Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

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* Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *

Gerda Alexander Gerda Alexander (February 15, 1908 – February 21, 1994) was a German / Danish teacher who developed a "bodymind technique" or "somatic practice" known as Eutony. As a young woman, Gerda was in contact with the vanguards of the arts, educatio ...

(1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist *

Gerda Antti Gerda Antti (born 1929 in Övertorneå, Norrbotten County) is a Sweden, Swedish writer and politician. She is a member of the Centre Party (Sweden), Centre Party and has been a local lay assessor. She was married to author Walter Ljungquist ...

(born 1929), Swedish writer

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Gerda Becker Gerda Becker (born 1956 or 1957) is a retired Dutch table tennis player from Rotterdam. She competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Paralympics The 1980 Summer Paralympics ( nl, Paralympische Zomerspelen 1980), branded as the Olympics for the Disa ...

, Dutch table tennis player * Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist *

Gerda Blees Gerda Blees (born 1985) is a Dutch writer. She published her first book in 2017, a short story collection titled ''Aan doodgaan dachten we niet'' (''We Didn’t Think About Dying''). In 2018, she published her first volume of poetry, ''Dwaallichte ...

(born 1985), Dutch writer *

Gerda Blumenthal Gerda Renée Blumenthal (1923–2004) was a German-American literary scholar. She taught French literature, French and comparative literature at the Catholic University of America from 1968 to 1988.'Blumethal, Gerda Renee 1923-2004', ''Washington ...

(1923–2004), German-American literary scholar *

Gerda Boyesen Gerda Boyesen (May 18, 1922December 29, 2005) was the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, a branch of Body Psychotherapy. Life Gerda Boyesen was born in 1922 in Bergen. Her first marriage was with Carl Christian Boyesen. In 1947 she read a book ...

(born 1922), Norwegian psychotherapist *

Gerda Bredgaard Gerda Bredgaard (14 May 1908 – 8 June 1996) was a Danish swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl ...

(1908–1996), Danish swimmer *

Gerda Bryłka Gerda Elżbieta Bryłka (later Krajciczek, born 12 August 1941) is a retired Polish gymnast. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport ...

(born 1941), Polish gymnast * Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist

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* Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996) *

Gerda Christian Gerda Christian (née Daranowski; 13 December 1913 – 14 April 1997), nicknamed "Dara", was one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries before and during World War II. Biography Gerda Daranowski worked for Elizabeth Arden before beginning to ...

(1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler * Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress * Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician

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Gerda Daumerlang Gerda Daumerlang (2 May 1920 – 16 March 2006) was a German diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the ...

(1920–2006), German diver * Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belgian illustrator

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* Gerda Fiil (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter *

Gerda Frömel Gerda Frömel (1931 – 3 August 1975) was a sculptor, born in Czechoslovakia, who lived for an extended period in Ireland, where her work received critical acclaim. She received commissions for sculpture and stained glass and exhibited at the I ...

(1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor

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* Gerda Gantz (born 1915), Romanian fencer *

Gerda Gattel Gerda Gattel (October 28, 1908 – May 14, 1993)Social Security Death Index for SS# 124-22-7467. was a comic book creator who worked as a letterer, and later as a proofreader, most notably for DC Comics. Gattel worked as a letterer in the produc ...

(1908–1993), American comic book author * Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer * Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer * Gerda Grepp (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist

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* Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavarian politician * Gerda Hellberg (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist * Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer * Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021), German composer and poet * Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort * Gerda Hofstätter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player * Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), Swedish painter * Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses * Gerda Holmes (1891–1943), Danish actress

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Gerda Johansson Gerda Matilda Eleonora Johansson (later ''Wranné'', 14 March 1891 – 10 April 1965) was a Swedish diver. She competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of t ...

(1891–1965), Swedish diver * Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater *

Gerda-Maria Jürgens Gerda-Maria Jürgens (10 May 1917 – 2 December 1998) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1998. Selected filmography * ''The Night Before the Premiere'' (1959) * ''Revenge of the E ...

