Giles
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Giles may refer to:
[edit] People
- Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: Aegidius)
- Giles (surname), family name
- This section lists people commonly referred to solely by this name.
- Saint Giles (650–710), 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint
- Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th century archbishop
- Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the Daily Express
- Giles family, a fictional family featured in work by Giles
- Lionel Giles (1875–1958), a Victorian scholar, translator and assistant curator
- Rupert Giles, fictional character in the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
[edit] Places
- United States
- Giles, Utah, a US ghost town
- Giles County, Tennessee, US
- Giles County, Virginia, US
- Australia
- Electoral district of Giles, a state electoral district in South Australia
- Giles Weather Station near the Western Australian - South Australian border
- Giles Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia
- Argentina
- San Andrés de Giles, a town in Buenos Aires Province
[edit] Other uses
- "Giles", a solo electronica side-project of Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. who is the frontman for the metal band Between the Buried and Me
- "Giles", a song by Unearth from III: In the Eyes of Fire
- Giles G-202, an aerobatic plane designed by Richard Giles
- Farmer Giles of Ham, a 1949 Medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Giles Goat-Boy, 1966 novel by John Barth, satire of American campus culture
- Giles (Buffy comic), story based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
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