Academics •
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 Luttikhuizen (born 1940), Dutch scholar of religion and early Christianity •
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 Music •
Gerardo Emanuel Flores (born 1981), singer-songwriter and producer •
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 •
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 Depardieu (born 1948), French actor, filmmaker, and vineyard owner •
Gerard Kennedy (actor) (1932–2025), Australian actor •
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 •
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 •
Gerard F. Conway (born 1952), American writer of comic books and television shows •
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), British poet •
Gerard Malanga (born 1943), American poet, photographer, filmmaker, curator and archivist •
Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855), nom-de-plume of French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie •
Gerard Reve (1923–2006), Dutch writer •
Gerard Soeteman (1936–2025), Dutch screenwriter and comics writer •
Gerard Walschap (1898–1989), Belgian writer
Business •
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 •
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 •
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 •
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 •
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 MacBryan (1902–1953), British civil servant and private secretary •
Gerard Wijeyekoon (1878–1952), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician, first President of the
Senate of Ceylon Religion •
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 Brethren •
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 •
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 ==Last name==