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of 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 case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). The English cognate of Gérard is

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 ...

As a given name

Gérard Adanhoumé Gérard Adanhoumé (born 26 November 1986 in Cotonou) is a Beninese football player who currently plays for Soleil FC. International career Adanhoume presented the Benin national football team at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola , ...

(born 1986), Beninese footballer * Gérard Araud (born 1953), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations *

Gérard Asselin Gérard Asselin (born April 19, 1950 in Sainte-Flavie, Quebec - February 9, 2013) was a Canadian politician who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Manicouagan from 2004 to 2011 and Char ...

(born 1950), Canadian politician * Gérard Audran (1640-1703), French engraver *

Gérard Bailly Gérard Bailly (born 28 January 1940) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Jura department. References

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(born 1940), French politician *

Gérard Balanche Gérard Balanche (born 18 January 1964) is a Swiss ski jumper who competed from 1985 to 1989. He finished eighth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Balanche finished 34th in the individual normal hill event at th ...

(born 1968), Swiss ski jumper and Olympian *

Gérard Banide Gérard Banide (born 12 July 1936) is a French former football coach. He is the father of Laurent Banide. External links and references Profile 1936 births Living people Sportspeople from Paris French football managers AS Monaco ...

(born 1936), French football coach *

Gérard Bapt Gérard Bapt (born 4 February 1946 in Saint-Étienne) is a French politician. He was the deputy for Haute-Garonne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly of France. He was a member of the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of man ...

(born 1946), French politician * Gérard Barray (born 1931), French film and television actor *

Gérard Barreaux Gérard Barreaux (1948 – 16 October 2010) was a French accordionist, composer, and actor. He regularly appeared in performances of Yiddish music with singer-guitarist Moshé Leiser and violinist Ami Flamer AMI or Ami may refer to: Arts, ...

(1948-2010), French accordionist, composer and actor * Gerard Béhague (1937-2005), Franch-born American ethnomusicologist and professor of Latin American music *

Gérard Bélanger Gérard Bélanger (born 1940) is a Canadian economics professor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Université de Montréal, a Bachelor of Science and a master's degree in Social sciences from the Université Laval, as well as a master's degree ...

(born 1940), Canadian economist and educator * Gérard Berliner (1956–2010), French actor and composer *

Gérard Berry Gérard Philippe Berry (born 25 December 1948) is a French computer scientist, member of the French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences), French Academy of Technologies (Académie des technologies), and Academia Europaea. He was the Chief ...

(born 1948), French computer scientist * Gérard Bessette (1920–2005), Canadian author and educator * Gérard Bessière (born 1928), French author and priest * Gérard Biguet (born 1946), French football referee * Gérard Binet (born 1955), Canadian politician * Gérard Bitsindou (1941–2012), Republic of the Congo politician and judge * Gérard Blain (1930-2000), French actor and film director * Gérard Blanc (1947– 2009), French pop singer and guitarist * Gérard Blitz (1912–1990), Belgian water polo player, Yogi and entrepreneur * Gérard Blitz (1901–1979), Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player * Gérard Bonnevie (born 1952), French alpine skier and Olympian *

Gérard Bouchard Gérard Bouchard (born 1943) is a Canadian historian and sociologist affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Born on 26 December 1943 in Jonquière, Quebec, he obtained his master's degree in sociology from Université Laval i ...

(born 1943), Canadian historian, sociologist and writer *

Gérard Bougrier Gérard Bougrier (born 1944) is a French civil servant (prefect). He was born on 30 November 1944 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. He is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux (IEP Bordeaux). Career * 1982 - 1985 ...

(born 1944), French civil servant *

Gérard Boulanger Gérard Boulanger (October 1948 – 8 June 2018) was a French lawyer and human rights activist. He was close to the Left Front. In 1999, Boulanger was convicted of defamation against the noted French historian Henri Amouroux. A famous lawyer, no ...

(born 1948), French politician, lawyer and human rights activist * Gérard Brach (1927–2006), French screenwriter *

Gérard Brachet Gérard Brachet (born 27 October 1944 in Lyon) is a French space scientist.Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Charlotte Mathieu, Agnieszka Lukaszczyk ''Threats, Risks, and Sustainability: Answers by Space'' 2009 Page 302 "In 1982, Gérard Brachet left CNES and too ...

(born 1944) French aerospace engineer *

Gérard Brosselin Gérard Brosselin (5 October 1870, Paris, France – 12 January 1905, Paris, France) was a tennis player. He competed for France. Brosselin was twice a runner-up in the singles event of the Amateur French Open, French Championships, losing in ...

(1870–1905), French tennis player * Gérard Bruchési (born 1931), Canadian politician and insurance broker *

Gérard Buquet Gérard Buquet (born 1954) is a tubist, conductor and composer, who was born in France. Life He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, and musicology at the Strasbourg University. Composition studies with Claude Ballif a ...

(born 1954), French conductor and composer * Gérard Buscher (born 1960), French football player and manager * Gérard Calvet (1927–2008), French Roman Catholic abbot *

Gérard Calvi Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer. Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production ''The Patron'' in 1949. From here he provided mu ...

