Gil
Encyclopedia
Places
- Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name
- Gil, Azerbaijan (disambiguation), places named Gil in Azerbaijan
Given name
- Gil AmelioGil AmelioGilbert Frank Amelio is an American technology executive. He grew up in Miami, Florida and received a bachelor's degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology...
, technology executive and former CEO of Apple Inc. - Gil BaianoGil BaianoJosé Gildásio Pereira de Matos, 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 Brazilian national team....
, Brazilian footballer - Gil ElvgrenGil ElvgrenGil Elvgren , born Gillette Elvgren, was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Elvgren was one of the more important pin-up and glamour artists of the twentieth century. Today he is best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow...
, pin-up artist - Gil EvansGil EvansGil Evans was a jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, active in the United States...
, jazz pianist - Gil FronsdalGil FronsdalGil Fronsdal is a Buddhist who has practiced Soto Zen and Vipassana since 1975, and is currently a Buddhist teacher who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Gil was trained as a Vipassana teacher by Jack Kornfield and is part of the Vipassana teachers' collective at Spirit Rock Meditation Center...
, American Buddhist teacher - Gil GerardGil GerardGilbert C. "Gil" Gerard is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979-1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.-Early life:...
, American, actor and star of "Buck Rogers" - Gil HayesGil HayesGilbert "Gil" Hayes is a retired Canadian professional wrestler who competed in North American promotions during the 1960s and 1970s including All Star Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling where he would remain a mainstay for the majority of his 17-year career...
, professional wrestler - Gil HeronGil HeronGil Heron was a Jamaican professional footballer. He was the first black player to play for Scottish club Celtic, and was the father of poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron....
, Jamaican soccer player - Gil HodgesGil HodgesGilbert Ray Hodges was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played in 1943 and from 1947–63, spending most of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers...
(d. 1972), former manager of the New York Mets - Gil KaneGil KaneEli Katz who worked under the name Gil Kane and in one instance Scott Edward, was a comic book artist whose career spanned the 1940s to 1990s and every major comics company and character.Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and...
, comic book artist - Gil KezwerGil KezwerGil Kezwer is a Toronto, Canada-born journalist who now lives in Jerusalem, Israel. He has published more than 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles in the United States, Canada, Britain and Israel...
, Canadian journalist - Gil MecheGil MecheGilbert Allen Meche is a former right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. Shoulder and back problems caused the former first round pick to retire in at just 32 years old.-Early years:...
, American, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals - Gil OfarimGil OfarimGil Doron Reichstadt Ofarim is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actor, currently also known as the lead singer of the bands Zoo Army & Acht.-Music career:...
, German pop singer / band vocalist and former teen idol - Gil PerkinsGil PerkinsGil Perkins 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 Norwegian cargo ship as a deck hand.-Early career:In his early adult life, he left for Hollywood...
, Australian film and television actor - Gilberto Ribeiro GonçalvesGilberto Ribeiro GonçalvesGilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves , commonly known as Gil is a Brazilian footballer. He was formally a Brazilian international.-Early years:...
, (nicknamed Gil), Brazilian footballer - Gil SantosGil SantosGil Santos is the longtime radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots of the National Football League, and morning sports reporter for WBZ radio in Boston. He retired from WBZ on January 30, 2009. Santos was inducted into the WBZ Radio Hall of Fame on July 9, 2009...
, American radio commentator for the New England Patriots - Gil Schwartz, business humorist and novelist
- Gil ShwedGil ShwedGil Shwed is an Israeli programmer and entrepreneur.-Biography:Shwed took computer courses at Hebrew University in Jerusalem while he was still in high school....
(born 1952), Israeli programmer and entrepreneur - Gil Scott-HeronGil Scott-HeronGilbert "Gil" Scott-Heron was an American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author known primarily for his work as a spoken word performer in the 1970s and '80s...
, American spoken word performer and rap pioneer (d. 2011) - Gil SemedoGil SemedoGil Semedo Moreira is a recording artist and performer.-Discography:********************-External links:* http://www.gilsemedo.com [Official website]* http://www.facebook.com/gilsemedofan [Facebook Page]*...
, Capverdean singer - Gil SimkovitchGil Simkovitch-Biography:Simkovitch is Jewish, and was born in Kfar Saba, Israel. He began shooting when he was 16 years of age, and is coached by Israeli Olympian Guy Starik...
(born 1982), Israeli Olympic sport shooter - Gil Stein (archaeologist)Gil Stein (archaeologist)Gil Stein is an American archaeologist and current director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.Stein received a B.A. from Yale University in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania.-Publications:...
