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)
a Jat and Sikh clan name, see Gill (clan)

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
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 (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:
- John Gill (1898–1971), Irish trade unionist and Labour TD
- John Gill (born 1937), mathematician and climber
- John Gill (1697–1771), Calvinist theologian
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
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

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
Shish Ram Gill, Indian Army participant in Kargil War (Kashmir), recipient of gallantry award Vir Chakra

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