Gerda

Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator
• Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist
• Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedish writer

• Gerda Becker, Dutch table tennis player
• Gerda Bengtsson (1900–1995), Danish textile artist
• Gerda Blees (born 1985), Dutch writer
• Gerda Blumenthal (1923–2004), German-American literary scholar
• Gerda Boyesen (1922–2005), Norwegian psychotherapist
• Gerda Bredgaard (1908–1996), Danish swimmer
• Gerda Bryłka (born 1941), Polish gymnast
• Gerda Bülow, (1904–1990), Danish violinist

• Gerda Charles, pseudonym of the British novelist Edna Lipson (1915–1996)
• Gerda Christian (1913–1997), German private secretary of Adolf Hitler
• Gerda Christophersen (1870–1947), Danish actress
• Gerda Claeskens (fl. 2000s), Belgian statistician

• Gerda Daumerlang (1920–2006), German diver
• Gerda Dendooven (born 1962), Belgian illustrator

• Gerda Fiil (1927–1994), Danish resistance fighter
• Gerda Frömel (1931–1975), Czechoslovak-born Austrian sculptor

• Gerda Gantz (born 1915, date of death unknown), Romanian fencer
• Gerda Gattel (1908–1993), American comic book author
• Gerda Geertens (born 1955), Dutch composer
• Gerda Gilboe (1914–2009), Danish actress and singer
• Gerda Grepp (1907–1940), Norwegian writer and socialist

• Gerda Hasselfeldt (born 1950), Bavarian politician
• Gerda Hellberg (1870–1937), Swedish women's rights activist
• Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer
• Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021), German composer and poet
• Gerda Hnatyshyn (born 1935), Canadian viceregal consort
• Gerda Hofstätter (born 1971), Austrian billiards player
• Gerda Höglund (1878–1973), Swedish painter
• Gerda Höjer (1893–1974), Swedish nurse, recipient of the Florence Nightingale Medal and President of the International Council of Nurses
• Gerda Holmes (1891–1943), Danish actress

• Gerda Johansson (1891–1965), Swedish diver
• Gerda Johner (born 1944), Swiss figure skater
• Gerda-Maria Jürgens (1917–1998), German actress

• Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923–2015), Dutch sprinter and hurdler
• Gerda Karstens (1903–1988), Danish ballet dancer
• Gerda Kieninger (1951–2020), German politician
• Gerda Kordemets (born 1960), Estonian theatre and film director, screenwriter, theatre critic, and journalist
• Gerda Kraan (born 1933), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Gerda Krüger-Nieland (1910–2000), German lawyer and senate president
• Gerda Krūmiņa (born 1984), Latvian biathlete
• Gerda Kupferschmied (born 1942), German athlete

• Gerda Lammers (1915–1993), German soprano
• Gerda Laski (1893–1928), Austrian/German physicist
• Gerda Lassooij (born 1952), Dutch swimmer
• Gerda Lerner (1920–2013), Austrian-born American historian and author
• Gerda Lundequist (1871–1959), Swedish stage actress

• Gerda Madsen (1902–1986), Danish film actress
• Gerda Marcus (1880–1952), Swedish journalist and philanthropist
• Gerda Martín (born 1927), Chilean athlete (javelin)
• Gerda Maurus (1903–1968), Austrian actress
• Gerda Mayer (1927–2021), Czechoslovak-born English poet
• Gerda Müller (1894–1951), German actress
• Gerda Munsinger (1929–1998), East German prostitute and alleged Soviet spy

• Gerda Nettesheim (1947–2011), German sound artist
• Gerda Neumann (1915–1947), Danish film actress
• Gerda Nicolson (1937–1992), Australian actress

• Gerda Olsen (born 1932), Danish swimmer

• Gerda Palm (1871–1949), Swedish painter
• Gerda Pak (born 1993), Estonian swimmer
• Gerda Paumgarten (1907–2000), Austrian alpine skier
• Gerda Planting-Gyllenbåga (1878–1950), Swedish suffragist and social welfare expert

• Gerda Ranz (born 1944), German runner
• Gerda Rieser-Cegnar (fl. 1960s), Austrian luger
• Gerda Ring (1891–1999), Norwegian-born stage actress and producer
• Gerda Roosval-Kallstenius (1864–1939), Swedish painter
• Gerda Roux (born 1973), South African archer
• Gerda Rubinstein (1931–2022), Dutch composer

• Gerda Schriever (1928–2014), German contalto
• Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (1920–2021), German painter
• Gerda Sierens (born 1961), Belgian racing cyclist
• Gerda Sprinchorn (1871–1951), Swedish sculptor and ceramist
• Gerda Staniek (1925–1985), Austrian athlete (javelin)
• Gerda Steinhoff (1922–1946), Polish Nazi SS concentration camp overseer, hung for war crimes
• Gerda Stevenson (born 1956), Scottish actress, director and writer
• Gerda Steyn (born 1990), South African marathon athlete

• Gerda Taro (1910–1937), German war photographer
• Gerda Maria Terno (1909–1995), German actress
• Gerda Tirén (1858–1928), Swedish artist

• Gerda Uhlemann (born 1945), German athlete

• Gerda Verburg (born 1957), Dutch diplomat, politician and trade union leader
• Gerda Voitechovskaja (born 1991), Lithuanian badminton player
• Gerda de Vries (fl. 2000s), Canadian mathematician

• Gerda Wallander (1860–1926), Swedish painter
• Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter
• Gerda Weissensteiner (born 1969), Italian luger and bobsleigh pilot
• Gerda Weissmann Klein (1924–2022), Polish-born American writer and human rights activist
• Gerda Weltz (born 1951), Danish darts player
• Gerda Wrede (1896–1967), Finnish actor and speech therapist

• Gerda von Zobeltitz (1891–1963), early German transgender woman and dressmaker

• Gerda, a character of Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen and its adaptations
• Gerda, a character on the children's television show Sesamstraat
• Gerda Christow, a character in Agatha Christie's novel The Hollow
• Gerta Gustav, a character on the children's TV series Hilda

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