(born 1922), French composer * Gérard d'Aboville (born 1945) French rower, first man to row across two oceans solo *

Gérard Thibault d'Anvers Gérard (or Girard) Thibault of Antwerp (ca. 1574–1627) was a fencing master and writer of the 1628 rapier manual ''Academie de l'Espée''. Thibault was from the Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. His manual is one of the most detailed ...

(c.1574–1627), Dutch fencing master and author * Gérard de Balorre (1899–1974), French equestrian and Olympian *

Gérard of Brogne Saint Gérard (in Walloon Sint-Djuråd) (c. 895 – October 3, 959) founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule. Life Gérard was born at Staves ( Namur). His father was Stance, a member of the family of ...

(c.895–959), Belgian Roman Catholic abbot * Gérard Le Cam (born 1954), French politician *

Gérard Caron Gérard Caron (30 August 1938 – 31 October 2020) was a French designer. He was the co-founder of Carré Noir, the very first French design marketing agency, making him one of the inventors of the concept of brand design in France. He also co ...

(1916-1986), Canadian organist and pianist *

(born 1938), French advertiser and designer *

Gérard Caussé Gérard Caussé (born 26 June 1948, Toulouse, France) is a French violist. He gave the first performance of the celebrated '' Ainsi la nuit'' quartet by Henri Dutilleux. The first movement of Gérard Grisey's celebrated work, ''Les Espaces Acous ...

(born 1948), French violist *

Gérard Cauvin Gérard Calvin (died 26 May 1531) was the father of the Protestant Reformation, Protestant Reformer John Calvin. Calvin lived in Noyon, France, located in the province of Picardy. A man of hard and severe character, he occupied a prominent position ...

(????-1531), French father of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin * Gérard César (December 1934), French politician *

Gérard Chaliand Gérard Chaliand (born 1934) is a French expert in geopolitics who has published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy. Chaliand analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, mostly based on his field e ...

(born 1934), French expert in armed-conflict studies and international and strategic relations * Gérard Chapdelaine (born 1935), Canadian politician and lawyer *

Gérard Charasse Gérard Charasse (26 March 1944 – 18 June 2023) was a French politician who a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Allier's 4th constituency (from 1997 to 2012). Then major boundary changes in 2011 reduced Allier's parl ...

(born 1944), French politician *

Gérard Cherpion Gérard Cherpion (; born 15 March 1948) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Vosges's 2nd constituency, and is a member of the Republicans. On 24 February 2022, he announced he would stand down at the 2022 Fre ...

(born 1948), French politician *

Gérard Cholley Gérard Cholley (born June 6, 1945, in Fontaine-les-Luxeuil, France) is a retired France, French international rugby union player. He played as a Prop (rugby union), Prop for Castres Olympique. He earned his first cap with the France national ru ...

(born 1945), French international rugby union player *

Gérard Cochet Gérard Cochet (13 October 1888, in Avranches – 8 January 1969, in Paris) was a French illustrator. Born in Avranches, France, he attended the Académie Julian in 1909. After the First World War he exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants an ...

(1888–1969), French illustrator * Gérard Collomb (born 1947), French politician, Mayor of Lyon * Gérard Cooreman (1852–1926), Belgian politician *

Gérard Corbiau Gérard Corbiau (; born 19 September 1941) is a Belgian film director. Corbiau was born in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his costume dramas about music, '' Le maître de musique'' (1987), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and ''Le roi danse'' (2000 ...

(born 1941), Belgian film director *

Gérard de Cortanze Gérard de Cortanze (born 22 July 1948 in Paris) is a French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic. He won the Prix Renaudot in 2002 for his historical novel ''Assam''. He was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2009.http://www. ...

(born 1948,) French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic *

Gérard Coste Gérard Coste (born 24 March 1939), is a French painter and diplomat. Biography Gérard was born in Marseille (France) on 24 March 1939. His parents owned a pharmacy in Apt, which was destroyed during the bombing in 1942. From 1943 to 1944 ...

(born 1939), French painter and diplomat *

Gérard Côté Gérard Côté, (July 26, 1913 – 12 June 1993) was a Canadian marathon runner and a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Born in Saint-Barnabé-Sud, Quebec, Côté was training to be a boxer when he switched to running marathons. He co ...

(1913–1993), Canadian marathon runner * Gérard de Courcelles (????-1927), French racing driver * Gérard Cournoyer (1912–1973), Canadian politician and lawyer *

Gérard Crombac Gérard "Jabby" Crombac (7 March 1929, Zurich – 18 November 2005, Paris) was a Swiss auto-racing journalist and author. Biography In 1954 Crombac bought the Lotus Mark VI previously owned by Lotus founder Colin Chapman and began racing with thi ...

(1929–2005), Swiss auto-racing journalist *

Gérard Dagon Gérard Dagon (4 April 1936, Strasbourg - 22 May 2011, Gandrange) was a French Evangelicalism, evangelical pastor, teacher, author, publisher and long-time Christian countercult movement, Christian countercultist. Early life and education He got a ...

(1936-2011), French evangelical Protestant pastor, teacher, author, publisher anti-cult activist *

Gérard Darmon Gérard Darmon (born 29 February 1948) is a French- Moroccan actor and singer. Personal life He was the second husband of actress Mathilda May (mother of his two youngest children). He has three children: Virginie (born 1968) and, by May, daugh ...

