Gaston

For other uses, see Gaston (disambiguation).

Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to:

Gaston

Pronunciation	English: /ˈɡæstən/
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	French
Other names
Related names	Gastão

People

First name

• Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
• Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
• Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
• Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472)
• Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980)
• Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012)
• Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045)
• Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131)
• Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170)
• Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214)
• Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290)
• Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470)
• Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743)
• Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman
• Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher
• Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator
• Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister
• Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician
• Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer
• Gaston Cornereau (1888–1944), French fencer
• Gaston Couté (1880–1911), French poet and singer
• Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander
• Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (1448–1500), French nobleman
• Gastón de Peralta (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman
• Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), French politician
• Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President
• Gastón Etlis (born 1974), Argentine tennis player
• Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister
• Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President
• Gaston Gallimard (1881–1975), French publisher
• Gaston Gambor (1948-2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician
• Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), Argentine tennis player
• Gaston Glock (1929–2023), Austrian engineer
• Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer
• Gaston Julia (1893–1978), French mathematician
• Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French writer
• Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991), French politician
• Gaston Michel (1856–1921), French actor
• Gaston Nguérékata (born 1953), Central African mathematician
• Gaston Palewski (1901–1984), French politician
• Gaston Paris (1839–1903), French writer
• Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer
• Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985), French alpinist
• Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer
• Gastón Solnicki (born 1978), Argentine film director
• Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister
• Gaston Tong Sang (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President

Surname

• A. G. Gaston (1892–1996), American businessman
• Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer
• Cito Gaston (born 1944), American baseball player and manager
• Donald Gaston (1934-2013), American professional wrestler
• Fannie Gaston-Johansson (1938–2023), American professor of nursing
• Hugo Gaston (born 2000), French tennis player
• Iñaki Gastón (born 1963), Spanish cyclist
• Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice
• Joe Gaston (1926–2018), British politician
• Joseph P. Gaston (1833–1913), American railroad executive
• Justin Gaston (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor
• Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor
• Mack C. Gaston (born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History
• Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician
• Michael Gaston (born 1962), American actor
• Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist
• Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician
• William Gaston (1778–1844), American politician and jurist
• William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician
• William H. Gaston (1840–1927), American landowner
• Yves Gaston (1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman

Fictional

• Gaston Lagaffe, fictional character in the Gaston comics by André Franquin
• Gaston, fictional character in Colette's 1944 novella Gigi
• Gaston, the main antagonist in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast and its 2017 remake
• Gaston the Ladybird, a fictional character in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
• Gaston, one of the main characters from the Alphonse and Gaston comic strip
• Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing

See also

• Gaston (disambiguation)