Giles (surname)

The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name Giles.

People

 * Adam Giles (born 1973), Australian politician, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016)
 * Alan Giles (priest) (1902–1975), Anglican priest, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief (1953–1959), Dean of Jersey (1959–1970)
 * Alan Giles, British businessman, CEO of HMV Group (1999–2006)
 * Alfred Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Alice Giles (born c. 1961), Australian classical harpist
 * Annabel Giles (1959–2023), Welsh model, panellist and novelist
 * Andrew Giles (born 1973), Australian politician
 * Anstey Giles (1860–1944), full name William Anstey Giles, surgeon and medical administrator in South Australia
 * Aquila Giles (1758–1822), American lawyer, politician and soldier
 * Archie Giles (1895–1941), Australian rules footballer
 * Arthur Giles (1864–1936), British gynecologist
 * Ashley Giles (born 1973), English cricketer
 * Barney M. Giles (1892–1984), American military officer, commander of the Fourth Air Force (1942–1943)
 * Bascom Giles (James Bascom Giles; 1900–1993), Texas Land Commissioner (1939–1955)
 * Bernard Giles (born 1953), American serial killer
 * Bill Giles (American football) (1932–1998), American football player and coach
 * Bill Giles (baseball) (born 1934), honorary National League President
 * Bill Giles (meteorologist) (born 1939), meteorologist and television presenter
 * Billy Giles (1957–1998), Ulster Volunteer Force volunteer
 * Bob Giles (born 1930), Australian rules footballer
 * Brian Giles (second baseman) (born 1960), Major League Baseball player
 * Brian Giles (born 1971), American Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Bryant Giles (died 2018), Australian politician
 * C. J. Giles (Chester Jarrel Giles, Jr.; born 1985), American-Bahraini basketball player
 * Calum Giles (born 1972), English field hockey player
 * Calvin Giles (born 1962), American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2007)
 * Cameron Giles, American rap artist
 * Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist
 * Catherine Dawson Giles (1878-1955), British watercolour painter
 * Charles Tyrrell Giles (1850–1940), British lawyer and Conservative politician
 * Chris Giles (born 1982), Welsh footballer
 * Chris Giles (Irish footballer) (1928–2006)
 * Christy Giles, Republic of Ireland footballer
 * Clement Giles, South Australian parliamentarian (1887-1902)
 * Cornelis Giles, 18th century Dutch navigator after whom Gilessundet is named
 * Craig Giles, Australian country musician
 * Curt Giles (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
 * Daniel Giles (c. 1725 – 1800), Governor of the Bank of England (1795–1797)
 * David Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dorothy Giles (1892–1960), American non-fiction author
 * Edmund Giles, English lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons (1656)
 * Edward Giles (1566–1637), English politician, High Sheriff of Devon (1612–1613)
 * Edward Giles (Australian politician) (1882–1946), Australian politician
 * Eric Giles (1939–1990), New Zealand cricketer
 * Ernest Giles (1835–1897), Australian explorer
 * Felix Giles (engineer) (1885–1950), Australian engineer and ANZAC officer
 * Francis Giles (1787–1847), British canal engineer and surveyor
 * Frank Giles (1919–2019), editor of the British Sunday Times newspaper (1981–1983)
 * Frank Lucas Netlam Giles (1879–1930), British soldier and military attaché
 * Frank S. Giles (1915–1991), American politician, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1947–1961)
 * Gail Giles, American writer of young adult fiction
 * Gary Giles (1940–2014), New Zealand cricketer
 * Geoffrey Giles (1923–1990), Australian politician
 * George Giles (baseball) (1909–1992), Negro leagues first baseman
 * George Giles (cyclist) (1913–1973), New Zealand cyclist
 * George Michael James Giles (1853–1916), English surgeon and entomologist
 * Glenn Giles (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
 * Godfrey Douglas Giles (1857–1941), war artist
 * Godwin Giles (1876–1955), English cricketer
 * Grover A. Giles (1892–1974), Attorney General of Utah (1941–1949)
 * Gwen B. Giles (1932–1986), American politician, member of the Missouri Senate
 * Harriet E. Giles (1828–1909), American educator, co-founder of Spelman College
 * Harry Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Henry Giles (1809–1882), Unitarian minister and writer
 * Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat, Sinologist and linguist
 * Hiram Giles (1820-1895), American politician
 * Howard Giles (born 1946), British-American sociolinguist
