# Gaston

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For other uses, see [Gaston (disambiguation)](/source/Gaston_(disambiguation)).

**Gaston** is a masculine [given name](/source/Given_name) of French origin and a [surname](/source/Surname). The name "Gaston" may refer to:

## People

### First name

- [Gaston I, Count of Foix](/source/Gaston_I,_Count_of_Foix) (1287–1315)
- [Gaston II, Count of Foix](/source/Gaston_II,_Count_of_Foix) (1308–1343)
- [Gaston III, Count of Foix](/source/Gaston_III,_Count_of_Foix) (1331–1391)
- [Gaston IV, Count of Foix](/source/Gaston_IV,_Count_of_Foix) (1422–1472)
- [Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_I,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (died circa 980)
- [Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_II,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (circa 951 – 1012)
- [Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_III,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (died on or before 1045)
- [Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_IV,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (died 1131)
- [Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_V,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (died 1170)
- [Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_VI,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (1173–1214)
- [Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn](/source/Gaston_VII,_Viscount_of_B%C3%A9arn) (1225–1290)
- [Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana](/source/Gaston_of_Foix,_Prince_of_Viana) (1444–1470)
- [Gaston, Count of Marsan](/source/Gaston,_Count_of_Marsan) (1721–1743)
- [Gaston, Duke of Orléans](/source/Gaston,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans) (1608–1660), French nobleman
- [Gastón Acurio](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Acurio) (born 1967), Peruvian chef
- [Gaston Bachelard](/source/Gaston_Bachelard) (1884–1962), French philosopher
- [Gaston Balande](/source/Gaston_Balande) (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator
- [Gaston Borch](/source/Gaston_Borch) (1871–1926), French composer, arranger, conductor, cellist, and author
- [Gaston Browne](/source/Gaston_Browne) (born 1967), Antiguian politician and Prime Minister
- [Gaston Bussière](/source/Gaston_Bussi%C3%A8re) (1862–1928 or 1929), French painter and illustrator
- [Gaston Caperton](/source/Gaston_Caperton) (born 1940), American politician
- [Gaston Chevrolet](/source/Gaston_Chevrolet) (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer
- [Gaston Cornereau](/source/Gaston_Cornereau) (1888–1944), French fencer
- [Gaston Couté](/source/Gaston_Cout%C3%A9) (1880–1911), French poet and singer
- [Gaston d'Orléans](/source/Prince_Gaston,_Count_of_Eu) (1842–1922), French prince and military commander
- [Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale](/source/Gaston_de_Foix,_Count_of_Candale) (1448–1500), French nobleman
- [Gastón de Peralta](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_de_Peralta) (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman
- [Gaston Defferre](/source/Gaston_Defferre) (1910–1986), French politician
- [Gaston Doumergue](/source/Gaston_Doumergue) (1863–1937), French politician and President
- [Gaston Alonzo Edwards](/source/Gaston_Alonzo_Edwards) (1875–1943), American architect, educator
- [Gastón Etlis](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Etlis) (born 1974), Argentine tennis player
- [Gaston Eyskens](/source/Gaston_Eyskens) (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister
- [Gaston Flosse](/source/Gaston_Flosse) (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President
- [Gaston Gallimard](/source/Gaston_Gallimard) (1881–1975), French publisher
- [Gaston Gambor](/source/Gaston_Gambor) (1948–2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician
- [Gastón Gaudio](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Gaudio) (born 1978), Argentine tennis player
- [Gaston Glock](/source/Gaston_Glock) (1929–2023), Austrian engineer
- [Gaston Gradis](/source/Gaston_Gradis) (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer
- [Gaston Julia](/source/Gaston_Julia) (1893–1978), French mathematician
- [Gaston Leroux](/source/Gaston_Leroux) (1868–1927), French writer
- [Gaston Monnerville](/source/Gaston_Monnerville) (1897–1991), French politician
- [Gaston Moore](/source/Gaston_Moore) (born 1945), Canadian politician
- [Gaston Moore (American football)](/source/Gaston_Moore_(American_football)) (born 2002), American football player
- [Gaston Michel](/source/Gaston_Michel) (1856–1921), French actor
- [Gaston Nguérékata](/source/Gaston_Ngu%C3%A9r%C3%A9kata) (born 1953), Central African mathematician
- [Gaston Palewski](/source/Gaston_Palewski) (1901–1984), French politician
- [Gaston Paris](/source/Gaston_Paris) (1839–1903), French writer
- [Gastón Ramírez](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Ram%C3%ADrez) (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer
- [Gaston Rébuffat](/source/Gaston_R%C3%A9buffat) (1921–1985), French alpinist
- [Gaston Salmon](/source/Gaston_Salmon) (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer
- [Gastón Solnicki](/source/Gast%C3%B3n_Solnicki) (born 1978), Argentine film director
- [Gaston Tarry](/source/Gaston_Tarry) (1843–1913), French mathematician
- [Gaston Thorn](/source/Gaston_Thorn) (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister
- [Gaston Tong Sang](/source/Gaston_Tong_Sang) (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President

