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

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* Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate *

Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg ( – 1 April 1340), sometimes called Gerhard the Great, and in Denmark also known as ''Count Gert'' or ''den kullede greve'' ("the bald count"), was a German prince from the Schauenburg family who ruled Ho ...

(1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace *

Gerhard Berger Gerhard Berger (; born 27 August 1959) is an Austrian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Berger won 10 Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons. Berger competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, ...

(born 1959), Austrian racing driver * Gerhard Boldt (1918–1981), German soldier and writer * Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player *

Gerhard Diephuis Gerhardus (Gerard) Diephuis (6 February 1817, Farmsum – 4 November 1892, Groningen) was a Dutch jurist. After studies in Groningen, he was a judge with the arrondissement court in Winschoten and later with a higher court in Groningen. In 1840 ...

(1817–1892), Dutch jurist *

Gerhard Domagk Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk (; 30 October 1895 – 24 April 1964) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of Sulfonamide (medicine), sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received th ...

(1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate *

Gerhard Dorn Gerhard Dorn (c. 1530 – 1584) was a philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile. Biography The details of Gerhard Dorn's early life, along with those of many other 16th century personalities, are lost to history. It is k ...

(c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile *

Gerhard Ertl Gerhard Ertl (; born 10 October 1936) is a German physicist and a Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. Ertl's research laid the foundation of modern sur ...

(born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate * Gerhard Fieseler (1896–1987), German World War I flying ace * Gerhard Flesch (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes *

Gerhard Gentzen Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1945) was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died ...

(1909–1945), German mathematician and logician *

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

(1841–1912), Norwegian physician who found the cause of leprosy *

Gerhard Herzberg Gerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, (; December 25, 1904 – March 3, 1999) was a German-Canadian pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge ...

(1904–1999), German-Canadian physicist and chemist and Nobel Laureate *

Gerhard Hochschild Gerhard Paul Hochschild (April 29, 1915 in Berlin – July 8, 2010 in El Cerrito, California) was a German-born American mathematician who worked on Lie groups, algebraic groups, homological algebra and algebraic number theory. Early life On ...

(1915–2010), German-American mathematician *

Gerhard Klimeck Gerhard Klimeck is a German-American scientist and author in the field of nanotechnology. He is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As the director of nanoHUB, h ...

(born 1966), German-American scientist * Gerhard Kretschmar (1939), German child authorized for euthanasia by Adolf Hitler * Gerhard Lang (1924-2016), German botanist *

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

(1924–2015), American sociologist of German descent *

Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer (born May 20, 1980 in Vienna) is a male discus thrower from Austria. He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. He also competed at the 2012 S ...

(born 1980), Austrian discus thrower *

Gerhard Mitter Gerhard Karl Mitter (30 August 1935 – 1 August 1969) was a German Formula One and sportscar driver. Early life and career Mitter was born in Schönlinde (Krásná Lípa) in Czechoslovakia, but his family was Expulsion of Germans after World W ...

(1935–1969), German racing driver *

Gerhard Friedrich Müller Gerhard Friedrich Müller (; 29 October 1705 – ) was a Russian–German historian and pioneer ethnologist. Early life Müller was born in Herford and educated at Leipzig. In 1725, he was invited to St. Petersburg to co-found the Imperial ...

(1705–1783), German historian and ethnologist *

Gerd Müller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional association football, footballer. A prolific Forward (association football)#Striker, striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarde ...

, (1945–2021), German football striker *

Gerhard Ludwig Müller Gerhard Ludwig Müller (; born 31 December 1947) is a German Catholic prelate who served as the Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017. Pope Francis e ...

(born 1947), German cardinal *

Gerhard Munthe Gerhard Peter Frantz Munthe (19 July 1849 in Elverum (town), Elverum, Hedmark – 15 January 1929 in Lysaker, Bærum Municipality, Bærum) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. Background Munthe was born in Elverum (town), Elverum to physicia ...

