Gill (name)
For other uses of "Gill", see Gill (disambiguation).
Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources;
- in English, Gill may be a hypocorism of a number of given names, including Giles, Julian, William (Guillaume), Gillian, etc.
- the Dutch form of the given namen Giles
- in Northern English, Scots and Norwegian, it may be a topographic name, ultimately derived from Old Norse gil "ravine"; c.f. Lord Gill
- as a surname, an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill (or Mac Gille, Mac An Ghoill and variants)
- in Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness" (feminine form Gilla)
People with the surname Gill
- A. A. Gill (born 1954), British newspaper columnist and writer
- Adrian Gill (1937-1986), Australian meteorologist and oceanographer
- Alan Gill, English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter
- Albert Gill (1879–1916), English Victoria Cross recipient
- André Gill (1840–1885), French caricaturist
- Andrew Gill (coach) (c. 1887–1947), American college sports coach
- Andy Gill (born 1956), English musician (Gang of Four)
- Anton Gill (born 1948), English historian and novelist
- Arie Gill-Glick (1930-2016), Israeli Olympic runner
- Asha Gill (born 1972), English model, writer and film director
- Aurélien Gill (born 1933), Canadian senator
- Bob Gill, multiple people including:
- Bob Gill (artist) (born 1931), American illustrator
- Bob Gill (daredevil), American motorcycle stuntman
- Brendan Gill (1914–1997), American journalist
- Brian Gill, Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland
- Bryan Nash Gill (1961–2013), American artist
- Gill (Buckinghamshire cricketer)
- Charles Gill, multiple people including:
- Charles-Ignace Gill (1844–1901), Canadian Member of Parliament
- Charles Ignace Adélard Gill (1871–1918), Canadian painter and poet
- Christopher Gill (born 1936), U.K. politician
- Colin Gill (1892-1940), British artist
- Conor Gill (born 1980), American professional lacrosse player
- Craig Gill (born 1961), British musician (Inspiral Carpets)
- David Gill, multiple people including:
- Dave Gill, Canadian ice hockey coach
- David Gill (astronomer) (1843–1914), British astronomer
- David Gill (executive) (born 1957), as of 2006, the Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club
- Duane Gill, American professional wrestler
- Eddie Gill (born 1978), American professional basketball player
- Edmund Dwen Gill (1908-1986), Australian geologist, palaeontologist and museum curator
- Eric Gill (1882–1940), artist, sculptor and typographer (creator of Gill Sans)
- Ernest Gill (1877–1950), English cricketer and footballer
- Eugene Gill (1898–1981), American college sports coach
- George Gill, multiple people including:
- George Reynolds Gill (1828–1904), English portrait painter
- George Gill (cricketer) (1876–1937), English cricketer
- Hal Gill (born 1975), American professional ice hockey player
- Harry Pelling Gill (1855–1916) painter and art teacher in South Australia
- Irving Gill (1870–1936), American architect
- James Gill, multiple people including:
- James Gill (columnist), British-born columnist
- James Gill (artist) (born 1934), American pop artist
- James Gill (Irish cricketer) (1911–2000), Irish cricketer
- JB Gill, English singer and farmer
- Jocelyn Gill (1916-1984), American astronomer
- Joe Gill (1919–2006), American comics writer
- John Gill, multiple people, including:
- Johnny Gill, multiple people, including:
- Johnny Gill (born 1966), American R&B singer and songwriter
- Juan Bautista Gill (1840–1877, President of Paraguay
- Ken Gill, multiple people, including:
- Ken Gill (1927–2009), British trade unionist
- Ken Gill (bishop) (1932–2013), English Anglican bishop
- Kendall Gill (born 1968), retired American professional basketball player
- Kimveer Gill (1981–2006), Canadian shooter responsible for Dawson School shootings 2006
- Lesley Gill, American anthropologist
- Liam Gill (born 1992), Australian Rugby Union player
- Libby Gill, American personal coach
- MacDonald Gill (1884–1947), English artist
- Madge Gill, (1882–1961), English artist
- Margaret Gill (died 1864), first wife of American black actor Ira Frederick Aldridge
- M Islam Gill (1948-2006) Director CCRI Multan Pakistan. Tamgha Imtiaz. A world famous Cotton Agronomist.
- Michel Gill (born 1960), American actor
- Moses Gill, (1734–1800), U.S. politician
- Neelam Gill, British model
- Neena Gill, British MEP
- Nia Gill (born 1948), American Democratic Party politician
- Nicolas Gill (born 1972), Canadian judo competitor
- Parm Gill (born 1974), Canadian Conservative politician
- Parmjit Singh Gill (born 1966), British Liberal Democrat politician
- Peter Gill, multiple people, including:
- Peter Gill (VC) (1831–1868), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
- Peter Gill (rugby league footballer) (born 1964), former Australian Rugby League player
- Priya Gill (born 1977), Bollywood actress
- Raminder Gill, Ontario politician
- Richard Gill, multiple people, including:
- Richard T. Gill, opera singer and Harvard economics professor
- Richard Gill (conductor) (born 1942), Australian conductor
- Richard D. Gill (born 1951), Anglo-Dutch mathematician / mathematical-statistician
- R. R. Rockingham Gill (born 1944), Welsh philosophy lecturer
- Robin D. Gill (born 1951), American japanologist
- Robin Gill, Canadian journalist
- Samuel Thomas Gill, (1818–1880), early Australian colonial artist
- Sarah Ann Gill (1795–1866), Barbadian folk hero
- Slats Gill (1901–1966), American basketball and baseball coach
- Steve Gill, American radio talk-show host
- Terry Gill, British actor
- Thea Gill (born 1970), Canadian actress
- Theodore Nicholas Gill (1837–1914), American ichthyologist
- Thomas Gill, multiple people including:
- Thomas Gill (U.S. politician) (1922–2009), U.S. Democratic politician
- Thomas Gill (footballer) (born 1965), retired Norwegian footballer
- Thomas Harry Gill (1885–1955), British politician
- Tim Gill (born 1953), American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist
- Turner Gill (born 1962), American college football coach
- Vince Gill (born 1957), American country singer–songwriter
- William Henry Gill (1839–1923), Manx musical scholar
- W. Walter Gill (1876–1963), Manx scholar, folklorist and poet
Gill Jats
Main article: Shergill
- Amrita Shergill, Indian painter
- Daljit Singh Shergill, President of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
- Gaurav Gill, race and rally car driver
- Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, former Director General of Police, Punjab
- Kultar Gill, Canadian Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Lachhman Singh Gill, former Chief-minister of Punjab (India)
- Piara Singh Gill, nuclear physicist & professor
- Rabbi Shergill, Indian musician
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