The commander of the Liège fortresses, Lieutenant General Gérard Leman, was ordered to " hold to the end with your division the position which you have been entrusted to defend.

The most elaborate version of the legend occurs in Gérard de Nerval's 1851 account, Voyage en Orient, where he relates the tale, inserting all the masonic passwords, as part of the story of the Queen of the Morning and " Soliman ", Prince of the Genii.

* Gérard Blitz ( entrepreneur ) ( 1912 – 1990 ), founder of Club Med

* Gérard Blitz ( swimmer ) ( 1901 – 1979 ), swimming and waterpolo Olympic medalist

* 1918 – Gérard Souzay, French baritone ( d. 2004 )

* 1947 – Gérard Blanc, French singer

* 1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor

* 1948 – Gérard Darmon, French movie actor and singer

* 1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist ( d. 2009 )

* 1945 – Gérard Lenorman, French singer

Civic Buildings: Former Arsenal and Archives of the City of Genève, Former Crédit Lyonnais, Former Hôtel Buisson, Former Hôtel du Résident de France et Bibliothèque de la Société de lecture de Genève, Former école des arts industriels, Archives d ' État de Genève ( Annexe ), Bâtiment des forces motrices, Library de Genève, Library juive de Genève « Gérard Nordmann », Cabinet des estampes, Centre d ' Iconographie genevoise, Collège Calvin, Ecole Geisendorf, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève ( HUG ), Hôtel de Ville et tour Baudet, Immeuble Clarté at Rue Saint-Laurent 2 and 4, Immeubles House Rotonde at Rue Charles-Giron 11 – 19, Immeubles at Rue Beauregard 2, 4, 6, 8, Immeubles at Rue de la Corraterie 10 – 26, Immeubles at Rue des Granges 2 – 6, Immeuble at Rue des Granges 8, Immeubles at Rue des Granges 10 and 12, Immeuble at Rue des Granges 14, Immeuble and Former Armory at Rue des Granges 16, Immeubles at Rue Pierre Fatio 7 and 9, House de Saussure at Rue de la Cité 24, House Des arts du Grütli at Rue du Général-Dufour 16, House Royale et les deux immeubles à côté at Quai Gustave Ador 44 – 50, Tavel House at Rue du Puits-St-Pierre 6, Turrettini House at Rue de l ' Hôtel-de-Ville 8 and 10, Brunswick Monument, Palais de Justice, Palais de l ' Athénée, Palais des Nations with library and archives of the SDN and ONU, Palais Eynard et Archives de la ville de Genève, Palais Wilson, Parc des Bastions avec Mur des Réformateurs, Place Neuve et Monument du Général Dufour, Pont de la Machine, Pont sur l ' Arve, Poste du Mont-Blanc, Quai du Mont-Blanc, Quai et Hôtel des Bergues, Quai Général Guisan and English Gardens, Quai Gustave-Ador and Jet d ' eau, Télévision Suisse Romande, university of Geneva, Victoria Hall

* 1584 – William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland by Balthasar Gérard.

* 1921 – Gérard Debreu, French economist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2004 )

* 1913 – Gérard Côté, Canadian runner ( d. 1993 )

* 1927 – Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter ( d. 2006 )

Gérard Houllier was appointed co-manager in the 1998 – 99 season and became the sole manager in November 1998 after Evans resigned.

* 1926 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician ( d. 1993 )

* 2009 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist ( b. 1946 )

* 1795 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist ( d. 1875 )

* 1993 – Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian politician ( b. 1926 )

* December 29 – Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet ( b. 1594 )

* December 8 – Gérard Souzay, French baritone ( d. 2004 )

* December 27 – Gérard Depardieu, French actor

* October 13 – General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff ( b. 1932 )

Gérard Bessette ( Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois, Quebec, 25 February 1920 – Kingston, Ontario, 21 February 2005 ) was a French Canadian writer and educator.

Maurice Blitz and his brother Gérard were both member of the Belgian water polo national team who won silver in two consecutive olympic events, in 1920 and 1924.

