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: ) is a French masculine

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and

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of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and

Romance languages The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...

. 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 language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful ...

As a given name

* Gérard Adanhoumé (born 1986), Beninese footballer *

Gérard Araud Gérard Araud (born 20 February 1953) is a retired French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreig ...

(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 Charl ...

(1950–2013), Canadian politician *

Gérard Audran Gérard Audran (or Girard Audran) (2 August 164026 July 1703), was a French engraver of the Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran the Elder, Claude Audran. Life He was born in Lyon and was taught the first principles of design and engrav ...

(1640-1703), French engraver * Gérard Bailly (born 1940), French politician * Gérard Balanche (born 1968), Swiss ski jumper and Olympian * Gérard Banide (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 ma ...

(born 1946), French politician *

Gérard Barray Gérard Barray (2 November 1931 – 15 February 2024) was a French actor. Early life and education Gérard Barray was born in Toulouse on 2 November 1931. His parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban, decided to return t ...

(1931–2024), French film and television actor * Gérard Barreaux (1948–2010), French accordionist, composer and actor *

Gerard Béhague Gerard Henri Luc Béhague (November 2, 1937 – June 13, 2005) was an eminent Franco-American ethnomusicologist and professor of Latin American music. His specialty was the music of Brazil and the Andean countries and the influence of West Afr ...

(1937–2005), French-born American ethnomusicologist and professor of Latin American music * Gérard Bélanger (born 1940), Canadian economist and educator *

Gérard Berliner Gérard Berliner (1956–2010) was a French actor and composer. References 1956 births 2010 deaths French male composers Male actors from Paris Composers from Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 20th-century French male singers< ...

(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 Gérard Bessette (25 February 1920 – 21 February 2005) was a Canadian writer and educator. Bessette was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec, and grew up in Montreal. He attended the Collège Saint-Ignace. He continued his studies at th ...

(1920–2005), Canadian author and educator *

Gérard Bessière Gérard Bessière (; 27 January 1928 – 8 December 2024) was a French diarist, poet, priest of the Diocese of Cahors, onetime national chaplain for the teaching staff of university parish, journalist of the weekly magazine '' La Vie'', and aut ...

(1928–2024), French author and priest *

Gérard Biguet Gérard Biguet (born 16 June 1946 in Jarny) is a retired French football referee, who refereed one match at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship: CIS versus Germany.UEFA"USSR 1-1 Germany" 12 June 1992. Retrieved on 27 May 2013. He i ...

(born 1946), French football referee *

Gérard Binet Gérard Binet (born November 11, 1955) is a politician from the Canadian province of Quebec. He was the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Frontenac—Mégantic. Born in Thetford Mines, Quebec, he was a businessman and draftsma ...

(born 1955), Canadian politician *

Gérard Bitsindou Gérard Bitsindou (15 November 1941 – 26 August 2012Parfait Wilfried Douniama, "Disparition : dernier hommage de la République à Gérard Bitsindou", ''Les Dépêches de Brazzaville'', 6 September 2012 .) was a Congolese political figure who ...

(1941–2012), Republic of the Congo politician and judge *

Gérard Blain Gérard Blain (23 October 1930 – 17 December 2000) was a French actor and film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while gui ...

(1930-2000), French actor and film director *

Gérard Blanc Gérard Blanc (8 December 1947 – 24 January 2009) was a French singer, guitarist and actor. Life and career He began to sing in the 1970s with the band Martin Circus. Then in the 1980s, he participated in the production of Princess Stephanie ...

(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 Gérard Bonnevie (born 20 February 1952 in Val-d'Isère Val-d'Isère (, literally ''Valley of Isère (river), Isère'') is a Communes of France, commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie Departments of France, department (Auvergne-Rhône- ...

(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 ...

(born 1943), Canadian historian, sociologist and writer * Gérard Bougrier (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 ...

(1948–2018), French politician, lawyer and human rights activist *

Gérard Brach Gérard Brach (23 July 1927 – 9 September 2006) was a French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud. He directed two movies: ''La Maison'' and ''The Boat on the Grass, Le B ...

(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 took ...

