Giles (surname)

The surname Giles or Gyles comes from the given name [[Giles (given name)|Giles]. Bearers of this surname derive from the original followers of St Giles. They became a prominent family in the north-east of England in the mid 20th Century following their purchase of St Giles church and subsequently the founding of Gilesgate as a suburb.

People

• Adam Giles (born 1973), Australian politician, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (2013–2016)
• Alan Giles (priest) (1902–1975), Anglican priest, RAF Chaplain-in-Chief (1953–1959), Dean of Jersey (1959–1970)
• Alan Giles, British businessman, CEO of HMV Group (1999–2006)
• Alfred Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alice Giles (born c. 1961), Australian classical harpist
• Annabel Giles (1959–2023), Welsh model, panellist and novelist
• Andrew Giles (born 1973), Australian politician
• Anstey Giles (1860–1944), full name William Anstey Giles, surgeon and medical administrator in South Australia
• Aquila Giles (1758–1822), American lawyer, politician and soldier
• Archie Giles (1895–1941), Australian rules footballer
• Arthur Giles (1864–1936), British gynecologist
• Ashley Giles (born 1973), English cricketer
• Barney M. Giles (1892–1984), American military officer, commander of the Fourth Air Force (1942–1943)
• Bascom Giles (James Bascom Giles; 1900–1993), Texas Land Commissioner (1939–1955)
• Bernard Giles (born 1953), American serial killer
• Bill Giles (American football) (1932–1998), American football player and coach
• Bill Giles (baseball) (born 1934), honorary National League President
• Bill Giles (meteorologist) (born 1939), meteorologist and television presenter
• Billy Giles (1957–1998), Ulster Volunteer Force volunteer
• Bob Giles (born 1930), Australian rules footballer
• Brian Giles (second baseman) (born 1960), Major League Baseball player
• Brian Giles (born 1971), American Major League Baseball outfielder
• Bryant Giles (died 2018), Australian politician
• C. J. Giles (Chester Jarrel Giles, Jr.; born 1985), American-Bahraini basketball player
• Calum Giles (born 1972), English field hockey player
• Calvin Giles (born 1962), American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2007)
• Cameron Giles, American rap artist
• Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist
• Catherine Dawson Giles (1878-1955), British watercolour painter
• Charles Tyrrell Giles (1850–1940), British lawyer and Conservative politician
• Chris Giles (born 1982), Welsh footballer
• Chris Giles (Irish footballer) (1928–2006)
• Christy Giles, Republic of Ireland footballer
• Clement Giles, South Australian parliamentarian (1887-1902)
• Cornelis Giles, 18th century Dutch navigator after whom Gilessundet is named
• Craig Giles, Australian country musician
• Curt Giles (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• Daniel Giles (c. 1725 – 1800), Governor of the Bank of England (1795–1797)
• David Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Dorothy Giles (1892–1960), American non-fiction author
• Edmund Giles, English lawyer and politician, member of the House of Commons (1656)
• Edward Giles (1566–1637), English politician, High Sheriff of Devon (1612–1613)
• Edward Giles (Australian politician) (1882–1946), Australian politician
• Eric Giles (1939–1990), New Zealand cricketer
• Ernest Giles (1835–1897), Australian explorer
• Felix Giles (1885–1950), Australian engineer and ANZAC officer
• Francis Giles (1787–1847), British canal engineer and surveyor
• Frank Giles (1919–2019), editor of the British Sunday Times newspaper (1981–1983)
• Frank Lucas Netlam Giles (1879–1930), British soldier and military attaché
• Frank S. Giles (1915–1991), American politician, Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1947–1961)
• Gail Giles, American writer of young adult fiction
• Gary Giles (1940–2014), New Zealand cricketer
• Geoffrey Giles (1923–1990), Australian politician
• George Giles (baseball) (1909–1992), Negro leagues first baseman
• George Giles (cyclist) (1913–1973), New Zealand cyclist
• George Michael James Giles (1853–1916), English surgeon and entomologist
• Glenn Giles (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
• Godfrey Douglas Giles (1857–1941), war artist
• Godwin Giles (1876–1955), English cricketer
• Grover A. Giles (1892–1974), Attorney General of Utah (1941–1949)
• Gwen B. Giles (1932–1986), American politician, member of the Missouri Senate
• Harriet E. Giles (1828–1909), American educator, co-founder of Spelman College
• Harry Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Henry Giles (1809–1882), Unitarian minister and writer
• Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat, Sinologist and linguist
• Hiram Giles (1820-1895), American politician
