Gillian may refer to:

Places

Gillian Settlement, Arkansas Gillian Settlement is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. It is located at (35.63167, -93.40167) and has an elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above or below a fixed reference p ...

, an unincorporated community

People

Gillian (variant Jillian) is an English feminine given name, frequently shortened to Gill. It originates as a feminine form of the name

Julian Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (give ...

Julio Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

Julius The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

, and

Julien Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * Julien (opera), ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * Julien (album), ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * Julien (song), "Julien" (so ...

. It is also in use as a surname. Notable people with the name include:

First name

Gillian Alexy Gillian Alexy (born March 13, 1986) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Tayler Geddes on ''McLeod's Daughters'', Gitta Novak on ''Damages'', and G'Winveer Farrell on '' Outsiders''. Early life Alexy graduated from the Jo ...

(born 1986), Australian actress *

Gillian Allnutt Gillian Allnutt (born 15 January 1949 in London) is an English poet, author of 9 collections and recipient of several prizes including the 2016 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Life Allnutt was born in London, but was educated at La Sagesse Schoo ...

(born 1949), English poet * Gillian Anderson (born 1968), American actress * Gillian Apps (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian feature film and documentary director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists. Many of her movies are historical dramas. Ea ...

(born 1950), Australian film director *

Gillian Attard Gillian Attard MQR (born 3 February 1983) is a Maltese actress, singer, television personality, and a vocal coach. Early years Attard grew up in Żejtun. She sings in Maltese, English and Italian. She started singing when she was a child. ...

(born 1983), Maltese actress * Gillian Avery (born 1926), British children's novelist and literary historian * Gillian Ayres (born 1930), English painter * Gillian Bailey (born 1955), British academic and actress * Gillian Barge (1940–2003), English actress *

Gillian Baverstock Gillian Mary Baverstock (born Pollock; 15 July 1931 – 24 June 2007) was a British author, non-fiction writer and memoirist. She was the elder daughter of English novelist Enid Blyton and her first husband, Hugh Pollock. She wrote and spoke t ...

(1931–2007), British author *

Gillian Baxter Gillian Baxter (1938) is a British writer of children's books. Her books were mainly pony books about horses, although one book, '' The Knightsgate Players'', was about acting. Baxter also wrote under her married name "Gillian Hirst". Bibliogra ...

, British writer *

Gillian Beer Dame Gillian Patricia Kempster Beer, (née Thomas; born 27 January 1935) is a British literary critic and academic. She was President of Clare Hall from 1994 to 2001, and King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the University of Ca ...

(born 1935), British literary critic * Gillian Bevan (born 1950), British actress *

Gillian Blake Gillian Blake (born 10 May 1949), Buckingham, England is a retired British actress who became well known in the early 1970s as Dora in ''Follyfoot''. Blake studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her professional c ...

(born 1949), British actress *

Gillian Blakeney Gayle and Gillian Blakeney are Australian identical twins who performed together as actresses and as a dance/pop duo in the 1990s, releasing music under the monikers The Twins and Gayle and Gillian. Born in Brisbane on 9 July 1966, Gayle is old ...

(born 1966), Australian dance musician *

Gillian Bonner Gillian may refer to: Places * Gillian Settlement, Arkansas, an unincorporated community People Gillian (variant Jillian) is an English feminine given name, frequently shortened to Gill. It originates as a feminine form of the name Julian, Julio, ...

(born 1966), American model *

Gillian Bouras Gillian Bouras (born 1945) is an expatriate Australian writer who has written several books, short stories and articles, many of these dealing with her experiences as an Australian woman in Greece. Life Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne in ...

(born 1945), Australian writer *

Gillian Boxx Gillian Dewey Boxx (born September 1, 1973) is an American, former collegiate four-time All-American, Gold Medal winning 1996 Olympian, right-handed softball catcher, originally from Torrance, California. She won an Olympic gold medal as a catc ...

(born 1973), American Olympic medalist *

Gillian Bradshaw Gillian Marucha Bradshaw (born May 14, 1956) is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are oft ...

(born 1956), American writer *

Gillian Carnegie Gillian Carnegie (born 1971 in Suffolkbr> is an England, English artist. Carnegie is a graduate of the Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Carnegie works within traditional categories of painting – still life, landscape, ...

(born 1971), English artist *

Gillian Chan Gillian Chan (born 1954) is a Canadian children's author who lives in Dundas, Ontario. She was educated at Orange Hill Grammar School and the University of East Anglia (BEd, 1980). Chan is also the author of a short diary entry of Chin Mei-l ...

