Gillian may refer to:

Places

Gillian Settlement, Arkansas Gillian Settlement is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas, Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located on Farm Road 1475 approximately 1.5 miles east of Arkansas Route 21 at and an ...

, an unincorporated community

People

Gillian (variant

Jillian Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian (given name), Julian, Julio (given name), Julio, Julius (name), Julius, and Julien (given name), Julien. ...

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

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 al ...

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

First name

* Gillian Alexy (born 1986), Australian actress * Gillian Allnutt (born 1949), English poet *

Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series ''The X-Files'' (1993–2002; 2016–2018), Lily Bart in the dr ...

(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 film director, director, best known for ''My Brilliant Career (film), My Brilliant Career'' (1979), ''Mrs. Soffel'' (1984), ''High Tide (1987 film), Hi ...

(born 1950), Australian film director * Gillian Avery (1926–2016), British children's novelist and literary historian * Gillian Ayres (1930–2018), 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 ...

(1931–2007), British author * Gillian Baxter (1938–2025), British children's book 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 Gillian Bevan (born 13 February 1956) is an English actress, best known for her roles in British television shows and West End theatre. In 1988 she played Dorothy in the Royal Shakespeare Company's revival of their version of ''The Wizard of Oz ...

(born 1950), British actress * Gillian Blake (born 1949), British actress * Gillian Blakeney (born 1966), Australian dance musician *

Gillian Bonner __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1996. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Victoria Alynette Fuller (born December 11, 1970, in Santa Barbara, California, Unite ...

(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 ca ...

(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 of ...

(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, t ...

(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- ...

(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 (group), Twins, along with Charlene Choi. Early life Chung was bo ...

(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 Univers ...

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

Gillian Clarke Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wales. Life Gillian Clarke was born on 8 ...

(born 1937), Welsh poet * Gillian Condy (born 1952), South African botanical artist * Gillian Conoley (born 1955), American poet * Gillian Coultard (born 1963), English football player *

Gillian Cowley Gillian Margaret "Gill" Cowley (born 8 July 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 is the Cap ...

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

Gillian Cross Gillian Claire Cross (born December 24, 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 H ...

(born 1945), English children's writer * Gillian Elisa (born 1953), Welsh actress * Gillian Evans, British philosopher * Gillian Ferrari (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player *

Gillian Findlay Gillian Findlay is a Canadian television journalist who has worked for the CBC and ABC. Biography She studied history and literature at Simon Fraser University and she holds a diploma in broadcast journalism from the British Columbia Institute o ...

, Canadian television journalist * Gillian Florence, Canadian rugby union player *

Gillian Flynn Gillian Schieber Flynn (; born February 24, 1971) is an American author, screenwriter, and producer, best known for her Thriller (genre), thriller and Mystery fiction, mystery novels ''Sharp Objects'' (2006), ''Dark Places (Flynn novel), Dark Plac ...

, American author and television critic * Gillian Forrester, psychologist and cognitive science researcher * Gillian Foulger, English geologist * Gillian Galbraith, Scottish crime writer *

Gillian Gilbert Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 27 January 1961) is an English musician. She is the keyboardist and guitarist of the band New Order. Early life Gilbert's family moved from her birthplace, Manchester, to the nearby market town of Macclesfield when ...

(born 1961), British keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist * Gillian Gilks (born 1950), English badminton player * Gillian Gowers (born 1964), English badminton player * Gillian Greer, New Zealand literary scholar * Gillian Guess (born 1955), Canadian criminal *

Gillian Hills Gillian Hills (born 5 June 1944) is a British 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 several years living in France, where she emb ...

(born 1944), film actress * Gillian Horovitz (born 1955), English long-distance runner * Gillian Howell (1927–2000), British architect * Gillian Howie, English philosopher *

Gillian Jacobs Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress. She is known for playing Britta Perry in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), Mickey Dobbs in the Netflix romantic comedy series '' Love'' (2016–2018), and Mar ...

(born 1982), American stage and film actress * Gillian Jones, 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 Joseph was born in 1969 in Coventry, England. Her parents originated ...

(born 1969), British newscaster *

Gillian Kearney Gillian Louise Kearney

(born 1972), English actress * Gillian Knight (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 i ...

(born 1973), Scottish rower * Gillian Lowndes (1936–2010), English ceramic sculptor * Gillian Lucky (born 1967), Trinidad and Tobago politician and lawyer *

Gillian Lynne Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-runni ...

(1926–2018), British ballerina, actor, theatre and television director, and choreographer * Gillian McConway, English cricketer * Gillian McCutcheon (born 1939), British actress *

Gillian McKeith Gillian McKeith (born 28 September 1959) is a Scottish television personality and writer. She is known for her promotion of various pseudoscientific ideas about health and nutrition. She is the former host of Channel 4's '' You Are What You E ...

(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 (born 1953), British civil servant * Gillian Murphy (born 1979), American dancer * Gillian Norris (born 1978), Irish dancer and model * Gillian O'Sullivan (born 1976), Irish race walker * Gillian Oliver (born 1943), British nurse * Gillian Porter (born 1965), Northern Irish television presenter * Gillian Pugh, British social welfare official * Gillian Rolton (1956–2017), 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 w ...

(born 1942), Australian children's author and playwright * Gillian Russell (born 1973), Jamaican athlete * Gillian Sewell (born 1972), Canadian field hockey player * Gillian Sheen (1928–2021), British fencer * Gillian Shephard, Baroness Shephard of Northwold (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, a daughter of Jo ...

(born 1952), South African novelist, playwright and memoirist * Gillian Small, American biologist * Gillian Smith (born 1965), English cricketer * Gillian Sorensen, senior advisor at the United Nations Foundation * Gillian Spencer (born 1939), American soap opera actress and writer * Gillian Stroudley (1925–1992), English painter and printmaker * Gillian Taylforth (born 1955), English actress * Gillian Akiko Thomson (born 1974), Filipino swimmer * Gillian Tindall, British writer *

Gillian Triggs Gillian Doreen Triggs (born 30 October 1945) is an Australian and British public international lawyer, specialising in human rights and trade and commercial law. She is also an academic, barrister, and director. She became widely known in Aust ...

, Australian lawyer * Gillian Vigman (born 1972), American comic actress *

Gillian Wearing Gillian Wearing CBE, RA (born 10 December 1963) is an English conceptual artist, one of the Young British Artists, and winner of the 1997 Turner Prize. In 2007 Wearing was elected as lifetime member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. H ...

(born 1963), English artist * Gillian Weir (born 1941), English classical organist *

Gillian Welch Gillian Howard Welch (; born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. She performs with her musical partner, guitarist David Rawlings. Their sparse and dark musical style, which combines elements of Appalachian music, bluegrass, coun ...

(born 1967), American singer * Gillian White (born 1975), American actress * Gillian Whitehead (born 1941), New Zealand composer * Gillian Wright (born 1960), English actress

Surname

* Mike Gillian (born 1964), American basketball coach

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Gillian, in the novel '' Jill'' by Philip Larkin *

Gillian Andrassy Here is a list of characters who have appeared on the ABC Daytime and TOLN soap opera ''All My Children''. A Carter Anders *Jason Pendergraft (2013) Pine Valley Hospital doctor with an unknown past. Bill Anderson * James Pritchett (1989) ...

, in the soap opera ''All My Children'' * Gillian B. Loeb, in the DC universe * Gillian Owens, in the novel and film ''

Practical Magic ''Practical Magic'' is a 1998 American romantic fantasy film based on the 1995 novel '' Practical Magic'' by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, ...

'' * 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