(1849–1929), Norwegian painter and illustrator *

Gerhard Neumann Gerhard Neumann (October 8, 1917 – November 2, 1997) was a German-American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division (which today is called GE Aerospace). Born and raised in Germany, he went to Chin ...

(1917–1997), aircraft engine designer and executive *

Gerhard Noodt Gerhard Noodt (4 September 1647 – 15 August 1725) was a Dutch jurist, born in Nijmegen. Educated at Leiden, Utrecht, and Franeker, he became a professor of law at the Nijmegen and the Franeker. As a writer on jurisprudence he acquired a wide r ...

(1647–1725), Dutch jurist *

Gerhard Jan Palthe Gerhard Jan Palthe (21 July 1681 in Denekamp – 30 July 1767 in Deventer), was an 18th-century painter and portraitist from the Dutch Republic. Biography He was the son of a clergyman of the Walloon church. He studied with Jurriaen Pool ...

(1681–1767), Dutch painter and portraitist *

Gerhard Potma Gerhard Potma (29 August 1967, in Sneek – 31 March 2006, in Sneek) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Potma as crew in the Dutch Flying Dutchman with his brother, Willem P ...

(1967–2006), Dutch competitive sailor * Gerhard Präsent (born 1957), Austrian composer *

Gerhard Richter Gerhard Richter (; born 9 February 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has produced Abstract art, abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, photographs and Glass art, glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important con ...

(born 1932), German expressionist painter * Gerhard Ritter (1888–1967), German nationalist-conservative historian *

Gerhard Rohlfs Gerhard Rohlfs (July 14, 1892 – September 12, 1986) was a German linguist. He taught Romance languages and literature at the universities in Tübingen and Munich. He was described as an "archeologist of words". Biography Rohlfs was born i ...

(1892–1986), German linguist *

Gerhard von Scharnhorst Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Pru ...

(1755–1813), German general * Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894–1945), German general during World War II *

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

(born 1944), German SDP politician, Chancellor of Germany 1998-2005 *

Gerhard Schröder (CDU) Gerhard Schröder (11 September 1910 – 31 December 1989) was a West German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. He served as Federal Minister of the Interior from 1953 to 1961, as Foreign Minister from 1961 t ...

(1910–1989), German CDU politician, Foreign Minister and Minister of Defence * Gerhard Schwedes (born 1938), American football player * Gerhard von Schwerin (1899–1980), German general during World War II * Gerhard Sommer (1921–2019), German soldier during World War II accused of war crimes * Gerhard Sommer (pilot) (1919–1944), German World War II flying ace * Gerhard Strindlund (1890–1957), Swedish politician * Gerhard Tausche (born 1957), German archivist and author * Gerhard Trabert (born 1956), German public figure * Gerhard Wack (born 1945), German politician * Gerhard Wolf (1896–1971), German diplomat who saved many Jews from the World War II Holocaust * Gerhard Zandberg (born 1983), South African swimmer

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* Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (1795–1867), German archaeologist *

Johann Gerhard Johannes Gerhard (17 October 1582 – 17 August 1637) was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy. Biography He was born in the German city of Quedlinburg. During a dangerous illness, at the ...

(1582–1637), German religious leader * Karl Gerhard (1891–1964), Swedish revue-writer and performer *

Keegan Gerhard Keegan Gerhard (born December 2, 1969) is an American pastry chef and the former host of the Food Network series Food Network Challenge. As of the tenth season, he has been replaced by Claire Robinson. Instead of being the host, he serves as a ...

(born 1960), German pastry chef * Peter Gerhard (1920–2006), American historical geographer *

Roberto Gerhard Robert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder (; 25 September 1896 – 5 January 1970) was a Spanish and British composer, musical scholar, and writer, generally known outside his native region of Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard.Malcolm MacDonald. 'Gerhard, Roberto' ...

(1896–1970), Spanish Catalan composer * Till Gerhard (born 1971), German painter * Mark Gerhard, CEO of

Jagex Jagex Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England. It is best known for ''RuneScape'' and ''Old School RuneScape'', both free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-play ...

Pseudonym or professional name

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

(born 1959), Canadian illustrator and cartoonist

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