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, Gillian
- 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'; for example: Lord Gill
- as a surname, an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill
- in Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness"
- in Punjabi, a common last name in Punjab
People with the surname Gill
- A. A. Gill, British newspaper columnist and writer
- Adrian Gill, Australian meteorologist and oceanographer
- Alan Gill, English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter
- Albert Gill, English Victoria Cross recipient
- André Gill, French caricaturist
- Andy Gill, English musician, member of the rock band Gang of Four
- Anthony Gill, multiple people, including
- Anton Gill, English historian and novelist
- Arie Gill-Glick, Israeli Olympic runner
- Aurélien Gill, Canadian senator
- Basil Gill, English stage and film actor
- Bob Gill, multiple people including:
- Bobby Gill, NASCAR driver
- Brendan Gill, American journalist
- Brian Gill, Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland
- Bryan Nash Gill, American artist
- Gill, early cricketer, given name not known
- Charles Gill, multiple people including:
- * Charles-Ignace Gill, Canadian Member of Parliament
- * Charles Ignace Adélard Gill, Canadian painter and poet
- Christopher Gill, U.K. politician
- Colin Gill, British artist
- Conor Gill, American professional lacrosse player
- Craig Gill, British musician
- Dante "Tex" Gill, trans brothel owner, jailed for tax evasion
- David Gill, multiple people including:
- *Dave Gill, Canadian ice hockey coach
- *David Gill , British astronomer
- *David Gill , as of 2006, the Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club
- Duane Gill, American professional wrestler, known as Gillberg
- Eddie Gill, American professional basketball player
- Edmund Dwen Gill, Australian geologist, palaeontologist and museum curator
- Eric Gill, artist, sculptor and typographer
- Ernest Gill, English cricketer and footballer
- Eugene Gill, American college sports coach
- Frank Gill , American ornithologist
- George Gill, multiple people including:
- *George Reynolds Gill, English portrait painter
- *George Gill , English cricketer
- Hal Gill, American professional ice hockey player
- Harry Gill, several people, including:
- Irving Gill, American architect
- Jacquelyn Gill, American paleoecologist
- James Gill, multiple people including:
- *James Gill, British-born columnist
- *James Gill , American pop artist
- *James Gill , Irish cricketer
- JB Gill, English singer and farmer
- Jenny Gill, New Zealand executive
- Jocelyn Gill, American astronomer
- Joe Gill, American comics writer
- John Gill, multiple people, including:
- *John Gill , Irish trade unionist and Labour TD
- *John Gill , mathematician and climber
- *John Gill , Calvinist theologian
- Johnny Gill, multiple people, including:
- Jordan Gill, British boxer
- Joseph Gill, multiple people, including:
- Juan Bautista Gill, Hong Kong cricketer
- Ken Gill, multiple people, including:
- Kendall Gill, retired American professional basketball player
- Lesley Gill, American anthropologist
- Liam Gill, Australian Rugby Union player
- Libby Gill, American personal coach
- MacDonald Gill, English artist
- Madge Gill,, English artist
- Margaret Gill, first wife of American black actor Ira Frederick Aldridge
- Mary Gill, several people, including
- Michel Gill, American actor
- Moses Gill,, U.S. politician
- Nicolas Gill, Canadian judo competitor
- Peter Gill, multiple people, including:
- *Peter Gill , Irish Victoria Cross recipient
- *Peter Gill , Australian rugby league footballer
- Richard Gill, multiple people, including:
- *Richard T. Gill, opera singer and Harvard economics professor
- *Richard Gill , Australian conductor
- *Richard D. Gill, Anglo-Dutch mathematician, statistician
- R. R. Rockingham Gill, Welsh philosophy lecturer
- Robin D. Gill, American japanologist
- Robin Gill, Canadian journalist
- Samuel Thomas Gill,, early Australian colonial artist
- Sarah Ann Gill, Barbadian folk hero
- Slats Gill, American basketball and baseball coach
- Stanley Gill, British computer scientist
- Steve Gill, American radio talk-show host
- T. P. Gill, Irish politician
- Terry Gill, British actor
- Thea Gill, Canadian actress
- Theodore Nicholas Gill, American ichthyologist
- Thomas Gill, multiple people including:
- Tim Gill, American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist
- Tom Gill, several people, including
- Turner Gill, American college football coach
- Vince Gill, American country singer–songwriter
- Warren C. Gill, American Coast Guardsman and politician
- William Henry Gill, Manx musical scholar
- W. Walter Gill, Manx scholar, folklorist and poet
- Walter Gill, forestry administrator in South Australia
Gill (Surname of Punjabi origin)
- Amrinder Gill,, singer and actor
- Avtar Gill, Bollywood actor
- Gaurav Gill, race and rally car driver
- Gugu Gill, actor
- Gursimrat Singh Gill, Indian footballer
- Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, Director General of Police, Punjab
- Kimveer Gill, Canadian shooter responsible for Dawson School shootings 2006
- Kultar Gill, Canadian Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- Lachhman Singh Gill, Chief-minister of Punjab
- Neelam Gill, British model
- Neena Gill, British Member of European Parliament
- Nia Gill, American Democratic Party politician
- Parm Gill, Canadian Conservative politician
- Parmjit Singh Gill, British Liberal Democrat politician
- Piara Singh Gill, nuclear physicist & professor
- Priya Gill, Bollywood actress
- Raminder Gill, Ontario politician
- Shehnaaz Kaur Gill, Indian actress and singer
- Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer
