Gerd is a common Germanic name and a unisex given name. As a masculine name it is a shortened form of

Gerhard Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919� ...

and Gerardus. As a feminine name it may be a form of Gerda or Gertrud. See also Gert. Notable people with this name include:

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* Gerd B. Achenbach (born 1947), German philosopher * Gerd Achgelis (1908–1991), German aviator and test pilot * Gerd Achterberg (1940–2025), German football manager *

Gerd Albrecht Gerd Albrecht (19 July 1935 – 2 February 2014) was a German conductor. Biography Albrecht was born in Essen, the son of the musicologist Hans Albrecht (1902–1961). He studied music in Kiel and in Hamburg, where his teachers included Wilhel ...

(1935–2014), German conductor * Gerd Andres (born 1951), German politician * Gerd Aretz (1930–2009), German artist * Gerd Arntz (1900–1988), German artist * Gerd Audehm (born 1968), German former professional cyclist * Gerd Bachmann (born 1943), German wrestler * Gerd Backhaus (born 1942), German football player * Gerd Baltus (1932–2019), German television actor * Gerd Becker (chemist) (1940–2017), German chemist * Gerd Becker (handballer) (born 1953), German handball player *

Gerd Binnig Gerd Binnig (; born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. Early life and education Binnig wa ...

(born 1947), German physicist * Gerd Böckmann (born 1944), German actor * Gerd Boder (1933–1992), German composer * Gerd Bohner (born 1959), professor of social psychology * Gerd Bohnsack (born 1939), German football player and manager * Gerd Bollmann (1947–2017), German politician * Gerd Bonk (1951–2014), weightlifter * Gerd Brenneis (1930–2003), German operatic tenor * Gerd Briese (1897–1957), German actor * Gerd vom Bruch (born 1941), German football player and coach * Gerd Bucerius (1906–1995), German politician, publisher, and journalist * Gerd Buchdahl (1914–2001) * Gerd Buschhorn (1934–2010), German physicist * Gerd Cintl (1938–2017), West German rower * Gerd Dais (born 1963), German football player * Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997), German composer * Gerd Dörich (born 1968), German racing cyclist * Gerd Dose (1942–2010), German literature and culture professor * Gerd Dudek (1938–2022), German jazz tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist * Gerd Dudenhöffer (born 1949), German cabaret artist * Gerd Egger (born 1943), German judoka *

Gerd Faltings Gerd Faltings (; born 28 July 1954) is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic geometry. Education From 1972 to 1978, Faltings studied mathematics and physics at the University of Münster. Interrupted by 15 months of obligatory ...

(born 1954), German mathematician * Gerd Frähmcke (born 1950), German middle-distance runner * Gerd Frick (born 1974), Italian mountain runner *

Gerd Frickhöffer Gerd Frickhöffer (21 November 1913 – 4 July 1980) was a German film and television actor. He appeared as Captain Donvan in the television detective series '' Sergeant Berry''. Selected filmography * '' Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * '' Every ...

(1913–1980), German actor *

Gerd Geerling Gerd Geerling (born 9 June 1965 in Cologne) is a German consultant ophthalmic surgeon, Professor of Ophthalmology and since 2011 head of the Universitäts-Augenklinik Düsseldorf of the University of Düsseldorf, Germany. Biography Geerling studie ...

(born 1965), German surgeon and professor * Gerd Gies (born 1943), German politician *

Gerd Gigerenzer Gerd Gigerenzer (; born 3 September 1947) is a German psychologist who has studied the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making. Gigerenzer is director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Ma ...

(born 1947), German psychologist * Gerd F. Glang, NOAA Corps rear admiral * Gerd Grabher (born 1953), Austrian football referee * Gerd Gradwohl (born 1960), German paralympic alpine skier * Gerd Greune (1949–2012), German politician * Gerd Grochowski (1956–2017), German operatic bass-baritone * Gerd Gruber (born 1982), Austrian ice hockey defenceman * Gerd Hahn (born 1981), German economist and professor *

Gerd Hatje Gerd Hatje (14 April 1915 – 24 July 2007) was a German publisher. The publishing house that he founded in 1945, named the Humanitas Verlag, renamed in 1947 as Verlag Gerd Hatje, is internationally known for contemporary art, photography and arch ...

(1915–2007), German publisher * Gerd Haxhiu (born 1972), Albanian football coach * Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier * Gerd Heidemann (1931–2024), German journalist * Gerd Heinrich (1896–1984), German entomologist and ornithologist * Gerd Heinz (born 1940), German actor and stage director *

Gerd Hennig Gerd Hennig (24 April 1935 – 26 December 2017) was a German football referee. Between 1964 and 1982, he refereed a total of 161 games in the Bundesliga, Germany's top football league. He refereed the DFB-Pokal final between FC Bayern Munich ...

(1935–2017), German football referee * Gerd Heßler (born 1948), East German cross-country skier *

Gerd Heusch Gerd Heusch (born May 20, 1955, in Bonn) is a German physician and physiologist. From 1989 until 2024 he was professor and chair of the Institute for Pathophysiology at the University of Essen Medical School. Biography Heusch attended the Medi ...

