Leadership

• Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (born 1755, died 1813)

  Prussian general.

  • Killed at the Battle of Lutzen (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)

Miscellaneous

• Gerhard Herzberg (born 1904)

  German-born Canadian chemist known for his studies of free radicals (atoms with an odd number of electrons).

  • A member of the National Research Council, Ottawa (see list of Famous Canadians)

Science and Philosophy

• Gerhard Domagk (born 1895, died 1964)

  German bacteriologist who discovered Prontisil, the first sulfonamide drug.

  • 1939 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine; declined the award in accordance with instructions from the German government (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Gerhard Herzberg (born 1904)

  German-born Canadian chemist known for his studies of free radicals (atoms with an odd number of electrons).

  • 1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Gerhard Neumann
  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)

Sports

• Gerhard Stöck

  German athlete.

  • 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Javelin (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)