Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Gerda Ahlm Gerda Maria Ahlm (May 24, 1869 – 1956) was a Swedish-born painter and art conservator. Biography Gerda Maria Ahlm was born in Västerås, Sweden. She studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Art in Stockholm (1889-91) and later studied etching ...

(1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator *

Gerda Alexander Gerda Alexander (February 15, 1908 – February 21, 1994) was a German/Danish Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Dalcroze eurhythmicist and teacher, and later creator of Eutony. She was involved with the vanguards of the arts, education, and movement cultu ...

(1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer

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* Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player * Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist * Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer * Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar *

Gerda Boyesen Gerda Boyesen (May 18, 1922December 29, 2005) was the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, a branch of body psychotherapy. Early life and education Gerda Momsen was born in Bergan to Richard (a librarian) and Magna (a designer, sportswoman and ...

(1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist * Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer * Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast * Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist

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Gerda Charles Gerda Charles was the pseudonym of Edna Lipson (10 March 1915 – 4 November 1996), an award-winning Anglo-Jewish novelist and author. She was born in Liverpool and was daughter of Harold Lipson and Gertrude Caplan who had married in Ormskirk in ...

, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996) *

Gerda Christian Gerda Christian (née Daranowski; 13 December 1913 – 14 April 1997), nicknamed Dara, was one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries before and during World War II. Biography Gerda Daranowski worked for Elizabeth Arden before beginning to ...

(1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler * Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress *

Gerda Claeskens Gerda Claeskens is a Belgian statistician. She is a professor of statistics in the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, associated with the KU Research Centre for Operations Research and Business Statistics (ORSTAT). Contributions Claes ...

(fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician

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* Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver *

Gerda Dendooven Gerda Dendooven (born 10 May 1962) is a Belgian illustrator. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Gouden Uil, the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs and the Boekenpauw on several occasions. Early life Dendooven was born in 1962 in ...

(born 1962), Belgian illustrator

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Gerda Fiil Gerda Søvang Fiil (30 January 1927 – 26 June 1994) was a convicted member of the Danish resistance, whose father and brother were executed by the German occupying power. Biography During the later stage of the occupation the Fiil family an ...

(1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter *

Gerda Frömel Gerda Frömel (1931 – 3 August 1975) was a sculptor, born in Czechoslovakia, who lived for an extended period in Ireland, where her work received critical acclaim. She received commissions for sculpture and stained glass and exhibited at the ...

(1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor

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* Gerda Gantz (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer * Gerda Gattel (1908–1993), American comic book author *

Gerda Geertens Gerda Geertens (born 11 August 1955) is a Dutch composer. She was born in Wildervank, and studied music and philosophy in Groningen. In 1981 she began the study of composition with Klaas de Vries at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Her compositions i ...

(born 1955), Dutch composer *

Gerda Gilboe Gerda Gilboe (5 July 1914 – 11 April 2009) was a Danish actress and singer. She appeared in 18 films between 1943 and 2003. Life Gilboe was born in 1914. She was the daughter of a blacksmith, Gilboe started her career in musical theatr ...

(1914–2009), Danish actress and singer *

Gerda Grepp Gerda Johanne Helland Grepp Accessed through thgrave-site registryof the Genealogy Society of Norway (DIS), select "Id" from the drop-down menu labelled "Find" and enter "675648". (26 May 1907 – 29 August 1940) was a Norwegian translator, jour ...

(1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist

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Gerda Hasselfeldt Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 7 July 1950) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who served as deputy chairperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group and chairwoman of the Bundestag group of CSU parliamentarians. Following her dep ...

(born 1950), Bavarian politician *

Gerda Hellberg Gerda Hellberg née Lundberg (1870–1937) was a prominent Swedish women's rights activist, contributing to Sweden's fight for women's suffrage. While studying in Uppsala, together with her female student friends, she founded Sweden's first studen ...

(1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist *

Gerda Henning Gerda Henning née Heydorn (March 2, 1891 – June 26, 1951) was a Danish weaver, textile designer and educator. Biography Born Gerda Heydorn in Fredriksberg, Denmark, she was the daughter of a grocer. From 1910 to 1917 she worked as a china pain ...

(1891–1951), Danish textile designer *

Gerda Herrmann Gerda Herrmann (June 30, 1931 The article mentions that the premiere of the film "The Songwriter of Botnang" on June 29, 2019 was held the day before Gerda Herrmann's 88th birthday in Cannstatt – † April 15, 2021) was a German composer and po ...

(1931–2021), German composer and poet *

Gerda Hnatyshyn Karen Gerda Hnatyshyn ( ; ; August 14, 1935 – July 14, 2023) was a viceregal consort of Canada, who held the role from 1990 to 1995 during her husband Ray Hnatyshyn's term as Governor General of Canada. From 2002 to 2023, she served as Preside ...

