Augustin Gérard (2 November 1857 – 2 November 1926) was a French général de division and Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France (1921–22).

His first important assignment was Chief of Staff of general Joseph Gallieni in Madagascar.

In May 1912 he became commander of the 41st Infantry Division and by the outbreak of World War I, he was in charge of the 2nd Army Corps, with which he fought the Battle of the Ardennes and the First Battle of the Marne.

He commanded the Eighth Army for an initial period during the occupation of the Rhineland until he retired on 21 October 1919.

During this period he supported the separatist movement and advocated the formation of an independent Pfalz republic.