Gervase

Gervase is a masculine given name which may refer to:

Pre-modern era

 * Ordered chronologically


 * Gervase of Besançon (died 685), saint and a bishop of Besançon
 * Gervase of Bazoches (died 1108), Prince of Galilee
 * Gervase of Blois (died c. 1157), Abbot of Westminster in England
 * Gervase of Canterbury (c. 1141–c. 1210), English chronicler
 * Gervase de Cornhill (c. 1110–c. 1183), Anglo-Norman royal official and sheriff
 * Gervase of Tilbury (c. 1150–c. 1228), English chronicler
 * Gervase of Ebstorf, author of the Ebstorf Map created c. 1234; possibly the same man as Gervase of Tilbury
 * Gervase Alard (1270–1340), Admiral of the Cinque Ports Fleet and Admiral of the Western Fleet of the English Navy

Modern era

 * Ordered alphabetically


 * Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610), Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Worcester
 * Gervase Beckett (1866–1937), British banker and Member of Parliament
 * Gervase de Peyer (born 1926), English clarinettist and conductor
 * Gervase Duan Spradlin (1920-2011), given name of American actor G. D. Spradlin
 * Gervase Elwes (1866–1921), English tenor
 * 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
 * Gervase Jackson-Stops (1947–1995), English architectural historian
 * Gervase Markham (1568?–1637), English poet and writer
 * Gervase Peterson (born 1969), American contestant on the show Survivor
 * Gervase Phinn (born 1946), English educator

Fictional characters

 * Gervase Fen, fictional detective in novels by Edmund Crispin