# Gilles (given name)

Gilles is a French masculine given name. It is derived from that of the medieval Saint Giles.
People with the name Gilles include:
* Gilles, Count of Montaigu (fl. 12th-century), French nobleman
* Saint-Gilles (c. 650 – c. 710), Greek Christian hermit
* Gilles Aillaud (1928–2005), French painter, set decorator, and scenographer
* Gilles Alé (or Hallet; 1620–1694), Flemish painter
* Gilles Allou (1670–1751), French painter
* Gilles Andriamahazo (1919–1989), Malagasy general and political figure
* Gilles Andruet (1958–1995), French chess International Master
* Gilles Apap (born 1963), French classical violinist
* Gilles Archambault (born 1933) Canadian novelist
* Gilles Archambault (1934–2009), Canadian gridiron footballer
* Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu (13??–13??), French cardinal, bishop, and diplomat
* Gilles d'Ambra Azzopardi (born 1949), French psychosociologist
* Gilles Babinet (born 1967) French entrepreneur
* Gilles Barbier, (born 1965), Vanuatu-born French artist
* Gilles Baril (born 1940), Canadian politician
* Gilles Baril (born 1957), Canadian businessman, journalist, and politician
* Gilles Beaudoin (1919–2007), Canadian politician
* Gilles-François de Beauvais (1693 – c. 1773), French Jesuit writer and preacher
* Gilles Bellemare (1932–1980), Canadian politician
* Gilles Bellemare (born 1952), composer, conductor, and music educator
* Gilles Bensimon (born 1944), French fashion photographer
* Gilles Bernheim (born 1952), French rabbi
* Gilles Bernier (born 1934), Canadian politician and diplomat
* Gilles Bernier (born 1955), Canadian politician
* Gilles Berolatti (born 1944), French fencer
* Gilles Bertould (born 1949), French track and field athlete
* Gilles Bettmer (born 1989), Luxembourgish footballer
* Gilles Beyer (1958–2023), French figure skater
* Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 – 1460), Dutch composer
* Gilles Bisson (born 1957), Canadian politician
* Gilles Bilodeau (1955–2008), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Binya (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
* Gilles Bouchard (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey coach
* Gilles Bouleau (born 1962), French journalist
* Gilles Bourdos (born 1963), French film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Gilles Bourdouleix (born 1960), French politician
* Gilles Brassard (born 1955), Canadian cryptographer, computer scientist, and educator
* Gilles Bruckner (born 1982), Luxembourgish racing driver
* Gilles G. Brunet (1935–1984), Canadian military officer
* Gilles-Joseph-Martin Bruneteau (1760–1830), French Revolutionary and Napoleonic general
* Gilles Canouet (born 1976), French road racing cyclist
* Gilles Caouette (1940–2009), Canadian politician
* Gilles Carle (1928–2009), Canadian director, screenwriter, and painter
* Gilles Caron (1939–1970), French photographer and photojournalist
* Gilles Carpentier (1950–2016), French writer and film editor
* Gilles Carrez (born 1948), French politician
* Gilles Caussade (born 1947), French film financier and producer
* Gilles de Caux de Montlebert (c. 1682 – 1733), French poet and playwright
* Gilles Chabrier (born 19??), French astrophysicist
* Gilles Chapadeau (born 19??), Canadian politician
* Gilles Châtelet (1944–1999), French philosopher and mathematician
* Gilles Chiasson (born 1966), American film producer, director, composer, writer, and actor
* Gilles-Louis Chrétien (1754–1811), French musician
* Gilles Cioni (born 1984), French footballer
* Gilles Cistac (1961−2015), French-born Mozambican lawyer
* Gilles Colon (born 1981), Haitian-born Canadian gridiron football player
* Gilles Constantinian (born 1964), French footballer
* Gilles de Corbeil (c. 1140 – 11??) French royal physician, teacher, and poet
* Gilles Cormery (1950–1999), French poet and painter
* Gilles Corrozet (1510–1568), French writer, printer, and bookseller
