Gil (given name)

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Gil is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Gilbert. Another version of this name is Gill. It may refer to:

People[]

  • Gil Amelio (born 1943), technology executive and former CEO of Apple Inc.
  • Gil Baiano (born 1966), Brazilian retired footballer
  • Gil Bellows (born 1967), Canadian actor
  • Gil Birmingham (born 1953), American actor
  • Gil Cohen (disambiguation), several people
  • Gil Elvgren (1914-1980), American pin-up artist
  • Gil Evans (1912-1988), Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader
  • Gil Fronsdal (born 1954), American Buddhist teacher
  • Gil Gerard (born 1943), American actor, star of the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  • Gil Goldstein (born 1950), American jazz pianist
  • Gil Gomes (born 1972), Portuguese retired footballer
  • Gil Hayes (born 1939), Canadian former professional wrestler
  • Gil Heron (1922-2008), Jamaican footballer
  • Gil Hodges (1924-1972), American Major League Baseball player and manager
  • Gil Meche (born 1978), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Gil Nickel (1939-2003), American vintner
  • Gil Ofarim (born 1982), German singer and songwriter
  • Gil Ofer (born 1976), Israeli Olympic judoka
  • Gil Perkins (1907-1999), Australian actor
  • Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
  • Gil Robinson (1910-1985), American football player
  • Gil Santos (born 1940), American radio commentator for the New England Patriots football team
  • Gil Schwartz, pen name of Stanley Bing (born 1951), business humorist and novelist
  • Gil Shaham (born 1971), Israeli-American violinist
  • Gil Shwed (born 1952), Israeli programmer and entrepreneur
  • Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), American spoken word performer and rap pioneer
  • Gil Semedo (born 1974), Cape Verdean singer
  • Gil Simkovitch (born 1982), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
  • Gil Stein (archaeologist), American archaeologist
  • Gil Stein (ice hockey) (born 1928), American lawyer, law instructor and former National Hockey League president
  • Gil Student (born 1972), American blogger

Fictional characters[]

  • 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!

See also[]

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