Gert is a mainly masculine given name ( short form of Gerrit,

Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming increasingly rare. In 2010 around 12,000 in Sweden had the name as their first name according to the same source. Gert is most common in Sweden among males over 50 years of age. Around 400 females in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census. It may refer to:

Men

* Gert Aandewiel (born 1969), Dutch football player and manager * Gert Alberts (1836–1927), South African Voortrekker *

Gert Andersen Gert Andersen (born June 18, 1939) is a former Denmark, Danish team handball, handball player, playing on the Danish national term He played on the national team at the world championships in both 1964 and 1970. He played more than 530 matches for ...

(born 1939), Danish handball player * Gert Bals (1936–2016), Dutch footballer * Gert Bastian (1923–1992), German military officer and politician * Gert Bender (born 1948), German motorcycle racer *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (cyclist) (1903-?), Dutch cyclist *Gerrit

Gert van den Berg (politician) Gerrit "Gert" van den Berg (born 10 October 1935 in Rotterdam) is a former Netherlands, Dutch politician. As a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) he was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands, Dutch Senate from 1995 to 2011. Van de ...

(born 1935), Dutch politician * Gert Bettens (born 1970), Belgian guitarist * Gert Blomé (born 1934), Swedish ice hockey player * Gert Bolmer (born 1983), Dutch dressage equestrian * Gert Bongers (born 1946), Dutch track cyclist * Gert Boshoff (1931–2014), South African Army lieutenant general * Gert Brauer (born 1955), German footballer * Gert Chesi (born 1940), Austrian photographer, author, journalist and filmmaker * Gert Claessens (born 1972), Belgian footballer * Gert Coetzer (born 1940s), South African rugby player * Gert De Kock (born 1980), South African rugby player * Gert Dockx (born 1988), Belgian road cyclist * Gert Dorbek (born 1985), Estonian basketball player * Gert Dörfel (born 1939), German footballer * Gert Doumen (born 1971), Belgian football goalkeeper * Gert Eg (born 1954), Danish footballer * Gert van Egen (c. 1550–1612), Flemish sculptor active in Denmark *

Gert Elsässer Gert Elsässer (born 1949) is an Austrian skeleton racer Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh), down a frozen track while lying face down and head-first. The spor ...

(born 1949), Austrian skeleton racer * Gert Engels (born 1957), German footballer * Gert Frank (born 1956), Danish cyclist *

Gert Fredholm Gert Fredholm (born 18 November 1941) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1967. His 1971 film '' Den forsvundne fuldmægtig'' was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ' ...

(born 1941), Danish film director and screenwriter *

Gert Fredriksson Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds (1948: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1952: K-1 1000 m, 1956: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 ...

(1919-2006), Swedish sprint canoer and coach *

Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Oper ...

(1913–1988), German actor *

Gert Fylking Gert Åke Fylking (born 7 October 1945) is a Swedish actor, journalist, politician (Christian Democrat) and host of the radio programme Gert's Värld on Radio 1 101,9 FM, where he is known by the nickname of ''Fylking Sverige'' (a handle transla ...

(born 1945), Swedish actor, journalist, politician and anchorman * Gert van Groningen (died 1577), Dutch-born sculptor active in Denmark *

Gert Haller Gert Haller (30 April 1944, in Tübingen – 11 April 2010, inhttps://www.welt.de/die-welt/wirtschaft/article7159031/Staatssekretaer-Gert-Haller-gestorben.html Financial lobbyist Haller dies Bremen) was a German Management, manager, politician an ...

(1944–2010), German politician and manager * Gert Handberg (born 1969), Danish motorcycle racer * Gert Haucke (1929–2008), German film and television actor * Gert Heerkes (born 1965), Dutch football manager *

Gert Heidler Gert Heidler (born 30 January 1948) is a former German footballer and football manager. Club career The forward played for Dynamo Dresden from 1968 until 1982, making 281 appearances for the first team. International career He won the gol ...

(born 1948), German footballer *

Gert Helbemäe Gert Helbemäe (birth name Gert-Joachim Einborn; 10 November 1913 Tallinn – 15 July 1974 London) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is known mainly for his historical novels and short story, short stories. From 1921 to 1933 he studied in ...

(1913–1974), Estonian writer and journalist * Gert Hildebrand (born 1953), German car designer * Gert Hofbauer (born 1937), Austrian conductor and trumpeter * Gert Günther Hoffmann (1929–1997), German actor and director *

Gert Hofmann Gert Hofmann (29 January 1931 – 1 July 1993) was a German writer and professor of German literature. Life Hofmann was born and grew up in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Limbach, Saxony (Germany) which, after World War II, became part of East Germany. ...

