Gillanders is a
personal name
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and a
surname
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. It is an
Anglicised
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form of a
Gaelic
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name meaning "the servant of
(St) Andrew". The surname can be represented in
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as ...
as ''MacGill-Andreis'' (masculine) and ''NicGill-Andreis'' (feminine); ''GillAndrais'' (m) and ''GhillAndrais'' (f); ''Mac'Ill'Anndrais'' (m) and ''Nic'Ill'Anndrais'' (f); and ''MacGill-Andreis'' (m) and ''NicGill-Andreis'' (f).
Gillanders may refer to:
People
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Brendan Gillanders
Brendan Gillanders (born November 27, 1990) is a Canadian football running back who is currently a free agent. He played CIS football at the University of Ottawa. He has also been a member of the Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Redblacks of the Canad ...
(born 1990), Canadian football player
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Bronwyn Gillanders
Bronwyn May Gillanders (born 1963) is a marine scientist whose research spans freshwater, estuarine and marine waters while focusing on fish and fisheries ecology. Her studies of the Giant Australian cuttlefish of Northern Spencer Gulf in South ...
(born 1962), New Zealander ecologist
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Dave Gillanders
John David Gillanders (born May 18, 1939) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. He still competes in masters swimming in the 75–79 age group.
Early life
Originally from Schenectady, New York, Gi ...
(born 1939), American swimmer
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John Gillanders
Lieutenant John Gordon Gillanders (1895-1946) was a World War I flying ace
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial ...
(1895–1946), First World War flying ace
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Ken Gillanders
Ken Gillanders OAM is an Australian botanist, horticulturist, nurseryman and plantman from Tasmania.
Ken, a nurseryman for over 50 years (now retired), and his wife Lesley started Woodbank Nursery on a bush block in Tasmania. Woodbank Nursery ...
, Australian botanist and Order of Australia recipient.
Other uses
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Clan Gillanders
Clan Gillanders, also known in Scottish Gaelic as ''Clann Ghille Ainnriais'', is a Scottish clan whose genealogy is preserved in the 15th-century manuscript ''MS 1467''.
''MS 1467''
Transcriptions and translations
Summary
According to this ma ...
, Scottish clan centred in Ross
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