Gelu may refer to:

People

Gelou Gelou (; ) was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900 AD, according to the ''Gesta Hungarorum''. Although the ''Gesta Hungarorum'', which was written after 1150, does not indica ...

, 10th-century leader of the Vlachs and Slavs in Transylvania *

Gelu Barbu Gelu Barbu (; 14 April 1932 – 17 February 2016) was a Romanian-born Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer. Life Barbu was born in Lugoj, the son of composer Filaret Barbu. He received his basic training at the ballet school of the Romanian Na ...

(1932–2016), Romanian-born Spanish ballet dancer and choreographer * Gelu Lisac (born 1967), Romanian water polo player * Gelu Radu (born 1957), Romanian weightlifter * Gelu Velici (born 1992), Romanian footballer *

Gelu Vlașin Gelu Vlașin (born 30 August 1966) is a Romanian poet and essayist. Born in Telciu, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania on 30 August 1966, he is married to Cristina Maria Vlasin (music teacher and jazz singer) and has a son Darius Andrei Vlasin ( ...

(born 1966), Romanian poet * Jacques Gelu (),

Archbishop of Embrun The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Embrun was a Catholic jurisdiction located in southeastern France, in the mountains of the Maritime Alps, on a route that led from Gap by way of Briançon to Turin. It had as suffragans the Diocese of Digne, Di ...

Lakpa Gelu Lakpa Gelu () (born June 23, 1967), often spelled ''Lhakpa'', is a Nepalese Sherpa climber born in Jubing - 1, KhariKhola, Solukhumbu, Nepal. He is known for holding a world record for the fastest climbing of Mount Everest (the world's tallest mou ...

(born 1967), Nepalese Sherpa climber

Places

Iran

Gelu, Qaleh Ganj Gelu (, also Romanized as Gelū; also known as Āhūān-e Vasaţ and Gelū Āhūgān) is a village in Sorkh Qaleh Rural District, in the Central District of Qaleh Ganj County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic ...

, a village in Kerman Province *

Gelu, Rudbar-e Jonubi Gelu (, also Romanized as Gelū) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District, Jazmurian District, Rudbar-e Jonubi County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in W ...

, a village in Kerman Province

Nepal

Gelu, Nepal Gelu, Nepal is a village development committee in Ramechhap District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bure ...

Romania

Gelu, Satu Mare Gelu is a village of Satu Mare in Romania. It is named after the Romanian duke Gelou Gelou (; ) was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900 AD, according to the ''Gesta Hungaroru ...

* Gelu, a village in

Terebești Terebești (, pronounced: ) is a commune of 1,864 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Aliza (''Alizmajor''), Gelu (''Vadaspuszta''), Pișcari (''Piskáros''), and Terebești. Located in the central ...

Commune, Satu Mare County * Gelu, a village in

Variaș Variaș (; ; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Gelu, Sânpetru Mic and Variaș (commune seat). Etymology The name of the locality comes from ''varjú'', which in Hungarian means "crow". The name ''Varj ...

Commune, Timiș County

Other uses

Karluks The Karluks (also Qarluqs, Qarluks, Karluqs, , Qarluq, Para-Mongolic languages, Para-Mongol: Harluut, zh, s=葛逻禄, t=葛邏祿 ''Géluólù'' ; customary phonetic: ''Gelu, Khololo, Khorlo'', , ''Khallokh'', ''Qarluq'') were a prominent no ...

, a Turkic tribal confederacy * Gelu, a fictional character introduced in '' Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade'' * GELU (Gaussian error linear unit), a type of

activation function The activation function of a node in an artificial neural network is a function that calculates the output of the node based on its individual inputs and their weights. Nontrivial problems can be solved using only a few nodes if the activation f ...

used in artificial neural networks {{disambig, geo Romanian masculine given names Masculine given names