Gil (given name)

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 Brandt (1932–2023), American football executive
 * Gil Brother (1957–2023), Brazilian actor, humorist, dancer and YouTuber
 * Gil Cohen (disambiguation), several people
 * Gil de Ferran (1967–2023), French-born Brazilian racing driver and team owner
 * Gil Eanes, Portuguese explorer
 * 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 (1939–2022), Canadian former professional wrestler
 * Gil Heron (1922-2008), Jamaican footballer
 * Gil Hodges (1924-1972), American Major League Baseball player and manager
 * Gil Kenan (born 1976), British–American film director
 * Gil Kim (born 1981), American baseball coach and executive
 * 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 (1938–2018), American radio commentator for the New England Patriots football team
 * Gil Schwartz, pen name of Stanley Bing (1951–2020), 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) (1928–2022), American lawyer, law instructor and former National Hockey League president
 * Gil Student (born 1972), American blogger
 * Gil Vainshtein (born 1984), Canadian soccer player

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!
 * Gil Shannon, the main character of the Sniper Elite novel series written by Scott McEwen
 * Gil Nexdor, a Johnny Test character