Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to:

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Gerhard (bishop of Passau) Bistumswappen of Passau. Gerhard ( fl946) was from 932 to 946 the 14th Bishop of Passau. Gerhard was perhaps Abbot of Metten, and was probably elevated to Bishop of Passau The Diocese of Passau is a Roman Catholic diocese in Germany that is a ...

(fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace * Gerhard Berger (born 1959), Austrian racing driver * Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981), German soldier and writer * Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player * Gerhard Diephuis (1817–1892), Dutch jurist * Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Dorn (c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile * Gerhard Ertl (born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate *

Gerhard Fieseler Gerhard Fieseler (15 April 1896 – 1 September 1987) was a German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer. From birth to the 1918 armistice Born in Glesch (near Cologne), Fieseler joined the Air S ...

(1896–1987), German World War I flying ace * Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes * Gerhard Gentzen (1909–1945), German mathematician and logician *

Gerhard Armauer Hansen Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen () (29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium ''Mycobacterium leprae'' in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy. His distinguished work was ...

(1841–1912), Norwegian physician who found the cause of leprosy * Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999), German-Canadian physicist and chemist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Hochschild (1915–2010), German-American mathematician * Gerhard Klimeck (born 1966), German-American scientist *

Gerhard Lang Gerhard Lang (* October 21, 1924, in Ravensburg; † June 19, 2016, in Biberach an der Riß) was a German botanist with a research focus on vegetation ecology, geobotany and vegetation history of the Quaternary. Personal life and academic caree ...

(1924-2016), German botanist *

Gerhard Lenski Gerhard Emmanuel "Gerry" Lenski, Jr. (August 13, 1924 – December 7, 2015) was an American sociologist known for contributions to the sociology of religion, social inequality, and introducing the ecological-evolutionary theory. He spent much of ...

(1924–2015), American sociologist of German descent * Gerhard Mayer (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower * Gerhard Mitter (1935–1969), German racing driver * Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705–1783), German historian and ethnologist *

Gerd Müller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalsco ...

, (born 1945), German football striker * Gerhard Ludwig Müller (born 1947), German cardinal * Gerhard Munthe (1849–1929), Norwegian painter and illustrator * Gerhard Neumann (1917–1997), aircraft engine designer and executive * Gerhard Noodt (1647–1725), Dutch jurist * Gerhard Jan Palthe (1681–1767), Dutch painter and portraitist * Gerhard Potma (1967–2006), Dutch competitive sailor * Gerhard Präsent (born 1957), Austrian composer * Gerhard Richter (born 1932), German expressionist painter * Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967), German nationalist-conservative historian * Gerhard Rohlfs (1892–1986), German linguist * Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), German general *

Gerhard Schmidhuber __NOTOC__ Gerhard Schmidhuber (9 April 1894 – 11 February 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was born in Saxony and in 1914 was a reserve officer in the Imperial German Army. He left the army in 1920 and rejoined in 1934. He had ...

(1894–1945), German general during World War II * Gerhard Schröder (born 1944), German SDP politician, Chancellor of Germany 1998-2005 * Gerhard Schröder (CDU) (1910–1989), German CDU politician, Foreign Minister and Minister of Defence * Gerhard Schwedes (born 1938), American football player * Gerhard von Schwerin (1899–1980), German general during World War II * Gerhard Sommer (1921–2019), German soldier during World War II accused of war crimes * Gerhard Sommer (pilot) (1919–1944), German World War II flying ace *

Gerhard Strindlund Gerhard Strindlund (1890–1957) was a Swedish politician who held various cabinet posts in the 1930s. He was a member of the Agrarian Party. Biography Strindlund was born in Sollefteå parish, Västernorrland county, on 24 September 1890. He ...

(1890–1957), Swedish politician * Gerhard Tausche (born 1957), German archivist and author * Gerhard Wack (born 1945), German politician * Gerhard Wolf (1896–1971), German diplomat who saved many Jews from the World War II Holocaust * Gerhard Zandberg (born 1983), South African swimmer

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* Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (1795–1867), German archaeologist * Johann Gerhard (1582–1637), German religious leader * Karl Gerhard (1891–1964), Swedish revue-writer and performer * Keegan Gerhard (born 1960), German pastry chef * Peter Gerhard (1920–2006), American historical geographer * Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), Spanish Catalan composer * Till Gerhard (born 1971), German painter * Mark Gerhard, CEO of Jagex

Pseudonym or professional name

Gerhard (cartoonist) Gerhard is the professional name of a Canadian artist known for the elaborately detailed background illustrations in the comics series '' Cerebus the Aardvark''. Biography Gerhard was born on April 14, 1959, in Edmonton. His association with Da ...

(born 1959), Canadian illustrator and cartoonist

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