### Surname

- [A. G. Gaston](/source/A._G._Gaston) (1892–1996), American businessman
- [Bill Gaston](/source/Bill_Gaston) (born 1953), Canadian writer
- [Cito Gaston](/source/Cito_Gaston) (born 1944), American baseball player and manager
- [Donald Gaston](/source/Don_Carson_(wrestler)) (1934–2013), American professional wrestler
- [Fannie Gaston-Johansson](/source/Fannie_Gaston-Johansson) (1938–2023), American professor of nursing
- [Hugo Gaston](/source/Hugo_Gaston) (born 2000), French tennis player
- [Iñaki Gastón](/source/I%C3%B1aki_Gast%C3%B3n) (born 1963), Spanish cyclist
- [Isis Gaston](/source/Isis_Gaston) (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice
- [Joe Gaston (politician)](/source/Joe_Gaston_(politician)) (1926–2018), British politician
- [Joseph P. Gaston](/source/Joseph_P._Gaston) (1833–1913), American railroad executive
- [Justin Gaston](/source/Justin_Gaston) (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor
- [Lloyd Gaston](/source/Lloyd_Gaston) (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor
- [Mack C. Gaston](/source/Mack_C._Gaston) (born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of the [Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History](/source/Secretary_of_the_Navy's_Advisory_Subcommittee_on_Naval_History)
- [Marilyn Gaston](/source/Marilyn_Gaston) (born 1939), American physician
- [Michael Gaston](/source/Michael_Gaston) (born 1962), American actor
- [Nicola Gaston](/source/Nicola_Gaston) (born 1980), New Zealand scientist
- [Victor Gaston](/source/Victor_Gaston) (born 1943), American politician
- [William Gaston](/source/William_Gaston) (1778–1844), American politician and jurist
- [William Gaston (Massachusetts politician)](/source/William_Gaston_(Massachusetts_politician)) (1820–1894), American politician
- [William H. Gaston](/source/William_H._Gaston) (1840–1927), American landowner
- [Yves Gaston](/source/Yves_Gaston) (1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman

### Fictional

- Gaston Lagaffe, character in the [*Gaston*](/source/Gaston_(comics)) comics by André Franquin
- Gaston, character in Colette's 1944 novella *[Gigi](/source/Gigi_(novella))*
- [Gaston](/source/Gaston_(Beauty_and_the_Beast)), the main antagonist in the 1991 film *[Beauty and the Beast](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1991_film))* and its [2017 remake](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film))
- Gaston the Ladybird, a character in [Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom](/source/Ben_%26_Holly's_Little_Kingdom)
- Gaston, one of the main characters from the *[Alphonse and Gaston](/source/Alphonse_and_Gaston)* comic strip
- Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series *[Animal Crossing](/source/Animal_Crossing)*

## See also

- [Gaston (disambiguation)](/source/Gaston_(disambiguation))

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