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Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. The surname related to "Gaisgeil", meaning valorous.

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Charles George Milnes Gaskell Charles George Milnes Gaskell PC (23 January 1842 – 9 January 1919) was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Milnes Gaskell was born in London, the son of James Milnes Gaskell M.P., of Thornes House, Wakefield, Yorkshire, and Wenloc ...

(1842-1919), British lawyer and politician *

Lady Constance Gaskell Lady Constance Harriet Stuart Milnes Gaskell, DCVO DStJ (née Knox; 21 April 1885 – 29 April 1964) was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from 1937 to 1953 and Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1953 to 1960. La ...

(1885–1964), British courtier *

David Gaskell John David Gaskell (born 5 October 1940) is an English former football goalkeeper. Gaskell started his career as a youth player with Manchester United. He helped United win several trophies during the 1960s. He left the club for Wrexham in June ...

(born 1940), British football player * Dean Gaskell (born 1983), British rugby league player *

Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (''née'' Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many st ...

(1810–1865), British novelist and biographer *

George Gaskell George Gaskell is a British Emeritus Professor of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Formerly Director of the '' Methodology Institute'', which he established with Colm O’Muircheartaigh, he was Pro- ...

, British social psychologist * Holbrook Gaskell (1813–1909), British industrialist and collector *

Holbrook Gaskell II Holbrook Gaskell II (7 December 1846 – 2 July 1919) was a chemical industrialist in Widnes, Lancashire, England. He was the eldest son of Holbrook Gaskell, founder of Gaskell, Deacon & Co. and his wife Frances Anne Bellhouse and was born in ...

(1846-1919), British chemical industrialist *

Holbrook Gaskell III Sir Holbrook Gaskell (12 November 1878 – 31 March 1951) was a chemical industrialist in Widnes, Lancashire, England. He was born on the 12 November 1878, the son of Holbrook Gaskell II, Esq., of Frodsham, Cheshire and the grandson of Holbrook ...

(1878-1951), British chemical industrialist *

James Gaskell James Gaskell (born 20 May 1990) is a rugby union player for Shokki Shuttles in the Top League. He plays as a flanker or lock. After making the debut for Sale in 2008, Gaskell was named the club's Breakthrough Player of the Year for the 2009/ ...

, (born 1990),

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player for

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...

* James Milnes Gaskell (1810–1873), British Conservative politician *

Jane Gaskell Jane Gaskell (born July 7, 1941 in Lancaster, EnglandSharon Yntema, ''More Than 100: Women Science Fiction Writers''. Crossing Press, 1988. (pp. 51-52).) is a British fantasy writer. She wrote her first novel, ''Strange Evil'', at age 14. It wa ...

(born 1941), British fantasy novelist *

Lucy Gaskell Lucy Gaskell (born 10 July 1980) is a British actress. She studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1998. Career Gaskell made her professional stage debut in the Oxford Stage Company's production of ''The Cherry Orchard'' which ...

(born 1980), British actress *

Richard Gaskell Richard Halliwell Gaskell (11 October 1905 – 23 June 1983) was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. Born in Wigan, he started his career with Football League Third Division North side Wigan Borough in September 1 ...

, football player *

Walter Holbrook Gaskell Walter Holbrook Gaskell FRS (1 November 1847; Naples – 7 September 1914; Great Shelford) was a British physiologist. Early life The son of barrister John Dakin Gaskell, he was educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Cambridge, rec ...

(1847–1914), British physiologist * William Gaskell (1805–1884), British minister and educator *

Whitney Gaskell Whitney Gaskell (born 1972) is an American author of eight comedic novels published by Bantam Books. Biography Whitney Gaskell was born on February 8, 1972 in Syracuse, New York. She attended Jamesville-DeWitt High School, and earned her Bac ...

(born 1972), American novelist

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