(born 1954), Canadian children's author *

Gillian Chung Gillian Chung Ka-lai (born Chung Tik-shan, 21 January 1981), known by her stage name Chung Yan-tung, is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of the Cantopop duo Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was born in Hong Kong ...

(born 1981), Hong Kong singer *

Gillian Clark (aid worker) Gillian M. Clark (1956 – August 19, 2003) was a Canadian aid worker who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq. Ms. Clark was working for the Christian Children's Fund (CCF) at the time. Education She was a graduate of the Universit ...

(c. 1956–2003), Canadian humanitarian * Gillian Clark (born 1961), English badminton player * Gillian Clarke (born 1937), Welsh poet *

Gillian Condy Gillian Condy, born 5 December 1952 Nairobi, is a South African botanical artist. She has illustrated more than 200 plates for Flowering Plants of Africa, contributed to various other South African National Botanical Institute publications and ei ...

(born 1952), South African botanical artist *

Gillian Conoley Gillian Conoley (born March 29, 1955) is an American poet. Conoley serves as a professor and poet-in-residence at Sonoma State University. Conoley is author of seven collections of poetry. Her work has been anthologized in Norton’s ''American ...

(born 1955), American poet *

Gillian Coultard Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is an English former football player, and former England captain. She is one of England Women's most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international ev ...

(born 1963), English football player *

Gillian Cowley Gillian Margaret "Gill" Cowley (born July 8, 1955 in Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia) is a former hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chi ...

(born 1955), Zimbabwean field hockey player * Gillian Cowlishaw (born 1934), New Zealand-born anthropologist *

Gillian Cross Gillian Cross (born 1945) is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for ''Wolf'' and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for ''The Great Elephant Chase''. She also wrote ''The Demon Headmaster'' book series, ...

(born 1945), English children's writer *

Gillian Elisa Gillian Elizabeth Thomas (born 10 August 1953) is a Welsh actress, singer, and comedian. Early in her career she was known as Gillian Elisa Thomas. Early life and education Elisa was born in Carmarthen, Wales, and brought up in Lampeter; she beg ...

(born 1953), Welsh actress *

Gillian Evans Gillian R. Evans is a British philosopher, and emeritus professor of medieval theology and intellectual history at University of Cambridge. Evans was educated at King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham, followed by a degree in history from ...

, British philosopher *

Gillian Ferrari Gillian Ferrari (born June 23, 1980 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Her mother is from Wales and her father was born in Italy. Playing career As a c ...

(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player * Gillian Findlay, Canadian television journalist *

Gillian Florence Gillian Florence is a Canadian rugby union player who has participated in five world cups (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, and 2010). Starting out as a prop on the national team, she became one of Canada's top flankers. Florence first started playin ...

, Canadian rugby union player * Gillian Flynn, American author and television critic *

Gillian Foulger Gillian Rose Foulger is a British geologist and academic born in 1952 in Ipswich. Foulger plays a major role in coordinating the global debate in the category of Earth Science, on whether or not deep mantle thermal plumes exist and create “hot ...

, English geologist *

Gillian Galbraith Gillian Galbraith is an Advocate-turned-author, a Scottish crime writer, whose protagonist, DS Alice Rice, is based in Edinburgh. Biography Gillian was born and brought up near Haddington, East Lothian. She practiced until 1999 as an advocate ...

, Scottish crime writer * Gillian Gilbert (born 1961), British keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist * Gillian Gilks (born 1950), English badminton player *

Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers (born 9 April 1964, in Horfield) is a retired female badminton player from England. Badminton career World Championships She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier. Olympic Game ...

(born 1964), English badminton player *

Gillian Greer Gillian Brooker Greer (born 1944), also known as Gillian Boddy, is a New Zealand teacher, a literary scholar specialising in the works of Katherine Mansfield, a heath advocate, an advisor to the New Zealand Government and has been an administra ...

, New Zealand literary scholar *

Gillian Guess Gillian Guess (born 1955) is a Vancouver woman who was convicted in 1998 of obstruction of justice after becoming romantically involved with a murder defendant while she was a juror in his 1995 trial. Her case became significant because it set le ...

(born 1955), Canadian criminal *

Gillian Hills Gillian Hills (born 5 June 1944) is an English actress and singer. She first came to notice as a teenager in the 1960s in the British films '' Beat Girl'' (1960) and ''Blowup'' (1966). She also spent a number of years living in France, where sh ...

