Gil
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Gil, or GIL may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Gil Island (disambiguation), one of several islands by that name
- Gil, Azerbaijan (disambiguation), places named Gil in Azerbaijan
[edit] People
[edit] Given name
- Gil Amelio, technology executive and former CEO of Apple Inc.
- Gil Baiano, Brazilian footballer
- Gil Elvgren, pin-up artist
- Gil Evans, jazz pianist
- Gil Fronsdal, American Buddhist teacher
- Gil Gerard, American, actor and star of "Buck Rogers"
- Gil Hayes, professional wrestler
- Gil Heron, Jamaican soccer player
- Gil Hodges (d. 1972), former manager of the New York Mets
- Gil Kane, comic book artist
- Gil Kezwer, Canadian journalist
- Gil Meche, American, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals
- Gil Ofarim, German pop singer / band vocalist and former teen idol
- Gil Perkins, Australian film and television actor
- Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves, (nicknamed Gil), Brazilian footballer
- Gil Santos, American radio commentator for the New England Patriots
- Gil Schwartz, pen name of Stanley Bing, business humorist and novelist
- Gil Shwed (born 1952), Israeli programmer and entrepreneur
- Gil Scott-Heron, American spoken word performer and rap pioneer (d. 2011)
- Gil Semedo, Capverdean singer
- Gil Simkovitch (born 1982), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
- Gil Stein (archaeologist)
- Gil Stein (sports administrator)
[edit] Surname
- Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
- Frederico Gil, Portuguese tennis player
- Gilberto Gil, singer and songwriter, former Minister of Culture of Brazil
- Gus Gil (born 1939), Venezuelan baseball player
- Jesús Gil, Spanish politician and businessman (1933–2004)
- Nikki Gil, Filipina actress
- Tomas Gil (born 1977), Venezuelan track and road cyclist
- Seong-jun Gil (길성준, born 1977), South Korean musician
[edit] Fiction
- Gil Grissom, character on American TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 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
- A character in the preschool show Bubble Guppies
[edit] Politics
- Gil (political party), in the Israeli Knesset, is the Pensioners' Party.
- Independent Liberal Group (Grupo Independiente Liberal in Spanish), a former Spanish political party
- Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictor), youth movement of the National Fascist Party of Italy.
[edit] Other uses
- Gilbertese language ISO 639 code
- Computing:
- Generic Image Library, a generic programming library for image processing by Adobe Systems
- Global Interpreter Lock, in interpreter programs
[edit] See also
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