Gerhart is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
As a given name
edit- Gerhart Baum (born 1932), German politician and former Federal Minister of the Interior
- Gerhart Eisler (1897–1968), German communist politician
- Gerhart Friedlander (1916–2009), nuclear chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1882–1946), German dramatist and Nobel Prize winner
- Gerhart Jander (1892–1961), German inorganic chemist
- Gerhart Lüders (1920–1995), German theoretical physicist
- Gerhart M. Riegner (1911–2001), sender of the Riegner Telegram (the first official communication of the planned Holocaust) and secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress
- Gerhart Schirmer (1913–2004), highly decorated German soldier of World War II
As a surname
edit- Bobby Gerhart (born 1958), U.S. racecar driver
- Edgar Gerhart (1923–1992), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
- Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817–1904), U.S. minister of the German Reformed Church
- John K. Gerhart (1907–1981), U.S. Air Force general
- Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), U.S. erotic photographer
- Garth Gerhart (born 1988), U.S. football player
- Toby Gerhart (born 1987), U.S. baseball and football player
- Todd Gerhart (born 1962), U.S. football player