Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine

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

Romance languages The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language ...

. 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.

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 Forei ...

(born 1953), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations * Gérard Asselin (born 1950), 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. Life He was born in Lyon and was taught the first principles of design and engraving by his father. Foll ...

(1640-1703), French engraver * Gérard Bailly (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 ...

(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 ...

(born 1946), French politician *

Gérard Barray Gérard Barray (born 2 November 1931 in Toulouse) is a French actor. Early life and education Barray's parents split up quickly and his mother, who came from Montauban decided to return to her hometown with her little boy. Around the age of 15, h ...

(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 violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fid ...

(1948-2010), French accordionist, composer and actor *

Gerard Béhague Gerard Henri 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 The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean ...

(1937-2005), Franch-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. 1956 births 2010 deaths French male composers Male actors from Paris Musicians from Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 20th-century French male singers {{Fra ...

(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 Chie ...

(born 1948), French computer scientist *

Gérard Bessette Gérard Bessette (25 February 1920, in Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec – 21 February 2005, in Kingston, Ontario) was a French Canadian writer and educator. Bessette grew up in Montreal and attended the Collège Saint-Ignace. He continued h ...

(1920–2005), Canadian author and educator *

Gérard Bessière Gérard Bessière (born 1928) is a French diarist, poet, priest of the Diocese of Cahors, former national chaplain for the teaching staff of university parish, former journalist of the weekly magazine '' La Vie'', and author of numerous books on ...

(born 1928), 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 is ...

(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 draftsman bef ...

(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. Biography Blain appeared in sixty films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000. In 1971, he won the Golden Leopard ...

(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 o ...

(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) is a retired French alpine skier who competed in the men's slalom at the 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. O ...

(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 (born 1944), French civil servant * Gérard Boulanger (born 1948), 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''. ...

(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 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 Gérard Bruchési (born March 30, 1931) is a Canadian former 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 B ...

(born 1931), Canadian politician and insurance broker * Gérard Buquet (born 1954), French conductor and composer *

Gérard Buscher Gérard Buscher (born 5 November 1960 in Algiers) is a French association football manager and former professional player. Buscher has a son, Mickaël Buscher who last played for Tunisian CA Bizertin Club Athlétique Bizertin ( ar, الن� ...

(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 abbey in Le Barroux, France. He was considered to be an important figure in contemporary Catholic traditionalism ...

(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 m ...

(born 1922), French composer *

Gérard d'Aboville Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname 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 constit ...

(born 1945) French rower, first man to row across two oceans solo * Gérard Thibault d'Anvers (c.1574–1627), Dutch fencing master and author *

Gérard de Balorre Gérard de Balorre (1899–1974) was a French equestrian. He won a silver medal in team dressage at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, together with André Jousseaume and Daniel Gillois. Personal life Balorre was born in Paris Pari ...

(1899–1974), French equestrian and Olympian * Gérard of Brogne (c.895–959), Belgian Roman Catholic abbot *

Gérard Le Cam Gérard Le Cam (born 24 February 1954, in Côtes-d'Armor) was a member of the Senate of France, who represented the Côtes-d'Armor department from 1998 to 2014. He is a member of the Communist, Republican, and Citizen Group The Communist, Repu ...

(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 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 as apostolic secreta ...

(????-1531), French father of the Protestant Reformer John Calvin *

Gérard César Gérard César (born 19 December 1934 in Bordeaux, Gironde) is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Gironde department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. ReferencesPage on the Senate website
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(December 1934), French politician * Gérard Chaliand (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 19 ...

(born 1935), Canadian politician and lawyer * Gérard Charasse (born 1944), French politician * Gérard Cherpion (born 1948), French politician * Gérard Cholley (born 1945), French international rugby union player * Gérard Cochet (1888–1969), French illustrator *

Gérard Collomb Gérard Collomb (; born 20 June 1947) is a French politician who served as Mayor of Lyon from 2001 to 2017 and again from 2018 until 2020. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM) since he left the Socialist Party (PS) in 2017, he was Mini ...

(born 1947), French politician, Mayor of Lyon *

Gérard Cooreman Gérard (Gerard) François Marie Cooreman (25 March 1852 – 2 December 1926) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Born in Ghent, Cooreman was trained in law, and practised as a lawyer, but was more active as a businessman and financier, an ...

(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 ''T ...