(born 1944) French aerospace engineer * Gérard Brosselin (1870–1905), French tennis player *

Gérard Bruchési Gérard Bruchési (born March 30, 1931) is a former Canadian politician and insurance broker. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the 1958 election to represent the riding of ...

(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 and ...

(born 1954), French conductor and composer *

Gérard Buscher Gérard Buscher (born 5 November 1960) is a French association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use the ...

(born 1960), French football player and manager *

Gérard Calvet Dom Gérard Calvet (18 November 1927 – 28 February 2008) was a French Catholic abbot and founder of the Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux Monastery, Sainte Madeleine du Barroux abbey in Le Barroux, France. He was considered to be an important figure i ...

(1927–2008), French Roman Catholic abbot * Gérard Calvi (1922–2015), 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 Spanish Netherlands, Southern Netherlands which is today Belgium. His manual is o ...

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

Gérard of Brogne Saint Gérard (in Walloon language, 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 (province), Namur). His father was S ...

(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 *

(1938–2020), French advertiser and designer * Gérard Caussé (born 1948), French violist * Gérard Cauvin (died 1531), French father of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin * Gérard César (1934–2024), 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's analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, mostly based on his fi ...

(born 1934), French expert in armed-conflict studies and international and strategic relations *

Gérard Chapdelaine Gérard Chapdelaine (31 July 1935 7 August 1994) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the Sherbrooke riding in the 1962 general election and re-elected in 196 ...

(1935–1994), 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 ...

(1944–2023), 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 Fren ...

(born 1948), French politician * Gérard Cholley (born 1945), French international rugby union player * Gérard Cochet (1888–1969), French illustrator *

Gérard Collomb Gérard Collomb OQ (; 20 June 1947 – 25 November 2023) was a French politician who served as Mayor of Lyon from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 until 2020. He joined La République En Marche! (LREM) in 2017, when he left the Socialist Party ...

(1947–2023), 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'' (1988), ''Farinelli'' (1994) and '' Le roi danse'' (20 ...

(born 1941), Belgian film director * Gérard de Cortanze (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 c ...

(1913–1993), Canadian marathon runner *

Gérard de Courcelles Smaragd Marie Charles Henry Jullien "Gérard" de Courcelles (21 May 1889, Paris - 2 July 1927, Paris) was a French racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the French Lorraine-Dietrich automobile company, along with teammate André Rossig ...

(1889–1927), French racing driver * Gérard Cournoyer (1912–1973), Canadian politician and lawyer * Gérard Crombac (1929–2005), Swiss auto-racing journalist * Gérard Dagon (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. He has been nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for his roles in '' Betty Blue'' (1987) and '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' ( ...

(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: ''Nightclub'' - Le groom * ...

(1925–2004), French actor * Gérard Daucourt (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 (1903-1977), Belgian footballer *

Gérard Deltell Gérard Deltell (born August 8, 1964) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Louis-Saint-Laurent since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, Deltell was Opposition House Leader from 2020 to 2022 und ...

(born 1964), Canadian politician *

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...

(born 1948), French-born Russian actor and film-maker * Gérard Deprez (born 1943), Belgian politician * Gérard Dériot (born 1944), French politician *

Gérard Desargues Girard Desargues (; 21 February 1591September 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 named in ...

(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 ...

(born 1937), French contemporary artist *

Gérard Paul Deshayes Gérard Paul Deshayes (; 13 May 1795 – 9 June 1875) was a French geologist and conchologist. Career He was born in Nancy, his father at that time being professor of experimental physics in the École Centrale of the département Meurthe He ...

(1795– 1875), French geologist and conchologist * Gérard Desrosiers (1919–2016), Canadian physician and founder of the first regional library in Quebec *

Gérard Devos Gérard Devos (19 August 1903, Sint-Andries – 5 January 1972, Tielt) was a Belgium, Belgian football (soccer), football Striker (association football), striker. Career Devos started playing football with Cercle Brugge. He made his debut in a 5 ...

(1903-1972), Belgian footballer *

Gérard Diffloth Gérard Diffloth (13 February 1939 – 14 August 2023) was a French linguist known as a leading specialist in the Austroasiatic languages. As a linguistics professor, he was employed at the University of Chicago and Cornell University. He receiv ...

