Gert is a mainly masculine given name (sometimes a short form of Gerrit,

Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other Germanic name, early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful ...

, etc.), with some female bearers (short for Gertrude).Behind the Name: Gert
/ref> 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 men over 50 years of age. Around 400 women in Sweden have Gert as their first name according to the Swedish Bureau of Census.

Sports

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). Manager ...

(born 1969), Dutch football player and manager *

Gert Andersen Gert Andersen (born June 18, 1939 in Copenhagen) is a former Danish handball player, playing on the Danish national team. He played on the national team at the world championships in both 1964 and 1970. He played more than 530 matches for the c ...

(born 1939), Danish handball player * Gert Bals (1936–2016), Dutch footballer * Gert Bender (born 1948), German motorcycle racer *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (cyclist) (1903-?), Dutch cyclist *

Gert Blomé Gert Arne Blomé (28 August 1934 – 27 January 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey player. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in fifth and second place, respectively. At the world championships he won one gold (1962), two silver ...

(1934–2021), 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 for ...

(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 event at the 1967 World championships in 1967 in the Amateurs category. Next year he turned professional and finished second in the individ ...

(born 1946), Dutch track cyclist * Gert Brauer (1955–2018), German footballer *

Gert Cannaerts Gert Cannaerts (born 5 July 1963) is a retired Belgian football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfi ...

(born 1963), Belgian footballer *

Gert Claessens Gert Claessens (born 21 February 1972 in Tongeren) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield posi ...

(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 ...

(1940s—2018), South African rugby player *

Gert De Kock Gert De Kock (born 1980) is a retired South African rugby union player who played at Fly-half or Full-back. A highly skilled player that could both kick points and score tries, he became one of the top try scorers in National League 2 South ...

(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 ...

(born 1988), Belgian road cyclist *

Gert Dorbek Gert Dorbek (born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian retired basketball player. He is a tall shooting guard. He has also represented the Estonian national basketball team internationally. Professional career Dorbek began playing basketball in Tiit S ...

(born 1985), Estonian basketball player *

Gert Dörfel Gert is a mainly masculine given name (sometimes a 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 na ...

(born 1939), German footballer *

Gert Doumen Gert Doumen (born 24 June 1971 in Bree) is a retired Belgian football goalkeeper who played several seasons at the highest level of professional football with Genk, RWDM, Mouscron and Heusden-Zolder. Doumen started his career with Genk, where ...

(born 1971), Belgian football goalkeeper *

Gert Eg Gert Eg (born 26 February 1954) is a Danish former footballer. He played his entire career for Vejle Boldklub and holds the club record for most played matches. He was an allrounder that could cover almost any position on the field. However, he w ...

(born 1954), Danish footballer *

Gert Elsässer Gert Elsässer (born 1949) is an Austrian skeleton racer who competed in the early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's event at the first skeleton World Championships in 1982 in St. Moritz. He was European champion in 1981 and 1982 an ...

(born 1949), Austrian skeleton racer *

Gert Engels Gert Engels is a successful German football coach and former Bundesliga player with decades-long connections to East Asia. Summary Coming from a football family, Engels initially played for Borussia Mönchengladbach during their golden decade ...

(born 1957), German footballer * Gert Frank (1956–2019), Danish cyclist *

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 m ...

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

Gert Handberg Gert Handberg (born 30 May 1969 in Brædstrup) is a Danish former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 20 caps for the Denmark national speedway team. Career Gert joined Cradley Heathens in 1988 on a recommendation, after win ...

(born 1969), Danish motorcycle racer * Gert Heerkes (born 1965), Dutch football manager * Gert Heidler (born 1948), German footballer * 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. Jakobs has admitted to have used EPO during his care ...

(born 1964), Dutch racing cyclist * Gert Jõeäär (born 1987), Estonian road bicycle racer *

Gert Kams Gert Kams (born 25 May 1985) is a retired Estonian professional association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, right back. From 2019 he works as a sporting director for Paide Linnameeskond. Club care ...

(born 1985), Estonian footballer * Gert Kleinert (born 1930s), East German slalom canoeist *

Gert Kölli Gert Kölli (31 May 1940 – 2 August 2016) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi- ...

(1940–2016), Austrian swimmer * Gert Krenn, Austrian bobsledder * Gert Kruys (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 the 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 i ...

