List of Famous people named Gilles
Gilles Beyer
Gilles Beyer is a French former competitive figure skater and coach. He is the 1978 French national champion and competed at six ISU Championships. He has been accused of sexually abusing students when they were minors.
Gilles Simeoni
Gilles Simeoni, is a French lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican Nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac.
Gilles de Maistre
Gilles de Maistre is a French screenwriter, director, producer, journalist, and actor who was nominated for a César Award.
Gilles Cervara
Gilles Cervara is a French tennis coach. He has been a coach since 2007, and has worked full-time with Daniil Medvedev since summer 2017, helping him capture thirteen ATP Tour singles titles and reach a career-high ranking of World No. 2. Cervara's previous job as a hitting partner included such famous clients as Thomas Enqvist, Justine Henin, and Marat Safin.
Gilles Pisier
Gilles I. Pisier is a professor of mathematics at the Pierre and Marie Curie University and a distinguished professor and A.G. and M.E. Owen Chair of Mathematics at the Texas A&M University. He is known for his contributions to several fields of mathematics, including functional analysis, probability theory, harmonic analysis, and operator theory. He has also made fundamental contributions to the theory of C*-algebras. Gilles is the younger brother of French actress Marie-France Pisier.
Gilles Boyer
Gilles Boyer is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.
Gilles Goujon
Gilles Goujon is a French chef and owner of the restaurant L'Auberge du Vieux Puits in Fontjoncouse, Aude. His restaurant has earned three Michelin stars, the first being awarded in 2010.
Gilles Vigneault
Gilles Vigneault is a Québécois poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: "Mon pays" and "Gens du pays", and his line Mon pays ce n'est pas un pays, c'est l'hiver became a proverb in Quebec. Vigneault is a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the Legion of Honour, and Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Gilles Legardinier
Gilles Legardinier is a French novelist. He was the recipient of the 2010 Prix SNCF du polar. He was the third best-selling author in France in 2014.
Gilles Pélisson
Gilles Pélisson is a French business executive.