(born 1944), film actress *

Gillian Horovitz Gillian Pamela Horovitz (née Adams) (born 7 June 1955 in Bromley, Kent) is an English female retired long-distance runner. Athletics career She competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the women's marathon (sport), marathon and won the 19 ...

(born 1955), English long-distance runner *

Gillian Howell Gillian Margaret "Jill" Howell (née Sarson, 1927–2000), was a British architect. Early life She was born Gillian Margaret Sarson, on 3 November 1927 in Multan, in the western Punjab, British India, the daughter of Colonel Edward Vipan Sarson, c ...

(1927–2000), British architect *

Gillian Howie Gillian Howie (4 October 1965 – 26 March 2013) was a Professor in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool and Director of the Institute for Feminist Theory and Research. She is author of ''Essential Reorientations: feminism and dialectical ma ...

, English philosopher * Gillian Jacobs (born 1982), American stage and film actress *

Gillian Jones Gillian Jones (born 19 April 1947) is an Australian actress from Newcastle, New South Wales who is best known for appearances in ''Twelfth Night'', ''Oscar and Lucinda'', ''Last Train to Freo'' and the role of Di Paige in the television series ...

, Australian actress *

Gillian Joseph Gillian Angela Joseph (born 20 July 1969) is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Joseph is the anchor of weekend editions of ''Sky News at Ten''. Early life She was born in 1969 in Coventry, England. Her parents originated fro ...

(born 1969), British newscaster * Gillian Kearney (born 1972), English actress *

Gillian Knight Gillian Knight (born 1 November 1934) is an English opera singer and actress, known for her performances in the contralto roles of the Savoy operas. After six years from 1959 to 1965 starring in these roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ...

(born 1934), English singer and actor *

Gillian Lindsay Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in ...

(born 1973), Scottish rower * Gillian Lowndes (born 1936), English ceramic sculptor *

Gillian Lucky Gillian Lucky (born 1967) is a Justice of Appeal at the Supreme Court of Judicature for Trinidad and Tobago. She was previously a High Court Judge, Director of the Police Complaints Authority, and a Member of Parliament for Pointe-à-Pierre. Ea ...

(born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago politician and lawyer * Gillian Lynne (born 1926), British ballerina, actor, theatre and television director, and choreographer *

Gillian McConway Gillian Elizabeth McConway (born 8 May 1950) is a former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Born in New Zealand but settled in England, she appeared in 14 Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals for England between 1984 ...

, English cricketer *

Gillian McCutcheon Gillian McCutcheon (born April 1939) is a British-based actress who has appeared in many programmes over the years. She has played three parts in the ITV Soap opera ''The Bill'', alone. Her first role was ''The Avengers'', in 1961. She also p ...

(born 1939), British actress * Gillian McKeith (born 1959), Scottish non-fiction writer * Gillian Merron (born 1959), British politician *

Gillian Moore Gillian Margaret Moore is a retired Australian school principal. Biography Moore began her career in Perth, Western Australia. Her first teaching position was at Tuart Hill, where she taught in a high school from 1967 to 1971. She then took up ...

, retired Australian school principal *

Gillian Morgan Dame Gillian Morgan DBE (born 1953 in Llwynypia) was Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Assembly Government between May 2008 and August 2012. She has also worked in healthcare and healthcare management and is currently the independent chair of the ...

(born 1953), British civil servant * Gillian Murphy (born 1979), American dancer *

Gillian Norris Gillian Norris (born 29 December 1978) is an Irish dancer and model best known for her work in '' Lord of the Dance'' and '' Feet of Flames''. Norris was born in Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, Ireland on 29 December 1978 to Mary Norris and ...

(born 1978), Irish dancer and model *

Gillian O'Sullivan Gillian O'Sullivan (born 21 August 1976 in Killarney) is an Irish race walker. She set the unofficial world record in the 5000m walk in Belfast, United Kingdom since 2002 however, the IAAF have refused to verify it. She won a silver medal at th ...

(born 1976), Irish race walker * Gillian Oliver (born 1943), British nurse *

Gillian Porter Gillian Porter (born 13 April 1965 Gillian Pugh Dame Gillian Mary Pugh, DBE was Chief Executive of Coram Family, England’s oldest children’s charity, until her retirement on 25 April 2005, after eight years of service. She has been a pioneer in contemporary childcare services and an impo ...