(born 1948), French actor and singer *

Gérard Darrieu Gérard Darrieu (1925–2004) was a French actor. Selected filmography *1950: ''Three Telegrams'' (directed by Henri Decoin) - Jeune dragueur *1951: ''Juliette, or Key of Dreams'' - Un prisonnier (uncredited) *1951: ''Boîte de nuit'' - Le gr ...

(1925–2004), French actor *

Gérard Daucourt Gérard Daucourt (born 29 April 1941 in Delémont, Switzerland) was the Catholic Bishop of Nanterre 2002–2013 in the Hauts-de-Seine Département in the Paris region, France. Daucourt was ordained as a priest in 1966 when he served in Besanço ...

(born 1941), Swiss Catholic Bishop *

Gérard Debreu Gérard Debreu (; 4 July 1921 – 31 December 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize ...

(1921–2004), French economist and mathematician *

Gérard Delbeke Gérard Delbeke (1 August 1898 – 4 November 1984) was a Belgian footballer. He was a midfielder for Club brugeois, spending eight seasons in the first team. He played one international match for Belgium, on 20 July 1930, during the first ...

(1903-1977), Belgian footballer * Gérard Deltell (born 1964), Canadian politician *

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...

(born 1948), French-born Russian actor and film-maker *

Gérard Deprez Gérard M.J. Deprez (born 13 August 1943 in Noville, Bastogne) is a Belgian politician. He was the president of the Walloon Christian Social Party (PSC) from 1981 to 1996. In 1998 he left the PSC and founded the Citizens' Movement for Change (MCC ...

(born 1943), Belgian politician *

Gérard Dériot Gérard Dériot (born 1 November 1944) is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Allier department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party. Functions He was president of the General council of Allier from 1992 ...

(born 1944), French politician *

Gérard Desargues Girard Desargues (; 21 February 1591 – September 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues' theorem, the Desargues graph, and the crater Desargues on the Moon are ...

(1591-1661), French mathematician and engineer *

Gérard Deschamps Gérard Deschamps (born 1937) is a French contemporary artist associated with the Nouveau réalisme movement. Career Deschamps was born in Lyon, France. His first exhibition took place in 1955 at the Gallery Fachetti in Paris. At this time he a ...

(born 1937), French contemporary artist * Gérard Paul Deshayes (1795– 1875), French geologist and conchologist * Gérard Desrosiers (born 1919), Canadian physician and founder of the first regional library in Quebec * Gérard Devos (1903-1972), Belgian footballer * Gérard Diffloth (born 1939), French linguist * Gérard Dionne (born 1919), Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop * Gérard Ducarouge (born 1941), French Formula One race car designer *

Gérard Dufresne F. Gérard Dufresne, (1918 – 27 January 2013 ) was a well-known local politician and a military officer in Shawinigan, Quebec. Born in East Angus, Quebec, Estrie, Eastern Townships in 1918, he got a degree from the Shawinigan Technical Institu ...

(born 1918), Canadian politician and a military officer * Gérard Duquet (1909-1986), Canadian politician *

Gérard Edelinck Gérard Edelinck (20 October 1640 (baptized) – 2 April 1707) was a copper-plate engraver and print publisher of Southern Netherlands, Flemish origin, who worked in Paris from 1666 and became a naturalized French citizen in 1675.Préaud 1998. ...

(1640–1707), Flemish-born French copper-plate engraver and print publisher *

Gérard Encausse Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse (July 13, 1865 – 25 October 1916), whose esoteric pseudonyms were Papus and Tau Vincent, was a French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order. Early li ...

(1865-1916), Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, popularizer of occultism, founder of the modern Martinist Order *

Gérard Errera Gérard Paul Errera (born 30 October 1943) is a French diplomat and serves as an advisor to a number of American, Chinese and French international firms. Early life and education Gérard Errera comes from a Jewish family, and was born in Bri ...

(born 1943), French diplomat *

Gérard Farison Gérard Farison (15 March 1944 – 8 September 2021) was a French professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

(born 1944), French footballer *

Gérard Feldzer Gérard Paul Alain Feldzer (born 10 February 1944) is a consultant and aeronautical popularizer. He is a former French airline pilot, President of ''Comité régional de tourisme d'Île-de-France'' (Regional Committee of Île-de-France Tourism) ...

(born 1944), French aviator and consultant and aerospace engineer * Gérard Fenouil (born 1945), French track and field athlete and Olympian *

Gérard Férey Gérard Férey (14 July 1941 – 19 August 2017) was a French chemist who was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and a professor at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University. He specialized in the physical chemistry of solid ...

(born 1941), French chemist and teacher * Gérard Filion (1909–2005), Canadian businessman and journalist *

Gérard Fombrun Gérard Fombrun (21 January 1927 in Port-au-Prince – 1 February 2015) was a Haitian architect, construction engineer and sculptor. Fombrun studied sculpture and architecture in Haiti, France, and Puerto Rico. His sculptures, typically made with ...

(born 1931), Haitian sculptor * Gérard La Forest (born 1926), Canadian former member of the Supreme Court of Canada and lawyer *

Gérard Fromanger Gérard Fromanger (6 September 1939 – 18 June 2021) was a French visual artist. A painter who also employed collage, sculpture, photography, cinema, and lithography, he was associated with the French artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s, ca ...

(1939–2021), French artist *

Gérard Fussman Gérard Fussman (17 May 1940 – 14 May 2022) was a French indologist who was a professor at the Collège de France The Collège de France (), formerly known as the ''Collège Royal'' or as the ''Collège impérial'' founded in 1530 by Franço ...

(born 1940) French indologist * Gérard Gagnon (fl. 1970s), Canadian priest and translator *

Gérard Garitte Gérard Garitte (1914–1990) was a Belgian historian and an academic at the Catholic University of Leuven and later the French-speaking University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He raised the study of Georgian ecclesiastical litera ...

(1914–1992), Belgian scientist and historian *

Gérard Garouste Gérard Garouste (born 10 March 1946) is a French contemporary artist having the primary field of work as visual and performative domain. Since 1979, he has lived and worked in Marcilly-sur-Eure in Normandy, where he founded an educational and s ...

(born 1946), French painter, illustrator, and decorator *

Gérard Gasiorowski Gérard Gasiorowski (1930–1986) was a French photographer, painter, and fictive artist. Life and work Gasiorowski was born in Paris on March 30, 1930. He studied at the School of Applied Arts between 1947 and 1951, and he married Marie-Cla ...

(1930—1986), French photographer, painter, and fictive artist *

Gérard Gaudron Gérard Gaudron (born 26 May 1949) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Seine-Saint-Denis department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, U ...

(born 1949), French politician * Gérard Gauthier (born 1948), Canadian hockey player * Gérard Geisbusch (born 1988), Luxembourger footballer *

Gérard Genette Gérard Genette (7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and such figures as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''bricolage ...

(born 1930), French literary theorist *

Gérard Gili Gérard Gili (born 7 August 1952) is a French football manager and former player. Gili's highest profile appointment was as manager of Ivory Coast. He was named as the Ivorians' head coach in January 2008, following the resignation of Ulrich St ...

(born 1952), French football manager *

Gérard Girouard Gérard Girouard (born 27 March 1933 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec – d. 22 May 2017) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer and professor of law by career. The son of Joseph Girouard and Marie Roy, he was educated at th ...

(born 1933), Canadian politician *

Gérard Gnanhouan Gérard Amoukou Okosias Gnanhouan (born 12 February 1979) is an Ivorian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is a goalkeeping coach at FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Soc ...

(born 1979), Ivorian footballer * Gérard Granel (1930– 2000), French philosopher and translator * Gérard Grenier (????-c. 1165 and 1171), French Christian Crusader * Gérard Grisey (1946–1998), French composer * Gérard Gropaiz (1943–2012), French swimmer and Olympian *

Gérard Guillaumaud Gérard Guillaumaud (1961 – November 29, 2006), was a French Air Force test pilot. Guillaumaud was born in France and was a graduate of the National Test Pilot School (NTPS) in Mojave, California. Guillaumaud was piloting a demonstration f ...

(1961–2006), French Air Force test pilot *

Gérard Hallet Gérard Hallet (born 4 March 1946, in Sézanne) is a retired France, French association football, footballer. He played for ÉDS Montluçon, Montluçon, Paris SG, Paris FC and AJ Auxerre, Auxerre. External links Player profile
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(born 1946), French footballer *

Gérard Hamel Gérard Hamel (born February 21, 1945 in Sourdun, Seine-et-Marne) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Eure-et-Loir's 2nd constituency from 1993 to 2012 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. References

(born 1945), French politician *

Gérard Hausser Gérard Hausser (born 18 March 1939 in Strasbourg) is a former French footballer. During his career he played for RC Strasbourg (1959–67, 1971–74), Karlsruher SC (1967–68), and FC Metz (1968–71). He earned 14 caps and scored two goals f ...

(born 1939), French footballer *

Gérard Hekking Gérard Hekking (24 August 1879 – 5 June 1942) was a French cellist. Born in Nancy, he served as first cellist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1903 until 1914. In 1912 Alphons Diepenbrock composed his Berceuse (''Le Seigneur a dit à son ...

(1879—1942), French cellist * Gérard Hernandez (born 1933), Spanish-born French film, television and voice actor * Gérard Hérold (1935–1993), French actor *

Gérard Hoarau Gérard Hoarau (7 December 1950 – 29 November 1985) was an exiled opposition leader from Seychelles and was head of the Mouvement Pour La Resistance (MPR) that sought the peaceful overthrow of the France-Albert René regime which had come to po ...

(1950–1985), Seychellois politician *

Gérard Holtz Gérard Holtz (born 8 December 1946) is a French sports journalist. Early life and education Gérard Holtz was born in Paris and grew up in the area of Belleville. At the age of eight, he nearly died from an accident and contracted tubercul ...

(born 1946), French sports journalist * Gérard Houllier (born 1947), French football manager *

Gérard Huet Gérard Pierre Huet (; born 7 July 1947) is a French computer scientist, linguist and mathematician. He is senior research director at INRIA and mostly known for his major and seminal contributions to type theory, programming language theory and ...