* Gilles Coulier (born 1986), Belgian film director, scriptwriter, and producer
* Gilles Courteau (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey executive
* Gilles Coustellier (born 1986), French mountain bike trials cyclist
* Gilles Couturier (born 19??), Royal Canadian Navy officer
* Gilles Dambrine (born 19??), French engineer
* Gilles Dauvé (born 1947), French political theorist, school teacher, communist, and translator
* Gilles De Bilde (born 1971), Belgian footballer
* Gilles De Haes (1597–1657), Flemish military General
* Gilles Delion (born 1966), French road bicycle racer
* Gilles Delouche (1948–2020), French classical literature scholar and orientalist
* Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher
* Gilles Demarteau (1722–1776), Belgian-born French etcher, engraver, and publisher
* Gilles De Oliveira (born 1984), French footballer
* Gilles Domoraud (born 1979), Ivorian footballer
* Gilles Doucende (born 1977), French footballer
* Gilles Duceppe (born 1947), Canadian politician, former leader of the Bloc Québécois
* Gilles Dumas (born 1962), French rugby league footballer and coach
* Gilles Échevin (born 1948), Guadeloupean-born French track and field athlete
* Gilles Elseneer (born 1978), Belgian tennis player
* Gilles Engeldinger (born 1984), Luxembourgish footballer
* Gilles Epié (born 1958), French chef
* Gilles Esnault (born 19??), French painter
* Gilles Eyquem (born 1959), French footballer
* Gilles Fabien (born 1978), French Guianan footballer
* Gilles Fauconnier (1944–2021), French linguist, cognitive science researcher, and author
* Gilles Filleau des Billettes (1634–1720), French scholar, encyclopedist, and bibliographer
* Gilles Floro (1964–1999), Guadeloupean singer
* Gilles Fortin (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Gilles Gaetner (born 1946), French journalist and author
* Gilles Garcin (1647–1702), French painter
* Gilles Gauthier (1935–2015), Canadian politician
* Gilles Gilbert (1949–2023), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles-Gaston Granger (1920–2016), French philosopher
* Gilles Gobeil (born 1954), Canadian electroacoustic musician
* Gilles-Lambert Godecharle (1750−1835), Belgian sculptor
* Gilles-William Goldnadel (born 1954), French-Israeli lawyer, author, and columnist
* Gilles de Gouberville (1521−1578), French diarist
* Gilles Goujon (born 1961), French chef and restaurateur
* Gilles de Gourmont (c. 1499 – 1533), French bookseller and printer
* Gilles Grangier (1911–1996), French film director and screenwriter
* Gilles Gratton (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Grégoire (1926–2006), Canadian politician, co-founder of the Parti Québécois
* Gilles Grelet (born 19??), French theorist and writer
* Gilles Grimandi (born 1970), French footballer
* Gilles Grondin (1943–2005), Canadian educator and politician
* Gilles Groulx (1931–1994), Canadian film director
* Gilles Guérin (1611–1678), French sculptor
* Gilles Guillain (born 1982), Colombian-born French actor
* Gilles Guyot (born 1946), French management professor
* Gilles Hamel (born 1960), French ice hockey player
* Gilles Hébert (born 19??), Canadian artist and museum director
* Gilles Hilary (born 19??), French accountant academic
* Gilles Hocquart (1694–1783), French Intendant of New France
* Gilles Houde (1932–2014), Canadian politician
* Gilles Jacquier (1968–2012), French photojournalist and reporter
* Gilles Jalabert (born 1958), French wrestler
* Gilles Jaquet (born 1974), Swiss snowboarder
* Gilles Joubert (1689–1775), French cabinet-maker
* Gilles Joye (1424/1425–1483), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
* Gilles Jullien (c. 1651/1653 – 1703), French Baroque composer and organist
* Gilles de Kerchove (born 1956), Belgian senior European Union official
* Gilles Kahn (1946–2006), French computer scientist
* Gilles Kepel (born 1955), French political scientist and Arabist
* Gilles Klopman (1933–2015), Belgian-born American chemist
