Gist (surname)

Gist is the surname of:

• Carole Gist (born 1969), first African American woman to win the Miss USA title
• Christopher Gist (1706–1759), one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States
• Howard B. Gist, Jr. (1919-2011), American attorney
• James Gist (born 1986), American professional basketball player
• Joseph Gist (1775–1836), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• Kenneth Gist Jr. (born 1946), birth name of Kenny O'Dell, American country music singer and songwriter.
• Mordecai Gist (1743–1792), Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War
• Nathaniel Gist (1733-1812?), American colonel in the American Revolutionary War, reputed father of the Native American leader Sequoyah, son of Christopher Gist
• Robert Gist (1924–1998), American actor and film director
• Samuel Gist (1717 or 1723-1815), English-born colonial Virginia slave owner who made provisions to free his slaves in his will
• States Rights Gist (1831–1864), lawyer, militia general and Confederate Army general in the American Civil War
• William Henry Gist (1807–1874), 68th Governor of South Carolina and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina