Gilles (given name)

Gilles is a French masculine given name. It is derived from that of the medieval Saint Giles.
People with the name Gilles include:

Gilles, Count of Montaigu, French nobleman
Saint-Gilles, Greek Christian hermit
Gilles Aillaud, French painter, set decorator, and scenographer
Gilles Alé, Flemish painter
Gilles Allou, French painter
Gilles Andriamahazo, Malagasy general and political figure
Gilles Andruet, French chess International Master
Gilles Apap, French classical violinist
Gilles Archambault Canadian novelist
Gilles Archambault, Canadian gridiron footballer
Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu, French cardinal, bishop, and diplomat
Gilles d'Ambra Azzopardi, French psychosociologist
Gilles Babinet French entrepreneur
Gilles Barbier,, Vanuatu-born French artist
Gilles Baril, Canadian politician
Gilles Baril, Canadian businessman, journalist, and politician
Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician
Gilles-François de Beauvais, French Jesuit writer and preacher
Gilles Bellemare, Canadian politician
Gilles Bellemare, composer, conductor, and music educator
Gilles Bensimon, French fashion photographer
Gilles Bernheim, French rabbi
Gilles Bernier, Canadian politician and diplomat
Gilles Bernier, Canadian politician
Gilles Berolatti, French fencer
Gilles Bertould, French track and field athlete
Gilles Bettmer, Luxembourgish footballer
Gilles Beyer, French figure skater
Gilles Binchois, Dutch composer
Gilles Bisson, Canadian politician
Gilles Bilodeau, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Binya, Cameroonian footballer
Gilles Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey coach
Gilles Bouleau, French journalist
Gilles Bourdos, French film director, screenwriter, and producer
Gilles Bourdouleix, French politician
Gilles Brassard, Canadian cryptographer, computer scientist, and educator
Gilles Bruckner, Luxembourgish racing driver
Gilles G. Brunet, Canadian military officer
Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic general
Gilles Canouet, French road racing cyclist
Gilles Caouette, Canadian politician
Gilles Carle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and painter
Gilles Caron, French photographer and photojournalist
Gilles Carpentier, French writer and film editor
Gilles Carrez, French politician
Gilles Caussade, French film financier and producer
Gilles de Caux de Montlebert, French poet and playwright
Gilles Chabrier, French astrophysicist
Gilles Chapadeau, Canadian politician
Gilles Châtelet, French philosopher and mathematician
Gilles Chiasson, American film producer, director, composer, writer, and actor
Gilles-Louis Chrétien, French musician
Gilles Cioni, French footballer
Gilles Cistac, French-born Mozambican lawyer
Gilles Colon, Haitian-born Canadian gridiron football player
Gilles Constantinian, French footballer
Gilles de Corbeil French royal physician, teacher, and poet
Gilles Cormery, French poet and painter
Gilles Corrozet, French writer, printer, and bookseller
Gilles Coulier, Belgian film director, scriptwriter, and producer
Gilles Courteau, Canadian ice hockey executive
Gilles Coustellier, French mountain bike trials cyclist
Gilles Couturier, Royal Canadian Navy officer
Gilles Dambrine, French engineer
Gilles Dauvé, French political theorist, school teacher, communist, and translator
Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer
Gilles De Haes, Flemish military General
Gilles Delion, French road bicycle racer
Gilles Delouche, French classical literature scholar and orientalist
Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher
Gilles Demarteau, Belgian-born French etcher, engraver, and publisher
Gilles De Oliveira, French footballer
Gilles Domoraud, Ivorian footballer
Gilles Doucende, French footballer
Gilles Dowek, French computer scientist
Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician, former leader of the Bloc Québécois
Gilles Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach
Gilles Échevin, Guadeloupean-born French track and field athlete
Gilles Elseneer, Belgian tennis player
Gilles Emery,, Swiss theologian
Gilles Engeldinger, Luxembourgish footballer
Gilles Epié, French chef
Gilles Esnault, French painter
Gilles Eyquem, French footballer
Gilles Fabien, French Guianan footballer
Gilles Fauconnier, French linguist, cognitive science researcher, and author
Gilles Filleau des Billettes, French scholar, encyclopedist, and bibliographer
Gilles Floro, Guadeloupean singer
Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician
Gilles Gaetner, French journalist and author
Gilles Garcin, French painter
Gilles Gauthier, Canadian politician
Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles-Gaston Granger, French philosopher
Gilles Gobeil, Canadian electroacoustic musician
Gilles-Lambert Godecharle, Belgian sculptor
Gilles-William Goldnadel, French-Israeli lawyer, author, and columnist
Gilles de Gouberville, French diarist
Gilles Goujon, French chef and restaurateur
Gilles de Gourmont, French bookseller and printer
Gilles Grangier, French film director and screenwriter
Gilles Gratton, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founder of the Parti Québécois
Gilles Grelet, French theorist and writer
Gilles Grimandi, French footballer
Gilles Grondin, Canadian educator and politician
Gilles Groulx, Canadian film director
Gilles Guérin, French sculptor
Gilles Guillain, Colombian-born French actor
Gilles Guyot, French management professor
Gilles Hamel, French ice hockey player
Gilles Hébert, Canadian artist and museum director
Gilles Hilary, French accountant academic
Gilles Hocquart, French Intendant of New France
Gilles Houde, Canadian politician
Gilles Jacquier, French photojournalist and reporter
Gilles Jalabert, French wrestler
Gilles Jaquet, Swiss snowboarder
Gilles Joubert, French cabinet-maker
Gilles Joye, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
Gilles Jullien, French Baroque composer and organist
Gilles de Kerchove, Belgian senior European Union official
Gilles Kahn, French computer scientist
Gilles Kepel, French political scientist and Arabist
Gilles Klopman, Belgian-born American chemist
Gilles Kohler, French actor
Gilles Labbé, Canadian politician
Gilles Lalay French enduro and rally raid racer
Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian politician
Gilles Lapouge, French writer and journalist
Gilles Latulippe, Canadian actor, comedian, theatre director, and manager
Gilles Larrain, French-American photographer
Gilles Lauzon, French coppersmith of New France
Gilles Le Breton, French Renaissance architect and master-mason
Gilles Lebreton, French politician
Gilles Legardinier, French novelist
Gilles van Ledenberg, Dutch statesman
Gilles Leger, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Le Guen, French self-styled Islamist and jihadist
Gilles Lehouillier, Canadian politician civil servant
Gilles Lellouche, French actor
Gilles Leroy, French writer
Gilles Létourneau, Canadian attorney and judge
Gilles le Vinier, French medieval composer and musician
Gilles Li Muisis, French medieval chronicler and poet
Gilles Lipovetsky, French philosopher, writer, sociologist, and educator
Gilles Loiselle, Canadian politician
Gilles Lupien, Canadian sports agent and ice hockey player
Gilles de Maistre, French screenwriter, film director, producer, journalist, and actor
Gilles Marceau, Canadian politician
Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter
Gilles Marchand, French film director and screenwriter
Gilles Marchildon, Canadian francophone activist and LGBT activist
Gilles Marguet, French biathlete
Gilles Marini, French actor
Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Mayer, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Mbang Ondo, Gabonese footballer
Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and scout
Gilles Ménage, French scholar, philologist, lawyer, and writer
Gilles Mimouni, French film director
Gilles Montezin, French clothing designer
Gilles Moreau, French swimmer
Gilles Moretton, French tennis player
Gilles Morin, Canadian politician
Gilles Motet, French computer scientist and software engineer
Gilles Müller, Luxembourgish tennis player
Gilles Mureau, French Renaissance composer and singer
Gilles Ngomo, Cameroonian footballer
Gilles de Noailles, French diplomat
Gilles Ouimet, Canadian politician
Gilles Pagnon, German rugby player
Gilles Palsky, French geographer and educator
Gilles Panizzi, French rally driver
Gilles Paquet, Canadian economist
Gilles Paquet-Brenner, French director and screenwriter
Gilles Pargneaux, French politician
Gilles de Paris, French medieval poet
Gilles Pélisson, French business executive
Gilles Pelletier, Canadian actor
Gilles Perrault, French writer and journalist
Gilles Peress, French photographer
Gilles Perron, Canadian politician
Gilles Peterson, French disc jockey and record label owner
Gilles Peycelon, French footballer
Gilles Pisier, French mathematician
Gilles Poisson, Canadian wrestler
Gilles Poitras, Canadian anime and manga author
Gilles Porte, French film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
Gilles Potvin, Canadian music critic and music historian
Gilles Pouliot, Canadian politician
Gilles Poux, French politician
Gilles Pudlowski, French journalist, writer, literary and gastronomic critic
Gilles Quénéhervé, French sprinter
Gilles Quispel, Dutch theologian and historian of Christianity and Gnosticism
Gilles de Rais, French nobleman, knight, and serial killer of children
Gilles Rampillon, French footballer
Gilles Reingot, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
Gilles Robert, Canadian politician
Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician
Gilles de Robien, French politician
Gilles Roch, Canadian politician
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian politician
Gilles Rondy, French swimmer
Gilles Rousselet, French engraver
Gilles Rousset, French footballer
Gilles Roussi, French sculptor
Gilles Roux, French speedcuber
Gilles de Roye, Flemish chronicler
Gilles Ruyssen, Belgian footballer
Gilles Ste-Croix, Canadian entrepreneur and vice president and co-creator of Cirque du Soleil
Gilles Saint-Paul, French economist
Gilles Salles, French oncologist and cancer researcher
Gilles Samoun, French entrepreneur
Gilles Sanders, French racing cyclist
Gilles Savary, French politician
Gilles Schey, Dutch Navy admiral
Gilles Schnepp, French business executive
Gilles Ségal, French actor, mime, and playwright
Gilles-Éric Séralini, French molecular biologist, political advisor, and anti-GMO activist
Gilles Servat, French singer-songwriter
Gilles Simeoni, Corsican politician
Gilles Simon, French Formula One racing driver
Gilles Simon, French tennis player
Gilles de Souvré, French nobleman and military officer
Gilles Sunu, French footballer
Gilles Taillon, Canadian politician
Gilles Talmant, French racing cyclist
Gilles Terral, French entomologist
Gilles Tetreault, Canadian attempted murder victim
Gilles Thibaudeau, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Thomas (writer), French science fiction writer
Gilles Tonelli, Monegasque engineer, diplomat and politician
Gilles de Toucy, French medieval cardinal-bishop
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and namesake of Tourette's syndrome
Gilles Tran, French 3D artist
Gilles Tréhin, French artist and author
Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer
Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Turcot, Canadian Armed Forces General
Gilles Vaillancourt, former Canadian politician
Gilles Valiquette, Canadian rock musician
Gilles Van Assche, Belgian cryptographer
Gilles Veissière, French football referee
Gilles Verdez, French sports journalist, television and radio columnist
Gilles Verlant, Belgian journalist and music critic
Gilles Vidal, French automobile designer
Gilles Vigne, French swimmer
Gilles Vigneault, Canadian poet, publisher, and singer-songwriter
Gilles Villemure, Canadian ice hockey player
Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver
Gilles Vincent, French crime fiction author
Gilles Yapi Yapo, Ivorian footballer
Gilles Zolty, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, and music producer

Fictional people

Gilles, a stock character of French farce and ''Commedia dell'arte''