Gilles (given name)
Gilles is a French masculine given name. It is derived from the Middle Ages saints' name 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 Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach
- 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 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 Dumas, French rugby league footballer and coach
- Gilles Échevin, Guadeloupean-born French track and field athlete
- Gilles Elseneer, Belgian tennis player
- 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 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-born American 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 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 Tanguy, French football manager
- Gilles Terral, French entomologist
- Gilles Tetreault, Canadian attempted murder victim
- Gilles Thibaudeau, Canadian ice hockey player
- Gilles Thomas, 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