Famous People with Name Gerdt

Gerdt Bernhard Von Bassewitz-Hohenluckow            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gerdt Bernhard Von Bassewitz-Hohenluckow: was a lieutenant in the Prussian militia, a playwright, and an actor. He had his only great success with Peter and Anneli's Journey to the Moon (Peterchens Mondfahrt), which began as a successful stage play in 1912 in Leipzig and was published as a book i

Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun: was a Norwegian industrialist and a politician for the Conservative Party. The son of factory owner Engelbrekt Christen Bruun (1839-1913), he took over his father's business in 1897. He entered politics shortly after this, and served as deputy mayor and later mayor of Årstad from 1901 to 1915. In 1919, Bruun was elected to the Norwegian parliament for a three-year period. He was then appointed Minister of Trade in the cabinet of Otto Bahr Halvorsen, lasting from 1920 to 1921.

Elizaveta Pavlovna Gerdt            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Elizaveta Pavlovna Gerdt: was a Russian dancer and teacher whose career links the Russian imperial and Soviet schools of classical dance.

Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Pavel Andreyevich Gerdt: was the Premier Danseur Noble of the Imperial Ballet, the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, and the Mariinsky Theatre for 56 years, making his debut in 1860, and retiring in 1916. His daughter Elisaveta Gerdt was also a prominent ballerina and teacher.

Friedrich Siegfried Heinrich Ludwig Von Gerdtell            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Siegfried Heinrich Ludwig Von Gerdtell: was a German theologian associated with the Disciples of Christ movement. Ludwig von Gerdtell was born into an aristocratic Prussian family, his father and grandfather were officers in the Potsdam Guards Regiment. He did not follow this tradition and studied law, then theology with an emphasis on New Testament Studies. From 1902 to 1908 he worked as a traveling secretary for the German Student Christian Association. In 1908/09 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Erlangen with his work on Rudolf Eucken's position on early Christianity. He came to the conclusion that the statements of the New Testament church and the state disagreed.