Gielen

Gielen is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname most common in Belgian and Dutch Limburg. The given name Giel is a short form of either Michiel, Gilbert or Aegidius. Variant forms are Giele and Gielens. Notable people with this name include:


 * (1921–2004), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Johan Gielen (born 1968), Belgian-born Dutch trance artist, DJ, and remixer
 * Jos Gielen (1898–1981), Dutch politician and literary historian
 * Michael Gielen (1927–2019), Austrian conductor
 * (born 1952), Dutch biophysicist, chairman of the NWO
 * Giele
 * Adolf Giele (1929–2002), German handball player and coach
 * Ferdinand Giele (1867–1929), Belgian painter and engraver
 * Janet Zollinger Giele (born 1934), American sociologist
 * Louis H. Giele (1861–1932), German-born American architect