Gert is a mainly masculine given name ( short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becoming increasingly rare. In 2010 around 12,000 in Sweden had the name as their first name according to the same source. Gert is most common in Sweden among males over 50 years of age. Around 400 females in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census. It may refer to:

Men

Gert Aandewiel Gert Aandewiel (born 9 September 1969 in Leiden) is a Dutch football manager and former football player. Club career He played professional football for FC Volendam (1996-1997), Sparta Rotterdam (1997-1999) and FC Dordrecht (1999). Managerial ...

(born 1969), Dutch football player and manager *

Gert Alberts Gert Andries Jacobus Alberts (born 3 January 1836 in Swellendam – died 29 March 1927 in Humpata) was the leader of the First Dorsland Trek. He was a member of the Gereformeerde Kerk (or 'Dopper' church) and served as a church elder (‘kerkraa ...

(1836–1927), South African Voortrekker * Gert Andersen (born 1939), Danish handball player *

Gert Bals Gerrit "Gert" Bals (18 October 1936 – 20 May 2016) was a Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Bals became the first Dutch goalkeeper in an UEFA Cup final, when he played for Ajax in the 1969 European Cup Final against Milan. Club care ...

(1936–2016), Dutch footballer * Gert Bastian (1923–1992), German military officer and politician *

Gert Bender Gert Bender was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Germany. His best year was in 1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. ...

(born 1948), German motorcycle racer *Gerrit

Gert van den Berg (cyclist) Gerrit "Gert" van den Berg (24 May 1903 – ?) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1925 World Championships. References 1903 births Year of death missing Dutch male cyclists Cyclists from Amsterdam UCI Road ...

(1903-?), Dutch cyclist *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (politician) (born 1935), Dutch politician *

Gert Bettens Gert Bettens is the lead guitarist of the Belgian band K's Choice. He, with his brother Sam Bettens, is the face of the band. The band is popular in Europe and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indig ...

(born 1970), Belgian guitarist *

Gert Blomé Gert Arne Blomé (28 August 1934 – 27 January 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific ...

(born 1934), Swedish ice hockey player *

Gert Bolmer Gert Bolmer (born April 25, 1983, in Almelo, Netherlands) is a professional horse rider competing in dressage. He is grade II disabled. Career Apart from numerous participations in national as well as international contests, he is best known fo ...

(born 1983), Dutch dressage equestrian *

Gert Bongers Gert Bongers (born 22 August 1946) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He won the individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the tra ...

(born 1946), Dutch track cyclist *

Gert Boshoff Lieutenant General Gert Johannes Jacob Boshoff SSAS SD SM (28 April 1931 - 22 October 2014) was a South African Army general. He attended school at Barberton High School in the Eastern Transvaal but left at the age of 15 before joining the Post ...

(1931–2014), South African Army lieutenant general *

Gert Brauer Gert Brauer (; 7 September 1955 – January 2018) was a German footballer. Club career He played 270 Oberliga matches in East Germany. International career Three of his four international matches for East Germany East Germany, offic ...

(born 1955), German footballer *

Gert Chesi Gert Chesi in the Voodoo forest. Gert Chesi (born 22 August 1940 in Schwaz, Tyrol) is an Austrian photographer, author, journalist and filmmaker. At the end of the 1970s he became internationally famous after publishing the book ''Last Africans'' ...

(born 1940), Austrian photographer, author, journalist and filmmaker *

Gert Claessens Gert Claessens (born 21 February 1972 in Tongeren) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive r ...

(born 1972), Belgian footballer *

Gert Coetzer Gert Coetzer ( – 10 November 2018), also known by the nickname of "Oupa" (meaning "Old Man" in Afrikaans), was a South African rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played representative le ...

(born 1940s), South African rugby player *

Gert De Kock Gert is a mainly masculine given name ( short form of Gerrit, Gerard, etc.) with some female bearers (short for Gertrude). Since 1993 no one in Sweden has been baptised as Gert according to the Swedish Bureau of Census, so the name is becomi ...

(born 1980), South African rugby player *

Gert Dockx Gert Dockx (born 4 July 1988) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTour team . Career achievements Major results ;2010 : 7th Hel van het Mergelland ;2012 : 6th Druivenkoers Overijse ;2013 : 1st Stage 7 La T ...

(born 1988), Belgian road cyclist *

Gert Dorbek Gert Dorbek (born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian retired basketball player. He is a 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall shooting guard. He has also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Professional career Dorbek began playin ...

(born 1985), Estonian basketball player * Gert Dörfel (born 1939), German footballer * Gert Doumen (born 1971), Belgian football goalkeeper * Gert Eg (born 1954), Danish footballer *

Gert van Egen Gert van Egen (I) (alternative names: Gert va Egerem, Gert van Eggernn) (Mechelen, c. 1550 – Elsinore, 1612) was a Flemish sculptor who became a sculptor working for the Royal Danish Court.Gert Elsässer (born 1949), Austrian skeleton racer * Gert Engels (born 1957), German footballer * Gert Frank (born 1956), Danish cyclist * Gert Fredholm (born 1941), Danish film director and screenwriter *

Gert Fredriksson Gert Fridolf Fredriksson (21 November 1919 – 5 July 2006) was a Swedish sprint canoeist. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won eight medals including six golds (1948: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 m; 1952: K-1 1000 m, 1956: K-1 1000 m, K-1 10000 ...

(1919-2006), Swedish sprint canoer and coach *

Gert Fröbe Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film '' Goldfinger'', as Peachum in ''The Threepenny Ope ...

(1913–1988), German actor * Gert Fylking (born 1945), Swedish actor, journalist, politician and anchorman *

Gert van Groningen Gert van Groningen (died ca. 1577) was a sculptor active in Denmark in the 1570s, who probably came from Groningen in the Netherlands. Gert is known to have been a citizen of Aarhus in 1573 when he was commissioned by King Frederik II to build a ...

(died 1577), Dutch-born sculptor active in Denmark * Gert Haller (1944–2010), German politician and manager * Gert Handberg (born 1969), Danish motorcycle racer *

Gert Haucke Gert Haucke (1929–2008) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography * ''Rumpelstilzchen'' (1960) as Haushofmeister * ''Das Glück läuft hinterher'' (1963) as Bedeutender Mann * ' (1966), as Arthur * ' (1968, TV miniseries), as ...

(1929–2008), German film and television actor *

Gert Heerkes Gert Heerkes (, born 3 November 1965) is a Dutch football manager who is the assistant manager of Norwegian side Rosenborg's reserve team. He has been in charge of professional teams Willem II, Heracles Almelo and SC Veendam, and also served ...

(born 1965), Dutch football manager * Gert Heidler (born 1948), German footballer * Gert Helbemäe (1913–1974), Estonian writer and journalist *

Gert Hildebrand Gert Volker Hildebrand (born 22 August 1953 in Lörrach) is a German car designer and since 2011 is Head of Design at Qoros. After studying mechanical engineering at TH Karlsruhe, Hildebrand then studied industrial design at the Braunschweig Un ...

(born 1953), German car designer *

Gert Hofbauer Gert Hofbauer (born 13 March 1937 in Knittelfeld, Styria, died 4 August 2017 in Marz) was an Austrian conductor and trumpeter. Born in Knittelfeld, Hofbauer studied the trumpet in Graz in 1958 and in 1960 at the University of Music and Per ...

(born 1937), Austrian conductor and trumpeter * Gert Günther Hoffmann (1929–1997), German actor and director * Gert Hofmann (1931–1993), German writer and literary scholar *

Gert Holstege Gert Holstege (born 1948, Warnsveld) is a neuroscientist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Holstege studied medicines at the Erasmus University Rotterdam from 1966 to 1971. He was neuroscientist at that University from 1971 to 198 ...

(born 1948), Dutch neuroscientist * Gert Bo Jacobsen (born 1961), Danish boxer *

Gert Jakobs Gert Jakobs (born 29 April 1964) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He rode in ten Grand Tours between 1986 and 1993. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of ...

(born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist *

Gert Jeschonnek Gert Gustav Paul Jeschonnek (30 October 1912 – 18 April 1999) was an officer in the ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Following World War II, he became commander ( Inspector of the Navy) of the post-war German Navy The German Navy (, ) ...

(1912–1999), German navy officer * Gert Jõeäär (born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer * Gert Jonke (1946-2009), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist * Gert Joubert (bor 1948), Namibian businessperson *

Gert Kams Gert Kams (born 25 May 1985) is a retired Estonian professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Early career Kams started out playing for hometown team Koeru before moving to Meistriliiga side Valga in 2005. Flora In 2006, ...

(born 1985), Estonian footballer *

Gert Kleinert Gert Kleinert is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1950s and the 1960s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (C-1: 1965, C-1 team: 1963), four silvers (C-1: 1963; C-1 team: 1957, 1 ...

(born 1930s), East German slalom canoeist * Gert Kölli (born 1940), Austrian swimmer *

Gert Korthof Gert Korthof is a Dutch biologist who was trained at Utrecht University. He has reviewed various books of evolution, creationism Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, ori ...

, Dutch biologist * Gert Krawinkel (1947–2014), German guitarist known as "Kralle" *

Gert Krenn Gert Krenn is an Austrian bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the I ...

, Austrian bobsledder *

Gert Kruys Gert Kruys (born 8 May 1961 in Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of IJsselmeervogels. Career Kruys played his entire career for FC Utrecht (1978–1988), except for one short spell at RKC Waal ...

(born 1961), Dutch football player and manager *

Gert Kullamäe Gert Kullamäe (born 3 June 1971) is an Estonian basketball coach and a former professional basketball player who currently coaches Estonian team BC Pärnu Sadam. Kullamäe mostly played at the shooting guard position and was a great 3-poin ...

(born 1971), Estonian basketball player *

Gert Jan Lebbink Gert Jan Lebbink (born November 21, 1961 in Deventer) is a Dutch sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1980s. He won a silver in the K-2 10000 m event at the 1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade. Lebbnik also competed in ...

(born 1961), Dutch sprint canoer *Robert Gerhard

Gert Ledig Gert Ledig, full name Robert Gerhard Ledig (4 November 1921, Leipzig – 1 June 1999 in Landsberg am Lech), was a German writer. Biography Gert Ledig, son of a merchant, spent his early childhood in Vienna. From 1929 he lived in Leipzig. After ...

(1921–1999), German writer *

Gert Ligterink Gert Ligterink (born 17 November 1949 in Oldekerk) is a Dutch chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1977 and won the Dutch Chess Championship in 1979. He played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads of 1976 (indiv ...

(born 1949), Dutch chess player * Gert Lotter (born 1993), Namibian cricketer and rugby player * Gert Louis Lamartine (1898–1966), German painter, sculptor and interior designer *

Gert Lundqvist Gert Lundqvist (16 February 1937 – 2001) was a Swedish footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, C ...

(1937–2001), Swedish footballer *

Gert Metz Gert Metz (7 February 1942 – 17 April 2021) was a German sprinter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 100 meters, 200 meters The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, ...

(1942–2021), German sprinter *

Gert Miltzow Gert Miltzow (16 February 1629 – 6 December 1688) was a Norwegian clergyman, theologian and historical writer. Gert Henrikssøn Miltzow was born in Voss, in Hordaland county, Norway. He was the son of Henrik Gertsen Miltzow (1599-1666), vic ...

(1629–1668), Norwegian clergyman, theologian and historical writer * Gert Mittring (born 1966), German mental calculator *

Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1986) Gert Hendrik Muller (born 5 February 1986) is a South African professional rugby union player. He currently plays at prop at Stade Toulousain in the French Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played i ...

, South African rugby union player *

Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1948) Gert Hendrik Muller (born 10 May 1948) is a former South African rugby union player. Playing career Muller represented the Schools team at the 1965 annual Craven Week tournament and after finishing school, he furthered his studies at Stellen ...

, South African rugby union player *Gert Munkholm, Danish karting champion and father of Kevin Munkholm, also a Danish karting champion * Gert Cornelius Nel (1885–1950), South African botanist * Gert Neuhaus (born 1939), German artist * Gert Nygårdshaug (born 1946), Norwegian author *

Gert Olesk Gert Olesk (born 8 August 1973) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He played the position of defender. International career Olesk has made a total of 13 appearances for the Estonia national team. He made his inter ...

(born 1973), Estonian footballer * Gert Palmcrantz (born 1938), Swedish sound engineer * Gert Peens (born 1974), South African-born Italian rugby player *

Gert Petersen Gert Verner Petersen (19 August 1927 – 1 January 2009) was a journalist and politician who helped found and represent the Socialist People's Party in Denmark. He was born in Nykøbing Falster, Denmark, as the son of the factory worker ...

(1927-2009), Danish journalist and politician who helped found the Socialist People's Party *

Gert Pettersson Gert Pettersson (born 16 January 1953) is a Swedish orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst movi ...

(born 1950s), Swedish orienteering competitor * Gert Postel (born 1958), German impostor * Gert Potgieter (1929–1977), South African tenor * Gert Potgieter (born 1937), South African hurdle runner * Gert Prokop (1932–1994), German science fiction writer *

Gert Rosenthal Gert Rosenthal Königsberger (born 11 September 1935) is a Guatemalan diplomat. He was born in Amsterdam to a German father and Guatemalan mother and came to Guatemala at the age of three. After secondary education in Guatemala, he studied in ...

(born 1935), Guatemalan diplomat *Gerhardus

Gert Rudolph Gerhardus Jacobus Rudolph (1797–1851) was the grandson of the South African Rudolph progenitor, Johan Bernhard Rudolph. He was a member of a scouting expedition, set up by Piet Uys, which left the Eastern Cape Uitenhage and Albany area on 8 ...

(1797–1851), South African Voortrekker and political leader *

Gert Sabidussi Gert Sabidussi (born 28 October 1929 in Graz- 1 April 2022) is an Austrian mathematician specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. Biography Sabidussi was born in Graz, Austria. His family later moved to Innsbruck where his father was ...

(born 1929), Austrian mathematician *

Gert Schalkwyk Gert Schalkwyk (born 9 April 1982 in Klerksdorp, North West) is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bostancı Bağcıl in the Northern Cyprus Birinci Lig. International career Schalkwyk played during 2003 and 2010 sev ...

(born 1982), South African footballer * Gert Jan Schlatmann (born 1963), Dutch field hockey player *

Gert Schnider Gert Schnider (born 1979) is an Austrian professional multi-talented board-game player. In chess he is an International Master, in Go a 5th Dan, in shogi an amateur 5th Dan in Japan and 3rd Dan in Europe, and in Abalone a grandmaster. He is t ...

(born 1979), Austrian board-game player *

Gert Schramm Gert Schramm (28 November 1928 in Erfurt, Thuringia – 18 April 2016 in Eberswalde) was a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, where he was the youngest of six black prisoners. He was the son of a German woman and an African-American father a ...

(1928–2016), German concentration camp survivor *Gerrit

Gert Schutte Gerrit Jan Schutte (24 May 1939 – 25 January 2022) was a Dutch politician and teacher. A member of the defunct Reformed Political League (GPV) now merged into the Christian Union (Netherlands), Christian Union (CU), he served as party leader f ...

(born 1939), Dutch politician *

Gert Sellheim Gert Sellheim (1901–1970) was a German-Australian artist. He won the Sulman Prize for his work in 1939 for his Mural Decoration on wall of Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, Hotel Australia Building, 272 Collins Street, Melbourne. Sellheim ...

(1901–1970), German-Australian artist *Richard

Gert Sibande Richard "Gert" Sibande (born 1907 near Ermelo, Mpumalanga, died 1987) was a South African political activist. He was one of the ANC co-accused to stand trial in the treason trial of 1956-61 alongside Nelson Mandela and 154 others. Sibande played a ...

(1907–1987), South African political activist *

Gert Smal Gert Petrus Smal (born 27 December 1961, Kimberley, South Africa) is a former South African rugby union player and assistant coach of the South African and Irish national rugby union teams. He is currently the forwards coach at Japanese Top Lea ...

(born 1961), South African rugby player * Gert Smit (1944–1998), South African singer known as "Gene Rockwell" *

Gert Spaargaren Gert Spaargaren (born February, 1954) is a Dutch professor at the Wageningen University, author, and editor. Spaargaren is from Aalsmeer, Netherlands, and is currently teaching Environmental Policy for sustainability and patterns of consumption in t ...

(born 1954), Dutch environmental sociologist *

Gert Steegmans Gert Steegmans (born 30 September 1980 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He was noted for a strong finishing sprint and could compete in the sprint with fellow Belgian cyclist, and ...

(born 1980), Belgian road bicycle racer *

Gert Thys Gert Thys (born 12 November 1971) is a male long-distance runner from South Africa, who represented his native country in the marathon at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thys is a former African record holder in the marathon, and is the cu ...

