Guest (surname)
Guest is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The family name guest is a Middle High German nickname (property name). As a nickname he called a stranger , foreign or newcomer in a community.
Name bearer
- Dieter Gast († 2006), German politician (CDU)
- Dominik Gast (* 1981), German American football player
- Erich Gast (1913–1993), German lawyer; Judge at the Federal Patent Court in Munich
- Fido Gast (* 1957), German handball player and coach
- Frido Gast (1929–2018), German handball player and coach
- Gabriele Gast (* 1943), German agent for the MfS's intelligence department
- Hubert Gast (1887 – after 1932), German trade unionist and politician (center), MdL Prussia
- Jessica Gast (* 1970), German actress
- Johann Friedrich II. Gast (1815–1893), German organ builder and executioner
- Johann George Gast (1755–1821), German organ builder
- Johannes Gast (around 1500–1552), Swiss clergyman and chronicler
- John Gast (1842–1896), American painter and lithographer
- Katharina Gast (* 1984), German television presenter
- Leon Gast (* 1936), American director and photographer
- Lise Gast (1908–1988), German writer
- Louis Gast (1819–1882), merchant and honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- Margaret Gast (1876–1968), American racing cyclist
- Paul Gast (1876–1941), Professor of Geodesy and Rector of RWTH Aachen University
- Paul Rupert Gast (1897–1984), American forest scientist
- Paul Werner Gast (1930–1973), American geochemist
- Peter Gast (1854–1918), German writer and composer
- Roswitha Emonts-Gast (* 1944), Belgian athlete
- Siegfried Gast (* 1938), German soccer player
Individual evidence
- ↑ GenWiki: Guest (family name)
- ↑ ancestry: Guest Family History