(born 1947), French computer scientist *

Gérard Jaffrès Gérard Jaffrès (born 15 December 1956 in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère) is a French singer, writer and performer. He started playing the guitar at the age of 15, playing mostly folk repertoire (Alan Stivell, Tri Yann...) and rock music ( De ...

(born 1956), French singer, writer and performer *

Gérard Janvion Gérard Janvion (born 21 August 1953) is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (football), defender. A List of France international footballers, French international from 1975 to 1982 he made 40 a ...

(born 1953), French footballer *

Gérard Jarry Gérard Jarry ( Châtellerault, 6 June 1936 – Saint-Eliph, 18 January 2004) was a French classical violinist. In June 1951, he won the "Premier Grand Prix" at the Concours-Long-Thibaud, at the age of 14. In 1959, he founded the String Trio F ...

(1936–2004), French violinist * Gérard Jean-Juste (1946–2009), Haitian Roman Catholic priest and rector * Gérard Joseph (born 1949), Haitian footballer * Gérard Jugnot (born 1951), French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer *

Gérard Klein Gérard Klein (born 1937), known also as Gilles , is a French science fiction writer with sociology, sociological training. He is the editor of the prestigious science fiction series ''Ailleurs et Demain'' published by Robert Laffont and of the ...

(born 1937), French science fiction writer *

Gérard Kobéané Gérard Kobéané (born 24 April 1988 in Karangasso-Vigué Department) is a Burkinabé sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 100 metres preliminaries advancing to the first round where he was eliminated. Competition record 1 ...

(born 1988), Burkinabe sprinter and Olympian *

Gérard Krawczyk Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953, Paris) is a French film director. He is of Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa). Filmography Director * ''Homicide by Night'' (1984) * ''Je hais les acteurs'' (a.k.a. ''I hate actors'') (1986 ...

(born 1953), French film director *

Gérard Labrune Gérard Labrune (born 2 September 1943 in Vatan, Indre, France) is a French syndicalist Biography Labrune spent his entire professional career at Crédit lyonnais and joined the syndicalist movement at the age of 50. In 1999, he became the n ...

(born 1943), French syndicalist *

Gérard de Lally-Tollendal Trophime-Gérard, marquis de Lally-Tollendal (5 March 175111 March 1830) was a French politician and philanthropist. Born in Paris into an old aristocratic family, he was the legitimized son of Thomas Arthur de Lally, who served as viceroy in ...

(1751–1830), French politician *

Gérard Lamy Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian Social Credit Party of Canada, Social Credit Party politician. He served as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1962 to 1963. Early life He was born on May 2, 1919 in ...

(born 1919), Canadian politician * Gérard Landry (1914–1989), Argentine actor * Gérard Lanvin (born 1950), French actor * Gérard Laprise (1925–2000), Canadian politician *

Gérard Larcher Gérard Philippe René André Larcher (born 14 September 1949) is a French politician serving as President of the Senate since 2014, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2011. A member of The Republicans, he has been a Senator for the Yveli ...

(born 1949), French politician * Gérard Larrousse (born 1940), French sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver *

Gérard Latortue Gérard Latortue (born 19 June 1934 in Gonaïves) is a Haitian politician and diplomat who served as the prime minister of Haiti from 12 March 2004 to 9 June 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as for ...

(born 1934), former Haitian Prime Minister *

Gérard Laumon Gérard Laumon (; born 1952) is a French mathematician, best known for his results in number theory, for which he was awarded the Clay Research Award. Life and work Laumon studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Or ...

(born 1952), French mathematician *

Gérard Mentor Laurent Gérard Mentor Laurent (ca. 1933 – 9 April 2001) was a Haitian historian and educator. Some of his most notable works are ''Coup d'Oeil sur la Politique de Toussaint Louverture'' (1945), ''Six Etudes sur J. J. Dessalines'' (1951), ''Pages d'Hist ...

(1933-2001), Haitian historian and educator * Gérard Lauzier (1932–2008), French comics author and film director * Gérard Lebel (born 1930), Canadian politician *

Gérard Lebovici Gérard Lebovici (25 August 1932 – 5 March 1984) was a French film producer, editor and impresario. Background His mother was executed in a Nazi concentration camp during the Second World War. While on the verge of embarking on a promising stage ...

(1932–1984), French film producer and editor *

Gérard Lefranc Gérard Lefranc (born 7 May 1935) is a French fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, ...

(born 1935), French fencer and Olympian *

Gérard Légaré Gérard Légaré (11 July 1908 – 1 November 1997) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an editor, journalist, printer and publisher by career. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. He was first elected at th ...

(1908–1997), Canadian politician *

Gérard Lelièvre Gérard Lelièvre (born 13 November 1949 in Laval, Mayenne Mayenne () is a landlocked department in northwest France named after the river Mayenne. Mayenne is part of the administrative region of Pays de la Loire and is surrounded by the ...

(born 1949), French race walker and Olympian *

Gérard Leman Gerard Mathieu Joseph Georges, count Leman (8 January 1851 – 17 October 1920) was a Belgian general. He was responsible for the military education of King Albert I of Belgium. During World War I he was the commander of the forts surrounding t ...

