Gill (name)

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)
• in Punjab(India), a Sikh last name

People with the surname Gill

• A. A. Gill (1954–2016), 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)
• Anthony Gill, multiple people
• 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
• Avtar Gill , Bollywood actor
• Basil Gill (1877–1955), English stage and film actor
• 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
• Frank Gill (ornithologist) (born 1941), American ornithologist
• George Gill, multiple people including:
  • George Reynolds Gill (1828–1904), English portrait painter
  • George Gill (cricketer) (1876–1937), English cricketer
• Gursimrat Singh Gill, Indian footballer
• 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:
  • 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
• 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
• Parminder Gill (born 1970), Bollywood actress
• 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

• 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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