Academics edit

• Gerard A. Alphonse, Haitian electrical engineer
• Gerard Bolland (1854–1922), Dutch philosopher and radical
• Gerard Clauson (1891–1974), English Orientalist
• Gerard of Cremona (1114–1187), Italian translator of scientific Arabic works
• Gerard De Geer (1858–1943), Swedish geologist
• Gerard Heymans (1857–1930), Dutch philosopher and psychologist
• Gerard Hendrik Hofstede (1928–2020), Dutch social psychologist
• Gerard 't Hooft (born 1946), Dutch theoretical physicist
• Gerard de Jode (1509–1591), Dutch cartographer, engraver and publisher
• Gerard Krefft (1830–1881), Australian zoologist
• Gerard de Kremer (1512–1594), Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer
• Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), Dutch–American astronomer
• Gerard Labuda (1916–2010), Polish historian
• Gerard van der Leeuw (1890–1950), Dutch historian and philosopher of religion
• Gerard K. O'Neill (1927–1992), American physicist and space activist
• Gerard Salton (1927–1995), German–born American computer scientist
• Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772), Dutch–Austrian physician

Arts edit

Music edit

• Gerard Joling (born 1960), Dutch pop singer
• Gerard Mortier (1943–2014), Belgian opera director and administrator
• Gerard Nolan (1946–1992), American rock drummer
• Gerard Schwarz (born 1947), American conductor
• Gerard Way (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and comic book writer

Theater and film edit

• Gerard Depardieu (born 1948), French actor, filmmaker, and vineyard owner
• Gerard Montgomery Bluefeather (1887–1963), American movie actor known as "Monte Blue"
• Gerard Butler (born 1969), Scottish actor
• Gerard Damiano (1928–2008), American director of adult films
• Gerard Marenghi (1920–2018), American actor
• Gerard McCarthy (born 1981), Northern Irish actor
• Gerard McSorley (born 1950), Irish actor
• Gerard Murphy (Irish actor) (1948–2013), Northern Irish actor
• Gerard Kenneth Tierney (1924–1985), American TV and western actor known as Scott Brady

Visual arts edit

• Gerard Bilders (1838–1865), Dutch painter and art collector
• Gerard ter Borch (1617–1681), Dutch painter
• Gerard David (1460–1523), Dutch painter
• Gerard Dou (1613–1675), Dutch genre painter
• Gerard Douffet (1594–1660), Flemish painter
• Gerard Edelinck (1640–1707), Flemish–born French engraver
• Gerard Hoet (1648–1733), Dutch painter and engraver
• Gerard van Honthorst (1592–1656), Dutch painter
• Gerard Horenbout (c. 1465–c. 1541), Flemish miniaturist a.k.a. the Master of James IV of Scotland
• Gerard Houckgeest (c. 1600–1661), Dutch architectural and church interior painter
• Gerard de Lairesse (1641–1711), Dutch painter and art theorist
• Gerard Moerdijk (1890–1958), South African architect
• Gerard Thomas Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch furniture designer and architect
• Gerard Seghers (1591–1651), Flemish painter, art collector, and art dealer
• Gerard van Spaendonck (1746–1822), Dutch floral painter

Writing edit

• Gerard F. Conway (born 1952), American writer of comic books and television shows
• Gerard Malanga (born 1943), American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), British poet
• Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), nom-de-plume of French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie
• Gerard Reve (1923–2006), Dutch writer
• Gerard Walschap (1898–1989), Belgian writer

Business edit

• Gerard Adriaan Heineken (1841–1893), Dutch founder of Heineken beer
• Gerard Kleisterlee (born 1946), Dutch business executive, CEO of Philips
• Gerard Philips (1858–1942), Dutch co–founder of "Philips"
• Gerard Reynst (1560s–1615), Dutch merchant and Governor–General of the Dutch East Indies

Crime edit

• Gerard Conlon (1954–2014), wrongfully imprisoned Northern Irishman, subject of "In the Name of the Father,"
• Gerard John Schaefer (1946–1995), American serial killer
• Gerard Mahon, part of a married Irish couple who with wife was murdered in Twinbrook, Belfast

Medieval rulers edit

• Gerard I of Paris (died 779), count of Paris
• Gerard, Count of Auvergne (died 841), son of Pepin I
• Gerhard I of Metz (c. 875–910), count of Metz
• Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (c. 1030–1070), Lotharingian nobleman
• Gerard Grenier (died c. 1170), Lord of Sidon, Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Gerard I, Count of Guelders (c. 1060–1120)
• Gerard II, Count of Guelders (died 1131)
• Gerard, Count of Loon (died 1191)
• Gerard, Count of Rieneck (died 1216), son of Gerard, Count of Loon
• Gerard III, Count of Guelders (1185–1229)
• Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (died 1340)

Military edit

• Gerard Bucknall (1894–1980), British army general
• Gerard Pietersz Hulft (1621–1656), Dutch general
• Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake (1744–1808), British general
• Gerard de Ridefort (died 1189), Flemish Grand Master of the Knights Templar

