Gerhart Explained

Gerhart is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

As a given name

• Gerhart Baum (born 1932), German politician and former Federal Minister of the Interior
• Gerhart Eisler (1897–1968), German communist politician
• Gerhart Friedlander (1916–2009), nuclear chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project
• Gerhart Hauptmann (1882–1946), German dramatist and Nobel Prize winner
• Gerhart Jander (1892–1961), German inorganic chemist
• Gerhart Lüders (1920–1995), German theoretical physicist
• Gerhart M. Riegner (1911–2001), sender of the Riegner Telegram (the first official communication of the planned Holocaust) and secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress
• Gerhart Schirmer (1913–2004), highly decorated German soldier of World War II

As a surname

• Bobby Gerhart (born 1958), U.S. racecar driver
• Edgar Gerhart (1923–1992), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
• Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817–1904), U.S. minister of the German Reformed Church
• John K. Gerhart (1907–1981), U.S. Air Force general
• Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), U.S. erotic photographer
• Garth Gerhart (born 1988), U.S. football player
• Toby Gerhart (born 1987), U.S. baseball and football player
• Todd Gerhart (born 1962), U.S. football player

See also

• Gerhard
• Gerhardt
• Gérard