(born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort *

Gerda Hofstätter Gerda Hofstätter Gergerson (born 9 February 1971), nicknamed "G-Force", is an Austrian professional pool player. Hofstätter won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship in 1995. She is a winner at the European Pool Championship on nine occasion ...

(born 1971), Austrian billiards player *

Gerda Höglund Gerda Höglund (12 March 1878 – 25 March 1973) was a Swedish painter. After attending Kerstin Cardon's school in Stockholm, she moved to Paris where she continued her education at the Académie Julian. In addition to painting landscapes, still ...

(1878–1973), Swedish painter *

Gerda Höjer Gerda Höjer (23 July 1893 - 20 June 1974), was a Swedish nurse and politician for the Liberal People's Party. Gerda Höjer was a nurse and the president of the Swedish Association of Nurses from 1945 to 1960. She was a member of the second c ...

(1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the

Florence Nightingale Medal The Florence Nightingale Medal is an international award presented to those distinguished in nursing and named after British nurse Florence Nightingale. The medal was established in 1912 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), f ...

and President of the

International Council of Nurses The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the first international organization for :Health care occupations, health care professionals. It is headqua ...

Gerda Holmes Gerda Holmes, née Gerda Helen Elfrida Henius (April 2, 1891 – October 11, 1943), was an actress during the silent film era and in theater. She had major roles in numerous films including '' The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket'' ...

(1891–1943), Danish actress

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* Gerda Johansson (1891–1965), Swedish diver * Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater *

Gerda-Maria Jürgens Gerda-Maria Jürgens (10 May 1917 – 2 December 1998) was a German actress. She appeared in more than 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1998. Selected filmography * '' The Night Before the Premiere'' (1959) * '' Revenge of the ...

(1917–1998), German actress

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* Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler * Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer *

Gerda Kieninger Gerda Kieninger (21 February 1951 – 22 January 2020) was a German politician. She was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She was born in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. Kieninger was a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westpha ...

(1951–2020), German politician * Gerda Kordemets (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist *

Gerda Kraan Gerarda "Gerda" Maria Kraan (; born 30 July 1933) is a retired female middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1960 (Rome) and 1964 (Tokyo). In 1962 she won the gold medal i ...

(born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner * Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president *

Gerda Krūmiņa Gerda Krūmiņa (born 26 November 1984 in Cēsis) is a Latvian biathlete. Krūmiņa competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Latvia. Her best finish was 18th, as part of the 2006 Latvian relay team. Her best individual showing was 48th ...

(born 1984), Latvian biathlete * Gerda Kupferschmied (born 1942), German athlete

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* Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), German soprano * Gerda Laski (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist * Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer *

Gerda Lerner Gerda Hedwig Lerner (née Kronstein; April 30, 1920 – January 2, 2013) was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenpl ...

(1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author *

Gerda Lundequist Gerda Carola Cecilia Lundequist (; 14 February 1871 – 23 October 1959) was a Swedish stage actress, an Ibsen and Strindberg-thespian that in her time was known throughout Scandinavia as "The Swedish Sarah Bernhardt". Career Lundequist was ...

(1871–1959), Swedish stage actress

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Gerda Madsen Gerda Madsen (4 January 1902 – 26 July 1986) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1982. She was born and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * ''Häxan'' (1922) * ''Kispus'' (1956) * ''Be Dear to Me'' (1 ...

(1902–1986), Danish film actress * Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist * Gerda Martín (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin) *

Gerda Maurus Gerda Maurus (25 August 1903 – 31 July 1968) was an Austrian actress. She was of Croatian people, Croatian descent and initially made her name on stage in Vienna. While performing in the theatre, she was discovered by the director Fritz Lang du ...

(1903–1968), Austrian actress * Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet *

Gerda Müller Gerda Müller (30 July 1894 – 26 April 1951) was a German stage actress. Life Gerda Müller was born near Rößel (since 1945 part of Poland) in rural East Prussia. She studied at the "Max Reinhardt" stage school (as it was known at th ...

(1894–1951), German actress * Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy

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Gerda Nettesheim Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011) was a German Sound artist. She studied flute and piano at the School of Music in Cologne. Her professional career began at the end of the 1970s and her first exhibitions were in 1981. Nettesheim's first exhibition t ...

(1947–2011), German sound artist * Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress *

Gerda Nicolson Gerda Maureen Nicolson (11 November 1936 – 12 June 1992) was an Australian actress, who worked across all major forms of media, including theatre, television and films, she was best known for several long-running television roles, and was a co ...

(1937–1992), Australian actress

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* Gerda Olsen (born 1932), Danish swimmer

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* Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter * Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer * Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier * Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert *

Gerda Philipsborn Gerda Philipsborn (30 April 1895 – 14 April 1943) was a German-born educator who made significant contributions to the early development of Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in Delhi, India. Known for her commitment to youth education ...

