Gil (given name)
Gil is a masculine given name. In English it is often a diminutive form of Gilbert. Another version of this name is Gill. In Spanish, Gil is the equivalent of English Giles, and as such a common baptismal name honouring Saint Giles.
It may refer to:
People
- Gil Amelio, technology executive and former CEO of Apple Inc.
- Gil Baiano, Brazilian retired footballer
- Gil Bellows, Canadian actor
- Gil Birmingham, American actor
- Gil Brandt, American football executive
- Gil Brother, Brazilian actor, humorist, dancer and YouTuber
- Gil Cohen (disambiguation), several people
- Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver and team owner
- Gil Eanes, Portuguese explorer
- Gil Elvgren, American pin-up artist
- Gil Evans, Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader
- Gil Fronsdal, American Buddhist teacher
- Gil Gerard, American actor, star of the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Gil Goldstein, American jazz pianist
- Gil Gomes, Portuguese retired footballer
- Gil Hayes, Canadian former professional wrestler
- Gil Heron, Jamaican footballer
- Gil Hodges, American Major League Baseball player and manager
- Gil Hovav, Israeli TV presenter, culinary journalist, restaurant critic, and author
- Gil Kenan, British–American film director
- Gil Kim, American baseball coach and executive
- Gil Meche, American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
- Gil Nickel, American vintner
- Gil Ofarim, German singer and songwriter
- Gil Ofer, Israeli Olympic judoka
- Gil Perkins, Australian actor
- Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves, Brazilian footballer
- Gil Robinson, American football player
- Gil Santos, American radio commentator for the New England Patriots football team
- Gil Schwartz, pen name of Stanley Bing, business humorist and novelist
- Gil Shaham, Israeli-American violinist
- Gil Shwed, Israeli programmer and entrepreneur
- Gil Scott-Heron, American spoken word performer and rap pioneer
- Gil Semedo, Cape Verdean singer
- Gil Simkovitch, Israeli Olympic sport shooter
- Gil Stein (archaeologist), American archaeologist
- Gil Stein (ice hockey), American lawyer, law instructor and former National Hockey League president
- Gil Student, American blogger
- Gil Vainshtein, Canadian soccer player
Fictional characters
- Gil Blas, eponymous Spanish hero of an 18th-century French picaresque novel
- Gil Grissom, on the American TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, played by actor William Petersen
- Gil Gunderson, a recurring character on the animated TV series The Simpsons
- Gil Chesterton, a supporting character on the TV sitcom Frasier
- Gil, in the 1985 arcade game The Tower of Druaga
- Gil, in the manga Dragon Knights
- Gil, on the American/Canadian children's TV series Bubble Guppies
- Gil Hammerstein from the video game Lights, Camera, Pants!
- Gil Shannon, the main character of the Sniper Elite novel series written by Scott McEwen
- Gil Nexdor, a Johnny Test character