(born 1939), French linguist *

Gérard Dionne Gérard Dionne (19 June 1919 – 13 May 2020) was a Canadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and the oldest Roman Catholic Bishop of Canada. Biography Dionne was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and ordained a priest in Edmundston on 1 M ...

(1919–2020), Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop * Gérard Ducarouge (1941–2015), 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, Eastern Townships in 1918, he got a degree from the Shawinigan Technical Institute an ...

(1918–2013), Canadian politician and a military officer *

Gérard Duquet Gérard Duquet (17 April 1909 – 26 January 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montmorency, Quebec and became a business agent, businessman and manager by career. He represented the Quebec East ...

(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 (13 July 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 life ...

(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 ...

(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 footbal ...

(1944–2021), French footballer * Gérard Feldzer (born 1944), French aviator and consultant and aerospace engineer * Gérard Fenouil (born 1945), French track and field athlete and Olympian * Gérard Férey (1941–2017), French chemist and teacher *

Gérard Filion Gérard Filion, (August 18, 1909 – March 26, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and journalist. History Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval (; English: ''Lav ...

(1909–2005), Canadian businessman and journalist *

Gérard Fombrun Biography Gérard Fombrun was a Haitian architect, construction engineer, writer and sculptor. Fombrun studied sculpture and architecture in Haiti, France, and Puerto Rico. Works His sculptures, typically made with bronze, have been exhibited th ...

(born 1931), Haitian sculptor *

Gérard La Forest Gérard Vincent La Forest (April 1, 1926 – June 12, 2025) was a Canadian judge who was a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served in that capacity from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997. He was later counsel at the law f ...

(1926–2025), Canadian member of the Supreme Court of Canada and lawyer * Gérard Fromanger (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. Fussman was born in Lens, Pas-de-Calais on 17 May 1940. He died in Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in ...

(1940–2022) French indologist *

Gérard Gagnon Gérard Gagnon, Vietnamese name Nhân (fl. 1970s), is a Canadian Redemptorist priest formerly based in Da Lat Da Lat, or Dalat (; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highla ...

(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 lit ...

(1914–1992), Belgian scientist and historian *

Gérard Garouste Gérard Garouste (born 10 March 1946) is a French Contemporary art, 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 ...

(born 1946), French painter, illustrator, and decorator * Gérard Gasiorowski (1930—1986), French photographer, painter, and fictive artist * Gérard Gaudron (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 with figures such as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of ''b ...

(1930–2018), French literary theorist *

Gérard Gili Gérard Gili (born 7 August 1952) is a French Association football, football manager and former player. Gili's highest profile appointment was as manager of Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast. He was named as the Ivorians' head coac ...

(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 the ...

(1933–2017), Canadian politician * Gérard Gnanhouan (born 1979), Ivorian footballer *

Gérard Granel Gérard Granel (; 1930 – 10 November 2000) was a French philosopher and translator. Life and work Born in Paris, Granel attended the lycée Louis-le-Grand and the courses of Michel Alexandre, Jean Hyppolite and, later, of Louis Althusser ...

(1930– 2000), French philosopher and translator * Gérard Grenier (????-c. 1165 and 1171), French Christian Crusader *

Gérard Grisey Gérard Henri Grisey (; ; 17 June 1946 – 11 November 1998) was a twentieth-century French composer of contemporary classical music. His work is often associated with the Spectralist Movement in music, of which he was a major pioneer. Biograp ...

(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 Gérard Hamel (born 21 February 1945) 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 The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; U ...

(born 1945), French politician * Gérard Hausser (born 1941), French footballer * Gérard Hekking (1879—1942), French cellist *

Gérard Hernandez Julio Gerardo "Gérard" Hernandez (born 20 January 1933) is a Spanish-French actor. Biography Hernandez was born in Valladolid, Spain and was naturalized French only in 1975. He is mostly famous for his mustache and for having voiced several ...

(born 1933), Spanish-born French film, television and voice actor *

Gérard Hérold Gérard Hérold (Mulhouse, 10 September 1939 - Paris, 19 August 1993) was a French actor, appearing in several films, TV series and on theatre. Biography Gérard Hérold was born in Alsace in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) on 10 September 1935. He studied ...

(1935–1993), French actor *

Gérard Hoarau Gérard Hoarau (7 December 1950 – 29 November 1985) was an exiled opposition leader from Seychelles. He was head of the Movement for the Resistance (, MPR), that sought the peaceful overthrow of France-Albert René, who had come to power on 5 ...

(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, Paris, Belleville. At the age of eight, he nearly died from an accident and co ...

(born 1946), French sports journalist *

Gérard Houllier Gérard Paul Francis Houllier (; 3 September 194714 December 2020) was a French professional football manager and player. Clubs he managed include Paris Saint-Germain, Lens and Liverpool, where he won the FA Cup, League Cup, FA Charity Shield, ...

(1947–2020), 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 (born 1956), French singer, writer and performer * Gérard Janvion (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 15. In 1959, he founded the String Trio Fr ...

(1936–2004), French violinist *

Gérard Jean-Juste Gérard Jean-Juste (7 February 1946 – 27 May 2009) was a Haitian Catholic priest who served as rector of Saint Claire's Church for the Poor in Port-au-Prince. He was also a liberation theologian and a supporter of the Fanmi Lavalas political ...

(1946–2009), Haitian Roman Catholic priest and rector * Gérard Joseph (born 1949), Haitian footballer *

Gérard Jugnot Gérard Jugnot (; born 4 May 1951) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy ''troupe'' Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian C ...

(born 1951), French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer * Gérard Klein (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 ...

(born 1988), Burkinabe sprinter and Olympian *

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

(born 1953), French film director * Gérard Labrune (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 i ...

(1751–1830), French politician *

Gérard Lamy Gérard Lamy (May 2, 1919 – October 26, 2016) was a Canadian 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 Grand-Mère, Quebec, and was ...

(1919–2016), Canadian politician *

Gérard Landry Landry Fernand Charles Marrier de Lagatinerie (16 October 1912 – 18 September 1999), known professionally as Gérard Landry, was an Argentine actor. He began acting in 1932 with his first movie ''Mirages de Paris'', acted for over fifty ye ...

(1914–1989), Argentine actor *

Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (; born 21 June 1950) is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in ''Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine'' in 1977 on an offer from the actor Coluche. He ...

(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 Yv ...

(born 1949), French politician *

Gérard Larrousse Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse (born 23 May 1940) is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1973 and 1974 24 ...

(born 1940), French sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver *

Gérard Latortue Gérard Latortue (; 19 June 1934 – 27 February 2023) was 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 ...

(1934–2023), former Haitian Prime Minister * Gérard Laumon (born 1952), French mathematician * Gérard Mentor Laurent (1933-2001), Haitian historian and educator *

Gérard Lauzier Gérard Lauzier (30 November 1932 – 6 December 2008) was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented Franco-Belgian comics, French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Biography ...

(1932–2008), French comics author and film director *

Gérard Lebel Gérard Lebel (January 12, 1930 – July 15, 2020) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. Background Gérard Lebel was born on January 12, 1930, in Rivière-du-Loup, Bas-Saint-Laurent. He became an attorney. Political career Lebel ran as a Un ...

(1930–2020), 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 (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 (1936–2021), 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 (1924-2011), Canadian politician * Gérard Onesta (born 1960), French politician * Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (1925–2014), 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 (1928–2012), 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 (fencer) (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 (1918–2019), 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 (1929–2013), French writer, journalist and editor * Gérard Voisin (born 1945), French politician * Gérard Wertheimer (b. 1951), French businessman, entrepreneur, racehorse breeder and perfumer * Gérard Aristote Zaonarivelo, Malagasy politician

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* 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 (1922–2019), French actor * Christopher Gérard (born 1962), Belgian writer and critic * Claire Gérard (1889-1971), Belgian actress * 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 * Félicie Gérard (born 1974), French politician * 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 * Léon-Clément Gérard (1810-1876), French catholic canon and author * Marguerite Gérard (1761–1837), French painter and etcher * Mobanza Mobembo Gérard (born ), known as Guyvanho, convicted Congolese poacher and ivory trader * Raphaël Gérard (born 1968), French politician * Rosemonde Gérard (1871–1953), French poet and playwright * Yves Gérard (1932–2020), French musicologist

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