- Gil Stein (sports administrator)Gil Stein (sports administrator)Gilbert Stein is an American lawyer, law instructor and former professional ice hockey executive. Stein served with the National Hockey League as vice-president and legal counsel for nearly 15 years before becoming the fifth and last president of the NHL in 1992...
Surname
- Ariadna GilAriadna GilAriadna Gil i Giner is a Spanish actress. She is known for her expressive acting in films such as Belle Époque or Lagrimas Negras.-Career:Bigas Luna discovered her for the 1986 movie Lola...
, Spanish actress - Frederico GilFrederico GilFrederico Gil is a Portuguese professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Tour. In April 2011, he achieved a career-high singles world ranking no. 62, the highest ranking a Portuguese player has ever held until September when Rui Machado placed 61st in the rankings...
, Portuguese tennis player - Gilberto GilGilberto GilGilberto Passos Gil Moreira , better known as Gilberto Gil or , is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, known for both his musical innovation and political commitment...
, singer and songwriter, former Minister of Culture of Brazil - Gus GilGus GilTomás Gustavo "Gus" Gil Guillén is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Cleveland Indians , Seattle Pilots , and Milwaukee Brewers .-Playing career:Gil was a sure-handed fielder and played for three teams in four seasons...
(born 1939), Venezuelan baseball player - Jesús GilJesús GilGregorio Jesús Gil y Gil was a Spanish businessman and politician. He served as Mayor of Marbella, between 1996 and 2002, and was also known for his 16-year stint as president of Spanish football club Atlético Madrid....
, Spanish politician and businessman (1933–2004) - Nikki GilNikki GilMonica Pauline "Nikki" Gil is a Filipino singer, actress, host, model and myx VJ.-Biography:Monica Pauline Gil was born in Manila to Dino and Julie Gil. She is of Filipino, Spanish and German descent...
, Filipina actress - Tomas GilTomas GilTomás Aurelio Gil Martínez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela.-Career:2003Tomás Aurelio Gil Martínez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Venezuela.-Career:2003...
(born 1977), Venezuelan track and road cyclist - Seong-jun GilGil Seong-junGil Seong-joon is a South Korean Rapper, comedian, entertainer, and musician as a member of hip-hop duo, Leessang...
(길성준, born 1977), South Korean musician
Fiction
- Gil GrissomGil GrissomDr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by William Petersen. Grissom was a forensic entomologist and the night-shift supervisor of the Clark County, Nevada CSI team, investigating crimes in and around the city of Las Vegas...
, character on American TV series CSI Las Vegas, played by actor William Petersen - A recurring character on the animated TV series The Simpsons, Gil Gunderson
- In the fictional Star Trek universe, Gil is a Cardassian military rank
- Gil Chesterton, a supporting character on the TV sitcom Frasier
- A character in the 1985 arcade game The Tower of Druaga, Gil
- Gil, a character in the manga Dragon Knights
- Gil, the currency of Final Fantasy games
Politics
- Gil (political party), in the Israeli Knesset, is the Pensioners' Party.
- Independent Liberal GroupIndependent Liberal GroupThe Independent Liberal Group was a far-right-wing Spanish political party. It was founded in 1991. Its founder was the convicted businessman Jesús Gil y Gil, who was mayor of Marbella in the Costa del Sol...
(Grupo Independiente Liberal in Spanish), a former Spanish political party
Other uses
- Gilbertese languageGilbertese language-External links:**** with Gilbertese – English Translations from – The Rosetta Edition**...
ISO 639 code - Computing:
- Generic Image LibraryGeneric Image LibraryGeneric Image Library, or GIL, is an open source generic programming library created by Adobe Systems for image-related programming. It was accepted to the Boost C++ Libraries in November 2006 and is included in Boost's latest official release....
, a generic programming library for image processing by Adobe Systems - Global Interpreter LockGlobal Interpreter LockA Global Interpreter Lock is a mutual exclusion lock held by a programming language interpreter thread to avoid sharing code that is not thread-safe with other threads. In languages with a GIL, there is always one GIL for each interpreter process...
, in interpreter programs
- Generic Image Library
See also
- Gill (disambiguation)Gill (disambiguation)A gill is an aquatic respiratory organ.Gill may also refer to:- Geography :Armenia*Jil, ArmeniaIndia*Gill, Ludhiana, IndiaUnited States*Gill, Colorado, United States*Gill, Massachusetts, United States*Gill, Texas, United States...
- Gilbert (disambiguation)
- GilbertoGilbertoGilberto da Silva Melo, , more commonly known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Esporte Clube Vitória. He has played at left back for the majority of his career...