(1895–1943), German educator and social reformer

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* Gerda Ranz (born 1944), German runner * Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger *

Gerda Ring Gerda Ring (11 May 1891 – 12 January 1999) was a Norwegian stage actress and stage producer. She was the daughter of writer Barbra Ring, and married actor and theatre director Halfdan Christensen in 1922. They were parents of the actors ...

(1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer * Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), Swedish painter * Gerda Roux (born 1973), South African archer * Gerda Rubinstein (1931–2022), Dutch composer

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* Gerda Schriever (1928–2014), German contalto * Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), German painter * Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist * Gerda Sprinchorn (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist *

Gerda Staniek Gerda Staniek (née Schilling; 8 February 1925 – 1985) was an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Game ...

(1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin) *

Gerda Steinhoff Gerda Steinhoff (29 January 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) Nazi concentration camp overseer following the 1939 German invasion of Poland. SS career Steinhoff was born in Danzig-Langfuhr. As a teenager, she worked as house ...

(1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes *

Gerda Stevenson Gerda Stevenson (born April 10, 1956) is a Scottish actress, director and writer. Known for her wide-ranging works in media, her notable stage roles include the title character in Edwin Morgan's English translation of Racine's ''Phèdre'', an ...

(born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer * Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete *

Gerda Sutton Gerda Mary Sutton (, 3 April 1923–30 September 2005) was a British atomic researcher and painter who became a naturalised citizen of France. Life Sutton was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire in 1923. She studied and worked in the atomic resear ...

(1923–2005), British-French painter

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Gerda Taro Gerta Pohorylle (1 August 1910 – 26 July 1937), known professionally as Gerda Taro, was a German War photography, war photographer active during the Spanish Civil War. She is regarded as the first female Photojournalism, photojournalist to hav ...

(1910–1937), German war photographer *

Gerda Maria Terno Gerda Maria Terno (10 July 1909 - 31 July 1995) was a German stage and film actress. She starred in the 1941 Nazi propaganda film '' Blood-Brotherhood''Giesen p.141 and made other sporadic film appearances although much of her work was in the th ...

(1909–1995), German actress *

Gerda Tirén Gerda Maria Tirén, née Rydberg (11 January 1858, Stockholm - 9 October 1928, Länna Parish, Uppland) was a Swedish painter and illustrator. She did landscapes from France and Sweden, children's portraits, and Genre art, genre scenes. Her illust ...

(1858–1928), Swedish artist

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Gerda Uhlemann Gerda Uhlemann (née Mittenzwei; born 22 February 1945) is a German former Sport of athletics, athlete. She competed in the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's pentathlon, women's pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Reference ...

(born 1945), German athlete

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Gerda Verburg Gerritje "Gerda" Verburg (born 19 August 1957) is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and trade union leader From 2011 until 2016, Verburg served as Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nethe ...

(born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader * Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player * Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician

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Gerda Wallander Gerda Charlotta Wallander (17 August 1860 – 14 January 1926) was a Swedish portrait and genre painter. Biography Wallander was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the daughter of Carl Emanuel Wallander and Fanny Albertina Hübner. She was the n ...

(1860–1926), Swedish painter *

Gerda Wegener Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener ( Gottlieb; 15 March 1885 – 28 July 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of her time concerning gender and l ...

(1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter *

Gerda Weissensteiner Gerda Weissensteiner OMRI (born 3 January 1969) is an Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot who competed from the late 1980s to 2006. Competing in six Winter Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's singles luge event at the 1994 Winter Olymp ...

(born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot *

Gerda Weissmann Klein Gerda Weissmann Klein (May 8, 1924 – April 3, 2022) was a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, ''All But My Life'' (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film '' One Survivor Re ...

(1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist * Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player * Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist

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Gerda von Zobeltitz Gerda von Zobeltitz (9 June 1891 – 29 March 1963) was a German dressmaker, noblewoman, and one of the first recognized transgender people in the late German Empire and early Weimar Republic. Life Zobeltitz came from the noble family of the ...

(1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker

Fictional characters

* Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's ''

The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" () is an 1844 original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in ''New Fairy Tales. First Volume#New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection, New Fairy Tales. First Vo ...

'' and its adaptations * Gerda, a character on the children's television show ''

Sesamstraat () is a Dutch television series in the Netherlands, and a localized version of the U.S. children's program ''Sesame Street''. In its early days, the show was broadcast in Flanders (Belgium) as well. It is the second longest-running foreign ada ...

'' *Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel ''

The Hollow ''The Hollow'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company, Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1946 and in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in November of the sam ...

'' *Gerda Gustav, a character on the children's TV series ''

Hilda Hilda is one of several feminine given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. ...

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