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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 ...

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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 (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 (born 1946), French politician * Gérard Barray (born 1931), French film and television actor * Gérard Barreaux (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (1916-1986), Canadian organist and pianist * Gérard Caron (born 1938), French advertiser and designer * Gérard Caussé (born 1948), French violist * Gérard Cauvin (????-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 (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 (1913–1993), Canadian marathon runner * Gérard de Courcelles (????-1927), French racing driver * Gérard Cournoyer (1912–1973), Canadian politician and lawyer * Gérard Crombac (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 (born 1948), French actor and singer * Gérard Darrieu (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 (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 (1591-1661), French mathematician and engineer * Gérard Deschamps (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 (1865-1916), Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, popularizer of occultism, founder of the modern Martinist Order * Gérard Errera (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 (1914–1992), Belgian scientist and historian * Gérard Garouste (born 1946), French painter, illustrator, and decorator * Gérard Gasiorowski (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 (born 1952), French football manager * Gérard Girouard (born 1933), Canadian politician * Gérard Gnanhouan (born 1979), Ivorian footballer * Gérard Granel (1930– 2000), French philosopher and translator * Gerard Grenier, 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 (1961–2006), French Air Force test pilot * Gérard Hallet (born 1946), French footballer * Gérard Hamel (born 1945), French politician * Gérard Hausser (born 1939), French footballer * Gérard Hekking (1879—1942), French cellist * Gérard Hernandez (born 1933), Spanish-born French film, television and voice actor * Gérard Hérold (1935–1993), French actor * Gérard Hoarau (1950–1985), Seychellois politician * Gérard Holtz (born 1946), French sports journalist * Gérard Houllier (born 1947), French football manager * Gérard Huet (born 1947), French computer scientist * Gérard Jaffrès (born 1956), French singer, writer and performer * Gérard Janvion (born 1953), French footballer * Gérard Jarry (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 (born 1937), French science fiction writer * Gérard Kobéané (born 1988), Burkinabe sprinter and Olympian * Gérard Krawczyk (born 1953), French film director * Gérard Labrune (born 1943), French syndicalist * Gérard de Lally-Tollendal (1751–1830), French politician * Gérard Lamy (born 1919), Canadian politician * Gérard Landry (1914–1989), Argentine actor * Gérard Lanvin (born 1950), French actor * Gérard Laprise (1925–2000), Canadian politician * Gérard Larcher (born 1949), French politician * Gérard Larrousse (born 1940), French sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver * Gérard Latortue (born 1934), former Haitian Prime Minister * Gérard Laumon (born 1952), French mathematician * Gérard Mentor Laurent (1933-2001), Haitian historian and educator * Gérard Lauzier (1932–2008), French comics author and film director * Gérard Lebel (born 1930), Canadian politician * Gérard Lebovici (1932–1984), French film producer and editor * Gérard Lefranc (born 1935), French fencer and Olympian * Gérard Légaré (1908–1997), Canadian politician * Gérard Lelièvre (born 1949), French race walker and Olympian * Gérard Leman (1851–1920), Belgian military general * Gérard Lenorman (born 1945), French singer * Gérard Lesne (born 1956), French opera countertenor * Gérard D. Levesque (1926–1993), Canadian politician * Gérard Lifondja (born 1989), Belgian footballer * Gérard Loiselle (born 1921-1994), Canadian politician * Gérard Loncke (1905-1979), Belgian professional road bicycle racer * Gérard Longuet (born 1946), French politician, former French Minister of Defense * Gérard Lorgeoux (born 1943), French politician * Gérard, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1030–1070), French Duke of Alsace * Gérard Magnin (born 1951), French ecologist * Gérard Majax (1943), French illusionist * Gérard Manset (born 1945), French singer-songwriter, painter, photographer and writer * Gérard de la Martinière (born 1943), French businessman * Gérard Masson (born 1936), French composer * Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist * Gérard Mestrallet (born 1949), French aerospace engineer, businessman * Gérard Millet (born 1939), French politician * Gérard Miquel (born 1946), French politician * Gérard Mourou (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 (????-????), Canadian politician * Gérard Onesta (born 1960), French politician * Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born 1925), Burkinabé politician * Gérard Ouellet (1913–1975), Canadian politician * Gérard Oury (1919– 2006), French film director, actor and screenwriter * Gérard Pape (born 1955) American composer, author and psychologist * Gérard Patris (1931−1990), French film and television director * Gérard Pierre-Charles (1935–2004), Haitian politician * Gérard Pelletier (1919–1997), Canadian journalist and politician * Gérard Perrier (born 1928), French cross country skier and Olympian * Gérard Perron (1920–1981), Canadian politician * Gérard Philipe (1922–1959), French actor * Gérard Pirès (born 1942), French film director and screenwriter * Gérard Prunier (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 (born 1953), French photographer * Gérard Rinaldi (1943-2012), French singer and actor * Gérard Roland (economist), Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist * Gérard Roland (footballer), Gérard Roland (born 1981), French footballer * Gérard Roussel (1500–1550) French cleric and theologian * Gérard Rousset (1921–2000), French fencer and Olympian * Gérard Rozenknop (born 1950) French public servant and aerospace engineer * Gérard Rudolf (born 1966), South African actor * Gérard Saint (1935—1960), French professional road bicycle racer * Gérard Schivardi (born 1950), French politician * Gérard Ernest Schneider (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 (born 1954), French footballer and coach * Gérard Solvès (born 1968), French tennis player and coach * Gérard Souzay (1918–2004), French baritone opera singer * Gérard Théberge (1930-2000), Canadian ice hockey player and Olympian * Gérard Théodore (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 (bishop), Gérard Tremblay (born 1918), Canadian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church * Gérard Tremblay (racing driver), Gérard Tremblay (born 1950), French race car driver * Gérard Vachonfrance (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 (1933–2021), French mathematician, philosopher, educator and psychologist * Gérard de Villiers (born 1929), French writer, journalist and editor * Gérard Voisin (born 1945), French politician * Gérard Wertheimer (b. 1950), French businessman, entrepreneur, racehorse breeder and perfumer * Gérard Aristote Zaonarivelo (????-????) Malagasy politician

As a surname

* Adolphe Gérard (1844–1900), French chef * André Gérard (1911–1994, French footballer and football manager. * Arnaud Gérard (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 (composer), Bernard Gérard (1930-2000), French composer * Bernard Gérard (politician), Bernard Gérard (born 1953), French politician * Charles Gérard (born 1926), French actor * Christopher Gérard (born 1962), Belgian writer and critic * Danyel Gérard (born 1939), French pop singer and composer * David Gérard (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 (born 1944), French flautist * Joseph Gérard (1831-1914), French Catholic missionary *Lucy Gérard (1872-1941), French actress * Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837), French painter and etcher * Raphaël Gérard (born 1968), French politician * Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953), French poet and playwright * Yves Gérard (born 1932), French musicologist

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