Gerhart is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

As a given name Gerhart Baum (1932–2025), German lawyer and politician, Federal Minister of the Interior Gerhart Eisler (1897–1968), German communist politician Gerhart Friedlander (1916–2009), nuclear chemist who worked on the Manhattan Project Gerhart Hauptmann (1882–1946), German dramatist and Nobel Prize winner Gerhart Jander (1892–1961), German inorganic chemist Gerhart Lüders (1920–1995), German theoretical physicist Gerhart M. Riegner (1911–2001), sender of the Riegner Telegram (the first official communication of the planned Holocaust) and secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress Gerhart Schirmer (1913–2004), highly decorated German soldier of World War II

As a surname Bobby Gerhart (born 1958), American professional stock car racing driver Edgar Gerhart (1923–1992), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician from Alberta Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817–1904), U.S. minister of the German Reformed Church H. L. Gerhart (1897–1989), American politician from Nebraska John K. Gerhart (1907–1981), U.S. Air Force general Klaus Gerhart (born 1965), American erotic photographer Garth Gerhart (born 1988), American professional football player Robert Gerhart (1920–2021), American politician from Pennsylvania Toby Gerhart (born 1987), American professional football player Todd Gerhart (born 1962), American professional football player

See also Gerhard Gerhardt Gérard