# Gillies

Gillies is both a Scottish surname and a given name shared by several notable people:

## Surname uses
### Politicians

* Duncan Gillies (1834–1903), Australian colonial and state politician
* James McPhail Gillies (1924–2015), Canadian national politician
* John Gillies (Canadian politician) (1837–1889), Scottish-Canadian state and national politician
* Joseph Alexander Gillies (1849–1921), Canadian state and national politician
* Phil Gillies (born 1954), English-Canadian state politician
* Thomas Gillies (1828–1889), New Zealand provincial and national politician
* William Gillies (1865–1932), Scottish patriot, socialist and politician
* William Gillies (Australian politician) (1868–1928), Australian state politician

### Sportspeople

* Clark Gillies (1954–2022), Canadian professional ice hockey player, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame
* Colton Gillies (born 1989), Canadian amateur ice hockey player
* Craig Gillies (born 1976), English rugby union player
* Eric Gillies (born 1952), Canadian Olympic ice dancer
* John Gillies (1918–1991), Scottish footballer
* Matt Gillies (1921–1998), Scottish footballer
* Shawn Gillies (born 1981), Jamaican-Australian cricketer
* Simon Gillies (born before 1987), Australian rugby league player
* Trevor Gillies (born 1979), Canadian professional ice hockey player

### Others

* Anne Lorne Gillies (born 1944), Scottish singer-songwriter, broadcaster, academic and writer
* Annemarie Gillies, New Zealand professor of Māori research
* Ben Gillies (born 1979), Australian musician
* Betty Gillies (1909–1998), American aviator
* Daniel Gillies (born 1976), Canadian-New Zealand actor
* Don Gillies (born 1952), American writer and storyboard artist
* Donald A. Gillies, British philosopher and historian of science and mathematics
* Donald B. Gillies (1928–1975), Canadian mathematician and computer scientist
* Elizabeth Gillies (born 1993), American actress
* Ewen Gillies (1825-?), serial emigrant from St. Kilda, Scotland
* Fiona Gillies (born before 1980), British actress
* Harold Gillies (1882–1960), New Zealand-English physician, "father of plastic surgery"
* Ian Gillies (before 1944–2002), British quiz show champion
* Isabel Gillies (born 1970), American actress
* John Gillies (anaesthetist) (1895-1976) Scottish anaesthetist
* John Gillies (botanist) (1792–1834), Scottish naval surgeon who later became an explorer and botanist
* John Gillies (minister) (1712–1796), a Church of Scotland minister and theological writer
* John Gillies (historian) (1747–1836), Scottish historian and classical scholar
* Kylie Gillies (born 1967), Australian television personality
* Liz Gillies, from VICTORiOUS
* Max Gillies (born 1941), Australian actor
* Michael Thomas Gillies (1920–1999), English medical entomologist
* Midge Gillies (born before 1977), British journalist and biographer
* Pamela Gillies (born 1953), Scottish academic
* Robert Gillies (disambiguation)
* Rowan Gillies (born 1971), Australian physician, former president of Médecins Sans Frontières
* Stuart Gillies (born before 1987), English chef
* Stuart Gillies (born 1986), Composer of "The Longest Reign" music written for Queen Elizabeth the second
* William George Gillies (1898–1973), Scottish painter
* William S. Gillies (1911–2000), American artist

## Places

* Gillies, Ontario, Canada