(1917–1998), German actress

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* Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler * Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer * Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician *

Gerda Kordemets Gerda Kordemets (real name Gerda Kulli-Kordemets, until 1982 Raud; born 25 June 1960 in Tallinn) is an Estonian theatre and film director, playwright, theatre critic, and culture journalist. In 1986 she graduated from Tallinn Pedagogical Institu ...

(born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist *

Gerda Kraan Gerarda ("Gerda") Maria Kraan (born 30 July 1933) is a retired female middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1960 (Rome) and 1964 (Tokyo). In 1962 she won the gold medal ...

(born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner *

Gerda Krüger-Nieland Gerda Krüger-Nieland (June 22, 1910, in Bremen – September 21, 2000, in Karlsruhe) was a German lawyer and first senate president at the Federal Court of Justice. Because of some restrictions, she was not allowed to work as a judge or a lawyerG ...

(1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president * Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete *

Gerda Kupferschmied Gerda Kupferschmied (born 19 August 1942) is a German athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport ev ...

(born 1942), German athlete

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Gerda Lammers Gerda Lammers (September 25, 1915 – January 28, 1993) was a German soprano. A native of Berlin, Lammers studied with Lula Mysz-Gmeiner and Margaret Schwedler-Lohmann, making her debut as a concert singer in 1939. Her operatic debut came at the B ...

(1915–1993), German soprano *

Gerda Laski Gerda Laski (4 June 1893, Vienna – 24 November 1928, Berlin) was an Austrian/German physicist known for her research in infrared radiation. She went to a private girls secondary grammar school in Vienna and graduated in 1913. She earned her do ...

(1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist * Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer * Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author *

Gerda Lundequist Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist (; 14 February 1871 – 23 October 1959) was a Swedish stage actress, an Ibsen and Strindberg-thespian that in her time was known throughout Scandinavia as "The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt". Career Lundequist was ...

(1871–1959), Swedish stage actress

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* Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress *

Gerda Marcus Gerda Fredrika Marcus (1880–1952) was a Swedish journalist and philanthropist who was deeply concerned with social issues. After contributing to Swedish newspapers from Berlin in 1907, she worked for ''Svenska Dagbladet'' first in Sweden and lat ...

(1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist *

Gerda Martín Gerda Martín (born 5 September 1927) was a Chilean athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known a ...

(born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin) * Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress *

Gerda Mayer Gerda Kamilla Mayer (9 June 1927 – 15 July 2021) was an English poet born to a Jewish family in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia. She escaped to England from Prague in 1939, aged eleven, on a Kindertransport flight organised by Trevor Chadwick. Havi ...

(born 1927), Czechoslovak-born English poet * Gerda Müller (1894–1951), German actress * Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy

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Gerda Nettesheim Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011) was a German Sound artist. She studied flute and piano at the School of Music in Cologne. Her professional career began at the end of the 1970s and her first exhibitions were in 1981. Nettesheim's first exhibition ...

(1947–2011), German sound artist *

Gerda Neumann Gerda Neumann (14 December 1915 – 26 January 1947) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in nine films between 1936 and 1947. She was born in Copenhagen and died in the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen airplane crash in Copenhagen, Denm ...

(1915–1947), Danish film actress *

Gerda Nicolson Gerda Maureen Nicolson (11 November 1937 – 12 June 1992) was an Australian theatre and television actress best known for several long-running television roles. She was best known for playing Governor Ann Reynolds of the Wentworth Detention Cen ...

(1937–1992), Australian actress

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Gerda Olsen Gerda Olsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Danish former swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially kn ...

(born 1932), Danish swimmer

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* Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter * Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer * Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier *

Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga Gerda Henrietta Margareta Planting-Gyllenbåga (18781950) was a Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert who was deeply engaged in the women's movement at the local and national levels as a member of the Swedish Association for Women's Suffra ...

(1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert

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Gerda Ranz Gerda Ranz (born 29 November 1944) is a German middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known a ...

(born 1944), German runner *

Gerda Rieser-Cegnar Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (sometimes listed as Gerda Cegner-Reiser) is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1960s. She won the silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1962 FIL World Luge Championships in Krynica, Poland. Rieser ...

