# Gerhard

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'''Gerhard''' is [a name of Germanic origin](/source/Gerard) and may refer to:

==Given name==
* [Gerhard (bishop of Passau)](/source/Gerhard_(bishop_of_Passau)) (fl. 932–946), German prelate
* [Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg](/source/Gerhard_III%2C_Count_of_Holstein-Rendsburg) (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark
* [Gerhard Allroggen](/source/Gerhard_Allroggen) (1936–2025), German musicologist
* [Gerhard Barkhorn](/source/Gerhard_Barkhorn) (1919–1983), German World War II flying ace
* [Gerhard Berger](/source/Gerhard_Berger) (born 1959), Austrian racing driver
* [Gerhard Boldt](/source/Gerhard_Boldt) (1918–1981), German soldier and writer
* [Gerhard de Beer](/source/Gerhard_de_Beer) (born 1994), South African football player
* [Gerhard Diephuis](/source/Gerhard_Diephuis) (1817–1892), Dutch jurist
* [Gerhard Domagk](/source/Gerhard_Domagk) (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist and Nobel Laureate
* [Gerhard Dorn](/source/Gerhard_Dorn) (c.1530–1584), Flemish philosopher, translator, alchemist, physician and bibliophile
* [Gerhard Ertl](/source/Gerhard_Ertl) (born 1936), German physicist and Nobel Laureate
* [Gerhard Fieseler](/source/Gerhard_Fieseler) (1896–1987), German World War I flying ace
* [Gerhard Flesch](/source/Gerhard_Flesch) (1909–1948), German Nazi Gestapo and SS officer executed for war crimes
* [Gerhard Gentzen](/source/Gerhard_Gentzen) (1909–1945), German mathematician and logician
* [Gerhard Armauer Hansen](/source/Gerhard_Armauer_Hansen) (1841–1912), Norwegian physician who found the cause of leprosy
* [Gerhard Herzberg](/source/Gerhard_Herzberg) (1904–1999), German-Canadian physicist and chemist and Nobel Laureate
* [Gerhard Hochschild](/source/Gerhard_Hochschild) (1915–2010), German-American mathematician
* [Gerhard Klimeck](/source/Gerhard_Klimeck) (born 1966), German-American scientist
* [Gerhard Kretschmar](/source/Gerhard_Kretschmar) (1939–1939), German child authorized for euthanasia by Adolf Hitler
* [Gerhard Lang](/source/Gerhard_Lang) (1924–2016), German botanist
* [Gerhard Lenski](/source/Gerhard_Lenski) (1924–2015), American sociologist of German descent
* [Gerhard Mayer](/source/Gerhard_Mayer) (born 1980), Austrian discus thrower
* [Gerhard A. Meinl](/source/Gerhard_A._Meinl) (1957–2026), German instrument maker and politician
* [Gerhard Mitter](/source/Gerhard_Mitter) (1935–1969), German racing driver
* [Gerd Müller](/source/Gerd_M%C3%BCller) (1945–2021), German football striker
* [Gerhard Friedrich Müller](/source/Gerhard_Friedrich_M%C3%BCller) (1705–1783), German historian and ethnologist
* [Gerhard Ludwig Müller](/source/Gerhard_Ludwig_M%C3%BCller) (born 1947), German cardinal
* [Gerhard Munthe](/source/Gerhard_Munthe) (1849–1929), Norwegian painter and illustrator
* [Gerhard Neumann](/source/Gerhard_Neumann) (1917–1997), aircraft engine designer and executive
* [Gerhard Noodt](/source/Gerhard_Noodt) (1647–1725), Dutch jurist
* [Gerhard Jan Palthe](/source/Gerhard_Jan_Palthe) (1681–1767), Dutch painter and portraitist
* [Gerhard Potma](/source/Gerhard_Potma) (1967–2006), Dutch competitive sailor
* [Gerhard Präsent](/source/Gerhard_Pr%C3%A4sent) (born 1957), Austrian composer
* [Gerhard Richter](/source/Gerhard_Richter) (born 1932), German expressionist painter
* [Gerhard Ritter](/source/Gerhard_Ritter) (1888–1967), German nationalist-conservative historian
* [Gerhard Rohlfs](/source/Gerhard_Rohlfs) (1892–1986), German linguist
* [Gerhard von Scharnhorst](/source/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst) (1755–1813), German general
* [Gerhard Schmidhuber](/source/Gerhard_Schmidhuber) (1894–1945), German general during World War II
* [Gerhard Schröder](/source/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der) (born 1944), German SDP politician, former Chancellor of Germany
* [Gerhard Schröder (CDU)](/source/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der_(CDU)) (1910–1989), German CDU politician, Foreign Minister and Minister of Defence
* [Gerhard Schwedes](/source/Gerhard_Schwedes) (born 1938), American football player
* [Gerhard von Schwerin](/source/Gerhard_von_Schwerin) (1899–1980), German general during World War II
* [Gerhard Sommer](/source/Gerhard_Sommer) (1921–2019), German soldier during World War II accused of war crimes
* [Gerhard Sommer (pilot)](/source/Gerhard_Sommer_(pilot)) (1919–1944), German World War II flying ace
* [Gerhard Strindlund](/source/Gerhard_Strindlund) (1890–1957), Swedish politician
* [Gerhard Struber](/source/Gerhard_Struber) (born 1977), Austrian association football manager
* [Gerhard Tausche](/source/Gerhard_Tausche) (born 1957), German archivist and author
* [Gerhard Trabert](/source/Gerhard_Trabert) (born 1956), German public figure
* [Gerhard Wack](/source/Gerhard_Wack) (born 1945), German politician
* [Gerhard Wolf](/source/Gerhard_Wolf) (1896–1971), German diplomat who saved many Jews from the World War II Holocaust
* [Gerhard Zandberg](/source/Gerhard_Zandberg) (born 1983), South African swimmer

==Surname==
* [Friedrich Gerhard](/source/Friedrich_Gerhard) (1884–1950), German equestrian and Olympic champion
* [Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Eduard_Gerhard) (1795–1867), German archaeologist
* [Hubert Gerhard](/source/Hubert_Gerhard) (c. 1540/1550–1620), Dutch sculptor
* [Johann Gerhard](/source/Johann_Gerhard) (1582–1637), German religious leader and theologian
* [Karl Gerhard](/source/Karl_Gerhard) (1891–1964), Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor
* [Keegan Gerhard](/source/Keegan_Gerhard) (born 1960), German pastry chef
* Mark Gerhard, CEO of [Jagex](/source/Jagex) from 2009 to 2015
* [Peter Gerhard](/source/Peter_Gerhard) (1920–2006), American historical geographer
* [Roberto Gerhard](/source/Roberto_Gerhard) (1896–1970), Spanish Catalan composer, musical scholar and writer
* [Till Gerhard](/source/Till_Gerhard) (born 1971), German painter

==Pseudonym or professional name==
* Wolfgang Gerhard, post-World War II alias of German war criminal [Josef Mengele](/source/Josef_Mengele) (1911–1979)
* [Gerhard (cartoonist)](/source/Gerhard_(cartoonist)) (born 1959), Canadian illustrator and comics artist

== See also ==
* [Gerard](/source/Gerard)
* [Gérard](/source/G%C3%A9rard)
* [Gerhardt](/source/Gerhardt)
* [Gerhart](/source/Gerhart)

{{given name|type=both}}
Category:German masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Dutch masculine given names
Category:Norwegian masculine given names

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