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

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

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.

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.

On 27 April 1950, Gérard Blitz founded the Club Méditerranée association.

Gérard Blitz was also a promoter of yoga practice.

Gérard Blitz, Bruno Solt: La Vacance, Dervy, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-85076-329-2, ISBN 978-2-85076-329-8.

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Gérard Blitz may refer to:

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

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

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

Born in Amsterdam, he was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a waterpolo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.

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Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci was born on the 28 October 1944, several weeks after the liberation of Paris, in a hospital in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Gérard Faier, known as Gérard Majax ( April 28, 1943 ) is one of the most famous French illusionist.

* February 28 – March 1-Working with polyamides to develop a viable new fiber for chemical company DuPont, American chemist Gérard Berchet working under the direction of Wallace Carothers first synthesizes the synthetic polymer nylon at Wilmington, Delaware.

Yvon Neptune was appointed Prime Minister on March 4, 2002, but following the overthrow of the government in February 2004, he was replaced by an interim Prime Minister, Gérard Latortue.

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

In March 2004, following a successful rebellion against Aristide in February ( of which Buteur Métayer, Amiot's brother, was a leader ), newly appointed Haïtian prime minister Gérard Latortue visited Gonaïves and paid tribute to Métayer, calling for a moment of silence to remember him.

* Charlotte de Fleury ( 6 February 1697-1750 )-wife of Gérard Michel de La Jonchère.

* Maurice Rostand ( 1891 – 21 February 1968 ) was a French playwright, the son of the noted poet and dramatist Edmond Rostand and the poet Rosemonde Gérard, and brother of the biologist Jean Rostand.

Traoré started his career at home club Laval before moving on to Liverpool, with Gérard Houllier paying £ 500, 000 for him in February 1999.

In February 2003, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found both Ntakirutimana and his son Dr. Gérard, a physician who had completed graduate work in the US prior to returning to Rwanda, guilty of genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994.

With the assistance of the journalist Gérard Filion, he published a series of articles in Le Devoir ( from November 1949 to February 1950 ) where he affirmed that a police " protection " encouraged continuation of the activities of the underworld.

Gérard Jean-Juste ( February 7, 1946 – May 27, 2009 ) was a Roman Catholic priest and rector of Saint Claire's church for the poor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

André Gorz ( February 9, 1923, Vienna – September 22, 2007, Vosnon, France ), pen name of Gérard Horst, born Gerhart Hirsch, also known by his pen name Michel Bosquet, was an Austrian and French social philosopher.

* 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 )