 * Ian Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jack Giles (Leonard George "Jack" Giles 1921–1994), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
 * James Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Janice Holt Giles (1905–1979), American author
 * Jarvis Giles (born 1990), American football running back
 * Jesús Giles Sánchez (1961–2012), Mexican politician
 * Jimmie Giles (born 1954), American football player
 * Jimmy Giles (born 1946), English footballer and manager
 * Jo Giles (1950–2011), New Zealand television presenter and sport shooter
 * John Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jonathan Giles (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
 * Johnny Giles (born 1940), Irish football player, manager and pundit
 * Katharine Giles (1978–2013), British climate scientist
 * Keelan Giles (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
 * Keir Giles (born 1968), British writer and international affairs experts
 * Ken Giles (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
 * Kenneth Giles (died 1974), British crime writer
 * Kevin Giles, Australian Anglican pastor, and theologian
 * Kevin S. Giles (born 1952), American journalist
 * Lamar Giles, American children's book author
 * Lavarus Giles (born 1986), American and Canadian football running back
 * Lee Giles, American computer scientist
 * Leslie Giles (1906–1981), New Zealand cricketer
 * Lionel Giles (1875–1958), Victorian scholar, translator, son of Herbert
 * Lucy Giles (born c. 1969), first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (since 2015)
 * Margaret Giles (1868–1949), British painter, sculptor and medallist
 * Martin Giles (born 1979), English footballer
 * Martyn Giles (born 1983), Welsh footballer
 * Michael Giles (born 1942), drummer with King Crimson
 * Marcus Giles (born 1978), Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Maureen Giles (born 1938), Australian Olympic swimmer
 * Molly Giles (born 1942), American writer
 * Nancy Giles (born 1960), American actress and commentator
 * Nathaniel Giles (1558 – 1633 or 1634), English Renaissance organist and composer
 * Nathaniel Giles (priest) (1591 – not earlier than 1644), Canon of Windsor (1624–1644)
 * Nick Giles, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited
 * Norman Giles (1915–2006), American microbial geneticist
 * Olivia Aroha Giles, New Zealand artist and writer
 * Owen Giles, English rugby player
 * Pat Giles, Irish Teachta Dála
 * Patricia Giles (née White; 1928–2017), Australian Senator (1981–1993)
 * Paul Giles (born 1961), Welsh footballer and manager
 * Peter Giles (disambiguation), several people
 * Randall Giles (1950–2010), American composer, Episcopal Church missionary, and ethnographer
 * Ray Giles (born 1961), Welsh rugby union player
 * Richard P. Giles, American politician
 * Robert Giles (civil servant) (1846–1928), British civil servant, Commissioner in Sind (1900–1902)
 * Robert Giles (born 1933), American journalist
 * Roger Giles, judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
 * Ron Giles (1919–2010), English cricketer
 * Ron Giles (born 1942), American television executive
 * Ronald Giles, Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court
 * Roscoe Giles, American physicist and computer engineer
 * Roscoe Conkling Giles (1890–1970), American surgeon, President of the National Medical Association (1935)
 * Roy Giles, British soldier and academic
 * Ryan Giles (born 2000), English footballer
 * Sam Giles, British palaeobiologist
 * Samantha Giles (born 1971), English actress
 * Samantha Giles (golfer) (born 1994), English golfer
 * Sandra Giles (born Lelia Bernice Giles; 1932–2016), American actress and model
 * Selina Giles (born 1972), English actress and writer
 * Stephen Giles (born 1972), Canadian canoeist
 * Stephen M. Giles, Australian children's book author
 * Thomas Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Tim Giles, British jazz drummer
 * Tony Giles, Australian rules footballer
 * Trevor Giles, Gaelic footballer for Meath GAA
 * Vinny Giles (Marvin M. Giles III; born 1943), American amateur golfer
 * Warren Giles (1896–1979), National League executive in Major League Baseball
 * Wenona Giles, Canadian academic
 * William Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Winston Giles (born 1974), Australian musician

Fictional characters

 * George Giles, protagonist of the 1966 novel Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth
 * Rupert Giles, from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
 * William Giles (Oz), a fictional inmate in the TV series Oz
 * Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Carl Giles