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, South African powerlifter and professional strongman competitor
• Gerrit Battem, 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, Dutch Esperanto author
• Gerrit Blaauw (1924–2018), 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, Dutch scientist and professor
• Gerrit Cole, American baseball pitcher
• Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp, 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, German ice hockey player
• Gerrit Ferreira, South African businessman
• Gerrit Fischer (1916–1984), Dutch footballer
• Gerrit Fokkema, Australian photographer
• Gerrit Forbes (1836–1906), American judge
• Gerrit De Geest, Belgian legal scholar
• Gerrit van Gelderen (1926–1994), Dutch-born Irish naturalist, wildlife broadcaster, film-maker, illustrator and cartoonist
• Gerrit Van Gestel, Belgian former cyclist
• Gerrit Glas, Dutch philosopher and psychiatrist
• Gerrit Glomser, 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, American actor and songwriter
• Gerrit Holdijk (1944–2015), Dutch politician
• Gerrit Holtmann, German footballer
• Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter and artist
• Gerrit van Iterson (1878–1972), Dutch botanist and professor
• Gerrit de Jager, Dutch cartoonist
• Gerrit de Jong Jr. (1892–1978), Dutch-born American art teacher, pedagogue and professor
• Gerrit P. Judd (1803–1873), American physician and missionary
• 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, 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, Dutch television producer, film producer and unit production manager
• Gerrit Nauber, German footballer
• Gerrit Niekoop, Surinamese football player
• Gerrit Noordzij (1931–2022), Dutch typographer, typeface designer, and author
• Gerrit Olivier, South African academic and diplomat
• Gerrit Oosting (1941–2012), Dutch politician
• Gerrit Opperman, 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, Dutch footballer
• Gerrit van Poelje (1884–1976), founder of Public Administration in the Netherlands
• Gerrit Pressel, 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, 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, Dutch painter
• Gerrit Schotte, 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, Spanish footballer
• Gerrit T. Thorn (1835–1900), American politician
• Gerrit Friedrich Otto Toennies (1898-1978), research biochemist
• Gerrit van Uylenburgh, Dutch painter and art-dealer
• Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944), Dutch sculptor and member of the Dutch Resistance in WWII
• Gerrit de Veer, Dutch military officer and explorer
• Gerrit Verschuur, South African-born American scientist
• Gerrit Viljoen (1926–2009), South African politician
• Gerrit Cornelisz Vlasman, 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), road racing cyclist
• Gerrit van Wees (1913–1995), Dutch cyclist
• Gerrit de Wet (1616–1674), Dutch painter
• Gerrit Zalm, Dutch politician
• Gerrit Zegelaar (1719–1794), Dutch painter