Gaston is a masculine

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of French origin and a

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. The name "Gaston" may refer to:

People

First name

Gaston I, Count of Foix Gaston I of Foix or Gaston VIII of Foix-Béarn (1287 – 13 December 1315 in Maubuisson) was the 9th Count of Foix, the 22nd Viscount of Béarn and Co-Prince of Andorra. Biography He was a son of Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix and Marg ...

(1287–1315) *

Gaston II, Count of Foix Gaston II of Foix-Béarn (1308 – September 1343), son of Gaston I of Foix-Béarn and Jeanne of Artois, was the 10th Count of Foix.Roland Viader, ''L'Andorre du IXe au XIVe siècle: montagne, féodalité et communautés'', (Presses du Universit ...

(1308–1343) *

Gaston III, Count of Foix Gaston III, known as Gaston Phoebus or Fébus (30 April 1331 – 1 August 1391), was the eleventh Count of Foix (as Gaston III) and twenty-fourth Viscount of Béarn (as Gaston X) from 1343 until his death. Due to his ancestral inheritance, Gas ...

(1331–1391) *

Gaston IV, Count of Foix Gaston IV (27 November 1422 – 25 or 28 July 1472) was the sovereign Viscount of Béarn and the Count of Foix and Bigorre in France from 1436 to 1472. He also held the viscounties of Marsan, Castelbon, Nébouzan, Villemeur and Lautrec and ...

(1422–1472) * Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980) * Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012) * Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045) * Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131) *

Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn Gaston V (died 1170, before 30 April) was the Viscount of Béarn, Gabardan, and Brulhois from 1153 to his death. He was the son of Peter II of Béarn, Peter II and a Matelle de Baux. When his father died in 1153, he inherited his title under the r ...

(died 1170) *

Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn Gaston VI (1173–1214), called the Good, was the Viscount of Béarn, Gabardan, and Brulhois from 1173. He was also Count of Bigorre and Viscount of Marsan through his marriage in 1196 to Petronilla, the daughter of Countess Stephanie-Beatrice o ...

(1173–1214) *

Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn Gaston VII de Montcada (; 1225 – 26 April 1290), called ''Froissard'', was the twentieth Viscount of Béarn from 1229. He was the son and heir of Guillermo II de Montcada of the House of Montcada and of Garsenda, daughter of Alfonso II of Prove ...

(1225–1290) * Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470) *

Gaston, Count of Marsan Gaston de Lorraine (born Gaston Jean Baptiste Charles; 7 February 1721 – 2 May 1743) was a French nobleman and member of a cadet branch of the House of Lorraine. He was the last . His wife was Marie Louise de Rohan. Biography The eldest son o ...

(1721–1743) *

Gaston, Duke of Orléans ''Monsieur'' Gaston, Duke of Orléans (Gaston Jean Baptiste; 24 April 1608 – 2 February 1660), was the third son of King Henry IV of France and his second wife, Marie de' Medici. As a son of the king, he was born a . He later acquired the title ...

(1608–1660), French nobleman *

Gastón Acurio Gastón Acurio Jaramillo (born October 30, 1967) is a Peruvian chef and ambassador of Peruvian cuisine. He owns several restaurants in various countries, and is the author of several books. In Peru, he is the host of a television program and ...

(born 1967), Peruvian chef *

Gaston Bachelard Gaston Bachelard (; ; 27 June 1884 – 16 October 1962) was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter, he introduced the concepts of ''epistemological obstacle'' and ''Epist ...

(1884–1962), French philosopher * Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator * Gaston Borch (1871–1926), French composer, arranger, conductor, cellist and author. *

Gaston Browne Gaston Alphonso Browne (born 9 February 1967) is an Antiguan politician serving as the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda and leader of the Labour Party since 2014. Before entering politics, he was a banker and businessman. Early life Brown ...

(born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister *

Gaston Bussière Gaston Bussière (April 24, 1862, in Cuisery – October 29, 1928 or 1929, in Saulieu) was a French Symbolist painter and illustrator. Biography Bussière studied at l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lyon before entering the école des beaux-ar ...

(1862–1928 or 1929), French painter and illustrator *

Gaston Caperton William Gaston Caperton III (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician who served as the 31st governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997. He was president of the College Board, which administers the nationally recognized SAT and Advanced ...

(born 1940), American politician *

Gaston Chevrolet Gaston Louis Chevrolet (October 4, 1892 – November 25, 1920) was an American racing driver and automobile manufacturer. He was the winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and the American National Championship in 1920. Early life Chevrolet ...

