12-506: Gast is a surname, and may refer to: Gast is also a given name, a form of Gaston : Gaston For other uses, see Gaston (disambiguation) . Gaston Pronunciation English: / ˈ ɡ æ s t ən / Gender Male Origin Word/name French Other names Related names Gastão Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and
24-3745: A surname . The name "Gaston" may refer to: People [ edit ] First name [ edit ] Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472) Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980) Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012) Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045) Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131) Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170) Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214) Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290) Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470) Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743) Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator Gaston Browne (born 1967), Antiguan politician and Prime Minister Gaston Caperton (born 1940), American politician Gaston Chevrolet (1892–1920), French racecar driver and automobile manufacturer Gaston Cornereau (1888–1944), French fencer Gaston Couté (1880–1911), French poet and singer Gaston d'Orléans (1842–1922), French prince and military commander Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale (1448–1500), French nobleman Gastón de Peralta (1510–1587), Spanish nobleman Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), French politician Gaston Doumergue (1863–1937), French politician and President Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943), American architect, educator Gastón Etlis (born 1974), Argentine tennis player Gaston Eyskens (1905–1988), Belgian politician and Prime Minister Gaston Flosse (born 1931), French Polynesian politician and President Gaston Gallimard (1881–1975), French publisher Gaston Gambor (1948-2019), Central African basketball player, military officer, and politician Gastón Gaudio (born 1978), Argentine tennis player Gaston Glock (1929–2023), Austrian engineer Gaston Gradis (1889–1968), French businessman and explorer Gaston Julia (1893–1978), French mathematician Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French writer Gaston Monnerville (1897–1991), French politician Gaston Michel (1856–1921), French actor Gaston Nguérékata (born 1953), Central African mathematician Gaston Palewski (1901–1984), French politician Gaston Paris (1839–1903), French writer Gastón Ramírez (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer Gaston Rébuffat (1921–1985), French alpinist Gaston Salmon (1878–1917), Belgian Olympic champion fencer Gastón Solnicki (born 1978), Argentine film director Gaston Thorn (1928–2007), Luxembourg politician and Prime Minister Gaston Tong Sang (born 1949), French Polynesian politician and President Surname [ edit ] A. G. Gaston (1892–1996), American businessman Bill Gaston (born 1953), Canadian writer Cito Gaston (born 1944), American baseball player and manager Donald Gaston (1934-2013), American professional wrestler Fannie Gaston-Johansson (1938–2023), American professor of nursing Hugo Gaston (born 2000), French tennis player Iñaki Gastón (born 1963), Spanish cyclist Isis Gaston (born 2000), American rapper known as Ice Spice Joe Gaston (1926–2018), British politician Joseph P. Gaston (1833–1913), American railroad executive Justin Gaston (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and actor Lloyd Gaston (1929–2006), Canadian theologian and professor Mack C. Gaston (born 1940), Admiral United States Navy, First Black Admiral NTC Great Lakes, member of
36-692: A French mercenary to murder Glock with a rubber mallet in a car park in an attempt to make it look like an accident. Glock was hit in the head, but was able to fight back, punching the man until he collapsed on top of Glock. Both Ewert and the assassin were convicted of attempted murder and sent to prison. Glock married Helga Glock in 1958 and they co-founded the family business in 1963. The Glocks had three children, Brigitte, Gaston Jr and Robert. They divorced in 2011 and entered litigation over accusations that Glock engaged in racketeering . Glock married his second wife, Kathrin Tschikof , that same year. She
48-575: A phenomenal seller, especially in the United States. It arrived in the mid-1980s, when crime rates were soaring and police officers felt outgunned. New models and calibers with extended clips [ sic ] were introduced. Two-thirds of America's police forces, including New York City's, adopted the Glock, as did many federal, state and county agencies ... He [Glock] was vilified by gun-control advocates and hailed by gun aficionados. Despite
60-425: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Gaston Glock Gaston Glock ( German: [ˈɡastɔn ˈɡlɔk] ; 19 July 1929 – 27 December 2023) was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock. When he decided, in 1980, to enter the competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development HK's first two polymer-frame pistols,
72-767: The Gaston comics by André Franquin Gaston, fictional character in Colette's 1944 novella Gigi Gaston , the main antagonist in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast and its 2017 remake Gaston the Ladybird, a fictional character in Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom Gaston, one of the main characters from the Alphonse and Gaston comic strip Gaston, a rabbit villager in
84-714: The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History Marilyn Gaston (born 1939), American physician Michael Gaston (born 1962), American actor Nicola Gaston (born 1980), New Zealand scientist Victor Gaston (born 1943), American politician William Gaston (1778–1844), American politician and jurist William Gaston (Massachusetts politician) (1820–1894), American politician William H. Gaston (1840–1927), American landowner Yves Gaston (1806–1863), French-Filipino businessman Fictional [ edit ] Gaston Lagaffe, fictional character in
96-575: The field knives he was making for the Austrian army in his garage workshop. His earliest employees were from the camera industry and experienced in producing polymer components. His first production pistol was the Glock 17 . It took one year to design and produce, and he applied for its Austrian patent in April 1981. Robert McFadden of The New York Times wrote that Glock's pistol: [...] became
108-422: The Glock's popular depiction as a criminal's weapon and its use in some of America's most spectacular mass shootings, Mr. Barrett, the author of Glock , said the gun had not commonly been traced to crime scenes — indeed, far less so than other firearm brands. In July 1999, Glock suspected that Charles Ewert, one of his closest financial advisers, had been embezzling funds. Glock confronted Ewert, who hired
120-479: The VP70 and P9 models. The first Glock pistol , chambered in 9x19mm and named the Glock 17 because it was Glock's 17th patent, entered Austrian military and police service in 1982. It became one of the most influential and popular handguns of the 20th century, leading to a succession of other models in a variety of sizes and chamberings as well as an industry-wide trend toward polymer-frame, striker-fired pistols. Glock
132-635: The video game series Animal Crossing See also [ edit ] Gaston (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaston&oldid=1259443920 " Categories : Given names Surnames Masculine given names French masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732797546696144-673: Was born in Vienna on 19 July 1929. He was conscripted into the Wehrmacht as a teenager near the end of World War II, after which he graduated from school as an engineer and joined a hand drill company. Glock began as a manufacturer of curtain rods in the 1960s, and knives for the Austrian military in the 1970s, and did not design or manufacture a firearm until he was 52 years old. He already had experience with polymers from his previous business ventures. In 1980, he bought an injection-moulding machine to manufacture handles and sheaths for
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