Gilles (first name)
Gilles is a French masculine given name .
Origin and meaning
It is a variant of the name Aegidius , for details on the origin see there.
Name bearer
A.
- Gilles Aillaud (1928–2005), French painter, printmaker, set designer and author
- Gilles Andriamahazo (1919–1989), Malagasy general and politician
- Gilles Apap (* 1963), French violinist
B.
- Gilles Bargy (1919-2000), French writer and journalist
- Gilles Béhat (* 1949), French director
- Gilles Bernheim (* 1952), French rabbi
- Gilles Bertould (* 1949), French athlete
- Gilles Berquet (* 1956), French photographer
- Gilles Bettmer (* 1989), Luxembourg soccer player
- Gilles Binchois (1400–1460), Franco-Flemish composer, poet and cleric
- Gilles Binya (* 1984), Cameroonian football player
- Gilles Boizard (1933–1987), French composer
- Gilles Brassard (* 1955), Canadian computer scientist and physicist
C.
- Gilles Canouet (* 1976), French road cyclist
- Gilles Cantagrel (* 1937), French musicologist
- Gilles Carle (1928–2009), Canadian filmmaker
- Gilles Chabenat (born 1963), French musician
- Gilles-Louis Chrétien (1754–1811), French inventor and engraver
- Gilles Cresto (* 1959), Monegasque archer
D.
- Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995), French philosopher
- Gilles Demarteau (1722–1776), French engraver, etcher and art publisher
- Gilles Dubois (ice hockey player) (born 1966), Swiss ice hockey player
- Gilles Duceppe (* 1947), Canadian politician
F.
- Gilles Floret (* 1966), French singer and Germanist
G
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007), French physicist
- Gilles Grimandi (* 1970), French football player
J
- Gilles Jaquet (* 1974), Swiss snowboarder
- Gilles Joye (1424 / 25–1483), Flemish theologian, poet, singer and composer
K
- Gilles Kepel (* 1955), French political scientist
- Gilles Kohler (born 1948), French actor
L.
- Gilles Leroy (* 1958), French writer
- Gilles Lipovetsky (* 1944), French author and philosopher
M.
- Gilles Marguet (* 1967), French biathlete
- Gilles Ménage (1613–1692), French writer and philologist
- Gilles I. Aycelin de Montaigut († 1318), French archbishop
- Gilles II. Aycelin de Montaigut († 1378), French diplomat and cardinal
- Gilles Li Muisis (1272–1352), French monk, chronicler and poet
- Gilles Müller (* 1983), Luxembourgish tennis player
N
- Gilles Naturel , French jazz bassist and composer
O
- Gilles Ouellet (Archbishop) (1922–2009), Canadian Archbishop
P
- Gilles Peress (* 1946), French photographer
- Gilles Perrault (* 1931), French journalist and novelist
- Gilles Peterson (* 1964), French DJ, radio presenter and music label owner
- Gilles Pisier (* 1950), French mathematician
- Gilles I (Haifa) (Gilles Poulain; * before 1250, † around 1270), Lord of Haifa in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Q
- Gilles Quenéhervé (* 1966), French athlete
R.
- Gilles de Rais (1404–1440), Marshal of France and mass murderer
- Gilles Personne de Roberval (1602–1675), French mathematician
- Gilles de Robien (* 1941), French politician
- Gilles Rozier (* 1963), French writer and translator
S.
- Gilles of Saumur or Gilles of Tire († 1266), Archbishop of Damiette and Tire
- Gilles Schnepp (* 1958), French manager
- Gilles Ségal (1932-2014), French actor
- Gilles Servat (* 1945), Breton musician and writer
- Gilles Simon (* 1984), French tennis player
T
- Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857–1904), French neurologist and forensic scientist
- Gilles de Trazegnies († 1272), crusader, Connétable of France
- Gilles Tréhin (* 1972), French art savant
- Gilles Tremblay (composer) ( Gilles Léonce Tremblay ; 1932–2017), Canadian composer and music teacher
- Gilles Tremblay (Ice Hockey Player) ( Joseph Jean Gilles Tremblay ; 1938–2014), Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator
- Gilles Tschudi (* 1957), Swiss actor and theater director
V
- Gilles Villemure (born 1940), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982), Canadian racing driver
Y
- Gilles Yapi Yapo (* 1982), Ivorian football player