(born 1961), Dutch sprint canoer *

Gert Lotter Gerhard Petrus Lotter (born 3 January 1993) is a Namibian cricketer and rugby union player. Rugby career In rugby union, Lotter usually plays as a hooker, but can also play as an eighth man. He currently plays for Namibian side in the Sou ...

(born 1993), Namibian cricketer and rugby player * Gert Lundqvist (1937–2001), Swedish footballer *

Gert Metz Gert Metz (7 February 1942 – 17 April 2021) was a German Sprint (running), sprinter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 100 meters, Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – ...

(1942–2021), German sprinter * Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1948), South African rugby union player * Gert Muller (rugby union, born 1986), South African rugby union player * Gert Olesk (born 1973), Estonian footballer * Gert Peens (born 1974), South African-born Italian rugby player * Gert Pettersson (born 1950s), Swedish orienteering competitor * Gert Potgieter (athlete) (born 1937), South African hurdle runner * Gert Remmel (born 1975), Estonian footballer and coach *

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 Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TR ...

(born 1982), South African footballer *

Gert Jan Schlatmann Gert Jan Schlatmann (born 6 December 1963) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who earned a total of 50 caps, scoring fourteen goals in the 1980s for the Netherlands national field hockey team. Schlatmann was born in Bloemendaal, North ...

(born 1963), Dutch field hockey player *

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 ...

(born 1961), South African rugby player *

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 t ...

(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 curr ...

(born 1971), South African long-distance runner * Gert Trasha (born 1988), Albanian weightlifter * Gert Trinklein (1949–2017), German footballer *

Gert van der Merwe Gert van der Merwe was a Paralympic athlete from South Africa who competed mainly in category F37 throwing events. Gert started competing in the Paralympics in 1996 competing in the discus and shot put, winning gold in the latter. He als ...

, South African paralympic athlete * Gert Van Walle (born 1987), Belgian volleyball player *

Gert Verheyen Gert Verheyen (;} also spelled Verheijen; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager, who was last in charge of Oostende. In a 20-year professional career, he was mainly associated with Anderlecht and Club Brugge (esp ...

(born 1970), Belgian retired footballer *

Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil Wiesenborn (born January 3, 1960, in Puerto Montt) is a retired Chilean shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. ...

(born 1960), Chilean retired shot putter * Gert Wieczorkowski (born 1948), German footballer * Gert Jan van Woudenberg (born 1951), Dutch rower * Gert Wünsche (born 1943), German footballer

Arts and entertainment

Gert Bettens Gert Bettens is a Belgium musician, best known as the 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, ...

(born 1970), Belgian guitarist * Gert Chesi (born 1940), Austrian photographer, author, journalist and filmmaker * Gert van Egen (c. 1550–1612), Flemish sculptor active in Denmark *

Gert Fredholm Gert Fredholm (born 18 November 1941) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1967. His 1971 film '' Den forsvundne fuldmægtig'' was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ' ...

(born 1941), Danish film director and screenwriter *Karl Gerhart

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

(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 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 * ' (1965, TV film), as Rüttig, Concentration Camp ...

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

Gert Helbemäe Gert Helbemäe (birth name Gert-Joachim Einborn; 10 November 1913 Tallinn – 15 July 1974 London) was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is known mainly for his historical novels and short story, short stories. From 1921 to 1933 he studied in ...

(1913–1974), Estonian writer and journalist * Gert Hildebrand (born 1953), German car designer *

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

(1937–2017), Austrian conductor and trumpeter * Gert Günther Hoffmann (1929–1997), German actor and director * Gert Hofmann (1931–1993), German writer and literary scholar * Gert Jonke (1946-2009), Austrian poet, playwright and novelist * Gert Krawinkel (1947–2014), German guitarist known as "Kralle" *Robert Gerhard Gert Ledig (1921–1999), German writer * Gert Louis Lamartine (1898–1966), German painter, sculptor and interior designer * Gert Miltzow (1629–1668), Norwegian clergyman, theologian and historical writer *

Gert Neuhaus Gert Neuhaus (born February 21, 1939) is a German artist. Academics Neuhaus was born in Berlin, Germany. He studied graphics and exhibition design at the University of Arts Berlin (HdK), 1956–1962. Since 1982, he has been teaching arts at seve ...

(born 1939), German artist *

Gert Nygårdshaug Gert Hermod Nygårdshaug (born 22 March 1946 at Tynset Municipality, Tynset) is a Norwegian author. He has written poems, children's books and novels, and is in particular known for the series of crime novels featuring the Gastronomy, gastronomer ...