(1931–1993), German writer and literary scholar *

Gert Holstege Gert Holstege (born 1948, Warnsveld) is a neuroscientist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Holstege studied medicines at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from 1966 to 1971. He was neuroscientist at that University from 1971 to 1987 ...

(born 1948), Dutch neuroscientist *

Gert Bo Jacobsen Gert Bo Jacobsen (born 28 December 1961) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1982 and 1995. He held the WBO welterweight title from February to October 1993. Professional career Jacobsen's greatest fights were against ...

(born 1961), Danish boxer *

Gert Jakobs Gert Jakobs (born 29 April 1964) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1986 and 1993. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of ...

(born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist *

Gert Jeschonnek Gert Gustav Paul Jeschonnek (30 October 1912 – 18 April 1999) was an officer in the ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Following World War II, he became commander (Inspector of the Navy) of the post-war German Navy The German Navy (, ) ...

(1912–1999), German navy officer *

Gert Jõeäär Gert Jõeäär (born July 9, 1987) is an Estonian road bicycle racer, who rides for Estonian amateur team CFC Spordiklubi. From 2013 to 2016, Jõeäär competed with UCI Professional Continental cycling team . Major results Source: ;2005 : 5th ...

(born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer * Gert Jonke (1946-2009), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist * Gert Joubert (bor 1948), Namibian businessperson * Gert Kams (born 1985), Estonian footballer *

Gert Kleinert Gert Kleinert is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1950s and the 1960s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C-1: 1965, C-1 team: 1963), four silvers (C-1: 1963; C-1 team: 1957, 1 ...

(born 1930s), East German slalom canoeist * Gert Kölli (born 1940), Austrian swimmer *

Gert Korthof Gert Korthof is a Dutch biologist who was trained at Utrecht University. He has reviewed various books of evolution, creationism Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, ori ...

, Dutch biologist * Gert Krawinkel (1947–2014), German guitarist known as "Kralle" *

Gert Krenn Gert Krenn is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1970s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1975 FIBT World Championships in Cervinia Breuil-Cervinia (french: Breuil; it, Cervinia; Valdôtain: ) is a ''frazione ...

, Austrian bobsledder * Gert Kruys (born 1961), Dutch football player and manager *

Gert Kullamäe Gert Kullamäe (born 3 June 1971) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who currently coaches Estonian team BC Pärnu Sadam. Kullamäe mostly played at the shooting guard position and was a great 3-poin ...

(born 1971), Estonian basketball player *

Gert Jan Lebbink Gert Jan Lebbink (born November 21, 1961 in Deventer) is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. Lebbnik also competed in ...

(born 1961), Dutch sprint canoer *Robert Gerhard Gert Ledig (1921–1999), German writer *

Gert Ligterink Gert Ligterink (born 17 November 1949 in Oldekerk) is a Dutch chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1977 and won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1979. He played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads of 1976 (indiv ...

(born 1949), Dutch chess player * Gert Lotter (born 1993), Namibian cricketer and rugby player * Gert Louis Lamartine (1898–1966), German painter, sculptor and interior designer *

Gert Lundqvist Gert Lundqvist (16 February 1937 – 2001) was a Sweden, Swedish Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. References

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(1937–2001), Swedish footballer *

Gert Metz Gert Metz (7 February 1942 – 17 April 2021) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 100 meters, 200 meters The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, ...

(1942–2021), German sprinter *

Gert Miltzow Gert Miltzow (16 February 1629 – 6 December 1688) was a Norwegian clergyman, theologian and historical writer. Gert Henrikssøn Miltzow was born in Voss, in Hordaland county, Norway. He was the son of Henrik Gertsen Miltzow (1599-1666), vic ...

(1629–1668), Norwegian clergyman, theologian and historical writer * Gert Mittring (born 1966), German mental calculator *

Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1986) Gert Hendrik Muller (born 5 February 1986) is a South African professional rugby union player. He currently plays at prop at Stade Toulousain in the French Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played i ...

, South African rugby union player *

Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1948) Gert Hendrik Muller (born 10 May 1948) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Muller represented the Schools team at the 1965 annual Craven Week tournament and after finishing school, he furthered his studies at Stellen ...

, South African rugby union player *Gert Munkholm, Danish karting champion and father of Kevin Munkholm, also a Danish karting champion *

Gert Cornelius Nel Gert Cornelius Nel (6 April 1885 – 16 February 1950) was a South African botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is Nel. The genus ''Nelia'', a flowering plant of the family Aizoaceae, is named in his honor. Biography Nel was b ...