(fl. 1960s), Austrian luger * Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer *

Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (10 February 1864, Kalmar – 21 August 1939, Västervik) was a Swedish painter who specialized in landscapes and scenes with figures. Life and career She was the daughter of businessman John Roosval and Johanna Krame ...

(1864–1939), Swedish painter *

Gerda Roux Gerda Roux (born 4 December 1973), is a South African athlete who competes in compound archery. After starting archery in June 2012, she achieved international success winning the bronze medal at the major World Archery Federation competit ...

(born 1973), South African archer *

Gerda Rubinstein Gerda Ursula Rubinstein (16 July 1931 – May 2022) was a Dutch sculptor of figures, birds and animals based in England since 1959 or 1960. Born in Berlin, Rubinstein moved at the age of 3 or 4 to Amsterdam, where after World War II she studied ...

(born 1955), Dutch composer

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Gerda Schriever Gerda Schriever (27 August 1928 – 30 May 2014) was a German contralto in oratorio and recital, and an academic teacher. She appeared for decades with the Thomanerchor in Leipzig, also recording and for broadcast. She appeared at international fe ...

(1928–2014), German contalto *

Gerda Schmidt-Panknin Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (9 August 1920 – 5 March 2021) was a German painter. The artist lived and worked in Kappeln. She studied at the Bremen art academy in the 1940s. Works Painting was the main media of Gerda Schmidt-Panknin. She preferre ...

(1920–2021), German painter * Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist *

Gerda Sprinchorn Gertrud Linnéa Sprinchorn (29 April 1871 – 21 March 1951) was a Sweden, Swedish sculptor and ceramics, ceramist. She is best known for her sculptures ''Cleopatra'' and ''Helig dans'', the former of which won her the Royal Medal from the Royal ...

(1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist *

Gerda Staniek Gerda Staniek (née Schilling; 8 February 1925 – 1985) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, ...

(born 1925), Austrian athlete (javelin) *

Gerda Steinhoff Gerda Steinhoff (29 January 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) Nazi concentration camps, Nazi concentration camp overseer following the 1939 German invasion of Poland. SS career Steinhoff was born in Wrzeszcz, Danzig-Langfuhr ...

(1922–1946), Nazi SS concentration camp overseer hung for war crimes *

Gerda Stevenson Gerda Stevenson (born 10 April 1956 in Peeblesshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actress, director and writer, described by ''The Scotsman'' in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress". She has played many parts in the theatre, including the title role ...

(born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer * Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete

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Gerda Taro Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German Jewish war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first woman photojournalist to have died while covering the ...

(1910–1937), German war photographer * Gerda Maria Terno (1909–1995), German actress *

Gerda Tirén Gerda Maria Tirén, née Rydberg (11 January 1858, Stockholm - 9 October 1928, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She did landscapes from France and Sweden, children's portraits, and Genre art, genre scenes. Her illust ...

(1858–1928), Swedish artist

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Gerda Uhlemann Gerda Uhlemann (née Mittenzwei; born 22 February 1945) is a German former athlete. She competed in the women's pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as ...

(born 1945), German athlete

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* Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader *

Gerda Voitechovskaja Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 15 May 1991) is a Lithuanian badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles) ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International S ...

(born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player * Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician

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Gerda Wallander Gerda Charlotta Wallander (17 August 1860 – 14 January 1926) was a Swedish portrait and genre painter. Biography Wallander was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of Carl Emanuel Wallander and Fanny Albertina Hübner. She was the n ...

(1860–1926), Swedish painter * Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter * Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot * Gerda Weissmann Klein (born 1924), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist * Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player *

Gerda Wrede Gerda Helena Wrede-Paischeff (26 November 1896 – 17 November 1967), better known as Gerda Wrede, was a Finnish actor and speech therapist. Born in Piikkiö, Gerda Wrede attended the Swedish Theatre's acting school in Helsinki between 1914 a ...

(1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist

Fictional characters

* Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's '' The Snow Queen'' and its adaptations * Gerda, a character on the children's television show '' Sesamstraat'' *Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel '' The Hollow'' {{given name Danish feminine given names Dutch feminine given names Estonian feminine given names German feminine given names Latvian feminine given names Norwegian feminine given names Swedish feminine given names