Gillis (surname)

Gillis, also spelled Gilliss, is the surname of:

People

• Alan Gillis (1936–2022), Irish politician
• Ann Gillis (1927–2018), American actress
• Brad Gillis (born 1957), American musician
• Christopher Gillis (1951–1993), Canadian dancer and choreographer
• Clarence Gillis (1895–1960), Canadian politician
• Don Gillis (composer) (1912–1978), American composer, conductor and teacher
• Don Gillis (sportscaster) (1922–2008), American radio and television personality
• Duncan Gillis (1883–1963), Canadian athlete
• Gregg Gillis (born 1981), American musician known as Girl Talk
• Hugh Gillis (1918–2013), American politician
• Iyone Gillis (1923–2015), American adventurer
• James Gillis (bishop) (1802–1864), Scottish bishop
• James Henry Gillis (1831–1910), United States Navy rear admiral
• James Lisle Gillis (1792–1881), American politician
• James Melville Gilliss (1811–1865), American astronomer, United States naval officer and founder of the United States Naval Observatory
• Jamie Gillis (1943–2010), American porn star
• John Anthony Gillis (born 1975), American musician known as Jack White
• John F. Gillis (1843–1899), Canadian politician
• John P. Gillis (1803–1873), United States Navy commodore
• John Gillis (historian), American historian
• Laurence J. Gillis, American politician
• Leon Gillis (1920–2010), American adventurer
• Mason Gillis (born 2000), American college basketball player
• Michael Gillis (1949–2007), American academic
• Paulina Gillis, Canadian actress known as Tabitha St. Germain
• Peter B. Gillis (1952–2024), American comic book writer
• Pieter Gillis (1486–1533), European humanist and printer
• Sean Vincent Gillis (born 1962), American serial killer
• Shane Gillis (born 1987), American stand-up comedian
• S. Malcolm Gillis (1940–2015), American academic
• William Gillis (businessman) (1788–1869), American fur trader, real estate developer and pioneer

Fictional characters

• title character of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis , a 1951 collection of short stories and a 1959-1963 American TV series
• Joe Gillis, male lead character in the film Sunset Boulevard , played by William Holden
• Willie Gillis, a fictional World War II soldier created by Norman Rockwell
• Officer Willie Gillis, a police officer in The Rookies , a 1970s TV series

See also

• Maya Gilliss-Chapman, Cambodian-American social entrepreneur
• Gillis (disambiguation)
• McGillis
• Gilis
• Gilles (surname)
• Gilliss
• Gillies