Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actress
(actress) Gertrude Berg 1951 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Gertrude Morel 1913 Sons and Lovers
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Queen Gertrude c. 1599 Hamlet
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Gertie "Grandma" Shortman 1996 Hey Arnold!
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
1 hurricane
Hurricane Gertrude 1974
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 medicine
(medicine) Gertrude B. Elion 1988
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Zitkála-Šá (a.k.a. Gertrude) 1876-1938
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Gertrude Lawrence 1898-1952
Gertrude Berg 1898-1966
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Mina Loy (middle name Gertrude) 1882-1966
Notable Athletes:
1 gymnastics, 1 swimming
(swimming) Gertrude Ederle 1905-2003
(gymnastics) Gertrude Kolar 1926-2014
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 chemist
Gertrude B. Elion 1918-1999
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 1 author/poet
Gertrude Stein 1874-1946
Zitkála-Šá (a.k.a. Gertrude) 1876-1938
Mina Loy (middle name Gertrude) 1882-1966
Olympic Medalists:
2 gold/bronze
(gold/bronze) Gertrude Ederle 1924 swimming
(gold/bronze) Marjolein Eijsvogel (middle name Gertrude) 1984; 1988 field hockey
Saints:
5 saints, 1 blessed
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles 626-659
Saint Gertrude of Hamage ?-649
Saint Gebetrude (a.k.a. Gertrude) ?-675
Saint Gertrude the Great 1256-1302
Blessed Gertrude van Oosten c. 1320-1358
Saint Geltrude Caterina Comensoli (a.k.a. Gertrude) 1847-1903
Shakespearian Characters:
1 character
Queen Gertrude Hamlet