(born 1946), Norwegian author *

Gert Palmcrantz Gert Palmcrantz (born 1 February 1938) is one of the most distinguished sound engineers in Sweden. He commenced his career in the late 1950s, at the gramophone studios of Europa Film. In 1976 Palmcrantz recorded Sweden's best-selling jazz record o ...

(born 1938), Swedish sound engineer * Gert Potgieter (tenor) (1929–1977), South African tenor * Gert Prokop (1932–1994), German science fiction writer *

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 *

Gert Smit Gene Rockwell (1944–1998) was a South African singer. His 1965 rendition of "Heart" went directly to the top of the LM Radio Top 20. History Gene was born Gert Smit in 1944 in the town of Krugersdorp in the then Transvaal Province, Transvaal ...

(1944–1998), South African singer known as "Gene Rockwell" * Gert van den Bergh (1920–1968), South African film actor *

Gert Verhulst Gert Tony Hubert Verhulst (born 24 January 1968 in Berchem) is a Belgian presenter, entrepreneur, singer, director, actor, screenwriter, composer, film producer, and business magnate. As a prominent figure within the children's entertainment ...

(born 1968), Belgian television presenter, actor and singer * Gert Vlok Nel (born 1963), South African poet *

Gert Voss Gert Voss (10 October 1941 – 13 July 2014) was a German actor. He was known for his roles in '' Labyrinth of Lies'' (2014), '' Sometime in August'' (2009) and ' (1987). He was member of the ensemble of the Burgtheater, and a ''Kammerschausp ...

(1941–2014), German actor * Gert Wiescher (1944–2022), German graphic artist, type designer and author * Gert Wilden (1917–2015), German film composer * Gert Wingårdh (born 1951), Swedish architect * Gert Heinrich Wollheim (1894–1974), German painter

Politics and military

* Gert Alberts (1836–1927), South African Voortrekker * Gert Bastian (1923–1992), German military officer and politician *Gerrit Gert van den Berg (politician) (born 1935), Dutch politician *

Gert Boshoff Lieutenant General Gert Johannes Jacobus Boshoff (28 April 193122 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 Office, l ...

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

Gert Haller Gert Haller (30 April 1944, in Tübingen – 11 April 2010, inhttps://www.welt.de/die-welt/wirtschaft/article7159031/Staatssekretaer-Gert-Haller-gestorben.html Financial lobbyist Haller dies Bremen) was a German manager, politician and lobbyist o ...

(1944–2010), German politician and manager *

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 Petersen (1927-2009), Danish journalist and politician who helped found the Socialist People's Party * Gert Rosenthal (born 1935), Guatemalan diplomat *Gerhardus Gert Rudolph (1797–1851), South African Voortrekker and political leader *Gerrit

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

(1939-2022), Dutch politician *Richard Gert Sibande (1907–1987), South African political activist *

Gert Weisskirchen Gert Weisskirchen (or Weißkirchen; born 16 May 1944 in Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a popul ...

(born 1944), German politician * Gert Willner (1940–2000), German politician

Science and math

Gert Holstege Gert Holstege (born 1948 in Warnsveld) is a Dutch 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 19 ...

(born 1948), Dutch neuroscientist * Gert Korthof, Dutch biologist * Gert Mittring (born 1966), German mental calculator *

Gert Cornelius Nel Gert Cornelius Nel (6 April 1885 – 16 February 1950) was a South African botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is Nel. The genus ''Nelia (plant), Nelia'', a flowering plant of the family Aizoaceae, is named in his honor. Biog ...

(1885–1950), South African botanist * Gert Sabidussi (1929–2022), Austrian mathematician * Gert Spaargaren (born 1954), Dutch environmental sociologist

Board games

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 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 th ...

(born 1979), Austrian board-game player *

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, 1996–2002. Before becoming the fifteenth World Correspondence Champion, Timmerman won Final B of ...

(born 1956), Dutch correspondence chess player

Business

*Gertrude Gert Boyle (1924–2019), German-born American businesswoman * Gert Joubert (born 1948), Namibian businessperson * Gert Van Mol (born 1969), Belgian entrepreneur and CEO

Other fields

Gert Postel Gert Uwe Postel (born June 18, 1958) is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education. Gert Postel went to Hauptschule and ...

(born 1958), German impostor * Gert Schramm (1928–2016), German concentration camp survivor *Cornelius Gerhardus Gert van Rooyen (1938–1990), South African pedophile and serial killer

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 '' Runaways' ...

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