* Gilles Kohler (born 1948), French actor
* Gilles Labbé (born 1948), Canadian politician
* Gilles Lalay (1962–1992) French enduro and rally raid racer
* Gilles Lamontagne (1919–2016), Canadian politician
* Gilles Lapouge (1923–2020), French writer and journalist
* Gilles Latulippe (1937–2014), Canadian actor, comedian, theatre director, and manager
* Gilles Larrain (born 1938), French-American photographer
* Gilles Lauzon, (1631–1687) French coppersmith of New France
* Gilles Le Breton (died 1553), French Renaissance architect and master-mason
* Gilles Lebreton (born 1958), French politician
* Gilles Legardinier (born 1965), French novelist
* Gilles van Ledenberg (c. 1550 – 1618), Dutch statesman
* Gilles Leger (born 1941), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Le Guen (alias Abdel Jelil; born 1955), French self-styled Islamist and jihadist
* Gilles Lehouillier (born 1953), Canadian politician civil servant
* Gilles Lellouche (born 1972), French actor
* Gilles Leroy (born 1958), French writer
* Gilles Létourneau (born 1945), Canadian attorney and judge
* Gilles le Vinier (died 1252), French medieval composer and musician
* Gilles Li Muisis (c. 1272 – 1352), French medieval chronicler and poet
* Gilles Lipovetsky (born 1944), French philosopher, writer, sociologist, and educator
* Gilles Loiselle (1929–2022), Canadian politician
* Gilles Lupien (1954–2021), Canadian sports agent and ice hockey player
* Gilles de Maistre (born 1960), French screenwriter, film director, producer, journalist, and actor
* Gilles Marceau (1928–2008), Canadian politician
* Gilles Marchal (1944–2013), French singer-songwriter
* Gilles Marchand (born 1963), French film director and screenwriter
* Gilles Marchildon (born 1965), Canadian francophone activist and LGBT activist
* Gilles Marguet (born 1967), French biathlete
* Gilles Marini (born 1976), French actor
* Gilles Marotte (1945–2005), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Mayer (1929–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Mbang Ondo (born 1985), Gabonese footballer
* Gilles Meloche (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and scout
* Gilles Ménage (1613–1692), French scholar, philologist, lawyer, and writer
* Gilles Mimouni (born 1956), French film director
* Gilles Montezin (born 19??), French clothing designer
* Gilles Moreau (born 1945), French swimmer
* Gilles Moretton (born 1958), French tennis player
* Gilles Morin (born 1931), Canadian politician
* Gilles Motet (born 1956), French computer scientist and software engineer
* Gilles Müller (born 1983), Luxembourgish tennis player
* Gilles Mureau (c. 1450 – 1512), French Renaissance composer and singer
* Gilles Ngomo (born 1987), Cameroonian footballer
* Gilles de Noailles (1524–1600), French diplomat
* Gilles Ouimet (born 19??), Canadian politician
* Gilles Pagnon (born 1984), German rugby player
* Gilles Palsky (born 1962), French geographer and educator
* Gilles Panizzi (born 1965), French rally driver
* Gilles Paquet (1936–2019), Canadian economist
* Gilles Paquet-Brenner (born 1974), French director and screenwriter
* Gilles Pargneaux (born 1957), French politician
* Gilles de Paris (c. 1160 – 1223/1224), French medieval poet
* Gilles Pélisson (born 1957), French business executive
* Gilles Pelletier (1925–2018), Canadian actor
* Gilles Perrault (1931–2023), French writer and journalist
* Gilles Peress (born 1946), French photographer
* Gilles Perron (born 1940), Canadian politician
* Gilles Peterson (born 1964), French disc jockey and record label owner
* Gilles Peycelon (born 1960), French footballer
* Gilles Pisier (born 1950), French mathematician
* Gilles Poisson (born 19??), Canadian wrestler
* Gilles Poitras (born 19??), Canadian anime and manga author
* Gilles Porte (born 1965), French film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
* Gilles Potvin (1923–2000), Canadian music critic and music historian
* Gilles Pouliot (born 1942), Canadian politician
