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Gilbert Gilbert may refer to: People and fictional characters *Gilbert (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Gilbert (surname), including a list of people Places Australia * Gilbert River (Queensland) * Gilbert River (South A ...

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People

Gil Amelio Gilbert Frank Amelio (born March 1, 1943) is an American technology executive. Amelio worked at Bell Labs, Fairchild Semiconductor, and the semiconductor division of Rockwell International, and was also the CEO of National Semiconductor and A ...

(born 1943), technology executive and former CEO of Apple Inc. *

Gil Baiano José Gildásio Pereira de Matos (born November 3, 1966), commonly known by the nickname Gil Baiano, is a retired professional association football right back, who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs, and for the Brazil n ...

(born 1966), Brazilian retired footballer * Gil Bellows (born 1967), Canadian actor * Gil Birmingham (born 1953), American actor * Gil Cohen (disambiguation), several people *

Gil Elvgren Gillette Elvgren (March 15, 1914 – February 29, 1980) was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow, Elvgren studied at the American Academy of Art. He ...

(1914-1980), American pin-up artist * Gil Evans (1912-1988), Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader * Gil Fronsdal (born 1954), American Buddhist teacher * Gil Gerard (born 1943), American actor, star of the TV series ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'' *

Gil Goldstein Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 time Biography He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence We ...

(born 1950), American jazz pianist * Gil Gomes (born 1972), Portuguese retired footballer * Gil Hayes (born 1939), Canadian former professional wrestler * Gil Heron (1922-2008), Jamaican footballer *

Gil Hodges Gilbert Ray Hodges ('' né'' Hodge; April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his 18-year career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers. He was widely regarded as ...

(1924-1972), American Major League Baseball player and manager * Gil Kim (born 1981), American baseball coach and executive * Gil Meche (born 1978), American retired Major League Baseball pitcher * Gil Nickel (1939-2003), American vintner * Gil Ofarim (born 1982), German singer and songwriter * Gil Ofer (born 1976), Israeli Olympic judoka *

Gil Perkins Gilbert Vincent Perkins (24 August 1907 – 28 March 1999) was an Australian film and television actor. Early life As a teenager, Perkins was a trackman and an athlete. He ran away from home at a young age and joined the crew of a Norw ...

(1907-1999), Australian actor * Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves (born 1980), Brazilian footballer * Gil Robinson (1910-1985), American football player * Gil Santos (born 1940), American radio commentator for the New England Patriots football team * Gil Schwartz, pen name of Stanley Bing (born 1951), business humorist and novelist *

Gil Shaham Gil Shaham (Hebrew: גיל שחם; born February 19, 1971) is an American violinist of Israeli Jewish descent. Biography Gil Shaham was born in Urbana, Illinois, while his Israeli parents were on an academic fellowship at the University of Illino ...

(born 1971), Israeli-American violinist * Gil Shwed (born 1952), Israeli programmer and entrepreneur *

Gil Scott-Heron Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American Jazz poetry, jazz poet, singer, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician ...

(1949-2011), American spoken word performer and rap pioneer *

Gil Semedo Gil Semedo Moreira (born October 25, 1974), better known by his stage name Gil Semedo, is a Cape Verdean recording artist, songwriter, businessman, and record producer. He rose to prominence in 1991 following the release of "Menina", the first si ...

(born 1974), Cape Verdean singer * Gil Simkovitch (born 1982), Israeli Olympic sport shooter * Gil Stein (archaeologist), American archaeologist * Gil Stein (ice hockey) (born 1928), American lawyer, law instructor and former National Hockey League president *

Gil Student Gil Ofer Student (born August 8, 1972) is the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union's Jewish Action magazine; former Managing Editor of OU Press, and an Orthodox Jewish blogger who writes about the interface between different facets of Judaism, spec ...

(born 1972), American blogger *

Gil Vainshtein Gil Vainshtein (born 29 October 1984 in Ukraine) is a Canadian association football player who plays as a midfielder for the Italia Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League. In university he played for Alderson-Broaddus College, with whom he ...

(born 1984), Canadian soccer player

Fictional characters

* Gil Grissom, on the American TV series ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', played by actor William Petersen * Gil Gunderson, a recurring character on the animated TV series ''The Simpsons'' *

Gil Chesterton The main character of the American television sitcom ''Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular ...

, a supporting character on the TV sitcom ''Frasier'' * Gil, in the 1985 arcade game ''The Tower of Druaga'' * Gil, in the manga

Dragon Knights is a manga series drawn by Mineko Ohkami and published in the monthly Japanese magazine ''Wings''. The manga was licensed in the United States by Tokyopop. The Tokyopop translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment Madma ...

* Gil, on the American/Canadian children's TV series ''

Bubble Guppies ''Bubble Guppies'' is a CGI-animated children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination of the sketch comedy, edutainment, and musical genres, and revolves around the un ...

'' *Gil Hammerstein from the video game '' Lights, Camera, Pants!''

People

Fictional characters

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