Gervais (name)

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Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/,) Gervaise, Gervase or Gervas is a name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Middle Ages

Gervase Alard (1270–1340), Admiral of the Cinque Ports Fleet and Admiral of the Western Fleet of the English Navy
Gervase of Bazoches (died 1108), crusader and Prince of Galilee
Gervase of Besançon (died 685), saint and a bishop of Besançon
Gervase of Blois (died c. 1157), Abbot of Westminster in England
Gervase of Canterbury (c. 1141–c. 1210), English chronicler
Gervais de Château-du-Loir (1007–1067), French nobleman and bishop
Gervase de Cornhill (c. 1110–c. 1183), Anglo-Norman royal official and sheriff
Gervase of Ebstorf (fl. 1234-1240), author of the Ebstorf Map created c. 1234; possibly the same man as Gervase of Tilbury
Gervase of Melkley (born c. 1185, fl. 1200–1219), French scholar and poet
Gervais, Count of Rethel (fl. 11th century), French archbishop and nobleman
Gervase of Tilbury (c. 1150–c. 1228), English chronicler

Early modern era

Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610), Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Worcester
Gervais Baudouin (c. 1645–1700), French physician
Sir Gervase Elwes, 1st Baronet (1628–1706), English Member of Parliament
Gervase Elwes, junior (c. 1657–c. 1687), English Member of Parliament, son of the 1st baronet
Gervase Holles (1607–1675), English lawyer, antiquarian and Member of Parliament
Gervais de La Rue (1751–1835), French historian
Gervase Markham (1568?–1637), English poet and writer
Gervais Parker (1695–1750), British Army officer

Late modern era

Gervais Batota (born 1982), Congolese footballer
Gervase Beckett (1866–1937), British banker and Member of Parliament
Gervaise Cooke (1911–1976), British Royal Navy officer and Naval Secretary
Gervais Djondo (born c. 1934), Togolese entrepreneur
Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), English tenor
Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse (1903–1988), Haitian painter
Gervais Gindre (born 1927), French cross country skier and Olympic competitor
Gervais Henrie (born 1972), Seychellois politician
Gervas Huxley (1894–1971), British soldier and author
Gervase Jackson-Stops (1947–1995), English architectural historian
Gervais Martel (born 1954), French businessman and football club president
Gervais Nolan (1796–1857), Canadian fur trapper
Gervase Peterson (born 1969), American contestant on the show Survivor
Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), English clarinettist and conductor
Gervase Phinn (born 1946), English author and educator
Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers (1881–1955), British nobleman, soldier and landowner
Gervais Randrianarisoa (born 1984), Malagasy footballer
Gervais Rentoul (1884–1946), British politician
Gervas Rozario (born 1951), Bangladeshi bishop
Gervais Rufyikiri (born 1965), Burundian politician
G. D. Spradlin Gervase Duan Spradlin (1920–2011), American actor
Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt (1902–1971), English baronet
Gervais Waye-Hive (born 1988), Seychellois soccer player
Gervinho (born 1987), Ivorian footballer Gervais Yao Kouassi

Surname

Aaron Gervais (born 1980), Canadian composer
Aurèle Gervais (1933–2021), Canadian politician
Bruno Gervais (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
Cedric Gervais (born 1979), French DJ and house music producer
Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744), French composer
Claude Gervaise (1525–1583), French composer, editor and arranger
Drago Gervais (1904–1957), Croatian poet
François Armand Gervaise (1660–1761), French Discalced Carmelite and historian
Gaétan Gervais (1944–2018), Canadian writer, historian and flag designer
Isaac Gervaise (c. 1680–1739), English merchant and economist
Jean-Loup Gervais(1936-) French physicist
Joseph Gervais (1777–1861), Oregon pioneer
John Gervais (13th century), Bishop of Winchester
John Lewis Gervais (1741–1798), South Carolina statesman
Leslie-Ann Gervais (born 1977), Canadian fencer
Marc Gervais (1929–2012), Canadian Jesuit and film professor
Paul Gervais (1816–1879), French palaeontologist and entomologist
Paul Gervais (painter) (1859–1944), French painter
Paul Gervais (writer) (born 1946), American novelist and garden-designer
Paul Mullins Gervais (1925–1997), Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
Ricky Gervais (born 1961), English comedian and actor
Tony Gervaise (born 1955), Scottish association football player and coach
Virginie Gervais (born 1979), French model and porn star

Fictional characters

Gervase Fen, a detective in novels by Edmund Crispin
Petit Gervais, a minor character in the novel Les Misérables