(born 1971), South African long-distance runner *

Gert Jan Timmerman Gert Jan Timmerman (born 15 April 1956) is a Dutch chess player, most famous for being the fifteenth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditiona ...

(born 1956), Dutch correspondence chess player *

Gert Trasha Gert Trasha (born January 31, 1988 in Elbasan) is an Albanian weightlifter. At age sixteen, Trasha became one of the youngest weightlifters to mark their official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, representing his nation Albania. He p ...

(born 1988), Albanian weightlifter *

Gert Trinklein Gert Trinklein (19 June 1949 – 11 July 2017) was a German football player. Between 1969 and 1978 Trinklein appeared in 230 matches for Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1979, he moved to the USA, becoming the third German soccer pro besides Franz Becke ...

(born 1949), German footballer * Gert van den Bergh (1920–1968), South African film actor *Gert van Kruiningen (born 1961), New Zealand aeronautical engineer * Gert van der Merwe, South African paralympic athlete * Gert Van Mol (born 1969), Belgian entrepreneur and CEO * Gert van Rooyen (1938–1990), South Africa serial killer * Gert Van Walle (born 1987), Belgian volleyball player * Gert Verheyen (born 1970), Belgian retired footballer *

Gert Verhulst Gert Tony Hubert Verhulst (born 24 January 1968 in Berchem) is a Belgian presenter, entrepreneur, singer, autodidact, director, actor, screenwriter, composer, film producer, millionaire & business magnate. As a prominent figure within the child ...

(born 1968), Belgian television presenter, actor and singer * Gert Vlok Nel (born 1963), South African poet * Gert Voss (1941–2014), German actor *

Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil Wiesenborn (born January 3, 1960 in Puerto Montt) is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event ...

(born 1960), Chilean retired shot putter *

Gert Weisskirchen Gert Weisskirchen (or Weißkirchen; born 16 May 1944 in Heidelberg) is a German politician ( Social Democratic Party of Germany PD. Life and career Weisskirchen graduated from the Gymnasium Wiesloch in 1960 and then went to the Higher Commercial ...

(born 1944), German politician *

Gert Wieczorkowski Gert Wieczorkowski (born 24 July 1948) is a German former professional footballer who played in Germany and the United States including the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1971, Wieczorkowski joined FC St. Pauli ...

(born 1948), footballer *

Gert Wiescher Gert Wiescher (26 July 1944, in Braunsbach am Kocher – February 2022) was a German graphic artist, type designer and author. He was known for an almost complete re-design of Bodoni classic typefaces, the work of Giambattista Bodoni, the 17th-c ...

(born 1944), German graphic artist, type designer and author *

Gert Wilden Gert Wilden (born Gert Wychodil; 15 April 1917 – 10 September 2015) was a German film composer. He was born in Mährisch Trübau. From 1956 through his retirement, he scored music for 50 feature films in numerous genres. However, he is perhaps ...

(1917–2015), German film composer * Gert Willner (1940–2000), German politician * Gert Wingårdh (born 1951), Swedish architect * Gert Heinrich Wollheim (1894–1974), German painter *

Gert Jan van Woudenberg Gert Jan van Woudenberg (born 14 July 1951) is a retired Dutch rower. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxed fours, together with Evert Kroes, Adrie Klem, Martin Baltus and Jos Ruijs Jos Ruijs (born 18 March 1955) is a Dutch ...

(born 1951), Dutch rower * Gert Wünsche (born 1943), German footballer

Women

*Gertrude Gert Boyle (born 1924), German-born American businesswoman *Gertrude Gert Clarke (born ca. 1933), American nuclear scientist

Fictional characters

*One of the title characters of

Gert and Daisy Florence Elsie Waters (19 August 1893–14 June 1990) and her sister Doris Ethel Waters (20 December 1899–18 August 1978) were English comic actresses and singers who performed as a double act. They are remembered for creating the co ...

, a British film and radio comedy act *One of the title characters of the TV series '' Samson en Gert'', a Flemish children's series *

Gertrude Yorkes Gertrude Yorkes (self-referred to as Arsenic''Runaways'' #6), is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, and debuted in ''Runaway ...

, a Marvel Comics superheroine and member of ''The Runaways''

Men

Women

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