(1851–1920), Belgian military general * Gérard Lenorman (born 1945), French singer *

Gérard Lesne Gérard Lesne (; born 15 July 1956) is a French countertenor. He is also the founder and artistic director of the baroque music ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale. Life and career Gérard Lesne was born in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise. He was originall ...

(born 1956), French opera countertenor * Gérard D. Levesque (1926–1993), Canadian politician *

Gérard Lifondja Gérard Lifondja (born 2 March 1989) is a Belgium, Belgian-Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese former association football, footballer. Career Lifondja began his career in the youth side for Royal Racing Club Etterbeek. He signed than ...

(born 1989), Belgian footballer *

Gérard Loiselle Gérard Loiselle (April 15, 1921 - December 22, 1994) was a Canadian politician. He was an eight-term Member of the House of Commons and was a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec. Federal politics Born in Montreal, Quebec, Loiselle successfully ...

(born 1921-1994), Canadian politician *

Gérard Loncke Gérard Loncke (15 January 1905 in Overpelt – 13 March 1979 in Neerpelt) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1932 he finished 4th place in the Tour de France. Major results Source: ;1930 :Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten ;1931 ...

(1905-1979), Belgian professional road bicycle racer *

Gérard Longuet Gérard Longuet (; born 24 February 1946 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French conservative politician who has served as a member of the Senate from 2001 to 2011 and again since 2012, representing Meuse. He served as Minister of Def ...

(born 1946), French politician, former French Minister of Defense *

Gérard Lorgeoux Gérard Lorgeoux (born August 21, 1943 in Plumelin) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented Morbihan's 3rd constituency from 2002 to 2012 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Mov ...

(born 1943), French politician *

Gérard, Duke of Lorraine Gerard ( – 14 April 1070), also known as Gerard the Wonderful, was a Lotharingian nobleman. He was the count of Metz and Châtenois from 1047 to 1048, when his brother Duke Adalbert resigned them to him upon his becoming the Duke of Upper Lorr ...

(c. 1030–1070), French Duke of Alsace *

Gérard Magnin Gérard Magnin is the founder of Energy Cities. He was placed as a director on the board of EDF in 2014 under request of the French government, but resigned in 2016 prior to a vote that supported Hinkley Point C Hinkley Point C nuclear power s ...

(born 1951), French ecologist * Gérard Majax (1943), French illusionist * Gérard Manset (born 1945), French singer-songwriter, painter, photographer and writer *

Gérard de la Martinière Gérard de la Martinière (born 1943) is a French businessman. A graduate of École polytechnique (X1963) and ENA Ena or ENA may refer to: Education * École nationale d'administration, French Grande école, for civil service * Education N ...

(born 1943), French businessman *

Gérard Masson Gérard Masson (born 12 August, 1936, in Paris) is a French composer. Biography Gérard Masson grew up listening to jazz, played jazz trumpet, and began studying the piano in 1945, but had no formal training in composition until, after military ...

(born 1936), French composer *

Gérard Mendel Gérard Mendel (1930 – 14 October 2004) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. The revolt against the father His popularity began when he published his 1968 work ''La révolte contre le père'' (The revolt against the father). Deleuze and ...

(1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist *

Gérard Mestrallet Gérard Mestrallet (, born 1 April 1949 in Paris, France) is a French manager who served as chairman of the board of directors of Engie and as CEO from 2008 to 2016. He is also the chairman of Suez. Early life and education Mestrallet received d ...

(born 1949), French aerospace engineer, businessman *

Gérard Millet Gérard Millet (born 20 January 1939 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Seine-et-Marne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Move ...

(born 1939), French politician *

Gérard Miquel Gérard Miquel (born 17 June 1946) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Lot department from 1992 to 2017. He was a member of the Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the wor ...

(born 1946), French politician *

Gérard Mourou Gérard Albert Mourou (; born 22 June 1944) is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, along with Donna Strickland, for the invention of chirped pulse a ...

(born 1944), French physicist and engineer * Gérard Mulliez (born 1931), French businessman and entrepreneur * Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), French poet, essayist and translator *

Gérard Niding Gérard Niding (1924–2011) was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec. City Councillor He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1954 as a Civic Action League candidate in the district of Papineau. He was defeated i ...

(????-????), Canadian politician *

Gérard Onesta Gérard Onesta (born 5 August 1960) is a French politician and was Member of the European Parliament for the South West of France. He is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens, part of the European Greens. On 20 July 2004 he was re-elected ...

(born 1960), French politician * Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born 1925), Burkinabé politician *

Gérard Ouellet Gérard Ouellet (17 February 1913 – 3 April 1975) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career. Ouellet was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, United States, the son of Emile Ouellet and Celina-Rose Berub ...

(1913–1975), Canadian politician *

Gérard Oury Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. Life and career Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...

(1919– 2006), French film director, actor and screenwriter * Gérard Pape (born 1955) American composer, author and psychologist *

Gérard Patris Gérard Patris (1931 − 1990) was a French film director and television director who died in a car accident in 1990 in Chailles. His works include the documentary film Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life. Biography After high school in Poitier ...

