Gilfillan is a Scottish surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Bobby Gilfillan (footballer born 1926)
Robert Gilfillan (14 March 1926 – June 2018) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward.
Career
Born in Dunfermline, Gilfillan played for Jeanfield Swifts, Blackpool, Cowdenbeath, Rochdale and Worcester City
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, Scottish professional footballer
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Bobby Gilfillan (footballer born 1938)
Robert Inglis Gilfillan (29 June 1938 – 8 November 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Cowdenbeath, Gilfillan played for Cowdenbeath Royals, Cowdenbeath, Newcastle United, St Johnstone, Rait ...
(died 2012), Scottish professional footballer
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Calvin Willard Gilfillan
Calvin Willard Gilfillan (February 20, 1832 – December 2, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Calvin W. Gilfillan was born near East Brook, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He atten ...
(1832–1901), US Congressman
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Ceris Gilfillan
Ceris Styler (née Gilfillan) (born 3 January 1980) is a British racing cyclist who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she placed 14th in the women's road time trial and 27th in the road race. She was both British Nat ...
(born 1980), British racing cyclist
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Charles Duncan Gilfillan
Charles Duncan Gilfillan (July 4, 1831 – December 19, 1902) was an American politician and businessman.
Life
Gilfillan was born in New Hartford, New York and went to the Homer Academy. He studied at the Hamilton College in 1849 and 1850. ...
(1831–1902), American lawyer, businessman, and politician
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George Gilfillan
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Rev George Gilfillan (30 January 1813 – 13 August 1878) was a Scottish author and poet. One of the spasmodic poets, Gilfillan was also an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier Britis ...
(1813–1878), Scottish poet and critic
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James Gilfillan
James Gilfillan (April 25, 1836 – April 8, 1929) was the 13th Treasurer of the United States.
Gilfillan was a native of Belchertown, Massachusetts, born there to Scottish parents. In 1856 he graduated from Williams College, where he was a class ...
(1836–1929), Treasurer of the United States
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James Gilfillan (judge)
James Gilfillan (March 9, 1829 – December 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. He served as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1869 to 1870 and again from 1875 to 1894.
Life and career
Gilfillian was b ...
(1829-1894), American judge
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Jock Gilfillan
John Gilfillan (29 September 1898 – 1976) was a Scottish-born footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the 1920s and 1930s, notably with Portsmouth.
He joined Heart of Midlothian from his local team Inverkeithing United, and played for Hearts ...
(1898–1976), Scottish professional footballer
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John Bachop Gilfillan
John Bachop Gilfillan (February 11, 1835 – August 19, 1924), known as J.B., was a Minnesota politician and lawyer active in the late 19th century. Gilfillan was born on February 11, 1835, in Caledonia County, Vermont. He attended school at ...
(1835–1924), US Congressman
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Joseph Alexander Gilfillan
Joseph Alexander Gilfillan (1838 – November 18, 1913) was an Episcopal missionary to Native Americans of the Ojibwa Tribe on White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota during 35 years from 1873 until 1908.
Biography
Joseph Alexander Gil ...
(1838–1913), Irish-American missionary
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Merrill Gilfillan
Merrill Daniel Gilfillan (born 14 May 1945) is an American writer of poetry, short fiction, and essays.
Life and work
Gilfillan was born and raised in Mount Gilead, Ohio, where his outdoorsman father (Merrill C. Gilfillan) worked as a naturalist ...
(born 1945), American poet
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Robert Gilfillan (1798–1850), Scottish songwriter
See also
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Gilfillan, Minnesota
Gilfillan is an unincorporated community in Redwood County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
History
Gilfillan was named for Charles Duncan Gilfillan
Charles Duncan Gilfillan (July 4, 1831 – December 19, 1902) was an American politici ...
, a community in the United States
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Gilfillan Lake
Gilfillan Lake is a lake in Ramsey County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.7 ...
, a lake in Minnesota, United States
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Gilfillan Farm
Gilfillan Farm is located at the junction of Washington ( U.S. Route 19) and Orr roads in Upper St. Clair Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a working farm whose current form dates to the mid-19th century.
The farm's ...
, a farm in Pennsylvania, United States
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