(born 1941), Belgian film director * Gérard de Cortanze (born 1948,) French writer, essayist, translator and literary critic * Gérard Coste (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 ...

(1913–1993), Canadian marathon runner *

Gérard de Courcelles 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 Rossignol. Career De Courcelles was a deco ...

(????-1927), French racing driver *

Gérard Cournoyer Gérard Cournoyer (18 April 1912 – 11 November 1973) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sorel, Quebec and became a lawyer by career. Cournoyer studied at the Saint Hyacinthe Seminary, then atten ...

(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 th ...

(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. 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, daug ...

(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 g ...

(1925–2004), French actor * Gérard Daucourt (born 1941), Swiss Catholic Bishop * Gérard Debreu (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 under ...

(born 1964), Canadian politician * Gérard Depardieu (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 (MC ...

(born 1943), Belgian politician * Gérard Dériot (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 a ...

(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 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 s ...

(1795– 1875), French geologist and conchologist *

Gérard Desrosiers Gérard Desrosiers, (1919 – 1 December 2016) was a Canadian physician and the founder of the first regional library in Quebec. In 2006, he was named Grand officer (''grand officier'') of the Ordre national du Québec (GOQ) for his work in fo ...

(born 1919), 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 Belgian football striker. Career Devos started playing football with Cercle Brugge. He made his debut in a 5–1 loss against Standard Liège on 23 October 1921. He ...

(1903-1972), Belgian footballer *

Gérard Diffloth Gérard Diffloth (born in Châteauroux, France, 1939) is a French linguist who is known as a leading specialist in the Austroasiatic languages. As a retired linguistics professor, he was former employed at the University of Chicago and Cornell Univ ...

(born 1939), French linguist *

Gérard Dionne Gérard Dionne (19 June 1919 – 13 May 2020) was a Canadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics ...

(born 1919), Canadian Roman Catholic Bishop *

Gérard Ducarouge Gérard Ducarouge (23 October 1941 – 19 February 2015) was a French Formula One car designer whose career in motorsport started in 1965 when he joined Equipe Matra Sports. His Matra MS80 car, entered by the privateer Matra International te ...

(born 1941), French Formula One race car designer * Gérard Dufresne (born 1918), 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 e ...

(1909-1986), Canadian politician * Gérard Edelinck (1640–1707), Flemish-born French copper-plate engraver and print publisher *

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

(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 Br ...

(born 1943), French diplomat * Gérard Farison (born 1944), French footballer * Gérard Feldzer (born 1944), French aviator and consultant and aerospace engineer *

Gérard Fenouil Gérard Fenouil (born 23 June 1945) is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Born in Paris, he competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x ...

(born 1945), French track and field athlete and Olympian * Gérard Férey (born 1941), French chemist and teacher *

Gérard Filion Gérard Filion, (August 18, 1909 – March 26, 2005) was a Canadian businessman and journalist. Born in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, the youngest of 17 children, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval in 1931 and a diploma in 1934 f ...

(1909–2005), Canadian businessman and journalist * Gérard Fombrun (born 1931), Haitian sculptor *

Gérard La Forest Gérard Vincent La Forest (born April 1, 1926) is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served there from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997. He is currently counsel at law firm Stewart McKelvey in Fredericton, New Brunsw ...

(born 1926), Canadian former member of the Supreme Court of Canada and lawyer * Gérard Fromanger (1939–2021), French artist * Gérard Fussman (born 1940) French indologist *

Gérard Gagnon Gérard Gagnon, Vietnamese name Nhân (floruit, fl. 1970s), is a Canadian Redemptorist priest formerly based in Da Lat, Vietnam. He worked on new Bible translations into Vietnamese, the ''Tâm Ngọc'', following the work of the Alsatian priest Albe ...

(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 li ...

(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 (born 1949), French politician *

Gérard Gauthier Gérard Gauthier (born September 5, 1948) is a retired National Hockey League linesman. His career started in 1971 and ended in 2003. During his career, he officiated 2,345 regular season games, 250 playoff games, three All-Star games, two Canad ...

(born 1948), Canadian hockey player *

Gérard Geisbusch Gérard Geisbusch (born 4 May 1988 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgian-Norway, Norwegian football (soccer), football midfielder, he plays for Luxembourg National Division side CS Fola Esch. International career Has played for the ...

(born 1988), Luxembourger footballer * Gérard Genette (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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As a surname

See also