(1931−1990), French film and television director *

Gérard Pierre-Charles Gérard Pierre-Charles (December 18, 1935, Jacmel – October 10, 2004, Cuba) was a Haitian politician and former leader of the Unified Party of Haitian Communists. Pierre-Charles was also an economist and author. In his youth, he worked at a cemen ...

(1935–2004), Haitian politician *

Gérard Pelletier Gérard Pelletier, (June 21, 1919 – June 22, 1997) was a Canadian journalist and politician. Career Pelletier initially worked as a journalist for ''Le Devoir'', a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-i ...

(1919–1997), Canadian journalist and politician * Gérard Perrier (born 1928), French cross country skier and Olympian *

Gérard Perron Gérard Perron (14 November 1920 – 2 April 1981) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a hotel operator by career. He was first elected at the Beauce riding in the 1962 general election and re-elected t ...

(1920–1981), Canadian politician *

Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...

(1922–1959), French actor *

Gérard Pirès Gérard Pirès (born 31 August 1942) is a French film director and writer. Filmography * '' Guo bao zong dong yuan'' (''Adventures in the NPM'') (2007) * '' Les Chevaliers du ciel'' (''Sky Fighters'') (2005) * '' Double zéro'' (2004) * ''Steal' ...

(born 1942), French film director and screenwriter *

Gérard Prunier Gérard Prunier (born 1942, in Paris ) is a French academic, historian, and consultant. He specializes in African history and affairs —particularly the Horn of Africa and the African Great Lakes regions. Biography Prunier received a PhD in Afr ...

(born 1942), French academic and historian * Gérard du Puy (????-1389), French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Gérard Rabinovitch (born 1948), French philosopher and sociologist *

Gérard Rancinan Gérard Rancinan is a French photographer whose work has appeared in publications such as ''Sports Illustrated'', ''Time'', ''Life'', ''The Sunday Times Magazine'', and ''Paris Match''. Life and work Gérard Rancinan started his career as an ap ...

(born 1953), French photographer *

Gérard Rinaldi Gérard Rinaldi (February 17, 1943 – March 2, 2012) was a French actor, musician, lyricist, artistic director and singer with Les Charlots. Career Death Rinaldi died of lymphoma on March 2, 2012. He was 69. A few days later, holding back ...

(1943-2012), French singer and actor * Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist * Gérard Roland (born 1981), French footballer *

Gérard Roussel Gérard Roussel (1500–50) was a French cleric, a student of Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples and later a member, with his former teacher, of the Circle of Meaux around Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of Meaux. This group was characterized by evangelica ...

(1500–1550) French cleric and theologian *

Gérard Rousset Gérard Georges Victor Rousset (9 April 1921 – 3 February 2000) was a French fencing, fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

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(1921–2000), French fencer and Olympian *

Gérard Rozenknop Gérard Rozenknop (born 23 January 1950 in Paris 19e), is a French public servant. He was director-general of the ''École nationale de l'aviation civile'' (French civil aviation university) from 6 January 1999 to 28 November 2008. Biography Roz ...

(born 1950) French public servant and aerospace engineer *

Gérard Rudolf Gérard Rudolf (born 20 April 1966) is a South African actor and poet. He began his career in 1992 with the series ''Arende II''. Biography Rudolf was born in Pretoria, South Africa. After completing high school in 1983 he did two years of com ...

(born 1966), South African actor *

Gérard Saint Gérard Saint (11 July 1935 in Argentan – 16 March 1960 in Le Mans) was a French professional road bicycle racer. In the 1959 Tour de France, Saint was the winner of the Combativity award. In 1960, while driving his Citroën DS near Le Mans ...

(1935—1960), French professional road bicycle racer *

Gérard Schivardi Gérard Schivardi (born 17 April 1950) is a French politician. He contended in the French presidential election of 2007 under the colours of the Workers' Party (''Parti des Travailleurs'') of Trotskyist legacy. He came last in the first round of ...

(born 1950), French politician *

Gérard Ernest Schneider Gérard Ernest Schneider (1896–1986) was a Swiss painter. A major pioneer of Lyrical Abstraction, a gestural and personal form of abstraction, along with Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages, Gérard Schneider was shown in Paris at the Galerie L ...

(1896–1986), Swiss painter * Gérard de Sède (1921-2004), French author and supporter of the ''Action française'' political movement * Gérard Séty (1922–1998), French actor * Gérard Soisson (1935–1983), Luxembourger banker *

Gérard Soler Gérard Soler (born 29 March 1954 in Oujda, French Morocco) is a French-Moroccan former professional footballer of Catalan descent, who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. He played from 1972 until 1988, for Sochaux, Monaco, Bordeaux, T ...

(born 1954), French footballer and coach * Gérard Solvès (born 1968), French tennis player and coach *

Gérard Souzay Gérard Souzay (8 December 1918 – 17 August 2004) was a French baritone, regarded as one of the very finest interpreters of mélodie (French art song) in the generation after Charles Panzéra and Pierre Bernac. Background and education He wa ...

(1918–2004), French baritone opera singer * Gérard Théberge (1930-2000), Canadian ice hockey player and Olympian *

Gérard Théodore Gérard Théodore (November 28, 1920 – June 10, 2012) was a French Compagnon de la Libération, having received the Ordre de la Libération for his role in the Liberation of France during World War II. Théodore was born in Paris on November 28 ...

