Gillian may refer to:

Places

* Gillian Settlement, Arkansas, an unincorporated community

People

Gillian (variant

Jillian Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Jillian Armenante ...

) is an English feminine given name, frequently shortened to Gill. It originates as a feminine form of the name Julian, Julio,

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

, and

Julien Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * Julien (opera), ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * Julien (album), ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * Julien (song), "Julien" (so ...

. It is also in use as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

First name

* Gillian Alexy (born 1986), Australian actress * Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), English poet *

Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film '' The House of Mirt ...

(born 1968), American actress *

Gillian Apps Gillian Mary Apps (born November 2, 1983) is a women's ice hockey player. Apps was a member of the Canadian National Hockey Team that won back to back Gold Medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. As a psychology major at Dartmouth College in ...

(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Gillian Armstrong (born 1950), Australian film director * Gillian Attard (born 1983), Maltese actress *

Gillian Avery Gillian Elise Avery (30 September 1926 – 31 January 2016) was a British children's novelist, and a historian of childhood education and children's literature. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1972, for ''A Likely Lad.'' It ...

(born 1926), British children's novelist and literary historian *

Gillian Ayres Gillian Ayres (3 February 1930 – 11 April 2018) was an English painter. She is best known for abstract painting and printmaking using vibrant colours, which earned her a Turner Prize nomination. Early life and education Gillian Ayres was bo ...

(born 1930), English painter *

Gillian Bailey Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British academic and former actress. She was a child actress and appeared as Billie in '' Here Come the Double Deckers'' (1970–71). Other roles inc ...

(born 1955), British academic and actress *

Gillian Barge Gillian Barge (born Gillian Betty Bargh, 27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003) was an English stage, television and film actress. She was born in Hastings, Sussex. She started acting at the age of 17, training at the Birmingham Theatre School ...

(1940–2003), English actress *

Gillian Baverstock Gillian Mary Baverstock (born Pollock; 15 July 1931 – 24 June 2007) was a British author, non-fiction writer and memoirist. She was the elder daughter of English novelist Enid Blyton and her first husband, Hugh Pollock. She wrote and spoke t ...

(1931–2007), British author * Gillian Baxter, British writer * Gillian Beer (born 1935), British literary critic *

Gillian Bevan Gillian Bevan (born 13 February 1956) is an English actress, best known for her roles in British television shows and West End theatre. In 1988 she played Dorothy in the Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of their version of '' The Wizard of O ...

(born 1950), British actress *

Gillian Blake Gillian Blake (born 10 May 1949), Buckingham, England is a retired British actress who became well known in the early 1970s as Dora in ''Follyfoot''. Blake studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her professional c ...

(born 1949), British actress * Gillian Blakeney (born 1966), Australian dance musician * Gillian Bonner (born 1966), American model * Gillian Bouras (born 1945), Australian writer * Gillian Boxx (born 1973), American Olympic medalist * Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956), American writer * Gillian Carnegie (born 1971), English artist * Gillian Chan (born 1954), Canadian children's author * Gillian Chung (born 1981), Hong Kong singer * Gillian Clark (aid worker) (c. 1956–2003), Canadian humanitarian * Gillian Clark (born 1961), English badminton player *

Gillian Clarke Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wales. Life Gillian Clarke was born on 8 J ...

(born 1937), Welsh poet * Gillian Condy (born 1952), South African botanical artist * Gillian Conoley (born 1955), American poet *

Gillian Coultard Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is an English former football player, and former England captain. She is one of England Women's most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international e ...

(born 1963), English football player * Gillian Cowley (born 1955), Zimbabwean field hockey player * Gillian Cowlishaw (born 1934), New Zealand-born anthropologist *

Gillian Cross Gillian Cross (born 1945) is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for ''Wolf'' and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for ''The Great Elephant Chase''. She also wrote ''The Demon Headmaster'' book series, ...

(born 1945), English children's writer * Gillian Elisa (born 1953), Welsh actress * Gillian Evans, British philosopher * Gillian Ferrari (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gillian Findlay Gillian Findlay is a Canadian television journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC. She studied history and literature at Simon Fraser University and she holds a diploma in broadcast journalism from the British Columbia Institute of Technolog ...

, Canadian television journalist * Gillian Florence, Canadian rugby union player *

Gillian Flynn Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer. She is known for writing the thriller and mystery novels, ''Sharp Objects'' (2006), '' Dark Places'' (2009), and '' Gone Girl'' (2012), which are ...

, American author and television critic *

Gillian Foulger Gillian Rose Foulger is a British geologist and academic born in 1952 in Ipswich. Foulger plays a major role in coordinating the global debate in the category of Earth Science, on whether or not deep mantle thermal plumes exist and create “hot ...

