# Giles (surname)

The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name Giles. Bearers of this surname derive from the original followers of St Giles. They became a prominent family in the north-east of England in the mid 20th Century following their purchase of St Giles' Church and subsequently the founding of Gilesgate as a suburb of Durham.

## 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 (footballer) (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