• Howard Giles (born 1946), British-American sociolinguist
• Ian Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jack Giles (Leonard George "Jack" Giles 1921–1994), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
• James Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Janice Holt Giles (1905–1979), American author
• Jarvis Giles (born 1990), American football running back
• Jesús Giles Sánchez (1961–2012), Mexican politician
• Jimmie Giles (born 1954), American football player
• Jimmy Giles (born 1946), English footballer and manager
• Jo Giles (1950–2011), New Zealand television presenter and sport shooter
• John Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Giles (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
• Johnny Giles (born 1940), Irish football player, manager and pundit
• Katharine Giles (1978–2013), British climate scientist
• Keelan Giles (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player
• Keir Giles (born 1968), British writer and international affairs experts
• Ken Giles (born 1990), American baseball pitcher
• Kenneth Giles (died 1974), British crime writer
• Kevin Giles, Australian Anglican pastor, and theologian
• Kevin S. Giles (born 1952), American journalist
• Lamar Giles, American children's book author
• Lavarus Giles (born 1986), American and Canadian football running back
• Lee Giles, American computer scientist
• Leslie Giles (1906–1981), New Zealand cricketer
• Lionel Giles (1875–1958), Victorian scholar, translator, son of Herbert
• Lucy Giles (born c. 1969), first female College Commander at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (since 2015)
• Margaret Giles (1868–1949), British painter, sculptor and medallist
• Martin Giles (born 1979), English footballer
• Martyn Giles (born 1983), Welsh footballer
• Michael Giles (born 1942), drummer with King Crimson
• Marcus Giles (born 1978), Major League Baseball outfielder
• Maureen Giles (born 1938), Australian Olympic swimmer
• Molly Giles (born 1942), American writer
• Nancy Giles (born 1960), American actress and commentator
• Nathaniel Giles (1558 – 1633 or 1634), English Renaissance organist and composer
• Nathaniel Giles (priest) (1591 – not earlier than 1644), Canon of Windsor (1624–1644)
• Nick Giles, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited
• Norman Giles (1915–2006), American microbial geneticist
• Olivia Aroha Giles, New Zealand artist and writer
• Owen Giles, English rugby player
• Pat Giles, Irish Teachta Dála
• Patricia Giles (née White; 1928–2017), Australian Senator (1981–1993)
• Paul Giles (born 1961), Welsh footballer and manager
• Peter Giles (disambiguation), several people
• Randall Giles (1950–2010), American composer, Episcopal Church missionary, and ethnographer
• Ray Giles (born 1961), Welsh rugby union player
• Richard P. Giles, American politician
• Robert Giles (civil servant) (1846–1928), British civil servant, Commissioner in Sind (1900–1902)
• Robert Giles (born 1933), American journalist
• Roger Giles, judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Ron Giles (1919–2010), English cricketer
• Ron Giles (born 1942), American television executive
• Ronald Giles, Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court
• Roscoe Giles, American physicist and computer engineer
• Roscoe Conkling Giles (1890–1970), American surgeon, President of the National Medical Association (1935)
• Roy Giles, British soldier and academic
• Ryan Giles (born 2000), English footballer
• Sam Giles, British palaeobiologist
• Samantha Giles (born 1971), English actress
• Samantha Giles (golfer) (born 1994), English golfer
• Sandra Giles (born Lelia Bernice Giles; 1932–2016), American actress and model
• Selina Giles (born 1972), English actress and writer
• Stephen Giles (born 1972), Canadian canoeist
• Stephen M. Giles, Australian children's book author
• Thomas Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tim Giles, British jazz drummer
• Tony Giles, Australian rules footballer
• Trevor Giles, Gaelic footballer for Meath GAA
• Vinny Giles (Marvin M. Giles III; born 1943), American amateur golfer
• Warren Giles (1896–1979), National League executive in Major League Baseball
• Wenona Giles, Canadian academic
• William Giles (disambiguation), multiple people
• Winston Giles (born 1974), Australian musician

Fictional characters

• George Giles, protagonist of the 1966 novel Giles Goat-Boy by John Barth
• Rupert Giles, from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series
• William Giles (Oz), a fictional inmate in the TV series Oz
• Giles family, a fictional family featured in cartoons by Carl Giles

See also

• Gilles (surname)
• Gillis (surname)
• Gyles, a list of people with the given name or surname
• Morgan-Giles (disambiguation), including a list of people with the surname