, British social welfare official * Gillian Rolton (born 1956), Australian equestrian * Gillian Rose (1947–1995), British scholar * Gillian Rose (geographer) (born 1962), British geographer *

Gillian Rubinstein Gillian Rubinstein (born 29 August 1942) is an English-born children's author and playwright. Born in Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, Rubinstein split her childhood between England and Nigeria, moving to Australia in 1973. As ...

(born 1942), Australian children's author and playwright * Gillian Russell (born 1973), Jamaican athlete *

Gillian Sewell Gillian Sewell (born November 1, 1972, in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a former Irish Canadian field hockey player who earned 36 international caps for the Canada during her career. On national level Sewell, a resident of Hamilton, Ontario, has ...

(born 1972), Canadian field hockey player *

Gillian Sheen Gillian Mary Donaldson (née Sheen; 21 August 1928 – 5 July 2021) was a British fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition. She won a gold medal in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. She also com ...

(1928–2021), British fencer *

Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold Gillian Patricia Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold, (''née'' Watts; born 22 January 1940), is a British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk from 1987 to 2005. Shephard served as a Cabine ...

(born 1940), British Conservative politician *

Gillian Slovo Gillian Slovo (born 15 March 1952) is a South African-born writer who lives in the UK. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Early life and education Gillian Slovo was born on 15 March 1952 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her family moved ...

(born 1952), South African novelist, playwright and memoirist * Gillian Small, American biologist * Gillian Smith (born 1965), English cricketer *

Gillian Sorensen Gillian Sorensen is the former United Nations assistant secretary-general for external relations. Sorensen currently works with groups and organizations committed to peace, justice, development, refugees, and human rights. She recently addressed t ...

, senior advisor at the United Nations Foundation * Gillian Spencer (born 1939), American soap opera actress and writer *

Gillian Stroudley Gillian Stroudley née Thain (1925–1992) was an English painter and printmaker. Life and work Gillian Stroudley was born Gillian Thain in Epsom, Surrey in 1925. She studied painting and wood engraving at St. Martin's School of Art between 1945 ...

(1925–1992), English painter and printmaker * Gillian Taylforth (born 1955), English actress *

Gillian Akiko Thomson Gillian Akiko Thomson (born October 8, 1974) is a Filipina television host, journalist and retired swimmer. She is the most accomplished Filipina swimmer in the Southeast Asian Games having won eight gold medals in the biennial multi-sport mee ...

(born 1974), Filipino swimmer *

Gillian Tindall Gillian Tindall (born 4 May 1938) is a British writer and historian. Among her books are ''City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay'' (1992) and ''Celestine: Voices from a French Village'' (1997). Her novel ''Fly Away Home'' won the Somerset Maugha ...

, British writer *

Gillian Triggs Gillian Doreen Triggs (born 30 October 1945) is an Australian academic specialising in public international law. In 2019, she was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres as Assistant Secretary-General of the United Natio ...

, Australian lawyer * Gillian Vigman (born 1972), American comic actress * Gillian Wearing (born 1963), English artist * Gillian Weir (born 1941), English classical organist * Gillian Welch (born 1967), American singer * Gillian White (born 1975), American actress *

Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941. ...

(born 1941), New Zealand composer *

Gillian Wright Gillian Wright (born 5 May 1960) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Jean Slater on the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' since 2004, for which she has won a number of awards. She was a teacher and theatre directo ...

(born 1960), English actress

Surname

* Mike Gillian (born 1964), American basketball coach

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Gillian, in the novel ''

Jill Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian. People with the given name *Jill Astbury, Australian res ...

'' by Philip Larkin * Gillian Andrassy, in the soap opera ''All My Children'' *

Gillian B. Loeb Gillian B. Loeb is a fictional character in the DC Universe who serves as an enemy to Batman's ally James Gordon in DC Comics publications. The character was portrayed by Colin McFarlane in ''The Dark Knight'' trilogy and Peter Scolari in the ...

, in the DC universe * Gillian Owens, in the novel and film '' Practical Magic'' * Gillian Seed, the protagonist in the cyberpunk video game '' Snatcher'' * Gillian Taylor, doctor in the 1986 film '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* "Gillian", a 1996 song on ''The Waifs'' (album) by the Australian folk group The Waifs * ''Gillian'', a novel by

Frank Yerby Frank Garvin Yerby ( – ) was an American writer, best known for his 1946 historical novel ''The Foxes of Harrow''. Early life Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, on September 5, 1916, the second of four children of Rufus Garvin Yerby (1886– ...