Gil
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Gil, or GIL may refer to:
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[edit] People
- Given name
- Gil, an abbreviated form of the name Gilbert.
- Gil (Hebrew: גיל — Gil, "joy" or "age"), common Israeli name
- Gil Evans, jazz pianist
- Gil Semple, the magician
- Gil Elvgren, pin-up artist
- Gil Gerard, American, actor and star of "Buck Rogers"
- Gil Hayes, professional wrestler
- Gil Heron, Jamaican soccer player
- Gil Hodges (d. 1972), former manager of the New York Mets
- Gil Kane, comic book artist
- Gil Meche, American, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
- Gil Melândia, Brazilian singer
- Gil Ofarim, German pop singer
- Gil Perkins, Australian film and television actor
- Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves, (nick-named Gil), Brazilian footballer
- Gil Santos, American radio commentator for the New England Patriots
- Gil Scott-Heron, American spoken word performer and rap pioneer
- Gil Semedo, Capverdean singer
- Gil Stein (archaeologist)
- Gil Stein (sports administrator)
- Surname
- Ariadna Gil, a Spanish Actress
- Gilberto Gil, singer and songwriter, Minister of Culture of Brazil
- Gus Gil (born 1939), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús Gil, Spanish politician and businessman (1933-2004)
- José Augusto Seco Machado Gil, Portuguese Psychiatrist (1953-1996)
- Nikki Gil, Filipina actress
[edit] Fiction
- Gil Grissom, character on American TV series CSI Las Vegas, played by actor William Petersen
- Gil Gunderson, a recurring character on "The Simpsons"
- Gil (Final Fantasy), the principal fictional currency in the Final Fantasy series
- In the fictional Star Trek universe, Gil is a Cardassian military rank.
- "Star" in the Quenya language (invented by J.R.R. Tolkien)
- Gil Chesterton, a supporting character on Frasier
[edit] Politics
- Gil, in the Israeli Knesset, is the Pensioners' Party.
- Grupo Independiente Liberal (GIL), a former Spanish political party
[edit] Other uses
- Computing:
- Generic Image Library, a generic programming library for image processing by Adobe Systems
- Global Interpreter Lock, in Python programming language
- Gil Island, one of several islands by that name
- "Globalization, Internationalization, and Localization" (GiL) or (GIL), as used by The Localization Industry Standards Association
- Gil, short for "Continuant Avançant" in Spanish. The meaning of La Revolta de l'Anima can be interpreted in different ways (del Sud, No Tingues Por, Quatre Vents), depending on the level of friendship that may exist between the communicating parties.
- Type of Music Al Jeel
[edit] See also
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