File: David_Etienne_Maurice_Gerard. jpg | Étienne-Maurice Gérard ( 1816 ), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The war comedy La Grande Vadrouille ( 1966 ), from Gérard Oury with Bourvil, was the most successful film in French theaters for more than 30 years.

These include Gérard Pirès ( Riders, 2002 ), Pitof ( Catwoman, 2004 ), Jean-François Richet ( Assault on Precinct 13, 2005 ), Florent Emilio Siri ( Hostage, 2005 ), Christophe Gans ( Silent Hill, 2006 ), Mathieu Kassovitz ( Babylon A. D., 2008 ), Louis Leterrier ( The Transporter, 2002 ; Transporter 2, 2005 ; Olivier Megaton directed Transporter 3, 2008 ), Alexandre Aja ( Mirrors, 2008 ), and Pierre Morel ( Taken, 2009 ).

* Le Mans has a well-preserved old town ( Cité Plantagenêt, also called Vieux Mans ), where the cobbled streets and half-timbered house fronts provided setting for Gérard Depardieu in Cyrano de Bergerac ( 1989 ) and a cathedral: Cathédrale St-Julien, is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, who is honoured as the city's first bishop.

After starring in the sequel film La boum 2 ( 1982 ), Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne in 1984 with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve, Joyeuses Pâques ( Happy Easter ) in 1984, L ' amour braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux enfers ( Descent Into Hell ) in 1986.

Ultimately, fourteen essays were collected into The Work of Mourning ( 2001 ), which was expanded in the 2003 French edition Chaque fois unique, la fin du monde ( literally, The end of the world, unique each time ) to include essays dedicated to Gérard Granel and Maurice Blanchot.

* Rosemonde Gérard ( 1871 – 1953 ), poet and playwright

Dangerous Liaisons won three Academy Awards out of seven nominations, for Best Adapted Screenplay ( Christopher Hampton ), Best Costume Design ( James Acheson ), and Best Art Direction ( Stuart Craig and Gérard James ).

Pope Nicholas II ( died 27 July 1061 ), born Gérard de Bourgogne, was Pope from 1059 to July 1061.

* Gérard Pélisson ( 1955 ), founder of the Accor group ( Novotel, Sofitel, Mercure, and All Seasons hotels )

Theatres and cultural centres include Le théâtre municipal, Le Centre Culturel Gérard Philipe, Le Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental ( CRD ), L ' auditorium Didier Lockwood, L ' École d ' Art de Calais, Le Channel, Le Cinéma Alhambra and La Médiathèque municipale.

* Gérard Debreu ( 1921 – 2004 ), Nobel Prize winner in the Economic sciences.

* Gérard Thibault d ' Anvers ( 1574-1629 ), Dutch fencing master

Belgian journalist Jo Gérard has claimed that a family manuscript dated 1781 recounts that potatoes were deep-fried prior to 1680 in what was then the Spanish Netherlands and is now present-day Belgium, in the Meuse valley: " The inhabitants of Namur, Andenne, and Dinant, had the custom of fishing in the Meuse for small fish and frying, especially among the poor, but when the river was frozen and fishing became hazardous, they cut potatoes in the form of small fish and put them in a fryer like those here ".

* Gérard Buzen, Belgian general

When the London Conference compelled Dutch forces to evacuate Belgian territory, Sébastiani indicated that the French troops under General Gérard were to remain in the area until " all reasons why the French Army has maneuvered would be dealt with resolutely, and no danger would threaten us ".

The all-inclusive model originated in the Club Med resorts which were founded by the Belgian Gérard Blitz.

The Club was started in 1950 by former Belgian water polo champion, Gérard Blitz.

Gérard Blitz ( 28 February 1912 – 3 March 1990 ) was a Belgian water polo player and Yogi.

Born in Antwerp, he was the son of Maurice Blitz and nephew of Gérard Blitz, both members of the Belgian water polo national team who won Olympic medals.

Gérard Blitz ( 1 August 1901 – 8 March 1979 ) was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player during 1920s.