'''Gerhardus''' and its shortened form '''Hardus''' are masculine given names of Dutch-language origin.<ref name="Instituut">{{cite web |last=Instituut |first=Meertens |title=NVB : voornaam Gerhardus |website=Welkom bij het Meertens Instituut |url=https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Gerhardus |language=nl |access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> People with those names include:
* Bernardus Gerhardus Fourie (AKA Brand Fourie, 1916{{ndash}}2008), South African youth pastor * Francois Gerhardus Joubert (1827{{ndash}}1903), Boer general * Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman (born 1995), South African rugby union player * Gerhardus Liebenberg (born 1972), South African cricketer * Gerhardus Petrus Christiaan de Kock (1926{{ndash}}89), South African banker, sixth Governor of the ABSA Bank * Gerhardus Pienaar (born 1981), South African javelin thrower * Hardus Viljoen (Gerhardus C. Viljoen, born 1989), South African cricketer * Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom (1893{{ndash}}1958), Prime Minister of South Africa 1954{{ndash}}58 * Johannes Maritz (Johannes Gerhardus Maritz, born 1990), Namibian hurdler
== See also == * Gerardus Mercator (1512{{ndash}}94), Flemish cartographer * Gerard (disambiguation) * Gerhard (disambiguation) * {{intitle}} * {{intitle|Hardus}}
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