(1885–1950), South African botanist * Gert Neuhaus (born 1939), German artist *

Gert Nygårdshaug Gert Hermod Nygårdshaug (born 22 March 1946 at Tynset) is a Norwegian author. He has written poems, children's books and novels, and is in particular known for the series of crime novels featuring the gastronomer amateur detective Fredric Drum. ...

(born 1946), Norwegian author *

Gert Olesk Gert Olesk (born 8 August 1973) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He played the position of defender. International career Olesk has made a total of 13 appearances for the Estonia national team. He made his inter ...

(born 1973), Estonian footballer * Gert Palmcrantz (born 1938), Swedish sound engineer * Gert Peens (born 1974), South African-born Italian rugby player *

Gert Petersen Gert Verner Petersen (19 August 1927 – 1 January 2009) was a journalist and politician who helped found and represent the Socialist People's Party in Denmark. He was born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, as the son of the factory worker ...

(1927-2009), Danish journalist and politician who helped found the Socialist People's Party * Gert Pettersson (born 1950s), Swedish orienteering competitor * Gert Postel (born 1958), German impostor * Gert Potgieter (1929–1977), South African tenor * Gert Potgieter (born 1937), South African hurdle runner *

Gert Prokop Gert Prokop (born 11 June 1932 in Richtenberg, died 1 March 1994 in Berlin from suicide) was a German writer of science fiction and crime fiction. He spent much of his life in the former East Germany. In crime fiction one of his best known works is ...

(1932–1994), German science fiction writer * Gert Rosenthal (born 1935), Guatemalan diplomat *Gerhardus Gert Rudolph (1797–1851), South African Voortrekker and political leader *

Gert Sabidussi Gert Sabidussi (born 28 October 1929 in Graz- 1 April 2022) is an Austrian mathematician specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. Biography Sabidussi was born in Graz, Austria. His family later moved to Innsbruck where his father was ...

(born 1929), Austrian mathematician *

Gert Schalkwyk Gert Schalkwyk (born 9 April 1982 in Klerksdorp, North West) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bostancı Bağcıl in the Northern Cyprus Birinci Lig. International career Schalkwyk played during 2003 and 2010 sev ...

(born 1982), South African footballer * Gert Jan Schlatmann (born 1963), Dutch field hockey player *

Gert Schnider Gert Schnider (born 1979) is an Austrian professional multi-talented board-game player. In chess he is an International Master, in Go a 5th Dan, in shogi an amateur 5th Dan in Japan and 3rd Dan in Europe, and in Abalone a grandmaster. He is t ...

(born 1979), Austrian board-game player *

Gert Schramm Gert Schramm (28 November 1928 in Erfurt, Thuringia – 18 April 2016 in Eberswalde) was a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was the youngest of six black prisoners. He was the son of a German woman and an African-American father a ...

(1928–2016), German concentration camp survivor *Gerrit

Gert Schutte Gerrit Jan Schutte (24 May 1939 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch politician and teacher. A member of the defunct Reformed Political League (GPV) now merged into the Christian Union (CU), he served as party leader from 1981 to 2001. Early life ...

(born 1939), Dutch politician *

Gert Sellheim Gert Sellheim (1901–1970) was a German Australian, German-Australian artist. He won the Sulman Prize for his work in 1939 for his Mural Decoration on wall of Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, Hotel Australia Building, 272 Collins Street, Mel ...

(1901–1970), German-Australian artist *Richard

Gert Sibande Richard "Gert" Sibande (born 1907 near Ermelo, Mpumalanga, died 1987) was a South African political activist. He was one of the ANC co-accused to stand trial in the treason trial of 1956-61 alongside Nelson Mandela and 154 others. Sibande played a ...

(1907–1987), South African political activist * Gert Smal (born 1961), South African rugby player * Gert Smit (1944–1998), South African singer known as "Gene Rockwell" *

Gert Spaargaren Gert Spaargaren (born February, 1954) is a Dutch professor at the Wageningen University, author, and editor. Spaargaren is from Aalsmeer, Netherlands, and is currently teaching Environmental Policy for sustainability and patterns of consumption in t ...

(born 1954), Dutch environmental sociologist *

Gert Steegmans Gert Steegmans (born 30 September 1980 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was noted for a strong finishing sprint and could compete in the sprint with fellow Belgian cyclist, and ...

(born 1980), Belgian road bicycle racer * Gert Thys (born 1971), South African long-distance runner * Gert Jan Timmerman (born 1956), Dutch correspondence chess player *

Gert Trasha Gert Trasha (born January 31, 1988 in Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter. At age sixteen, Trasha became one of the youngest weightlifters to mark their official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, representing his nation Albania. He pl ...

