Gerhardt
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Gerhardt is a masculine name of German
origin. It can refer to any of the following:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
origin. It can refer to any of the following:
As a first name
- Gerhardt, a Dutch musician
- Gerhardt BoldtGerhardt BoldtGerhard Boldt was an officer in the German Army who wrote about his experiences during World War II.-World War II:...
, German soldier and writer - Gerhardt LavesGerhardt LavesGerhardt Laves was a graduate student at the University of Chicago and Yale University who spent the years 1929 - 1931 doing fieldwork on Australian Aboriginal languages....
, American linguist - Gerhardt Friedrich MüllerGerhardt Friedrich MüllerGerhard Friedrich Müller was a historian and pioneer ethnologist.-Biography:He was educated at Leipzig.In 1725, he was invited to St. Petersburg to co-found the Imperial Academy of Sciences...
, German historian and ethnologist - Gerhardt NeefGerhardt NeefGerhard "Gerry" Neef, often known as Gerhardt Neef was a German professional football player. -Club career:...
, German footballer
As a surname
- Alban GerhardtAlban GerhardtAlban Gerhardt is a German cellist. He has performed as a soloist with many internationally known orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.-Early life:...
(born 1969), German cellist - Carl Jakob Adolf Christian GerhardtCarl Jakob Adolf Christian GerhardtCarl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt ; was a German internist born in Speyer....
(1833—1902), German internist - Charles GerhardtCharles Gerhardt (conductor)Charles Allan Gerhardt was a conductor, record producer, and arranger.-Early years:Gerhardt grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he studied the piano at age five and composition at age nine...
(1927—1999), U.S. conductor - Charles Frédéric GerhardtCharles Frédéric GerhardtCharles Frédéric Gerhardt was a French chemist.-Biography:He was born in Strasbourg, where he attended the gymnasium. He then studied at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where Friedrich Walchner's lectures first attracted his interest to chemistry...
(1816—1856), French chemist - Charles H. GerhardtCharles H. GerhardtMajor General Charles Hunter Gerhardt commanded the U.S. 29th Infantry Division from 1943 until the end of World War II and during part of the occupation of Germany...
(1895—1976), U.S. general - Dieter GerhardtDieter GerhardtDieter Felix Gerhardt was a Commodore in the South African Navy and commander of the Simon's Town naval dockyard. In 1982, he was arrested and convicted as a Soviet spy together with his second wife, Ruth.-Cold War:...
, Commodore in the South African Navy and Soviet spy - Elena GerhardtElena GerhardtElena Gerhardt was a German mezzo-soprano singer associated with the singing of German classical lieder, of which she was considered one of the great interpreters...
(1883—1961), German singer - Hans-Jürgen GerhardtHans-Jürgen GerhardtHans-Jürgen Gerhardt is an East German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
(born 1954), East German bobsledder - Ida GerhardtIda GerhardtIda Gerhardt was a classicist and Dutch poet of a post-symbolist tradition.-Life:In her hometown Rotterdam Ida Gerhardt attended the Erasmus Gymnasium, where the poet J.H. Leopold was her Classics Teacher. He made an indelible impression on her. There she also met her future life partner Marie H....
(1905—1997), Dutch poet - Jason Gerhardt, U.S. actor
- Jeff GerhardtJeff GerhardtJeff Gerhardt is an American teacher, inventor, and entrepreneur. His work includes the development of a CAD system, one of the first PC-based point-of-purchase systems, the Tandy Color Computer, and the award-winning “KidCam” Internet Video Security System....
, U.S. teacher, inventor, and entrepreneur - Joe GerhardtJoe GerhardtJohn Joseph "Joe" Gerhardt , also known as "Move Up Joe", was an American Major League Baseball player from Washington, D.C. who played mainly as a second baseman over a 15 season career that spanned from 1873 to 1891...
(1855—1922), 19th century Major League Baseball player - Nyema GerhardtNyema GerhardtPatrick Nyema Gerhardt is a Liberian international football defender playing with FK Željezničar Sarajevo in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina.Born in Switzerland, Gerhardt also holds Swiss citizenship.- Career :...
(born 1985), Swiss footballer - Paul GerhardtPaul GerhardtPaul Gerhardt was a German hymn writer.-Biography:Gerhardt was born into a middle-class family at Gräfenhainichen, a small town between Halle and Wittenberg. At the age of fifteen, he entered the Fürstenschule in Grimma. The school was known for its pious atmosphere and stern discipline...
(1607—1676), German hymn writer - Robert GerhardtRobert GerhardtRobert Buchanan Gerhardt was an American rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the bronze medal as member of the American boat in the coxed fours event.-External links:*...
(1903—1989), U.S. rower - Sue GerhardtSue GerhardtSue Gerhardt is a British psychoanalytic psychotherapist and the author of Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain.The book presents evidence that babies' brains develop differently in the first few months of life depending on the amount and type of care they receive in that time...
, British psychoanalytic psychotherapist - Tom GerhardtTom GerhardtTom Gerhardt is a German actor and comedian.- Life :Gerhardt studied German studies and philosophy. After his university studies Gerhardt worked for German newspaper Express in Cologne. Since 1990s he worked as actor in different films...
], German actor and comedian - Wolfgang GerhardtWolfgang GerhardtWolfgang Gerhardt is a German politician and was the leader of the FDP from 1995 until he was succeeded by Guido Westerwelle in 2001. He is married and has two children.-References:...
(born 1943), German politician
Fictional characters
- Jennie GerhardtJennie GerhardtJennie Gerhardt is a 1911 novel by Theodore Dreiser.-Plot summary:Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets Senator George Brander, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family and declares his wish to marry her...
, the eponymous heroine of the 1911 novel by Theodore DreiserTheodore DreiserTheodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of... - Mack GerhardtMack GerhardtMaster Sergeant MacDonald James "Mack" Gerhardt is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. He is portrayed by Max Martini.- Character Overview :...
- Tiffy GerhardtTiffy GerhardtTiffy Gerhardt is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Unit. She is portrayed by American actress Abby Brammell.She is the wife of Mack Gerhardt, and she and her husband have two daughters....