# Gaston

Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to:

## People
### First name

* Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
* Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
* Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
* Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472)
* Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980)
* Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012)
* Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045)
* Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131)
* Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170)
* Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214)
* Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290)
* Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470)
* Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743)
* Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman
* Gastón Acurio (born 1967), Peruvian chef
* Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher
* Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator
* Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister
* Gaston Bussière (1862–1928 or 1929), French painter and illustrator
* Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician
* Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer
* Gaston Cornereau (1888–1944), French fencer
* Gaston Couté (1880–1911), French poet and singer
* Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander
* Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (1448–1500), French nobleman
* Gastón de Peralta (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman
* Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), French politician
* Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President
* Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943), American architect, educator
* Gastón Etlis (born 1974), Argentine tennis player
* Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister
* Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President
* Gaston Gallimard (1881–1975), French publisher
* Gaston Gambor (1948-2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician
* Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), Argentine tennis player
* Gaston Glock (1929–2023), Austrian engineer
* Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer
* Gaston Julia (1893–1978), French mathematician
* Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French writer
* Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991), French politician
* Gaston Michel (1856–1921), French actor
* Gaston Nguérékata (born 1953), Central African mathematician
* Gaston Palewski (1901–1984), French politician
* Gaston Paris (1839–1903), French writer
* Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer
* Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985), French alpinist
* Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer
* Gastón Solnicki (born 1978), Argentine film director
* Gaston Tarry (1843–1913), French mathematician
* Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister
* Gaston Tong Sang (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President

### Surname

* A. G. Gaston (1892–1996), American businessman
* Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer
* Cito Gaston (born 1944), American baseball player and manager
* Donald Gaston (1934-2013), American professional wrestler
* Fannie Gaston-Johansson (1938–2023), American professor of nursing
* Hugo Gaston (born 2000), French tennis player
* Iñaki Gastón (born 1963), Spanish cyclist
* Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice
* Joe Gaston (1926–2018), British politician
* Joseph P. Gaston (1833–1913), American railroad executive
* Justin Gaston (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor
* Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor
* Mack C. Gaston (born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History
* Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician
* Michael Gaston (born 1962), American actor
* Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist
* Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician
* William Gaston (1778–1844), American politician and jurist
* William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician
* William H. Gaston (1840–1927), American landowner
* Yves Gaston (1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman

### Fictional

* Gaston Lagaffe, fictional character in the Gaston comics by André Franquin
* Gaston, fictional character in Colette's 1944 novella Gigi
* Gaston, the main antagonist in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast and its 2017 remake
* Gaston the Ladybird, a fictional character in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
* Gaston, one of the main characters from the Alphonse and Gaston comic strip
* Gaston, a rabbit villager in the video game series Animal Crossing