(born 1955), German physician, physiologist, and professor * Gerd Hirzinger (born 1945), German roboticist * Gerd Honsik (1941–2018), Austrian writer and lyric poet * Gerd Hornberger (1910–1988), German sprinter * Gerd Jendraschek, German linguist * Gerd Jüttemann (1933–2023), German psychologist * Gerd Kanter (born 1979), Estonian discus thrower *

Gerd Kehrer Gerd Kehrer (born 7 April 1939) is a German painter. Gallery James Dean (09).jpg Orson Welles, 1985.jpg Pegasus, 2001.jpg Wüstentraum, 2005.jpg Barranco, 2005.jpg References External linksOfficial website* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kehrer, Gerd Liv ...

(born 1939), German painter * Gerd Kische (born 1951), German football player * Gerd Kühr (born 1952), Austrian conductor and composer *

Gerd Leers Gerardus Bernardus Maria "Gerd" Leers (born 12 July 1951) is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He is the acting Mayor of Brunssum since 1 January 2018. Biography Politics On 4 September 1990 Leers became a Mem ...

(born 1951), Dutch politician *

Gerd Leufert Gerhard "Gerd" Leufert (1914 – 1998) was a German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer, and graphic designer. He is credited with bringing German design principles to Venezuela in the 1950s. Early life and education Gerhard "Gerd" ...

(1914–1998), German Empire-born Venezuelan painter, photographer *

Gerd E. Mäuser Gerd Ernst Mäuser (born 16 March 1958 in Berlin) is a German businessman who is currently Chairman of Jaguar Racing.Jaguar Racing, Gerd Mäuser, Jaguar Racing Chairman, accessed 18 January 2021 He previously had a long career at Porsche, having a ...

(born 1958), German businessman * Gerd Michael Henneberg (1922–2011), German actor and theater director * Gerd Mischke (1920–1992), German military commander *

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 player *

Gerd Müller (politician) Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (born 25 August 1955) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, who is currently serving as Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization since 2021. He was German Feder ...

(born 1955), German politician * Gerd B. Müller (born 1953), Austrian theoretical biologist * Gerd Nagel (born 1957), German high jumper *

Gerd Oswald Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor be ...

(1919–1989), American film director * Gerd R. Puin (born 1940), German orientalist * Gerd Riss (born 1965), German speedway rider * Gerd Roggensack (1941–2024), German football player and manager * Gerd Ruge (1928–2021), German journalist, author and filmmaker * Gerd Ruge (soldier) (1913–1997), German military commander *

Gerd von Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German ''Generalfeldmarschall'' (Field Marshal) in the ''German Army (1935–1945), Heer'' (Army) of Nazi Germany and OB West, ''Oberbefehlshaber West'' (Commande ...

(1875–1953), German World War II field marshal * Gerd Saborowski (born 1943), German football player * Gerd Schädlich (1952–2022), German footballer * Gerd Schönfelder (born 1970), German para-alpine skier * Gerd Schwidrowski (born 1947), German footballer * Gerd Siegmund (born 1973), German ski jumper * Gerd Springer (1927–1999), Austrian footballer and coach * Gerd Tacke (1906–1997), German businessman *

Gerd Theissen Gerd Theißen (or Theissen; born 24 April 1943) is a German Protestant theologian and New Testament scholar. He is Professor of New Testament Theology at the University of Heidelberg. Early life and education Theissen obtained his doctorate in ...

(born 1943), German theologian * Gerd Türk, German tenor * Gerd Völs (1909–1991), German rower * Gerd Wessig (born 1959), East German high jumper * Gerd Zimmermann (footballer) (1949–2022), German football player * Gerd Zimmermann (speed skater) (born 1942), German speed skater

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* Gerd Andersson (born 1932), Swedish actress * Gerd Barkman, shooting competitor for New Zealand * Gerd Benneche (1913–2003), Norwegian jurist, journalist, non-fiction writer, and politician * Gerd Kjellaug Berge (born 1943), Norwegian hotelier *

Gerd Brantenberg Gerd Mjøen Brantenberg (born October 27, 1941) is a Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer. Biography Brantenberg was born in Oslo, but grew up in Fredrikstad. She studied English, History, and Sociology in London, Edinburgh, and Oslo. ...

(born 1941), Norwegian author, teacher, and feminist writer * Gerd Dvergsdal (born 1946), Norwegian politician * Gerd Enequist (1903–1989) Swedish geographer * Gerd Fleischer (born 1942), Norwegian human rights activist * Gerd Grieg (1895–1988), Norwegian actress * Gerd Grønvold Saue (1930–2022), Norwegian journalist, literary critic, novelist, hymnwriter, and peace activist * Gerd Grubb (born 1939), Danish mathematician * Gerd Gudding (1951–2015), Norwegian musician *

Gerd Hagman Gerd Hagman (4 July 1919 – 30 November 2011) was a Swedish actress. She appeared in more than 20 films and television shows between 1940 and 2007. Selected filmography * ''Blossom Time (1940 film), Blossom Time'' (1940) * ''The Fight Cont ...

(1919–2011), Swedish actress * Gerd Hegnell (born 1935), Swedish actress * Gerd Janne Kristoffersen (born 1952), Norwegian politician *

Gerd Larsen Gerd Larsen born Gerd Elly (19 February 1921 – 4 October 2001) was a Norwegian ballerina who performed frequently with England's Royal Ballet, in a career lasting over fifty years up until her seventy-fifth birthday. In her later years, she ...

(1921–2001), Norwegian-British ballerina *

Gerd Neggo Gerd Neggo (9 November 1891 – 1 September 1974) was an Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She studied the musical response methods of É. Jaques-Dalcroze, trained under Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1924 establis ...

(1891–1974), Estonian dancer and choreographer * Gerd Søraa (1934–2018), Norwegian writer and politician