(1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer *

Gaston Cornereau Gaston Cornereau (31 August 1888, Gannat – 5 July 1944) was a French fencer. He placed fourth in the individual épée competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () ...

(1888–1944), French fencer *

Gaston Couté Gaston Couté (23 September 1880 – 28 June 1911) was a French poet and singer, known for his pacifist and anarchist texts. Biography Couté was the son of a miller and went to the lycée Pothier in Orléans, but left before taking the bacca ...

(1880–1911), French poet and singer * Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander *

Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale Gaston de Foix (1448 – 25 March 1500), Earl of Kendal and Count of Benauges, was a French nobleman in the last decades of the Middle Ages. He was a cadet member of the important Foix family in Southern France. He was a son of John de Foix, 1 ...

(1448–1500), French nobleman *

Gastón de Peralta Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name * Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) * Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) * Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) * Gast ...

(1510–1587), Spanish nobleman *

Gaston Defferre Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956 ...

(1910–1986), French politician *

Gaston Doumergue Pierre Paul Henri Gaston Doumergue (; 1 August 1863 in Aigues-Vives, Gard18 June 1937 in Aigues-Vives) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1924 to 1931. Tasked with important ministerial portfolios, he was first appo ...

(1863–1937), French politician and President *

Gaston Alonzo Edwards Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943) was an American architect, educator, and academic administrator. He served as president of Kittrell College. Edwards was the first African American licensed architect in the state of North Carolina. He also went ...

(1875–1943), American architect, educator *

Gastón Etlis Gastón Ariel Etlis (born 4 November 1974) is a former tennis player from Argentina. The right-hander won four career titles in doubles, and reached his highest ATP rankings of World No. 114 in singles May 2000 and World No. 17 in doubles in J ...

(born 1974), Argentine tennis player *

Gaston Eyskens Gaston François Marie, Viscount Eyskens (1 April 1905 – 3 January 1988) was a Christian democracy, Christian democratic politician and prime minister of Belgium. He was also an economist and member of the Belgian Christian Social Party (Belg ...

(1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister *

Gaston Flosse Gaston Flosse (born 24 June 1931) is a French Polynesian politician who has been President of French Polynesia on five separate occasions. He is currently a member of the Senate of France and has been a French junior minister under Jacques Chirac ...

(born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President *

Gaston Gallimard Gaston Gallimard (; 18 January 1881 – 25 December 1975) was a French publisher. He founded ''La Nouvelle Revue Française'' in 1908, together with André Gide and Jean Schlumberger (writer), Jean Schlumberger. In 1911 the trio established La ...

(1881–1975), French publisher * Gaston Gambor (1948-2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician *

Gastón Gaudio Gastón Norberto Gaudio (; born 9 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant championship c ...

(born 1978), Argentine tennis player *

Gaston Glock Gaston Glock (; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the deve ...

(1929–2023), Austrian engineer * Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer *

Gaston Julia Gaston Maurice Julia (3 February 1893 – 19 March 1978) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, ind ...

(1893–1978), French mathematician *

Gaston Leroux Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (; 6 May 186815 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (, 1909), which has been made int ...

(1868–1927), French writer * Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991), French politician *

Gaston Michel Gaston Michel (1856 – November 1921) was a French silent film actor. He starred in some 40 films between 1913 and his death in 1921. He died in November 1921, in Lisbon, Portugal. Selected filmography * ''Les Vampires'' (1915) * ''Judex'' ...

(1856–1921), French actor * Gaston Nguérékata (born 1953), Central African mathematician *

Gaston Palewski Gaston Palewski (20 March 1901 – 3 September 1984), a French politician, was a close associate of Charles de Gaulle during and after World War II. He is also remembered as the lover of the English novelist Nancy Mitford, and appears in a fic ...

(1901–1984), French politician *

Gaston Paris Bruno Paulin Gaston Paris (; 9 August 1839 – 5 March 1903) was a French literary historian, philologist, and scholar specialized in Romance studies and medieval French literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901, ...

(1839–1903), French writer *

Gastón Ramírez Gastón Exequiel Ramírez Pereyra (; born 2 December 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Miramar Misiones. He had spells in Uruguay with Peñarol and in Italy with Bologna before moving into ...

(born 1990), Uruguayan footballer *

Gaston Rébuffat Gaston Rébuffat (; 7 May 1921, Marseille – 31 May 1985, Paris) was a French Mountaineering, alpinist, mountain guide, and author. He is well known as a member of the first expedition to summit Annapurna Massif, Annapurna 1 in 1950 and the f ...

