Gerrit

Gerrit is a Dutch male name meaning "brave with the spear", the Dutch and Frisian form of Gerard. People with this name include:

Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962), Dutch poet
Gerrit van Arkel (1858–1918), Dutch architect
Gerrit Badenhorst (born 1962), South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
Gerrit Battem (c. 1636 – 1684), Dutch landscape painter
Gerrit Beneker (1882–1934), American painter and illustrator
Gerrit Berckheyde (1638–1698), Dutch painter
Gerrit Berkhoff (1901–1996), Dutch chemist and university rector
Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996), Dutch theologian
Gerrit Berveling (born 1944), Dutch Esperanto author
Gerrit Blaauw (born 1924), Dutch computer engineer
Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961), Dutch pottery artist
Gerrit van Bloclant (1578–1650), Dutch Renaissance painter
Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), Dutch mathematician
Gerrit Braamcamp (1699–1771), Dutch distiller, timber merchant and art collector
Gerrit den Braber (1929–1997), Dutch songwriter and lyricist
Gerrit Broekstra (born 1941), Dutch scientist and professor
Gerrit Cole (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp (c. 1565–1644), Dutch painter and stained glass artist
Gerrit J. Diekema (1859–1930), American politician
Gerrit van Dijk (1938–2012), Dutch animator, film maker, actor and painter
Gerrit Dou (1613–1675), Dutch painter
Gerrit L. Dox (1784–1847), American politician
Gerrit Faulhaber (1912–1951), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
Gerrit Fauser (born 1989), German ice hockey player
Gerrit Ferreira (born 1948), South African businessman
Gerrit Fischer (1916–1984), Dutch footballer
Gerrit Fokkema (born 1954), Australian photographer
Gerrit Forbes (1836–1906), American judge
Gerrit De Geest (born 1960), Belgian legal scholar
Gerrit van Gelderen (1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
Gerrit Van Gestel (born 1958), Belgian former cyclist
Gerrit Glas (born 1954), Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
Gerrit Glomser (born 1975), Austrian racing cyclist
Gerrit David Gratama (1874–1965), Dutch artist, writer and museum director
Gerrit Govaars (1866–1954), Dutch teacher and Salvation Army officer
Gerrit Graham (born 1949), American actor and songwriter
Gerrit Holdijk (1944–2015), Dutch politician
Gerrit Holtmann (born 1995), German footballer
Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
Gerrit van Iterson (1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
Gerrit de Jager (born 1954), Dutch cartoonist
Gerrit de Jong Jr. (1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
Gerrit Kastein (1910–1943), Dutch communist, neurologist and WWII resistance fighter
Gerrit Hendrik Kersten (1882–1948), Dutch Christian minister and politician
Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943), Dutch gymnastics coach
Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012), Dutch poet
Gerrit Korteweg (born 1937), Dutch swimmer
Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923–2014), Dutch journalist, translator, poet and prose writer
Gerrit Krol (1934−2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
Gerrit Kruize (1923–2009), American field hockey player
Ger Lagendijk (1941–2010), Dutch footballer
Gerrit Lamberts (1776–1850), Dutch painter and museum curator
Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862), American politician
Gerrit Lekkerkerker (1922–1999), Dutch mathematician
Gerrit Lundens (1622–1683), Dutch painter
Gerrit van der Meer (born 1950), Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
Gerrit Nauber (born 1992), German footballer
Gerrit Niekoop (born 1934), Surinamese football player
Gerrit Noordzij (born 1931), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
Gerrit Olivier (born 19??), South African academic and diplomat
Gerrit Oosting (1941–2012), Dutch politician
Gerrit Opperman (born 1945), South African Army General
Gerrit Paape (1752–1803), Dutch earthenware and stoneware painter, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and civil servant
Gerrit Patist (1947–2005), Dutch sculptor and ceramist
Gerrit Pels (1893–1966), Dutch astronomer
Gerrit Plomp (born 1963), Dutch footballer
Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
Gerrit Pressel (born 1990), German footballer
Gerrit Radstaak (1914–1996), Canadian politician
Gerrit Reynst (1599–1658), Dutch merchant and art collector
Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964), Dutch architect
Gerrit Roos (1898–1969), Dutch weightlifter
Gerrit Rudolph (born 1988), South African-born Namibian cricketer
Gerrit van Santen (1591/92–1656), Dutch painter and writer
Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863), Dutch businessman and statesman
Gerrit Schipper (c. 1775 – c. 1832), Dutch painter
Gerrit Schotte (born 1974), Curaçao optician
Gerrit Schouten (1779–1839), Surinamese artist
Gerrit Schulte (1916–1992), Dutch track bicycle racer
Gerrit Smith (1797–1874), American abolitionist
Gerrit van Spaan (1654–1711), Dutch writer
Gerrit Stoeten (born 1986), Spanish footballer
Gerrit T. Thorn (1835–1900), American politician
Gerrit van Uylenburgh (c. 1625 – 1679), Dutch painter and art-dealer
Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
Gerrit de Veer (c. 1570 – after 1598), Dutch military officer and explorer
Gerrit Verschuur (born 1937), South African-born American scientist
Gerrit Viljoen (1926–2009), South African politician
Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman (before 1600–after 1624), Dutch brewer
Gerrit van Voorst (1910–1986), Dutch swimmer
Gerrit de Vries (politician) (1818–1900), Dutch jurist and politician, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Gerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born 1967), road racing cyclist
Gerrit van Wees (1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
Gerrit de Wet (1616–1674), Dutch painter
Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Dutch politician
Gerrit Zegelaar (1719–1794), Dutch painter

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