Gad (name)

In the Bible, Gad was the son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Gad. Gad is a surname, masculine given name and nickname which may refer to:

Given name

• Gad al-Haq (1917-1996), Egyptian Grand Imam of Al-Azhar from 1982 to 1996
• Gad Avigad (born 1930), Israeli biochemist
• Gad Avrahami (born 1952), Israeli composer
• Gad Barzilai (born 1958), Israeli professor of law, political science and international studies
• Gad Frederik Clement (1867–1933), Danish painter generally known as G. F. Clement
• Gad Elbaz (born 1982), Israeli singer
• Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), Moroccan-French comedian and actor
• Gad Granach (1915–2011), German writer
• Gad Horowitz (born 1936), Canadian political scientist and professor
• Gad Landau (born 1954), Israeli computer scientist
• Gad Lerner (born 1954), Italian journalist and writer
• Gad Machnes (footballer) (born 1956), Israeli retired footballer and manager
• Gad Machnes (politician) (1893-1954), Israeli orientalist and government official
• Gad Navon (1922–2006), third Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces
• Gad Rausing (1922–2000), Swedish industrialist and archaeologist
• Gad Saad (born 1964), Lebanese-born Canadian evolutionary behavioral scientist
• Gad Shimron (born 1950), Israeli journalist, author and military affairs commentator
• Gad Tsobari (born 1944), Israeli freestyle wrestler and survivor of the 1972 Munich massacre
• Gad Yaacobi (1935-2007), Israeli politician
• Gad Zeevi (born 1939), Israeli industrialist

Surname

• Cille Gad (1675-1711), Norwegian poet
• Dodo Gad, lead singer of the Danish pop band Dodo and the Dodos
• Dora Gad (1912-2003), Israeli interior designer
• Emma Gad (1852-1921), Danish writer and socialite, mother of Urban Gad
• Hubert Gad (1914-1939), Polish footballer
• Hyakinthos Gad (1912–1975), Apostolic exarch of the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church from 1958 to 1975
• Jens Gad (born 1966), German producer, songwriter and guitarist, brother of Toby Gad
• Johannes Gad (1842–1926), German neurophysiologist
• Josh Gad (born 1981), American actor, comedian and singer
• Pablo Gad (fl. 1977 to present), British Roots reggae singer and songwriter
• Toby Gad (born 1968), Los Angeles-based German music producer/songwriter, brother of Jens Gad
• Urban Gad (1879–1947), Danish film director, son of Emma Gad

Nickname

• Gerhard Gad Beck (1923–2012), German Jewish educator, author, activist and survivor of the Holocaust