# Gervais (name)

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