(1921–1985), French alpinist * Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer *

Gastón Solnicki Gastón Solnicki (born 1978) is an Argentine film director. Coming from an immigrant Jewish family, he studied photography at International Center of Photography, as well as film directing at Tisch School of the Arts in New York.Bérénice Reyna ...

(born 1978), Argentine film director *

Gaston Tarry Gaston Tarry (27 September 1843 – 21 June 1913) was a French mathematician. Born in Villefranche de Rouergue, Aveyron, he studied mathematics at high school before joining the civil service in Algeria. He pursued mathematics as an amateur. In ...

(1843–1913), French mathematician *

Gaston Thorn Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 192826 August 2007) was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. He most prominently served as prime minister of Luxembourg (1974–19 ...

(1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister *

Gaston Tong Sang Gaston Tong Sang (born 7 August 1949 in Bora Bora) is a French Polynesian politician and is the former President of French Polynesia. He served terms as President of French Polynesia from November 2009 until April 2011, from April 2008 until Fe ...

(born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President

Surname

A. G. Gaston Arthur George Gaston (July 4, 1892 – January 19, 1996) was an American entrepreneur who established businesses in Birmingham, Alabama. He had a significant role in the movement to remove legal barriers to integration in Birmingham in 1963 ...

(1892–1996), American businessman * Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer *

Cito Gaston Clarence Edwin "Cito" Gaston (; born March 17, 1944) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach and manager. His major league career as a player lasted from 1967 to 1978, most notably with the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Brave ...

(born 1944), American baseball player and manager * Donald Gaston (1934-2013), American professional wrestler * Fannie Gaston-Johansson (1938–2023), American professor of nursing *

Hugo Gaston Hugo Gaston (; born 26 September 2000) is a French professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking in singles is world No. 58, which he achieved on 11 July 2022, and in doubles is world No. 220, which he achieved on 16 May 2022. He won t ...

(born 2000), French tennis player *

Iñaki Gastón Iñaki Gastón Crespo (born 25 May 1963, in Bilbao) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. Career During Gastón's first race as a professional the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana he won stage 2b taking his first professional vict ...

(born 1963), Spanish cyclist * Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice * Joe Gaston (1926–2018), British politician * Joseph P. Gaston (1833–1913), American railroad executive *

Justin Gaston Justin Michael Gaston (born August 12, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actor who was also a contestant on ''Nashville Star'' on season 6. He finished 10th overall out of 12 contestants. He portrayed the role of Ben Rogers on ...

(born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor * Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor * Mack C. Gaston (born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of the

Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History was formally established in 1956 and was the second oldest of the historical advisory committee's within the United States United States Department of Defense, Department of Defe ...

* Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician *

Michael Gaston Michael Gaston is an American film and television actor. He played agent List of Prison Break minor characters#Quinn, Quinn on the show ''Prison Break'', List of Jericho characters#Gray Anderson, Gray Anderson on the CBS drama series ''Jericho (20 ...

(born 1962), American actor * Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist * Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician *

William Gaston William J. Gaston (September 19, 1778 – January 23, 1844) was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. He was the author of the official state song of North Carolina, The Old North State (song), "The Old North State". Gas ...

(1778–1844), American politician and jurist * William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician * William H. Gaston (1840–1927), American landowner * Yves Gaston (1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman

Fictional

*Gaston Lagaffe, fictional character in the ''Gaston'' comics by André Franquin *Gaston, fictional character in Colette's 1944 novella '' Gigi'' *

Gaston Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) * Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston ...

, the main antagonist in the 1991 film ''

Beauty and the Beast "Beauty and the Beast" is a fairy tale written by the French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in (''The Young American and Marine Tales''). Villeneuve's lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and publish ...

'' and its 2017 remake *Gaston the Ladybird, a fictional character in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom *Gaston, one of the main characters from the ''

Alphonse and Gaston Alphonse may refer to: * Alphonse (given name) * Alphonse (surname) * Alphonse Atoll, one of two atolls in the Seychelles' Alphonse Group *Alphonso (mango), a mango-cultivar from India See also *Alphons Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adel ...

'' comic strip *Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series ''

Animal Crossing is a social simulation video game series developed and published by Nintendo. It was created by Katsuya Eguchi and Hisashi Nogami. The player character is a human who lives in a village inhabited by various anthropomorphic animals and can ...