(born 1988), Albanian weightlifter * Gert Trinklein (born 1949), German footballer * Gert van den Bergh (1920–1968), South African film actor *Gert van Kruiningen (born 1961), New Zealand aeronautical engineer *

Gert van der Merwe Gert van der Merwe was a Paralympic athlete from South Africa who competed mainly in category F37 throwing events. Gert started competing in the Paralympics in 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic ...

, South African paralympic athlete *

Gert Van Mol Gert Van Mol (born 1969) is a Belgian media entrepreneur. Van Mol studied at the Université catholique de Louvain, Catholic University of Louvain. While studying he founded The Publishing Company, a publishing house, in 1990. Between 1990 and 2 ...

(born 1969), Belgian entrepreneur and CEO *

Gert van Rooyen Cornelius Gerhardus van Rooyen (11 April 1938 – 15 January 1990), better known as Gert van Rooyen, was a South African paedophile and serial killer who allegedly killed at least six young girls between 1988 and 1989. Van Rooyen and his fem ...

(1938–1990), South Africa serial killer *

Gert Van Walle Gert Van Walle (born 7 August 1987) is a Belgian male volleyball player. He was part of the Belgium men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship was held ...

(born 1987), Belgian volleyball player * Gert Verheyen (born 1970), Belgian retired footballer *

Gert Verhulst Gert Tony Hubert Verhulst (born 24 January 1968 in Berchem) is a Belgian presenter, entrepreneur, singer, autodidact, director, actor, screenwriter, composer, film producer, millionaire & business magnate. As a prominent figure within the child ...

(born 1968), Belgian television presenter, actor and singer *

Gert Vlok Nel Gert Vlok Nel (Beaufort West, 1963) is a South African poet. He studied English, Afrikaans and history at Stellenbosch University and worked as a guide, a bartender and a watchman. He has published one collection of poems, ''Om te lewe is onnatuur ...

(born 1963), South African poet * Gert Voss (1941–2014), German actor *

Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil Wiesenborn (born January 3, 1960 in Puerto Montt) is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global eve ...

(born 1960), Chilean retired shot putter * Gert Weisskirchen (born 1944), German politician *

Gert Wieczorkowski Gert Wieczorkowski (born 24 July 1948) is a German former professional footballer who played in Germany and the United States including the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1971, Wieczorkowski joined FC St. Pauli ...

(born 1948), footballer *

Gert Wiescher Gert Wiescher (26 July 1944, in Braunsbach am Kocher – February 2022) was a German graphic artist, type designer and author. He was known for an almost complete re-design of Bodoni classic typefaces, the work of Giambattista Bodoni, the 17th-c ...

(born 1944), German graphic artist, type designer and author *

Gert Wilden Gert Wilden (born Gert Wychodil; 15 April 1917 – 10 September 2015) was a German film composer. He was born in Mährisch Trübau. From 1956 through his retirement, he scored music for 50 feature films in numerous genres. However, he is perhaps ...

(1917–2015), German film composer * Gert Willner (1940–2000), German politician *

Gert Wingårdh Gert Wingårdh (born 1951) is a Swedish architect whose company, Wingårdh arkitektkontor, maintains an international practice.''Gert Wingårdh; Thirty Years of Architecture'', Mikael Nanfeldt (ed.) (Birkhäuser Publishers for Architecture, 2008 ...

(born 1951), Swedish architect * Gert Heinrich Wollheim (1894–1974), German painter *

Gert Jan van Woudenberg Gert Jan van Woudenberg (born 14 July 1951) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed fours, together with Evert Kroes, Adrie Klem, Martin Baltus and Jos Ruijs Jos Ruijs (born 18 March 1955) is a Dutch ...

(born 1951), Dutch rower * Gert Wünsche (born 1943), German footballer

Women

*Gertrude Gert Boyle (born 1924), German-born American businesswoman *Gertrude Gert Clarke (born ca. 1933), American nuclear scientist

Fictional characters

*One of the title characters of Gert and Daisy, a British film and radio comedy act *One of the title characters of the TV series ''

Samson en Gert ''Samson & Gert'' is a Flemish children's television series produced by Eline van Noppen, centered on the talking dog Samson and his owner Gert. In its entire run, the show was originally aired on TV1 from Christmas Day 1989 until 1 December 19 ...

'', a Flemish children's series * Gertrude Yorkes, a Marvel Comics superheroine and member of ''The Runaways''

Men

Women

Fictional characters

References

See also