, English geologist *

Gillian Galbraith Gillian Galbraith is an Advocate-turned-author, a Scottish crime writer, whose protagonist, DS Alice Rice, is based in Edinburgh. Biography Gillian was born and brought up near Haddington, East Lothian. She practiced until 1999 as an advoca ...

, Scottish crime writer *

Gillian Gilbert Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 27 January 1961) is an English musician and singer, best known as the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order. Early life Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of ...

(born 1961), British keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist *

Gillian Gilks Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin; born 20 June 1950) is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and the ...

(born 1950), English badminton player *

Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is a retired female badminton player from England. Badminton career World Championships She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier. Olympic Ga ...

(born 1964), English badminton player * Gillian Greer, New Zealand literary scholar *

Gillian Guess Gillian Guess (born 1955) is a Vancouver woman who was convicted in 1998 of obstruction of justice after becoming romantically involved with a murder defendant while she was a juror in his 1995 trial. Her case became significant because it set le ...

(born 1955), Canadian criminal * Gillian Hills (born 1944), film actress * Gillian Horovitz (born 1955), English long-distance runner * Gillian Howell (1927–2000), British architect * Gillian Howie, English philosopher *

Gillian Jacobs Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015) and Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Love'' (201 ...

(born 1982), American stage and film actress * Gillian Jones, Australian actress *

Gillian Joseph Gillian Angela Joseph (born 20 July 1969) is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Joseph is the anchor of weekend editions of ''Sky News at Ten''. Early life She was born in 1969 in Coventry, England. Her parents originated fro ...

(born 1969), British newscaster *

Gillian Kearney Gillian Louise Kearney

(born 1972), English actress *

Gillian Knight Gillian Knight (born 1 November 1934) is an English opera singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of the Savoy operas. After six years from 1959 to 1965 starring in these roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ...

(born 1934), English singer and actor *

Gillian Lindsay Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in ...

(born 1973), Scottish rower *

Gillian Lowndes Gillian Lowndes (19 June 1936

(born 1936), English ceramic sculptor *

Gillian Lucky Gillian Lucky (born 1967) is a Justice of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago. She was previously a High Court Judge, Director of the Police Complaints Authority, and a Member of Parliament for Pointe-à-Pierre. Ea ...

(born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago politician and lawyer *

Gillian Lynne Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-runnin ...

(born 1926), British ballerina, actor, theatre and television director, and choreographer * Gillian McConway, English cricketer *

Gillian McCutcheon Gillian McCutcheon (born April 1939) is a British-based actress who has appeared in many programmes over the years. She has played three parts in the ITV Soap opera ''The Bill'', alone. Her first role was '' The Avengers'', in 1961. She also ...

(born 1939), British actress *

Gillian McKeith Gillian McKeith (born 28 September 1959) is a Scottish television personality and writer. She is known for her promotion of various pseudoscientific ideas about health and nutrition. She is the former host of Channel 4's ''You Are What You Eat ...

(born 1959), Scottish non-fiction writer *

Gillian Merron Gillian Joanna Merron, Baroness Merron (born 12 April 1959) is a British politician and life peer serving as Chief Executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews since 2014. A member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, she has been a s ...

(born 1959), British politician *

Gillian Moore Gillian Margaret Moore is a retired Australian school principal. Biography Moore began her career in Perth, Western Australia. Her first teaching position was at Tuart Hill, where she taught in a high school from 1967 to 1971. She then took up ...

, retired Australian school principal * Gillian Morgan (born 1953), British civil servant *

Gillian Murphy Gillian Murphy ( ; born April 11, 1979) is an American ballet dancer who is a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. Early life and education Raised in Florence, South Carolina, Murphy was a member of Columbia City Ballet before at ...

(born 1979), American dancer *

Gillian Norris Gillian Norris (born 29 December 1978) is an Irish dancer and model best known for her work in '' Lord of the Dance'' and '' Feet of Flames''. Norris was born in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland on 29 December 1978 to Mary Norris and ...

(born 1978), Irish dancer and model *

Gillian O'Sullivan Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976 in Killarney) is an Irish race walker. She set the unofficial world record in the 5000m walk in Belfast, United Kingdom since 2002 however, the IAAF have refused to verify it. She won a silver medal at th ...

(born 1976), Irish race walker * Gillian Oliver (born 1943), British nurse * Gillian Porter (born 1965), Northern Irish television presenter * Gillian Pugh, British social welfare official *

Gillian Rolton Gillian Rolton (3 May 1956 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian Olympic equestrian champion. She competed in two Olympic Games, the 1992 Barcelona Games and 1996 Atlanta Games, winning a gold medal in team eventing both times on her hors ...

