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)
- Asha Gill (born 1972), English model, writer and film director
- Aurélien Gill (born 1933), Canadian senator
- Blane Gill (born 1999), American drummer
- Bobby Gill (born 1959), former American NASCAR driver
- Bob Gill, multiple people including:
- 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 (disambiguation)
- 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)
- Dave Gill, Canadian ice hockey coach
- David A. Gill (born 1957), as of 2006, the Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club
- David Gill (1843–1914), British astronomer
- 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 (disambiguation)
- 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
- JB Gill, English singer and farmer
- James Gill, multiple people including:
- James Gill, British-born columnist
- James Gill (born 1934), American pop artist
- James Gill (1911–2000), Irish cricketer
- Jocelyn Gill (1916-1984), American astronomer
- Joe Gill (1919–2006), American comics writer
- John Gill, multiple people, including:
- Johnny Gill (born 1966), American R&B singer and songwriter
- Juan Bautista Gill (1840–1877, President of Paraguay
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, Indian police officer
- Ken Gill (1927–2009), British trade unionist
- Ken Gill (bishop) (1932–2013), English Anglican bishop
- Ken Gill (rugby league), English rugby league footballer
- 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
- 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
- Pete Gill (born 1951), English rock drummer
- Peter Gill, multiple people, including:
- Peter Gill (1831–1868), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
- Peter Gill (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 (1922–2009), U.S. Democratic politician
- Thomas Gill (born 1965), retired Norwegian footballer
- Thomas Harry Gill (1885–1955), British politician
- Tim Gill (born 1953), American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist
- Tom Gill (1913–2005), American comic book artist
- 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 articles: Shergill and Gill (clan)
- Daljit Singh Shergill, President of Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
- Professor Piara Singh Gill, nuclear physicist
- Lachhman Singh Gill, former Chief-minister of Punjab (India)
- Shish Ram Gill - Vir Chakra
- Rabbi Shergill, Indian musician
- Gurdarshan Gill Inspector General of Prisons, Punjab
- Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor
- Amrita Shergill, Indian painter
- Kultar Gill, Canadian Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, former Director General of Police, Punjab
- Gaurav Gill race and rally car driver