the village of Asso ...

(circa 951 – 1012) *

Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn Gaston III (died on or before 1045) was the Viscount of Béarn in association with his father Centule IV. His mother was Angela of Oloron. Despite the fact that he predeceased his father, Pierre de Marca proposed the hypothesis that he was assoc ...

(died on or before 1045) * Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131) * Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170) * Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214) * Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290) *

Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana Gaston, Prince of Viana, also called Gaston de Foix (1445 – 23 November 1470), was the son of Gaston IV of Foix and Queen Eleanor of Navarre, and was the heir of both. As Crown Prince of Navarre, he was called ''Prince of Viana''. He married Ma ...

(1444–1470) * Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743) *

Gaston, Duke of Orléans '' Monsieur'' Gaston, Duke of Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a '' Fils de France''. He lat ...

(1608–1660), French nobleman * Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher * Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator * Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister * Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician * Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer * Gaston Cornereau (1888–1944), French fencer * Gaston Couté (1880–1911), French poet and singer * Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander * Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (1448–1500), French nobleman * Gastón de Peralta (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman * Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), French politician * Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President * Gastón Etlis (born 1974), Argentinian tennis player * Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister * Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President * Gaston Gallimard (1881–1975), French publisher *

Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine retired tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant title win came at the 2004 ...

(born 1978), Argentinian tennis player * Gaston Glock (born 1929), Austrian engineer * Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer * Gaston Julia (1893–1978), French mathematician * Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French writer *

Gaston Monnerville Gaston Monnerville (2 January 1897 – 7 November 1991) was a French Radical politician and lawyer who served as the first President of the Senate under the Fifth Republic from 1958 to 1968. He previously served as President of the Council of ...

(1897–1991), French politician * Gaston Michel (1856–1921), French actor * Gaston Palewski (1901–1984), French politician * Gaston Paris (1839–1903), French writer * Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer * Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985), French alpinist * Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer * Gastón Solnicki (born 1978), Argentine film director * Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister * Gaston Tong Sang (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President

Surname

* A. G. Gaston (1892–1996), American businessman * Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer * Cito Gaston (born 1944), American baseball player and manager *

Fannie Gaston-Johansson Fannie Jean Gaston-Johansson (born 1938) is an American professor of nursing. She is a professor emerita and university distinguished professor at Johns Hopkins University. Gaston-Johansson researched health disparities, pain management, and co ...

(born 1938), American professor of nursing * Hugo Gaston (born 2000), French tennis player * Iñaki Gastón (born 1963), Spanish cyclist * Joe Gaston (born 1926), British politician *

Joseph P. Gaston Joseph P. Gaston (November 14, 1833July 20, 1913) was an American railroad executive, journalist, and historian based in Oregon. He is remembered as the namesake of Gaston, Oregon, the Joseph Gaston House, and the Gaston-Strong House. Gaston w ...

(1833–1913), American railroad executive * Justin Gaston (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor * Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor *

Mack C. Gaston Mack may refer to: People *Mack (given name) *Mack (surname) *Reinhold Mack, German record producer and sound engineer, often credited as simply "Mack" *Richard Machowicz (1965–2017), host of ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Deadliest Warrior'', known as ...

(born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History * Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician * Michael Gaston (born 1962), American actor * Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist * Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician * William Gaston (1778–1844), American politician and jurist * William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician *

William H. Gaston William Henry Gaston (October 25, 1840 – January 24, 1927) was a Dallas landowner and Confederate soldier. Biography William H. Gaston was born near Prairie Bluff, Alabama on October 25, 1840. In 1868, he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston ...

(1840–1927), American landowner *

Yves Gaston Yves Leopold Germain Gaston was the patriarch of a large family with roots in the City of Silay, in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. Origin in France The real and legal surname of Yves Leopold was in fact Germain. He was born in Li ...

(1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman

Fictional

*Gaston Lagaffe, fictional character in the ''Gaston'' comics by André Franquin *Gaston, fictional character in Colette's 1944 novella '' Gigi'' * Gaston, the main antagonist in the 1991 film '' Beauty and the Beast'' and its 2017 remake *Gaston the Ladybird, a fictional character in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom *Gaston, one of the main characters from the '' Alphonse and Gaston'' comic strip *Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series '' Animal Crossing''

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