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Gilad or Ghil'ad (Hebrew: ) is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to:


Given name

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Gilad Atzmon Gilad Atzmon ( he, גלעד עצמון, ; born 9 June 1963) is a British jazz saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer. As a musician, he is best known as a saxophonist and bandleader. His instruments include the saxophone, acco ...
(born 1963), Israeli-born British jazz saxophonist *
Gilad Bloom Gilad Bloom ( he, גלעד בלום, born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the Israel Tennis Centers. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 62 in doubles ( ...
(born 1967), Israeli professional tennis player *
Gilad Bracha Gilad Bracha is a software engineer at F5 Networks, and formerly at Google, where he was on the Dart programming language team. He is creator of the Newspeak language, and co-author of the second and third editions of the Java Language Specificati ...
, American software engineer * Gilad Erdan (born 1970), Israeli politician *
Gilad Hesseg Gilad Hesseg ( he, גלעד השג) is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and composer. He has been active in the field of Israeli music for the best part of his life and has composed and recorded numerous songs, using his own and others’ ...
(born 1971), Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter and composer * Gilad Hochman (born 1982), Israeli classical music composer *
Gilad Janklowicz Gilad Janklowicz ( he, גלעד ינקלוביץ'; ; born July 27, 1954) is an Israeli-born Physical fitness, fitness personality best known for the longest running fitness show in the United States, ''Bodies in Motion'', and for his show ''Total ...
(born 1954), fitness guru * Gilad Kariv (born 1973), Israeli attorney *
Gilad Karni Gilad Karni ( he, גלעד קרני) is an Israeli violist who has played in the New York Philharmonic and is currently principal viola in the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich as well as a soloist and player in chamber ensembles. A founder member of the ...
, Israeli violist * Gilad Shaer, 16-year-old killed in the
2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers On 12 June 2014, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped at the bus/ hitchhiking stop at the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, as they were hitchhiking to their homes. The three teens were Naftali Frenkel (1 ...
* Gilad Shalit (born 1986), Israeli soldier *
Ghil'ad Zuckermann Ghil'ad Zuckermann ( he, גלעד צוקרמן, ; ) is an Israeli-born language revivalist and linguist who works in contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity. Zuckermann is Professor of Linguistics and Ch ...
(born 1971), Israeli-born linguist and revivalist


Surname

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Amos Gilad Amos Gilad ( he, עמוס גלעד; January 23, 1941–December 2010) was an Israeli Olympic runner. When he competed in the Olympics, he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall, and weighed 137 lbs (62 kg). Running career Gilad won the Israeli 80 ...
(1941–2010), Israeli Olympic runner *
Avri Gilad Avri Gilad ( he, אברי גלעד; born 21 November 1962) is an Israeli media personality. Avraham Kwastler (later "Avri Gilad") started his professional career in the mid-1980s as a host on Israel Defense Forces Radio. He has hosted many telev ...
(born 1962), Israeli media personality *
Benjamin Gilad Benjamin Gilad is an author, consultant, and teacher in the field of competitive intelligence. He is a co-founder of the Fuld-Gilad-Herring Academy of Competitive Intelligence. He was educated in psychology and philosophy at Tel Aviv University. Aft ...
, pioneer in the field of competitive Intelligence *
Yehuda Gilad (musician) Yehuda Gilad is a professor of clarinet at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School of Music. Education Born and raised in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel. His former teachers include Mitchell Lurie, Herbert Zippe ...
, professor of clarinet at the Colburn School of music *
Yehuda Gilad (politician) Rabbi Yehuda Gilad ( he, יהודה גלעד, born 30 August 1955) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meimad between 2002 and 2003. Biography Born in Brazil, Gilad's family immigrated to Israel when he was ...
(born 1955), former Israeli politician *
Zrubavel Gilad Zrubavel Gilad ( he, זרובבל גלעד, also ; 9 December 1912 – 12 August 1988) was a Hebrew poet, editor and translator. Biography Gilad was born in 1912 in Bender, Bessarabia (then part of the Russian Empire and now in Moldova), and ...
(1912–1988), Hebrew poet, editor and translator


See also

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Gilead (disambiguation) Gilead (Hebrew: ) is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible. Gilead may also refer to: Places Australia * Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney United States * Gilead, Connecticut, a village in the town of Hebron * Gilead, ...
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