Politics edit

• Gerard Adams (born 1948), Irish politician, leader of the Sinn Feín party
• Gerard Batliner (1928–2008), Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
• Gerard Batten (born 1954), English UKIP politician
• Gerard Anthony Brownlee (born 1956), New Zealand government minister
• Gerard Collier, 5th Baron Monkswell (1947–2020), British politician
• Gerard Cooreman (1852–1926), Belgian Prime Minister
• Gerard Wijeyekoon (1878–1952), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician, first President of the Senate of Ceylon

Religion edit

• Gerard, Abbot of Brogne (c. 895–959), Belgian abbot and saint
• Gerard of Toul (935–994), German bishop and saint
• Gerard of Csanád (died 1046), Hungarian bishop and saint, a.k.a. Gerard Sagredo
• Gerard of Florennes (c. 975–1051), Bishop of Cambrai
• Gerard of Burgundy (died 1061), known as Pope Nicholas II
• Gerard (archbishop of York) (died 1108), English archbishop
• Blessed Gerard (c. 1040–1120), Benedictine founder of the Knights Hospitaller
• Gerard Segarelli (c. 1240–1309), Italian founder of the Apostolic Brethern
• Gérard de Dainville (died 1378), Bishop of Cambrai
• Gerard Groote (1340–1384), Dutch founder of the Brethren of the Common Life
• Gerard van Groesbeeck (1517–1580), Flemish bishop and cardinal
• Gerard Majella (1726–1755), Italian lay brother and saint
• Gerard de Korte (born 1955), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop

Sports edit

• Gerard Cieślik (1927–2013), Polish football striker
• Gerard Deulofeu (born 1994), Spanish football forward
• Gerard Kemkers (born 1967), Dutch speed skater and skating coach
• Gerard Friedrich Knetemann (1951–2004), Dutch racing cyclist
• Gerard López (born 1979), Spanish football midfielder
• Gerard Moreno (born 1992), Spanish football striker
• Gerard Nijboer (born 1955), Dutch long–distance runner
• Gerard Piqué (born 1987), Spanish football defender
• Gerard Plessers (born 1959), Belgian football defender
• Gerard de Rooy (born 1980), Dutch truck racer
• Gerard van Velde (born 1971), Dutch speed skater and skating coach

• Alexander Gerard (1728–1795), Scottish church minister and academic
• Alexander Gerard (explorer) (1792–1839), Scottish army officer and Himalayan explorer
• A. E. Gerard (1877–1950), Alfred Edward Gerard, founder of several South Australian electrical businesses
• Alphonso Gerard (1916–2002), Negro league baseball player
• Darren Gerard (born 1984), English cricketer
• Dorothea Gerard (1855–1915), Scottish novelist
• Eddie Gerard (1890–1937), Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach
• Emily Gerard (1849–1905), Scottish author
• Étienne Maurice Gérard (1773–1852), French general and politician
• Geoff Gerard (born 1955), Australian rugby league player
• Geoff Gerard (politician) (1904–1997), New Zealand politician
• Gil Gerard (born 1943), American actor
• Sir Gilbert Gerard, 1st Baronet of Harrow on the Hill (1587–1670), English politician
• Gilbert Gerard (judge) (died 1593), English lawyer and judge
• Gilbert Gerard (theological writer) (1760–1815), Scottish writer
• Jack N. Gerard (born 1957), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Jacques Gérard, French World War I flying ace
• James W. Gerard (1867–1951), American lawyer and diplomat
• Jim Gerard (born 1936), New Zealand politician
• John Gerard (1545–1612), English botanist
• John Gerard (Jesuit) (died 1637)
• Leo Gerard (born 1947), Canadian labour union leader
• Ralph W. Gerard (1900–1974), American neurophysiologist
• Red Gerard (born 2000), American snowboarder
• Richard Gerard of Hilderstone (1635–1680), English landowner
• Robert Gerard (born 1944) South Australian electrical merchant and manufacturer
• Sumner Gerard (1916–2005), American businessman, Montana politician, and US Ambassador to Jamaica

• Prince Gerard Himerce, the main hero of Gaiapolis
• Brigadier Gerard in the novel Uncle Bernac and the short story anthologies The Adventures of Gerard and "The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard, by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Joe Gerard, husband of the title character in the 1970s television series Rhoda
• Philip Gerard, pursuer of the title character in the television series The Fugitive
• Samuel Gerard, in the films The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals
• Gerard DuGalle, in the video game StarCraft: Brood War
• Gerard Duval, in the 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
• Gérard, in the Chronicles of Amber novel series by Roger Zelazny
• Gerard Argent, a werewolf hunter and antagonist in MTV's cult television show Teen Wolf.
• Marcel Gerard, a vampire and ruler of the New Orleans supernatural community in The CW network's television series The Originals.
• Gerard Valkyrie is a Quincy and a member of the Wandenreich's Sternritter with the designation "M" - The Miracle from the Bleach manga

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