(born 1956), Australian equestrian *

Gillian Rose Gillian Rosemary Rose (née Stone; 20 September 1947 – 9 December 1995) was a British philosopher and writer. Rose held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick until 1995. Rose began her teaching career at th ...

(1947–1995), British scholar *

Gillian Rose (geographer) Gillian Rose FBA (born 1962) is a British geographer and geographic author. She is a professor of human geography in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford. Previously, she taught and served as Associate Dean at ...

(born 1962), British geographer * Gillian Rubinstein (born 1942), Australian children's author and playwright * Gillian Russell (born 1973), Jamaican athlete * Gillian Sewell (born 1972), Canadian field hockey player *

Gillian Sheen Gillian Mary Donaldson (née Sheen; 21 August 1928 – 5 July 2021) was a British fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. She won a gold medal in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. She also com ...

(1928–2021), British fencer * Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold (born 1940), British Conservative politician *

Gillian Slovo Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952) is a South African-born writer who lives in the UK. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Early life and education Gillian Slovo was born on 15 March 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her family move ...

(born 1952), South African novelist, playwright and memoirist * Gillian Small, American biologist * Gillian Smith (born 1965), English cricketer * Gillian Sorensen, senior advisor at the United Nations Foundation *

Gillian Spencer Gillian Spencer (born December 18, 1939) is an American soap opera actress and writer. She had supporting roles on the soaps '' The Secret Storm'' as Lynn Wilkins Warren from 1961-1962 and ''The Edge of Night'' as Leora Davies in 1963 before joi ...

(born 1939), American soap opera actress and writer * Gillian Stroudley (1925–1992), English painter and printmaker *

Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth (born 14 August 1955) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Kathy Beale on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', and has also appeared as Jackie Pascoe, Jackie Pascoe/Webb on ITV Network, ITV's ''Footballers' Wi ...

(born 1955), English actress * Gillian Akiko Thomson (born 1974), Filipino swimmer * Gillian Tindall, British writer *

Gillian Triggs Gillian Doreen Triggs (born 30 October 1945) is an Australian academic specialising in public international law. In 2019, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nati ...

, Australian lawyer *

Gillian Vigman Gillian Vigman (born January 28, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She has played Jack Box's Wife in many Jack in the Box commercials, and is a recurring cast member of the sketch comedy series ''MADtv''. Vigman also sta ...

(born 1972), American comic actress *

Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 10 December 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He ...

(born 1963), English artist *

Gillian Weir Dame Gillian Constance Weir (born 17 January 1941) is a New Zealand-British organist. Biography Weir was born in Martinborough, New Zealand, on 17 January 1941. Her parents were Clarice Mildred Foy ( Bignell) and Cecil Alexander Weir. She re ...

(born 1941), English classical organist *

Gillian Welch Gillian Howard Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, coun ...

(born 1967), American singer * Gillian White (born 1975), American actress *

Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941. ...

(born 1941), New Zealand composer *

Gillian Wright Gillian Wright (born 5 May 1960) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Jean Slater on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' since 2004, for which she has won a number of awards. She was a teacher and theatre director before ...

(born 1960), English actress

Surname

Mike Gillian Mike Gillian is an American basketball coach, and formerly served as the head men's basketball coach at Longwood University from 2003 to 2013. Resigning from Longwood on March 14, 2013, he had guided the team in their transition to Division I (NC ...

(born 1964), American basketball coach

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Gillian, in the novel '' Jill'' by Philip Larkin *

Gillian Andrassy This is a list of characters appearing (or who have appeared) on the ABC Daytime and TOLN soap opera ''All My Children''. A Carter Anders *Jason Pendergraft (2013) Pine Valley Hospital doctor with an unknown past. Bill Anderson * James Prit ...

, in the soap opera ''All My Children'' * Gillian B. Loeb, in the DC universe * Gillian Owens, in the novel and film ''

Practical Magic ''Practical Magic'' is a 1998 American fantasy romantic drama film based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aid ...

'' * Gillian Seed, the protagonist in the cyberpunk video game '' Snatcher'' * Gillian Taylor, doctor in the 1986 film '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* "Gillian", a 1996 song on ''The Waifs'' (album) by the Australian folk group The Waifs * ''Gillian'', a novel by

Frank Yerby Frank Garvin Yerby ( – ) was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel ''The Foxes of Harrow''. Early life Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the second of four children of Rufus Garvin Yerby (1886– ...