* Gilles Poux (born 1957), French politician
* Gilles Pudlowski (born 1950), French journalist, writer, literary and gastronomic critic
* Gilles Quénéhervé (born 1966), French sprinter
* Gilles Quispel (1916–2006), Dutch theologian and historian of Christianity and Gnosticism
* Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 1440), French nobleman, knight, and serial killer of children
* Gilles Rampillon (born 1953), French footballer
* Gilles Reingot (c. 1501 – 1530), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
* Gilles Robert (born 1955), Canadian politician
* Gilles de Roberval (1602–1675), French mathematician
* Gilles de Robien (born 1941), French politician
* Gilles Roch (born 1952), Canadian politician
* Gilles Rocheleau (1935–1998), Canadian politician
* Gilles Rondy (born 1981), French swimmer
* Gilles Rousselet (1610–1686), French engraver
* Gilles Rousset (born 1963), French footballer
* Gilles Roussi (born 1947), French sculptor
* Gilles Roux (born 1971), French speedcuber
* Gilles de Roye (died 1478), Flemish chronicler
* Gilles Ruyssen (born 1994), Belgian footballer
* Gilles Ste-Croix (born 19??), Canadian entrepreneur and vice president and co-creator of Cirque du Soleil
* Gilles Saint-Paul (born 1963), French economist
* Gilles Salles (born 19??), French oncologist and cancer researcher
* Gilles Samoun (born 19??), French entrepreneur
* Gilles Sanders (born 1964), French racing cyclist
* Gilles Savary (born 1954), French politician
* Gilles Schey (c. 1644 – 1703), Dutch Navy admiral
* Gilles Schnepp (born 1958), French business executive
* Gilles Ségal (1929–2014), French actor, mime, and playwright
* Gilles-Éric Séralini (born 1960), French molecular biologist, political advisor, and anti-GMO activist
* Gilles Servat (born 1945), French singer-songwriter
* Gilles Simeoni (born 1967), Corsican politician
* Gilles Simon (born 1958), French Formula One racing driver
* Gilles Simon (born 1984), French tennis player
* Gilles de Souvré (c. 1540 – 1626), French nobleman and military officer
* Gilles Sunu (born 1991), French footballer
* Gilles Taillon (born 1945), Canadian politician
* Gilles Talmant (born 1970), French racing cyclist
* Gilles Terral (1943–1998), French entomologist
* Gilles Tetreault (born 19??), Canadian attempted murder victim
* Gilles Thibaudeau (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Thomas (1929–1985), French science fiction writer
* Gilles Tonelli (born 1957), Monegasque engineer, diplomat and politician
* Gilles de Toucy (died c. 1139–1142), French medieval cardinal-bishop
* Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French physician and namesake of Tourette's syndrome
* Gilles Tran (born 19??), French 3D artist
* Gilles Tréhin (born 1972), French artist and author
* Gilles Tremblay (1932–2017), Canadian composer
* Gilles Tremblay (1938–2014), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Turcot (1917–2010), Canadian Armed Forces General
* Gilles Vaillancourt (born 1941), former Canadian politician
* Gilles Valiquette (born 1952), Canadian rock musician
* Gilles Van Assche (born 19??), Belgian cryptographer
* Gilles Veissière (born 1959), French football referee
* Gilles Verdez (born 1964), French sports journalist, television and radio columnist
* Gilles Verlant (1957–2013), Belgian journalist and music critic
* Gilles Vidal (born c. 1972), French automobile designer
* Gilles Vigne (born 1950), French swimmer
* Gilles Vigneault (born 1928), Canadian poet, publisher, and singer-songwriter
* Gilles Villemure (born 1940), Canadian ice hockey player
* Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982), Canadian racing driver
* Gilles Vincent (born 1958), French crime fiction author
* Gilles Yapi Yapo (born 1982), Ivorian footballer
* Gilles Zolty (born 19??), Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, and music producer

## Fictional people

* Gilles, a stock character of French farce and Commedia dell'arte