(1920–2012), French military officer and statistician * Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault (1932–1998), Canadian Air Force General and Chief of the Defence Staff * Gérard Tremblay (born 1918), Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church * Gérard Tremblay (born 1950), French race car driver *

Gérard Vachonfrance Gérard Vachonfrance (30 March 1933, in Roubaix – 31 December 2008), was a French physician. He was a co-founder of the ''Société française d'alcoologie'' (French Society of Alcohology). Vachonfrance and Pierre Fouquet were pioneers of alco ...

(1933–2008), French physician * Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918–1995), French astronomer * Gérard Veilleux (born 1942), Canadian businessman, former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation *

Gérard Vergnaud Official website https://www.gerard-vergnaud.org Gérard Vergnaud (8 February 1933 – 6 June 2021) was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. He earned his doctorate from the International Center for Genetic Episte ...

(1933–2021), French mathematician, philosopher, educator and psychologist *

Gérard de Villiers Gérard de Villiers (; 8 December 1929 – 31 October 2013) was a French writer, journalist and publisher whose ''SAS'' series of spy novels have been major bestsellers. Life Born in Paris in 1929, Villiers was the son of playwright Jacques Ad ...

(born 1929), French writer, journalist and editor *

Gérard Voisin Gérard Voisin (born August 18, 1945 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular M ...

(born 1945), French politician *

Gérard Wertheimer Gérard Paul Philippe Wertheimer (born 17 April 1951) is a French billionaire businessman based in New York City and Geneva, who owns Chanel in partnership with his brother, Alain. As of October 2022, Wertheimer's net worth was estimated at US ...

(b. 1950), French businessman, entrepreneur, racehorse breeder and perfumer *

Gérard Aristote Zaonarivelo Gérard Aristote Zaonarivelo is a Malagasy politician. A member of the National Assembly of Madagascar, he was elected as a member of the Tiako I Madagasikara party; he represents the constituency of Mananjary Mananjary is a city located in Va ...

(????-????) Malagasy politician

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* Adolphe Gérard (1844–1900), French chef * André Gérard (1911–1994, French footballer and football manager. *

Arnaud Gérard Arnaud Gérard (born 6 October 1984 in Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the and teams. The cousin of former professional cyclist Cédric Hervé, Gérar ...

(born 1984), French professional road bicycle racer * Balthasar Gérard (c.1557– 1584), French assassin of the Dutch independence leader William I of Orange * Bernard Gérard (1930-2000), French composer * Bernard Gérard (born 1953), French politician *

Charles Gérard Charles Gérard (born Gérard Adjémian, 1 December 1922 – 19 September 2019)Charles Gérard

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(born 1926), French actor *

Christopher Gérard Christopher Gérard (born 7 July 1962) is a Belgian novelist, publisher and literary critic. He is known as a promoter of modern Paganism, drawing much inspiration from Hinduism, and published the journal ''Antaios'' from 1992 to 2001. He has wri ...

(born 1962), Belgian writer and critic *

Danyel Gérard Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Kherlakian; 7 March 1939) is a French pop singer and composer. Life and work Gérard was born in Paris, France to an Armenian father and an Corsican mother, but grew up mainly in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. I ...

(born 1939), French pop singer and composer *

David Gérard David Gérard (born 26 November 1977 in Toulon), is a former French rugby union player. He played as a lock. He started his career with RC Toulonnais. He also played with Stade Toulousain with which he won several titles, including the 2003 and ...

(born 1977), French rugby union player * Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), French Napoleonic military officer and statesman * François Gérard (1770–1837), French painter * Jacques Gérard (1890-1918), French pilot and World War I flying ace *

Jean-Claude Gérard Jean-Claude Gérard, a flutist born in Angers, he studied with Gaston Crunelle and later with Marcel Moyse studied flute at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Marcel Moyse. He won several international competitions a ...

(born 1944), French flautist * Joseph Gérard (1831-1914), French Catholic missionary *

Lucy Gérard Lucy Gérard (2 June 1872 – 20 November 1941), born Marie-Louise Philiberte Lucy Gérard, was a French actress on stage and in silent films; in her later career she was billed as Lucy Mareil. Early life Lucy Gérard was born in Lyon, France ...

(1872-1941), French actress * Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837), French painter and etcher *

Raphaël Gérard Raphaël Gérard (born 17 October 1968) is a French politician of La République En Marche (LREM) who has been a member of the French National Assembly since 2017, where he represents the 4th constituency of Charente-Maritime. Early life and e ...

(born 1968), French politician *

Rosemonde Gérard Louise-Rose-Étiennette Gérard, known as Rosemonde Gérard (April 5, 1871, Paris – July 8, 1953, Paris) was a French poet and playwright. She was the wife of Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, author of ''Cyrano de Bergerac''), and was a granddaught ...

(1871–1953), French poet and playwright *

Yves Gérard Yves-René-Jean Gérard (6 January 1932 – 6 October 2020) was a French musicologist. Life and career Born on 6 January 1932 in Châlons-sur-Marne, Yves Gérard studied philosophy at the Nancy-Université from 1949 to 1955. Following his gradu ...

(born 1932), French musicologist

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