Gaston is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of French origin and a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
. The name "Gaston" may refer to:
People
First name
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Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
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Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
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Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
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Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472)
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Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980)
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Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012)
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Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045)
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Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131)
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Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170)
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Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214)
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Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290)
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Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470)
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Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743)
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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
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Gastón Acurio (born 1967), Peruvian chef
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Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher
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Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator
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Gaston Borch (1871–1926), French composer, arranger, conductor, cellist and author.
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Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister
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Gaston Bussière (1862–1928 or 1929), French painter and illustrator
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Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician
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Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer
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Gaston Cornereau (1888–1944), French fencer
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Gaston Couté (1880–1911), French poet and singer
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Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander
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Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (1448–1500), French nobleman
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Gastón de Peralta (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman
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Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), French politician
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Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President
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Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943), American architect, educator
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Gastón Etlis (born 1974), Argentine tennis player
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Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister
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Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President
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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
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Gaston Gambor (1948-2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician
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Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), Argentine tennis player
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Gaston Glock (1929–2023), Austrian engineer
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Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer
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Gaston Julia (1893–1978), French mathematician
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Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French writer
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Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991), French politician
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Gaston Michel (1856–1921), French actor
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Gaston Nguérékata (born 1953), Central African mathematician
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Gaston Palewski (1901–1984), French politician
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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
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Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer
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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
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Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer
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Gastón Solnicki (born 1978), Argentine film director
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Gaston Tarry (1843–1913), French mathematician
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Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister
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Gaston Tong Sang (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President
Surname
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A. G. Gaston (1892–1996), American businessman
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Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer
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Cito Gaston (born 1944), American baseball player and manager
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Donald Gaston (1934-2013), American professional wrestler
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Fannie Gaston-Johansson (1938–2023), American professor of nursing
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Hugo Gaston (born 2000), French tennis player
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Iñaki Gastón (born 1963), Spanish cyclist
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Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice
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Joe Gaston (1926–2018), British politician
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Joseph P. Gaston (1833–1913), American railroad executive
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Justin Gaston (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor
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Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor
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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
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Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician
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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
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Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist
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Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician
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William Gaston (1778–1844), American politician and jurist
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William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician
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William H. Gaston (1840–1927), American landowner
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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''
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Gaston, the main antagonist in the 1991 film ''
Beauty and the Beast'' 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'' comic strip
*Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series ''
Animal Crossing''
See also
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Gaston (disambiguation)
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Masculine given names
French masculine given names